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Patchwork Quilt: Poems by Decimus Magnus Ausonius
Decimus Magnus Ausonius · 1930 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Fanfrolico Press , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition anthology of Decimus Magnus Ausonius' poems, from the Fanfrolico Press. Decorated by Edward Bawden. Limited edition of 400 copies, of which this is number 59. In the original blind-stamped cloth…
Le Mãâ©Moire de Mahelot, Laurent Et D&Apos;Autres Dãâ©Corateurs de L&Apos;Hãâ´Tel de Bourgogne Et de la Comãâ©Die-Franãâ§Aise
Henry Carrington Lancaster [ed.] · 1920 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1920 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated French memoir on 17th-century art and decor in France, in half blue morocco with blue cloth boards, featuring forty-nine original monochrome plates drawn from Mahelot…
La Dame de Monsoreau
Alexandre Dumas · 1891 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)
Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1891. Leather. An 1891 French edition of Alexandre Dumas' La Dame de Monsoreau complete in two volumes, in a beautiful half calf binding with paper-covered marbled boards. An 1891 edition of Alexandre Dumas' La Dame de Monsoreau complete in two …
Histoire de France
M.E. Jauffret · 1839 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)
Paris, Chamerot, 1839-1842. Leather. A scarce and engaging popular history of France, with volumes 1-4 covering their formative years in the Ancient and Medieval periods. Decorative leather covered boards. The scarce first edition of Histoire de France by French historian Eugene…
Travels in New Zealand with Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany and Natural History of That Country
Ernest Dieffenbach · 1843 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)
London, John Murray, 1843. First edition. Leather. An important early travel work on New Zealand by the esteemed German physician, geologist and naturalist, Johann Ernst Dieffenbach. The first edition of the work, in two volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignet…
Cary&Apos;S New Itinerary
John Cary · 1819 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)
London, John Cary, c1819. Leather. A unique example of Cary's New Itinerary, profusely extra illustrated with hundreds of additional tipped in illustrations. Lacking title page. Dated from edition note to Environs of London which was from the eighth edition, published in 18…
Unexplored Spain
Abel Chapman; Walter J. Buck · 1910 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Edward Arnold, 1910. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Abel Chapman and Walter J. Buck"s Unexplored Spain, richly illustrated and vividly documenting their travels across remote regions of Spain. Smartly bound in half morocco with brown cloth boards.First editio…
The English Version of the Polyglott Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments: With a Corpus and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages, Exhibited in a Manner Hitherto Unattempted
None Stated · 1833 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
London, Samuel Bagster, 1833 . Leather. A finely bound edition of Samuel Bagster"s Polyglott Bible, presenting the Authorized King James text with his pioneering system of cross-references for comparative biblical study. Bound in a handsome full morocco binding, complete with a …
Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot · 1944 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)
London , Faber and Faber, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this set of four poems by influential Modernist poet T.S. Eliot, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original beige cloth binding. In the original unc…
The Family Reunion Poems of Dedication What Is a Classic? an Address Delivered Before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944
T.S. Eliot; Stephen Spender · 1939 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London , Faber and Faber, 1939-1947. First edition. Cloth. - The first editions of the works. In publisher's original cloth bindings. A three volume collection of poetical works published by Faber and Faber including:1939 The Family Reunion by T.S. Eliot, a modern verse pla…
Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education and Development of the Genius of James Watt
George Williamson · 1856 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, For the Watt Club by Thomas Constable, 1856 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with folding plates and maps, this is the first edition of George Williamson's impressively illustrated biography of the life of engineer James Watt. The first edition of Ge…
Gerald Gould (the Augustan Books of English Poetry)
Gerald Gould; Humbert Wolfe [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Ernest Benn Ltd , 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of Gerald Gould's poetry, issued for the second series of the 'Augustan Books of English Poetry&apos. First edition of this collection.Number twenty from the 'Augustan Books of English P…
The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle and the Royal Green Jackets Chronicle
Various · 1958 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)
Hampshire, Sydney Lee Ltd; Culverlands Press Ltd. 1958-2007. Cloth. A large set of forty-eight volumes of chronicles from the British Army's infantry regiments. Forty-eight volumes. With illustrations, photographs, and tables to each volume. A collection of the annual regim…
Georgian Arcadia: Architecture for the Park and Garden
Roger White · 2023 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
New Haven, Yale University Press, 2023. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing first edition of this exploration of Georgian architecture for the park and garden from British architectural historian Roger White. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with numerous in-tex…
The Poems of Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell · 1923 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd. 1923. Cloth. A smart first complete edition of the poetry of British writer, editor, and suffragist, Alice Meynell. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The collected poetry of Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell, a British writer,…
The History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons from 1689 to 1799; Afterwards the 5th Royal Irish Lancers from 1858 to 1921.
Colonel J.R. Harvey; Lieut.-Colonel H.A. Cape · 1923 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)
Aldershot , Gale & Polden, Ltd. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition privately printed regimental history of the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons and later Lancers, richly illustrated with plates and fold-out maps, tracing the regiment"s distinguished service. Rebound in g…
The House of Gold: Building a Palace in Medieval Venice
Richard J. Goy · 1992 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated study of Venice"s Ca" d"Oro, exploring its design, construction, and significance within the art and society of 15th century Venice. In the publisher's original cloth bin…
Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain
William and Mary Howitt · 1862 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London , A.W. Bennet, 1862. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this comprehensive collection of Britain's medieval architecture, with stunning photographs throughout. The scarce first edition of the work. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.…
A Tramp Abroad
Mark Twain · 1880 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1880. First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the second printing of the first UK edition of Mark Twain's account of his journey through central and southern Europe. The second impression of the first UK single volume edition of this work, with thi…
Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings. Jubilee Year, 1906.
Charles New · 1906 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Hastings, Brooker; Brown & Woodley, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this celebration of the golden jubilee of the Robertson Street Congregational Church in Hastings. The scarce first edition of this work.Initialled by the au…