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The Second Man a Comedy in Three Acts
S. N. Behrman · 1927 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Doubleday, page, & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this comical play by S. N. Behrman, held in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper, which is adhered to the spine as issued. Th…
The Drums of the Fore and Aft; without Benefit of Clergy
Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
New York, Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A lovely two volume set of the work of Rudyard Kipling, both first U.S. editions. This set features two fictional works by Kipling, 'Without The Benefit of Clergy' and 'The Drums of Fore and Aft&…
The Freshwater Ecosystems of Suriname
Paul E. Ouboter (ed.) · 1993 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating monograph on the freshwater ecosystems of the Republic of Suriname, edited by Paul E. Ouboter and copiously illustrated throughout. This work is volume 70 from the 'Monographiae Biologicae&a…
The Song of Hiawatha the Courtship of Miles Standish Tales of a Wayside Inn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, David Bogue; W. Kent & Co; Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1855-64. First edition. Leather. Three of Henry Longfellow's most popular poems, here bound smartly together in a half calf binding, two of the poems being first editions. Three volumes in one. 'The So…
The British Dominions Year Book 1918
Edward Salmon; James Worsfold · 1918 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Eagle, Star, and British Dominions, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce yearbook of the British Empire in 1918 at the end of the First World War, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work. A scarce work. This 1918 y…
The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901
John Sacher (ed.) · 2003 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce copy of this fascinating history of the Postal Service in the British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa, the 'Gold Coast&apos. Complete with original unclipped dustwrapper. A …
Changing London a Book of Sketches by Hanslip Fletcher
Hanslip Fletcher; Frank Rutter · 1924 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Cassell and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of these pen and ink illustrations of London by Fletcher Hanslip. Comprising of twenty-eight plates total, these illustrations have been reprinted from the Sunday Times. The first edition of the fi…
Lucii Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Opera Quã⦠Extant, Ad Fidem Mss. Recognita Et Commentariis Illustrata a Tho. Spark A.M. Ex ãâde Christi.
Thomas Spark · 1684 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Oxford, E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1684. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce Latin work regarding the works of early Christian author, Lacantius, by noted classical scholar, Thomas Spark. Very scarce. ESTC Citation No. R14307. The first edition of the work.…
The Publications of the Harleian Society Volume LXV the Register of St Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury London Part III
A W Hughes Clarke · 1935 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, The Harleian Society, 1935. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work from the Harleian Society's records regarding St Mary the Virgin church, Aldermanbury, London. A register of the Marriages and Christenings from 1722 to 1837 and Burials from 1722-1859 for St Mary The Vir…
Marii Mercatoris S. Augustinus Aequalis Opera Quaecumque Extant Prodeunt Nunc Primum Studio Joannis Garnerii Qui Notas Etiam Ac Dissertatioines Addidit
Marii Mercatoris; Marius Mercator; Jean Gernier · 1673 · Rooke Books
£410.00 (€491.45 | $541.67 | ¥86,497)
Parisiis, Apud Sebastianum Mabre-Cramoisy, 1673. First edition. Leather. A scarce, first edition of Jean Garnier's editorial of Marii Mercatoris' works. In Latin. Mercator was a Latin Christian ecclesiastical writer. He was a strong advocate of Augustinian theology dur…
The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White
Henry Kirke White; Robert Southey · 1852 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
London, George Routledge and Co. 1852. First edition. Leather. A scarce first thus edition of the collected poetical works of the renowned English poet Henry Kirke White. Henry Kirke White, who died at the tragically young age of twenty one, had a short but prolific literary car…
The Birth-Place, Home, Churches, and Other Places Connected with the Author of "the Christian Year," Illustrated in Thirty-Two Photographs by W. Savage; with Notes by the Rev. J.F. Moor, Jun. , M.A. , Incumbent of Ampfiled
Rev. J. F. Moor · 1866 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
Winchester; London, William Savage; James Parker and Co, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work on the Oxford Movement founder Rev. Keeble, illustrated by 32 real photographs. First edition, published the year after John Keble's death. Illustrated with 32 photographs by …
The Ullage Cask Gauger, Comprised in a Series of Tables Calculated with the Utmost Accuracy, and Showing at One Reference, the Ullage Contents of Any Cask, from Five to One Hundred and Sixty Gallons, Inclusive; with Rules for Ascertaining the Ullage Contents of All Other Casks, However Large; As Also the Foot or Sediment in Oil Casks. Claudette Upon the Principle Used by the Excise.
James Boydell · 1784 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Henry Kent Causton, c1790. Cloth. A interesting work designed to aid with the calculating void spaces in casks. A very scarce work being a mathematical aid. A new edition, revised. Undated. The first edition of this work was published in 1784, with this copy being a late…
Airshipwreck
Len Deighton; Arnold Schwartzman · 1978 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work on the heyday of airship travel, complied by Len Deighton and Arnold Schwartzman. The first edition of this work. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Airshipwreck' is…
The Sunday at Home Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading 1881
Various · 1881 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Religious Tract Society, 1881. Leather. A scarce 1881 copy of this copiously illustrated family magazine for 'Sabbath Reading', published by the Religious Tract Society. 'The Sunday At Home' magazine was first established in 1854, promptly gaining con…
Berlin Game
Len Deighton · 1983 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of the first novel in the 'Game, Set and Match' trilogy by Len Deighton, best known as one of the top three spy novelists of his generation. This work is the first novel in the first of three t…
Trivia or the Art of Walking T the Streets of London
John Gay · 1716 · Rooke Books
£2,200.00 (€2,637.05 | $2,906.51 | ¥464,132)
London, Bernard Lintott, 1716. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Gay's poem 'Trivia', with the embellished head and tail pieces. This scarce work is one of 2000 copies printed for this run. This is the first edition of the work, undated to title pa…
A True Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Her Grace Sarah, Late Duchess Dowager of Marlborough with the Codicil
Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough; · 1744 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, M Cooper, 1744. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the last will and testament of the influential courtier, formidable character, and close friend of Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Malborough. The first edition of this work. Several printings were issu…
The Story of a Life
Moyle Sherer · 1825 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. Two volumes bound as one of this novel by Moyle Sherer, describing the life of a man who is down on his luck. The first edition of this work. Complete with two volumes bound as one. The protagoni…
Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work
A. Dubuisson; C. E. Hughes (translator) · 1924 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of this fascinating study of the English Romantic landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. This monograph provides a coherent and fascinating introduction to Bonington's works, ide…