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Nebula Award Stories
Brian W. Aldiss; Harry Harrison; Roger Zelazny; James Blish; et al. · 1967 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Gollancz, 1967-1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce, assorted collection of science fiction novels, award winners and runners-up for the Nebula Award from 1966 to 1971, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Volumes 2, 3, and 5 to 7 of the Gollancz c…
The Man with the Golden Gun
Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's final novel in the Jame's Bond series, published posthumously. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is the best-selling final novel of Fleming's Bond series. The work foll…
A History of London
W. J. Loftie · 1883 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, Edward Stanford, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of the British capital through the ages, with numerous folding colour maps. With 38 plates between both volumes, many of which are folding maps. Collated, complete.A two volume history of the British ca…
The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective
Thomas Beames · 1852 · Rooke Books
£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)
London, Thomas Bosworth, 1852. Cloth. An extremely scarce first hand account of the severe poverty of Victorian London. A scarce work, here in the 1852 second edition.This is the work of the Reverend Thomas Beames, a preacher and assistant at St. James, Westminster. After witnes…
Holland
Beatrix Jungman · 1904 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A decoratively-bound topographical work on Holland at the turn of the twentieth century, richly illustrated by Nico Jungman. With chapters on Gelderland, South Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, North Brabant, Overysel, Drenthe…
Late Lyrics and Earlier
Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format. It opens with an Apology in pr…
He Kaine Diatheke Novum Testamentum
Anon; Joannis Baskerville; John Baskerville · 1763 · Rooke Books
£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)
Oxford; Oxonii, Clarendon Press; E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763. First edition. Leather. The scarce first Baskerville edition of the New Testament. One of only 500 quarto editions produced by Baskerville. Printed in Greek and in Latin. The text of this New Testament mostly r…
Light from the East, or, the Witness of the Monuments: An Introduction to the Study of Biblical Archaeology
C. J. Ball · 1899 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Eyre and Spottiswood , 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated and charming volume containing a thorough introduction to the study of Biblical Archaeology by C. J. Ball. The first edition of this vast work by J C Ball of 1899. A detailed and im…
The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison · 1761 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)
London, J and R Tonson, 1761. Leather. A very smart first Baskerville edition of Joseph Addison's works. Comprising his works of fiction and non-fiction. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and three engraved plates to volume I. An additional six plates of medals to volume I a…
Devon Holiday
Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A diverting 1935 first edition in which four friends walk and tell tales while hiking over moors A first edition in the scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped. A light hearted narrative in which Henry Williamson intended to evok…
The Phasian Bird
Henry Williamson · 1948 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Faber and Faber , 1948. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novel by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird. The first edition of this fictional work by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, durin…
A Treatise on Muscular Action
John Pugh · 1794 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, Printed for the members of Editions Medicina Rara; The Curwen Press, c1972. Leather. A limited edition of John Pugh's medical treatise on muscular action, a facsimile of the 1794 edition. Illustrated with impressive plates. A limited edition to twenty eight hundred …
A Satirical View of London & Narratives
John Corry · 1815 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, J. Ferguson, 1815. Leather. Two volumes by British writer John Corry bound as one. John Corry was an Irish historian and topographer, whose works included biographies of William Cowper, Joseph Priestley and George Washington. He also penned histories on Liverpool, Bristo…
A History of London; from Its Foundation by the Romans, to the Accession of Queen Victoria: With Some Account of the Progress of Its Institutions, and Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the People in Early and Later Times
Charles Mackay · 1838 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John W Parker , 1838. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this very scarce work comprising the history of the city of London by Charles Mackay. The first edition in the original publisher's cloth of this very scarce work by Charles Mackay. A very bright…
The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford
H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of t…
Original Double Acrostics: Amusing and Instructive
[Anne Bowman] · 1866 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of acrostics by Anne Bowman, a popular trend of Victorian society. The very scarce first edition of this work.Anne Bowman's selection of original puzzling and educational d…
The Isles of Scilly
Jessie Mothersole · 1919 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, The Religious Tract Society , 1919. Cloth. A lovely and uncommon guide to the Isles of Scilly by Jessie Mothersole. With beautiful coloured plates to embellish the volume. The third edition of this work, reprinted with two additional plates. A lovely work by Jessie Moth…
Observations on the Different Species of Asiatic Elephants
John Corse · 1799 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)
[London?], From the Philosophical Transactions, 1799. First edition. Paperback. A signed, presentation copy of this very scarce study on Asiatic elephants. The first and only edition of this work. In contemporary paper wraps. A scarce work, regarded to be one of the most detaile…
T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart: Information About Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations
T E Lawrence; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart · 1938 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition o…
A Mine of Serpents
Jocelyn Brooke · 1949 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the second work in Brooke's Orchid trilogy, complete with a superior unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout. Handling the themes of childhood, soldiering and travelling, this semi-autobiograp…