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Elementary Microscopy: A Handbook for Beginners

F. Shillington Scales · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce, illustrated guide to amateur microscopy. First edition. Scarce. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated throughout with a range of relevant figures. An in…

(1955) the Good Shepherd; (1969) the Man in the Yellow Raft; (1971) Gold from Crete

C. S. Forester · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Michael Joseph, 1955-1971. First edition. Cloth. Three first-edition naval warfare works from C. S. Forester, including The Good Shepherd and two works of short stories, all contained in the original dust wrappers. Collection comprised of: (1955) The Good Shepherd; (1969…

Cock-a-Doodle-Don&Apos;T!

Ivor Cutler · 1966 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon, illustrated compilation of humourous stories from Ivor Cutler, neatly presented in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Uncommon. In the publisher's original cloth binding, presented…

Acanthia

William Stigand · 1907 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of this scarce volume of poetry. A scarce first edition collection of poems. Bound in publisher's original black pictorial boards. An author's presentation copy…

Breakfast Dishes and Savouries

C. Herman Senn · 1923 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London; Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. [1923]. First edition. Cloth. A well-illustrated first edition copy of this Inter-war cookery title. An illustrated first edition cookery book. Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. Featuring a monochrome frontispiec…

French Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

The Rev. Samuel G. Green · 1878 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1878]. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this artistic journey around France, with interesting provenance. An illustrated first edition. This copy, with the bookplate of British Conservative politician and photograp…

Perchance to Dream; Knave of Dreams

Various [ed. by Damon Knight]; Andre Norton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Victor Gollancz Ltd.; Kestrel, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Two intriguing works that focus on the concept of dreams by two science fiction authorities, excellent examples of science fiction New Wave. These two compelling works, published in 1974…

Nettles: Criterion Miscellany, No. 11

D.H. Lawrence · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1930. First edition. Paperback. A heartfelt anthology attacking the censorship against Lawrence's modernist classics, published the same year as his death. The first edition of Nettles, a fascinating anthology attacking British taboos, written by ac…

The School for Scandal

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1900 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1900. Cloth. A charming illustrated edition of Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, praised by both William Hazlitt and Edmund Gosse. A charming illustrated edition of The School for Scandal, an eighteenth century comedy of manners, written by …

Scãƒâ¨Nes de la Vie Privãƒâ©E Et Publique Des Animaux

Various [inc. Honore de Balzac, Alfred de Musset et al.], [ed. by Pierre-Jules Hetzel] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

Paris, J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. First edition. Leather. The first edition of complete two volume set of a bestselling parody on the French Revolution, combining the best of French satire, illustrated by the brilliant Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard. The first edition of Scènes de…

Two Treatises, One of the Christian Priesthood, the Other of the Dignity of the Episcopal Order.

George Hickes · 1707 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, W. B. for Richard Sare, 1707 . Leather. The very scarce second edition of Hickes"s important High Church defence of priesthood and episcopacy, written in answer to Matthew Tindal. In a contemporary full calf binding.  The second edition, published in the same year as th…

3 Vols in 1 John Bull; Love in a Village; the Poor Gentleman

George Colman, The Younger; Isaac Bickerstaff; Elizabeth Inchbald · 1806 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, [1806]. Leather. Three popular stage works from Mrs Inchbald"s influential "British Theatre," each illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and accompanied by her critical remarks. In a contemporary full calf binding.  Three separately i…

A Midsummer-Night&Apos;S Dream

William Shakespeare · 1908 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

New York; London, Doubleday, Page & Co; William Heinemann, 1908. Cloth. The first Rackham-illustrated edition of Shakespeare"s enchanting comedy, issued with forty tipped-in colour plates and thirty monochrome drawings. Rebound in mid-twentieth-century black half morocco, with r…

The Gone Away: A Romance of the Dales in Three Acts

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1930 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1930 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Ratcliffe"s illustrated Yorkshire Dales romance, a lovely three act pastoral drama with a colour frontispiece and eight drawings by Charles Simpson, in a smart half green morocco binding. In …

Father Aldur: A Water Story

Agnes Giberne · 1887 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Seeley & Co. 1887 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of this scientific fantasy novel by Agnes Giberne, in a smart prize binding with coloured plates. The very scarce first edition.  In a full blue calf prize binding.  Illustrated with a coloure…

The Land of Right Up and Down

Eva-Lis Wuorio · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1968 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's book by Eva-Lis Wuorio, illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. The first edition.  In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards. In the original unc…

Herbert the Elephant

Ivor Cutler · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Walker Books, 1984 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's book by Ivor Cutler. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback binding.  The story follows a you…

Forty Years of &Apos;Spy&Apos;

Leslie Ward · 1915 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this profusely illustrated autobiography by British portrait artist Leslie Ward, with coloured plates. The first edition.  In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with ten colo…

The Life of Her Late Majesty Queen Anne

Thomas Salmon · 1721 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Charles Rivington, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Thomas Salmon's two volume biography of the life of Queen Anne, published less than a decade after her death. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes. Illustrated wi…

The Merry Ghosts

John Waller · 1946 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Editions Poetry London, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Waller's collection of poems about the Second World War, inscribed to fellow poet Francis Scarfe. The first edition, first impression. A signed presentation …