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Coleridge, the Clark Lectures 1951-52

Humphry House · 1953 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Humphry House's critical work on Coleridge, from the libraries of James Reeves and Martin Seymour-Smith. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A volume of three lectures on Col…

Travel in England; Outline of English Architecture; the English Interior

Thomas Burke; A. H. Gardner; Ralph Dutton · 1946 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York; London, Charles Scribner’s Sons; B. T. Batsford, 1946-1948. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated three volume set on the history of British architecture, interior design and travel; all with their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition of Travel in …

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie · 1961 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961 . Cloth. An attractive 1961 edition of Agatha Christie's entertaining murder mystery, which was first published in 1928. A 1961 edition of this novel, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A price label to the dust w…

Talma on the Actor&Apos;S Art

Francois Joseph Talma; Henry Irving [preface] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Roorbach & Company, 1883 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first English language translation of celebrated French actor François-Joseph Talma's discussion of the 'Actor's Art&apos. This first edition thus was translated at the suggestion of Sir…

Down There on a Visit

Christopher Isherwood · 1962 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical novel about loneliness and isolation. The first US edition, first printing of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The no…

Souvenir Book of Coronation Pageantry

Anonymous · 1953 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Raphael Tuch & Sons, 1953 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming children's celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, illustrated with colour figures that can be cut out. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with four col…

The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism

T. S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1950. Cloth. An excellent copy of these poetical essays by T. S. Eliot, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The seventh edition. First published in 1920. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume includes essays on …

Pilgrimages to Old Homes

Fletcher Moss · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Didsbury, Published by the Author, 1906-1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of volumes I, IV, and V of Fletcher Moss's richly illustrated guide to the old homes of England. The first editions of volumes I, IV, and V only of Fletcher Moss's work, which eventua…

Featherland or How the Birds Lived at Greenlawn

George Manville Fenn · 1866 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1866 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this delightfully illustrated, highly imaginative children's book set in a hidden realm, written by George Manville Fenn. First edition. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher's deco…

Little Bird Red and Little Bird Blue: A Tale of the Woods

M. Betham Edwards · 1861 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co. 1861 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this colourfully illustrated children's tale written in verse, by M. Betham Edwards. First edition. Scarce work. Bound in the publisher's original blue blind-stamped cloth. A char…

Glig Gamena Angel-Deod, or, the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Joseph Strutt · 1801 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, T. Bensley; J. White, 1801. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this striking study on the history of English sports and pastimes, complete with hand-coloured plates. The first edition.Bound by Barratt of Oxford.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and…

Coloured Ceramics from Ashur and Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings

Walter Andrae [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Walter Andrae's beautifully and vibrantly illustrated study of Assyrian ceramics and wall paintings. A scarce first edition.The editor of this work, Walter Andrae, was a Germa…

Pelham or Adventures of a Gentleman

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton · 1849 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1849. Leather. A smart copy of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's breakthrough novel, bound in half calf. A new edition of this work. First published in 1828. Bound in half calf, with a decoratively stamped spine and marbled boards. With an engraved frontisp…

Dictionnaire Universel Des Litteratures

G. Vapereau · 1876 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1876. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Louis Gustave Vapereau's extensive French literary dictionary. The first edition, bound here as a large single volume. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Offered here is a comprehen…

A Collection of Wycliffe Novels from W.J. Burley

W. J. Burley · 1987 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987-1990. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first editions of these Wycliffe novels from Cornish crime writer William John Burley. Three volumes. First edition. Gollancz Crime. Written by William John Burley, a Cornish crime writer, best known for h…

The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

Louis de Bernieres · 1992 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel from English writer Louis de Bernieres, the last of his Latin American trilogy. First edition. The last of the author's Latin American trilogy, following on from The War of Don Emmanue…

The Tomb in Seville

Norman Lewis · 2003 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Norman Lewis's last work, an account of his early travels across Spain. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the…

Physico-Theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God

Rev. W. Derham [William Derham] · 1798 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, A. Strahan; T. Cadell et al, 1798 . Leather. A smart example of William Derham's influential eighteenth-century work exploring the relationship between science and religion. Illustrated throughout. First published in 1713, this is a new edition of Derham's work…

Rupert Brooke: Fragments Now First Collected Some Being Hitherto Unpublished

Rupert Brooke; R.M.G. Potter · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Hartford, at the press of the Finlay Brothers, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this limited edition publication of the juvenilia and fragments of Rupert Brooke. Number 54 of 99 limited edition copies of this work.Edited by Brooke's first bib…

Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works

S. C. Brees · 1847 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)

London, John Williams and Co, 1847 . First edition. Cloth. A complete four volume set of S. C. Brees's impressive study of railway engineering and construction in the nineteenth century, illustrated with over 250 folding and double paged plates. Present here are the third e…