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Charles Dickens · 1849 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1849-52. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound collection of Charles Dickens' novels, with 'Sketches of Boz' and 'Christmas Book's being the first cheap editions, all volumes illustrated with a frontispiece. 'Sketches o…

Lord Byron Vindicated; or Rome and Her Pilgrim

Manfred; [E W Preston] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1876. First edition. Leather. An interesting very scarce work, being a long poem covering the topics of Rome, Fame, Love, Byron and more. The first edition of this work penned under the pseudonym 'Manfred&apos. An interesting poetical work,…

A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain Commanded by His Excellency

James Moore · 1809 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, J Johnson, 1809. Leather. An informative and illustrious narrative of the British army in Spain during the revolutionary war. Illustrated, with two folding plates that have hand coloured portions. One map is Spain and Portugal with the march of the British columns and th…

The Cud Being the Experimental Poems of Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking

Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking · 1922 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Mills and Boon Limited, 1922. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of Lancelot de Giberne Sieveking's collection of experimental poetry, with an inscription and several annotations by the author throughout the volume. First edition. Limited edition copy, 1 …

The Complete Works of Thomas Otway

Thomas Otway; Montague Summers (ed). · 1926 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition set of 'The Complete Works of Thomas Otway' edited by Montague Summers and complete in three volumes. First thus, the first Nonesuch edition of these works. Each volume contains the following wor…

The Seasons, a Hymn [with] a Poem to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton [with] Britannia, a Poem

Mr Thomson · 1730 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, J Millan, 1730. Leather. An early and uncommon collected edition of James Thomson's four poem cycle 'The Seasons' with his poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton and his 'Britannia&apos. Being the ESTC citation number N21182. Issued the same year as t…

Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home a New Edition [with] a Diary [with] Nature and Art [with] Two Years Before the Mast [with] Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty [with] the Complete English Tradesman [with] Picciola

Miss Sedgwick et al. · 1841 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Edward Moxon, 1841. Leather. A sammelband of nineteenth century publications. Being a variety of topics from travelogues to adventure novels, to a diary on every day life through the eyes of an early feminist. Six of the works to this volume have the same typographical l…

A Complete Concordance to the Poetical Works of Milton

Guy Lushington Prendergast · 1857 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Pharoah and Co, 1857. First edition. Leather. A scarce and interesting reference work on the poetry of John Milton. Being a complete concordance of his poetry, compiled by Guy Lushington Prendergast. The first and only edition of this work. With the bookplate of one Henr…

Index to James&Apos; Naval History Letters and Papers Relating to the War with France 1512-1513 Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin Volume I Volume II Volume III Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7 Letters and Papers of Charles, Lord Barham Admiral of the Red Squadron 1758-1813 Volume I Volume II Volume III

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£335.00 (€401.55 | $442.58 | ¥70,675)

N/A, The Navy Records Society , 1895-1911. Cloth. A mixed volume set of publications by the Navy Records Society, from 1895 to 1911. The Navy Records society publish rare and original documents on naval history. It was established in 1893 and has to this day published over 160 v…

The New Flora and Silva January 1932 April 1932

E. H. M. Cox (ed.) · 1932 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Dulau & Co. Ltd. 1932. First edition. Paperback. A charming 2 volume set of the 'The New Flora and Silva' quarterly magazine, edited by E. H. M. Cox. Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox was a Scottish plant collector, botanist, and horticulturist, who accompanied Regina…

The Land: A Plea

John Galsworthy · 1918 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1918. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. The first edition of this plea from John Galsworthy, referencing his desire for the land to be better utilise the land after the First World War. The first edition of this work. 'The Land' is a s…

Models of Propriety Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen

W. Russell Flint · 1951 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Michael Joseph , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of Sir William Russell Flint's 'Models of Propriety' complete with coloured prints of sketches by the author. Containing supposedly fictional anecdotes of artists models, this text …

The History of the Hospital of S. Margaret Taunton

Thomas Hugo · 1874 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, J. R. Smith, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of this scarce work, with a signed dedication from the author. Limited edition of fifty large paper copies of which this is number fifteen. Dedicated from the to the title page. Inscription reads: 'Mss Rober…

Anleitung Zur Ertheilung Des Schreiblese-Unterrichtes

K Jung (Ed)l Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz · 1845 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Karlsruhe, Herder, 1845. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon nineteenth century instructional German work on the education of reading and writing. Written by the well-known German Benedictine monk and reform educator, Philipp Jakob Nabholz The first edition of this work. In a l…

The Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1905 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1905. Cloth. A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense. Collated complete from copac. Profusely illustrated by Lear throughout. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and …

The Scourge of Christendom: Annals of British Relations with Algiers Prior to the French Conquest. By Lieut. -Colonel R.L. Playfair H.M. Consul-General at Algiers Author of &Apos;Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce,&Apos; (Murray&Apos;S) &Apos;Handbook to the Mediterranean,&Apos; (Murray&Apos;S) &Apos;Handbook to Algeria and Tunis,&Apos; Etc. With Illustrations.

Robert Lambert Playfair · 1884 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1884. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Association copy signed by the author, complete with 7 plates that include single and folded page illustrations and folded maps. Collated, complete with 7 plates; including a folding map frontispiece, 3 singl…

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1901 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)

London, John Lane, 1901. Vellum. The desirable limited edition of the 1901 edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Illustrated by Fitzgerald H Cole This is a Limited Edition of 375 total copies, 350 of which are for sale. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' is the title Edw…

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption and …

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption and …

Nuns and Soliders

Iris Murdoch · 1980 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

New York, The Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A First U.S Edition of Murdoch's 'Nuns and Soldiers' dedicated and signed. First thus, First U.S Edition. Set in England, the novel opens with Guy Openshaw on his deathbed. A story of life and death, love and…