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Moby Dick, or, the Whale
Herman Melville · 1930 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
New York, Random House, 1930. Cloth. Rockwell Kent's illustrated edition of one of the most popular American novels ever published. The first U.S. trade edition of 'Moby Dick' to be illustrated by Rockwell Kent.Illustrated with head and tail pieces, and the occasi…
The History of Sandford and Merton
Thomas Day · 1815 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Gainsborough, Henry Mozley, 1815. Cloth. Thomas Day's incredibly popular educational work for children, a novel guiding children on proper conduct. Thomas Day's incredibly popular children's book, a series of stories which tell the history of Sandford and Merton.I…
The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman
H. Halliday Sparling · 1924 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting in-depth study of the founding and production of the Kelmscott Press, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study on the founding of the Kelmscott …
Hereward: The Saxon Patriot
Lieutenant-General Harward; Thomas Netherton Harward · 1896 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography on the life of Hereward the Wake. The first edition of this scarce work.A biographical account of the life and character of Hereward the Wake, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman, who led a local re…
The Date Book for Lincoln and Neighbourhood, from the Earliest Time to the Present
1866 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
Lincoln, R. E. Leary, Sen, c1866. Cloth. An uncommon exploration on the history of Lincolnshire, detailing significant events year by year. An uncommon work.A useful reference work for Lincoln and its surrounding areas, listing the extensive history of the area year by year.This…
A Collection of Songs and Ballads, Relative to the London Prentices and Trades; and to the Affairs of London Generally. During the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries.
Charles MacKay · 1841 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, The Percy Society, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, compiling the historic songs and ballads of London, relating to apprentices and tradespeople. The first edition of this very scarce work, rebacked with the original cloth laid down to the boards and the o…
Flax and Hemp, Their Culture and Manipulation
E. Sebastian Delamer · 1854 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, G. Routledge and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce mid nineteenth-century guide to the growing and harvesting of flax and hemp, replete with lovely illustrations. The first edition of this very scarce work. Wonderfully illustrated throughout, including a fro…
Capt. John Smith of Willoughby by Alford, Lincolnshire Works 1608-1631
Edward Arber [editor] · 1895 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Archibald Constable & Co. 1895. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this collection of works from English soldier and explorer Captain John Smith. Complete in two volumes. The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait …
Dr. John Walker and the Sufferings of the Clergy
G. B. Tatham · 1911 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Cambridge, Cambridge at the University Press, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of the origins and writing of Dr. John Walker's The Sufferings of the Clergy. First edition. A study of the origins, writing and reception of Dr John Walker's …
Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley: An Appreciation
Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough · 1924 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce appreciation of the life of Charles Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley who was killed in action during the First World War. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and t…
Richard Waldo Sibthorp: A Biography
Rev. J. Fowler · 1880 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, W. Skeffington & Son, 1880. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce biographical work on Anglican priest Richard Waldo Sibthorp. First edition. Scarce work. With a frontispiece. The life of Richard Waldo Sibthorpe, an Anglican Pastor of St. James'…
Poll Book of the North Lincolnshire Election, Taken in July, 1852
Thomas Fricker · 1852 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Boston; London, J. Morton; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1852. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce account of the 1852 election in Lincolnshire, the first edition of this work detailing who voted and for whom they voted. The first edition of this very scarce work.A detailed accou…
Juvenile Poems
Thomas Romney Robinson · 1806 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
Belfast, J. Smyth & D. Lyons, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Romney Robinson's juvenile poems, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of the juvenile poems by Thomas Romney Robinso…
The End of the Affair
Graham Greene · 1951 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, William Heinemann, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Graham Greene's celebrated novel, reviewed by Evelyn Waugh as 'singularly beautiful and moving&apos. The first edition, first impression of Greene's work, in the publish…
Beyond the Fringe
Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore · 1963 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, Random House, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedy stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. First edition. With a frontispiece. A British comedy stage revue that debuted at the 1960 Ed…
A Note in Music
Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New, Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of the author's second novel, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First US edition. A semi-autobiographical piece based on the marriage between Lehmann and Wogan Phillips, a painter,…
Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary
Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and record…
An Address Delivered by William Morris at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894
William Morris · 1898 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Chiswick Press; Longmans & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Morris' address given to the students of Birmingham Municipal School of Art. The first edition of this inspiring addresse given by noted artist William Morris, at the prize cerem…
Ryder
Djuna Barnes · 1928 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing experimental modernist novel by Djuna Barnes. The first edition, first printing, which was limited to 3,000 copies.'Ryder' is an important modernist novel written in the Rabela…
Falling for a Dolphin
Heathcote Williams · 1988 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The author's presentation copy, inscribed …