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The Navy List for 1830-1831
British Navy · 1830 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, John Murray, 1830-1831. First edition. Leather. Four very scarce first edition volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in a single volume, updating the list from 1830 to 1831. Four volumes of 'The Navy List' bound in one volume, for 1830 and 1831.'The N…
The Acorn: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art
W. B. Yeats; G. K. Chesterton et al. · 1905 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Caradoc Press, 1905-1906. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon short-lived Modernist magazine on arts and literature, with illustrations throughout, and contributions from writers including W. B. Yeats and G. K. Chesterton. Volumes I and II of this…
The Poems of Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace; C. H. Wilkinson · 1925 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this comprehensive two-volume set on the poetry of Richard Lovelace, featuring extensive notes to Volume I and numerous plates and musical settings. First edition. Large-paper edition limited to 400 cop…
Commemorative Photo Album for the Black Ship Festival, Shimoda
None · 1939 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
Shimoda , Issuing Office of the Black Ship Association , 1939. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally rare photo album commemorating the annual Black Ship Festival held in Shimoda, Japan. A vanishingly scarce photo album depicting scenes from the past six annual Black Ship Festi…
A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first two volumes of Washington Irving's fictional biography account of Christopher Columbus, complete with both folding maps. The first edition of the first two volumes from this four-volume work.Uniformly bound in hal…
The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration Vol II
Richard F. Burton · 1860 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts , 1860. First edition. Cloth. The second volume of Richard F. Burton's explorations of East Africa, documenting largely uncharted lakes and regions at the time. Volume II only.The first edition, second issue, with folding map bou…
Geological History: Chapters from the Physical History of the Earth
Arthur Nicols · 1880 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
New York , Harper and Brothers , 1880. First edition. Cloth. A rare illustrated geological study from Arthur Nicols, signed by the author and presented by the publishers. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. Inscribed below it: "Presented by the Publishers. The book…
A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
Fray Antonio Agapida [Washington Irving] · 1829 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Philadelphia , Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Washington Irving's vivid Spanish history, the small paper issue. First edition, small paper issue. Complete in two volumes. Limited large paper issue was published in the same year. In the…
Poetical Amusements
William Woty · 1789 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Nottingham, Printed for the Author by G. Burbage , 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this poetical anthology from English law clerk and hack writer, William Woty. The first and only edition of this very scarce volume. In a library half calf binding, with later…
Cosmopolis Nothing If Not Critical Empire
Don DeLillo; Robert Hughes; Gore Vidal · 2003 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Picador; Collins Harvill; Andre Deutsch, 2003; 1990; 1987. First edition. Cloth. An engaging and varied collection of American novels, accompanied by a book of literary criticism from Australian-born critic Robert Hughes. A collection comprised of 2 American novels, and …
Books on Bees
Herbert Mace; J.M. Dunning; D'Arcy Chapman; Karl von Frisch [ed. by Nathaniel Tarn] · 1921 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London; Oxford, Hutchinson and Co.; Kingsgate Press; Basil Blackwell; Jonathan Cape, 1921-1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group of…
Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Household Management: A Complete Cookery Book
Isabella Beeton · 1923 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. [1923]. Cloth. A highly illustrated new edition of this renowned guide to running a household in Victorian Britain from Isabella Beeton. A new edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-one colour plates, and numerous black-and-white image…
5vol American Fiction
John Irving; Joseph Heller; John O' Hara; J.P. Donleavy; Erskine Caldwell · 1956 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, Jonathan Cape; The Cresset Press; Allen Lane; Heinemann , 1956-1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart five volume set of first edition works of modern American fiction, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A fantastic five volume set of American fiction.All in their ori…
Letters from America; the Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke; Henry James [preface] · 1916 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916-1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two works from war poet Rupert Brooke, who died aged 27 in 1915. Including a review copy of his 'Collected Poems&apos. Two first edition posthumously published works from Rupert Brooke, the …
An Album of James Henderson & Sons "Pictorial Comedy" Postcards
James Henderson & Sons · 1910 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, James Henderson & Sons, c1900-1910 . Cloth. An exceptionally charming collection of eighty-two postcards from the 'Pictorial Comedy' series by publisher James Henderson. A delightful and very scarce collection of postcards from this series, which were published…
Tillage: A Substitute for Manure, Illustrated by the Principles of Modern Agricultural Science, and the Precepts and Practice of Jethro Tull. Including an Epitome of Tull&Apos;S Operative Directions in Successive Unmanured Corn Culture, and the Particulars of Lois Weedon Husbandry, and Other Instances of Tull&Apos;S Method of Farming
Alexander Burnett · 1859 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Whittaker and Co. 1859. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce study on tillage and of the practices of Jethro Tull. Author's presentation copy of this very scarce work. First edition. In the original cloth binding.This work, …
A Shropshire Lad
A.E. Housman [Alfred Edward Housman] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
London, Grant Richards, 1898. Cloth. The second edition of Housman's famous poetic cycle, the first to be a hit, and would later gain great popularity among young audiences during World War I. The sought after second edition of A Shropshire Lad, a poetic cycle, written by E…
The Natural History of Domestic and Wild Animals: Their Structure, Habits, Localities, Distribution, and Influence on Human Society
Robert Mudie · 1839 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Charles Griffin and Company, [1839]. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Robert Mudie's illustrated natural history, surveying domestic and wild animals and their relationship to human life. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.…
Wanderings by the Loire
Leitch Ritchie · 1833 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 . First edition. Leather. Smart morocco first-edition installment in William Turner's "Annual Tour" series, illustrated with 21 plates, with text from Leitch Ritchie. First edition.In full morocco binding. Binder&…
The Southern Ice-Continent the German South Polar Expedition Aboard the Gauss 1901-1903
Erich Von Drygalski; M. M. Raraty [trans.] · 1989 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Bluntisham; Norfolk, Bluntisham Books; The Erskine Press, 1989. Cloth. A lovely, and uncommon first English edition, featuring frequent monochrome vignette illustrations. A lovely and uncommon first English edition, in original brown pictorial boards.Bookplate of Captain Richard…