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Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog)

Jerome K. Jerome · 1889 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second issue of Jerome K. Jerome's comical travelogue novel. The first edition, second issue, with '11 Quay Street' to the publisher's imprint. Page 1 misnumbered 2.  In the publisher&…

La Vie D&Apos;Un Heros: Agrippa D&Apos;Aubigne

S. [Samuel] Rocheblave · 1912 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1912. First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this vivid biography, chronicling the life of French poet and soldier Agrippa d'Aubigne. A rare first edition. Author's signed presentation copy, with his inscription dated 19…

Syria the Desert & the Sown

Gertrude Lowthian Bell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, William Heinemann, 1908. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this illustrated account by prominent female archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell. An uncommon title in the new edition, having first been published in 1907. Featuring thirty-three monochrome plates, included in the…

Notes of a Son and Brother

Henry James · 1914 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of Henry James's autobiographical work, one of the last books James saw to the press before his stroke in December 1915, and his death three months later. The first edition UK edition, published…

An Essay on Original Genius; and Its Various Modes of Exertion in Philosophy and the Fine Arts, Particularly in Poetry.

[William Duff] · 1767 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Edward and Charles Dilly, 1767. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this work of literary theory by William Duff, exploring philosophy, fine art and poetry. The first edition of this work.  Rebound in modern cloth, end papers renewed. Scottish presbyterian…

County of Salop Reports to Council

Anonymous · 1892 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1892-1926. Leather. A very scarce six volume set of various records for the county council of Shrewsbury, from 1892-1926, including signed, council acts. A fascinating, unique series of records of the County of Salop County Council.  Six volumes, bound i…

1923-1929 4 Vols Signed Limited Editions by Gaston Riou

Gaston Riou; Raymond Poincare [Pref.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Paris, Editions Baudiniere; Librairie Valois; Editions Louvois; Bernard Grasset , 1923-1929 . Leather. Four signed limited edition works by Gaston Riou, combining his Jean Vaucanson novels with his influential appeals for European political unity. Bound in contemporary half moro…

Outcomes of Old Oxford

Rev. W.K.R. Bedford · 1899 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, F.E. Robinson & Co. 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of the first edition of this historical account of Oxford contemporaries, signed by the author. The scarce first edition. A presentation copy, inscribed 'From the Author June 4th 1903' …

A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom

Benjamin Pitt Capper · 1808 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Richard Phillips, 1808 . First edition. Leather. A bright first edition of this topographical guide to the United Kingdom, illustrated throughout with folding maps. A first edition. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps and seven folding maps, for a total of forty-six plates…

The Oxford Region: A Scientific and Historical Survey

A. F. Martin; R. W. Steel · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comprehensive topographical study of Oxford in the very scarce original dust wrapper. First edition.   In the publisher's original navy cloth binding, presented in the very scarce u…

The Chambers of Marshall Hall: 125 Years

Malcolm Spence · 2005 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Chichester, Aenas Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this fascinating history of the Chambers of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce.   Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. …

I, James Blunt

H. V. Morton · 1942 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1942 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this unusual speculative war fiction from journalist H. V. Morton. First edition.   In the publisher's original soft covers.   A fascinating future-history story set between 11th September 19…

Pedigree of the Paternal Ancestry of Walter Savage Landor, with Evidences

Rev. Rashleigh E. H. Duke · 1912 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Mitchell Hughes and Clarke , 1912. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce treatise detailing Walter Savage Landor's paternal ancestry. "Reprinted from "Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica""]. Vanishingly scarce, with no copies of this separately published discovered in pre…

Sketches from St. George&Apos;S Fields

Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso [Peter Bayley] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Stodart and Steuart, 1820. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of the First Series of Peter Bayley's witty London sketches. The first edition of the First Series.  Rebacked, with the original brown boards, with a renewed paper spine and spine label. R…

La Corte: Letters from Spain 1863-1866

By A Resident There · 1868 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Saunders, Otley, and Co. 1868. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition account of contemporary Spain, featuring illustrations of a variety of clothing fashions. A scarce first edition account, in original green cloth, with gilt motif to the front board. Featuring a …

Genesis Two

L.P. Davies [Leslie Purnell Davies] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a curious science fiction merging mystery and suspense, written by prolific British novelist of the genre L.P. Davies. The first edition of Genesis Two, an intriguing science fiction mystery, written by Br…

The Empire&Apos;S Debt to the Tudor Dynasty

Anonymous ['Walter Raleigh'] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Swansea, The Royal National Eisteddford of Wales, 1929. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce thesis submitted to the National Eisteddford of Wales competition, analysing how Tudor success led to the British Empire. The Empire's Debt to the Tudor Dynasty, The National Eisteddford Ass…

Concilia Decreta Leges Constitutiones

Henrici [Henry] Spelman · 1639 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Londini [London], Typis R Badger, 1639. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this ambitious historical record, written by a leading seventeenth century antiquary and pioneering medieval scholar. The first edition of the work. Very scarce. Signatures run: §2-§…

An Essay Towards an History of the English Tongue Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica Ex Hickesiano Linguarum Septentrionalium Thesauro Excerpta

John Free; George Hickes · 1711 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London; Oxford, For The Author; E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1711-1788. First edition. Leather. Two vanishingly scarce works, both of which being early and influential examples of comparative linguisitics by noted scholars in the field. Two volumes bound in one. In contemporary calf. …

The Boy Down Kitchener Street

Leslie Paul · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this delightful novel, centring around Leslie Paul's boyhood memories of living on Kitchener Street. A first edition.  Bound in the original publisher's cloth and price-clipped dust wrap…