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The New Testament: Volume 3 the Pauline and Pastoral Epistles
M. R. James · 1936 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, J. M. Dent, 1936 . First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of Volume 3 from The Aldine Bible Series, containing the Pauline and Pastoral Epistles. Scarce work.Bound in decorative full crushed morocco by J. H. dated 1940. Published as part of The Aldine Bible …
The Dickens Advertiser
Bernard Darwin · 1930 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of advertisements, originally appearing in the early publications of Charles Dickens' works. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth.…
Songs of the Affections, with Other Poems
Felicia Hemans · 1830 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood; T. Cadell, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poetry by Felicia Hemans, one of her later collections. The first edition.An anthology of sixty-one poems of Felicia Hemans, including 'A Spirit&a…
The Love of an Uncrowned Queen, a Queen of Tears, Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV
W. H. Wilkins · 1900 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)
London, Hutchinson & Co; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1900-05. First edition. Leather. A striking Hatchards bound set of three illustrated biographies on Hanoverian women by W. H. Wilkins, the first edition of each biography. The first edition of these works.Bound by Hatchards.In si…
Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Dickens's popular novel, illustrated throughout and including the first published example of a dark plate. With all but one first issue point. The first edition, bound from the parts with…
The Ravenous Hyenas and the Wounded Sun: Myth and Ritual in Ancient India
Stephanie W. Jamison · 1991 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this insightful study into myth and ritual in Ancient India. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive study into ancient myths and rituals from India with a wealth of materi…
The Pump House Gang
Tom Wolfe · 1968 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of essays from American author and journalist Thomas Wolfe. First edition, first printing. A collection of essays and journalism exploring various aspects of the countercult…
The Royal Engineers Journal
Various · 1913 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Chatham, Royal Engineers Institute; W. & J. Mackay & Co LTD, 1913. Cloth. Two volumes of this scientific journal bound in one, an illustrated collection of essays on engineering. Two volumes of 'The Royal Engineers Journal' bound in one volume, being Volumes XVII and X…
Le Morte D&Apos;Arthur; Arthurian Chronicles
Thomas Malory; Eugene Mason; Lucy Allen Paton [intro.]; Ernest Rhys [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1906-1912 . Cloth. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's orig…
The New Naturalist Monograph Series: The Salmon; Lords & Ladies
J. W. Jones; Cecil T. Prime · 1959 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Collins , 1959-1960 . First edition. Cloth. Two lovely first edition New Naturalist series volumes in their original unclipped dust wrappers. Discussing salmons and wildflowers. The first editions, first impressions of two volumes from the New Naturalist Monograph series…
The Silence in the Garden
William Trevor · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, The Bodley Head, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Irish novel set in County Cork from reputable author William Trevor. The first edition, first impression of this novel.In the publisher's original unclipped binding. This novel…
As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact
Oliver St. J. Gogarty · 1937 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Rich & Cowan Ltd. 1937. Cloth. An early revised edition of this extended prose work from Irish author Oliver St. J. Gogarty, signed by the author. Revised edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page to Willi…
The English Agent: A Tale of the Peninsular War
F. L. Lucas · 1969 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Cassell, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fictionalised military history novel from English scholar Frank Laurence Lucas. First edition. At the height of the Andalusian summer of 1808, Captain Hugh Vivien landed from HMS Brazen at the Seagate of …
Wilt
Tom Sharpe · 1976 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedic novel from English author Tom Sharpe. First edition. Years of harassment by his physically powerful but emotionally immature wife Eva, have left Henry Wilt with dreams of killing her in v…
Mr. Jorrocks&Apos; Lectors from Handley Cross
R. S. Surtees · 1910 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this humorous work by R.S. Surtees, featuring his well-known Cockney character, Mr. Jorrocks. First thus. Illustrated with a colour tipped-in frontispiece and twenty-four tipped in colour plates. C…
The Mystery of Ladyplace
Christian Lys; [Percy Brebner] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1900]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, following an evil scientist, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this scarce work, the plain cloth variant.'The Mystery of Ladyplace' feature…
Again the Three Just Men
Edgar Wallace · 1933 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York, The Crime Club Inc by Doubleday & Company Inc, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Edgar Wallace's final 'Four Just Men' novels, a gripping thriller novel. The first U.S. edition, first printing.'Again the Three Just Men' is t…
A Masque of Dead Florentines
Maurice Hewlett · 1895 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale in verse by Maurice Hewlett, an illustrated historical tale set in Florence. The first edition.In the first issue coarse brown cloth binding with black titles.'A Masque of Dead Flor…
The Laughing Hour, and, Laugh Another Day
M. Forster Knight · 1937 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1937-38. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works for children by Mary Forster Knight, both signed by the author. Two very scarce first edition works by Mary Forster Knight.Both volumes are signed by the author to the half-title. Two cha…
The Inheritors: Poems 1948-55
Richard Church · 1957 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Richard Church's later poetry collection 'The Inheritors', from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's ori…