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Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941
John Connell · 1964 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biograp…
From Sea to Sky 1910-1945
Arthur Longmore · 1946 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1946. First edition. Leather. A Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound copy of the first edition of Arthur Longmore's memoir of his time spent working in the Royal Navy. The first edition of this work.In a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding.The memoir of Arthur Lon…
Our Indian Protectorate
Charles Lewis Tupper · 1893 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Charles Lewis Tupper's account of relations between the British government and its Indian feudatories. An author's presentation copy with 'with the author's compliment…
The Secret of Flodden: With &Apos;the Rout of the Scots&Apos;. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem &Apos;la Rotta de Scocesi&Apos;.
W. Mackay Mackenzie · 1931 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Edinburgh, Grant and Murray, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work on the Battle of Flodden Field, with illustrations and very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original price …
Summoned by Bells
John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books
£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)
Boston; Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of John Betjeman's autobiography, naturally written in verse. Complete with an unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The autobiographical poetry of Sir John Be…
Junius
Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. A smart, early edition of Junius' satirical and scathing letters, attacking the government of George III. Illustrated throughout. An early edition of this selection of letters from Junius, complete in two volumes. Each volume features the …
Blasting and Bombardiering
Wyndham Lewis · 1937 · Rooke Books
£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of the great Wyndham Lewis' autobiography. With the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.Wyndham Lewis co-founded the artistic Vorticist movement and edited their literary magazin…
Sensualite Amoureuse
Jean Lourrain · 1901 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Paris, Corbeil , 1901. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition novel by symbolist poet Jean Lourrain. The first edition of this work.Scarce in the original wraps. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations depicting romantic scenes. Jean Lorrain was a French …
Palai
Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the re…
Astra Les Joies Du Crime Resurrection Divine
Ivan Dietschine · 1894 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Paris, Chamuel Editeur, 1894. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first and only edition of this novel symoblist author Ivan Dietschine. A very scarce work, with only two listings on Worldcat and no records on Jisc. In the original French.Dietschine was also the author of …
The Enemy: A Biography of Wyndham Lewis
Jeffrey Meyers · 1980 · Rooke Books
£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of noted author Wyndham Lewis' biography by Jeffrey Meyers. An excellent copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Jeffrey Meyer's biograp…
Jerusalem 1920-1922: Being the Records of the Pro-Jerusalem Council During the First Two Years of the CIVIL Administration
C R Ashbee; Sir Ronald Storrs · 1924 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, John Murray , 1924. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of this sought after, scarce volume, being the record of the Pro-Jerusalem Council spanning from 1920 to 1922. The first edition of this scarce volume by C R Ashbee, being the records of the Pro-Jeru…
Quintus Curtius Rufus de Rebus Gestis Alexandrim Macedonum Regis
Quinus Curtius Rufus · 1687 · Rooke Books
£415.00 (€497.44 | $548.27 | ¥87,552)
Amsterdam, Henricum Wetstenium, 1687. Leather. A scarce imprint of Quintus Curtius Rufus' only surviving work, his history of Alexander the Great. In the original Latin.From the library of the Crum Ewings and the Hamiltons of Lowood house.Illustrated, with four plates and a…
Three Bembridge Fables and Thy Youth and Cause
John Howard Whitehouse · 1933 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London; Cambridge, George Allen & Unwin; The Yellowsands Press, 1933-1934. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce works from MP and founder of Bembridge School, John Howard Whitehouse. Two scarce works, both in their first editions, from social reformist and Liberal MP J. Howard White…
The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam
'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo · 1924 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat b…
Admonitions Against Swearing, Sabbath-Breaking and Drunkenness, Designed for the Benefit of Such That Are Guilty of One or More of These Vices.
James Stonhouse · 1811 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1811. Disbound. A scarce pamphlet from an eighteenth century English cleric, advising against such sins as swearing and drinking. A scarce pamphlet from the English physician, cleric, hospital founder and religious writer Sir James Stonhouse.This …
Two Gallant Sons of Devon
Harry Collingwood · 1913 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, 1913. Cloth. A captivating piece of boys' nautical adventure fiction by Harry Collingwood, bound in smart pictorial cloth. Set at sea, this work covers exciting incidents such as sailing ships, an attack by natives, sea r…
The Road to Corlay
Richard Cowper · 1978 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Richard Cowper's exciting science fiction novel, the first novel in a series, in the iconic original yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Set a thousand years into the future, Britain has become seven Ki…
Under the Water
Maurice Noel · 1886 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition Victorian children's novel, following two children who get stuck in the underwater world. Illustrated beautifully by E. A. Lemann. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.An exciting V…
The Survey of London
Walter Besant · 1902 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)
London, A. & C. Black, 1902-12. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of these eight volumes by Walter Besant, exploring the historical topography of London, illustrated beautifully throughout with plates and folding maps. The first edition of these works.Walter Besant's…