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A Bend in the River
V. S. Naipaul · 1979 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first U.K. edition of this novel set in post-colonial mid-twentieth century Africa, by Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. First U.K. edition. Set in an unnamed African country after independence, we follow a young mercha…
Deceits of Time
Isabel Colegate · 1988 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from British author Isabel Colegate, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of …
A History of the Birds of Suffolk
Claud B. Ticehurst · 1932 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Gurney and Jackson, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history on the birds of Suffolk. First edition. Illustrated with eighteen black-and-white plates, and a folding colour map to the rear. Collated complete. An up-to-date work dealing…
My Hunting Sketchbook
Lionel Edwards · 1928 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated work on hunting from British artist Lionel Edwards. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fourteen colour plates, and many small sketches. Collated co…
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
1939 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this inventory of the historical monuments of Oxford. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred and sixteen plates, nine of which are folding, many in-text figure…
Histoire Du Blason Et Science Des Armoiries
G. Eysenbach · 1848 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Tours, Ad Mame et Cie, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this French history of coat of arms, an illustrated work on genealogy. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An interesting study by G. Eysenbach on the history of coat of arms, and the scien…
Skylines and Horizons
DuBose Heyward · 1924 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetical volume by DuBose Heyward, collecting together his brilliant poems. The first edition.An early anthology of poetry by DuBose Heyward, the noted American author who is best known for hi…
Mamba&Apos;S Daughters
Dorothy Heyward; DuBose Heyward · 1939 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York; Toronto , Farrar & RInehart, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the play adaptation of DuBose Heyward's novel, on which he collaborated with his wife. The first edition, first printing. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The dramatisation of DuB…
The Game Animals of Africa
R. Lydekker; J. G. Dollman [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)
London, Rowland Ward, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The revised second edition of naturalist Richard Lydekker's guide to the game animals of Africa. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1908. This edition was revised and updated by J. E. Dollman.Reta…
The Man Who Went Back
Warwick Deeping · 1940 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Cassell, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Warwick Deeping's time travel novel in which a man from 1940s England finds himself in the years prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The first edition, first impression of Warwick Deeping's science …
Ancient and Modern
[John Francis Erskine Goodeve] · 1875 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Not stated, Printed For Private Circulation, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and interesting genealogical account of the Earldom of Mar. The first edition. A scarce work, printed for private circulation. With a folding plate to the rear, depicting the author's family…
Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait
Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser]; Albert Einstein · 1931 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK e…
Poets, Farewell!
Edmund Wilson · 1929 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book of poetry by literary critic and poet Edmund Evans. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the scarce dust wrapper. This book of poetry was written by…
The Kentish Garland
Julia H. L. De Vaynes; J. W. Ebsworth · 1881 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Hertford , Stephen Austin & Sons, 1881-2 . First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of this uncommon collection of Kentish ballads, gifting this first edition copy to John Mercer, with additional inserts from the illustrator. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound …
Oh! Poor Amelia Jane!
Kathleen Ainslie · 1905 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London , Castell Brothers Ltd. 1905 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this charming Victorian children's book by Kathleen Ainslie, with wonderful colour illustrations by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work. Dated using Jisc from copies of the …
Here to Stay
John Hersey · 1963 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this collection of moving essays by John Hersey, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing.Singed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'For Fred and Marg…
The Speculations of John Steele
Robert Barr · 1905 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon financial drama by Robert Barr. The first edition of this uncommon work.This novel follows a young man named John Steele, a station-master, telegrapher, ticket-agent, and man-of-all-work, as …
The Chronicles of the Bastile
[Louis Alexis Chamerovzow] · 1845 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, T. C. Newby, 1845. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated historical romance novel, complete with plates by Robert Cruikshank. The first edition, originally published in parts.Bound by W. Root & Son.A historical romance set in the Bastille, purport…
The Toys and Games ABC
Edith Nesbit · 1898 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Ernest Nister, 1898 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming picture book from beloved author Edith Nesbit, illustrated throughout in colour. A very scarce first edition.A delightful children's poem, arranged in four line stanzas.Th…
Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This i…