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Waverley Novels
Sir Walter Scott · 1857 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1857. Leather. A very smartly bound complete set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Complete in twenty-five volumes. The complete Waverley Novels, a series of novels originally released between 1814 and 1832, often called his 'Mag…
Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch
H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound, first edition of this historical romance novel by H. Rider Haggard, with illustrations by G. P. Jacomb Hood. First edition. Bound in contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards. Written by English…
A Short Sketch of the History of Protestant Nonconformity, and of the Society Assembling in Hanover-Square, Newcastle
William Turner · 1811 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Newcastle, S. Hodgson, 1811. First edition. Leather. A very scarce study on Protestant Nonconformists of Manchester by minister William Turner. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting study on the Protestant Nonconformists of Newcastle, written by one of the ci…
Turbans and Tails; or, Sketches in the Unromantic East
Alfred J. Bamford · 1888 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce travelogue exploring India and China by Alfred J. Bamford. The first edition of this scarce work.Alfred J. Bamford's travel work exploring India and China, an int…
Here, of All Places
Osbert Lancaster · 1959 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, John Murray, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this pictorial history of domestic architecture, signed with illustrations by the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In…
Too Late the Phalarope
Alan Paton · 1953 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this powerful work by South African writer Alan Paton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped d…
The Children&Apos;S Hour: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, Etc
Ralph Hall Caine [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, George Newnes, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming anthology of children's poems and short stories, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, one of which is by …
More Good Food
Ambrose Heath · 1933 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Faber and Faber, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful 1933 cookery work from Ambrose Heath. The first edition, first impression of this work.A follow-up to Heath's popular 1932 work 'Good Food&apos.The work of English journalist and…
Good Potato Dishes
Ambrose Heath · 1935 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)
London, Faber and Faber, 1935 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Ambrose Heath's wonderful guide to cooking with the potato. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English journalist and fo…
Magpies in Picardy
T. P. Cameron WIlson · 1919 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by poet T. P. Cameron Wilson. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original publisher's cloth. This collection of poetry was written by T. P. Cameron Wilson an…
The Survival of Man
Sir Oliver Lodge · 1926 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A scarce example of this esoteric work, demonstrating Lodge's belief in life after death, presented here in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The tenth edition of the work. First published in 1909.In the vanishingly scarce original…
All About Mysore: A Comprehensive Handbook Up-to-Date & Illustrated
D. V. Gundappa · 1931 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Bangalore City, Karnataka Publishing House, 1931 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of D. V. Gundappa's guide to the city of Mysore in India, illustrated throughout. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work from Indian writer, philosopher and …
Mr. Meeson&Apos;S Will
H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, Spencer Blackett, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrated…
Espedair Street
Iain Banks · 1987 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Macmillan London, 1987. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictional novel following a bass guitar player's rise to fame, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
The Flora of Louisiana
Lowell Urbatsch · 1991 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press , 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on the flowers in Louisiana with Margaret Stones' beautiful watercolour illustrations. The first edition, First printing, with a complete numberline. Illustrated by M…
The History Man
Malcolm Bradbury · 1975 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this campus novel from Malcolm Bradbury. First edition. A satire of academic life in the "glass and steel" universities established in the 1960s which followed the "redbricks". Howard Kirk is a lectur…
Les Plantes Medicinales
Dr. Fr. Losch · 1906 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Bienne, Ernest Kuhn, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of medicinal plants, in the original French. French. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-six brightly coloured plates and many in-text half-tone images. Collated comp…
Excerpta Historica, or, Illustrations of English History
Samuel Bentley · 1831 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, Samuel Bentley, 1831 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce presentation copy of the first edition of this comprehensive study of English history, bound in full morocco. First edition, bound in a smart, full morocco with gilt detailing.Extremely scarce. Written and publ…
Difficulties of a Bridegroom
Ted Hughes · 1995 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Faber & Faber, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this collection of short stories by Ted Hughes, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This wo…
The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, Called Bedford Level
Samuel Wells · 1830 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, R. Pheney, 1830. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Samuel Wells' scarce study on the draining methods of the fens used throughout history. The first edition.A scarce work.Complete in two volumes.Samuel Wells' extensive study into the Bedford Level Corp…