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Jane Austen&Apos;S Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and Others
Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman [ed.] · 1932 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the uncommon two volume first edition of the collected personal correspondence of Jane Austen. With this copy belonging to an Austen scholar, Chris Viveash. The uncommon first edition of thi…
The Library of Decorative Art
Francis Lenygon; M. Jourdain · 1922 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons; B. T. Batsford, 1922-1927. First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates, this is a mixed edition four volume set of works by Jourdain and Lenygon, detailing the history of English furniture. An impressively…
The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury
J. Dart · 1726 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)
London, J. Cole; J. Hoddle, 1726 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is the first edition of John Dart's impressive early 18th century study of Canterbury Cathedral. The first edition of John Dart's detailed architect…
Modern London: Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis
Richard Phillips · 1804 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)
London, Richard Phillips , 1804. First edition. Leather. Richard Phillips' very scarce illustrated account of the history of London, including the supplementary collection of brilliant sought after coloured plates depicting the 'traders of London', bound in contem…
Tokyo Vignettes
Zoe Kincaid · 1933 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
Tokyo , The Sanseido Co. Ltd , 1933. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon volume of Tokyo reminiscences and observations, written by journalist and critic Zoe Kincaid and illustrated throughout. First edition. An uncommon volume. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bi…
The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Master
Mark Rutherford [William Hale White] · 1881 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
London, Trubner and Co. 1881. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first edition of this fictious autobiography credited under William Hale White's two pseudonyms. First edition. Rebacked with the original back strip and printed label laid down. Preserved in modern cloth-b…
Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour
Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' complete Mr. Sponge story in book form, with thirteen coloured plates engraved on steel and numerous woodcut illustrations by John Leech. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' Mr.…
Trevelyan
Lady Caroline Lucy Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. A complete three-volume first edition set of Trevelyan by Lady Caroline Lucy Scott, a society novel of love, class, and morality, smartly bound in full calf. Bound in a full calf binding. First editions. This is a complete…
Oriental Carpets How They Are Made and Conveyed to Europe with a Narrative of Journey to the East in Search of Them
Herbert Coxon · 1884 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this informative narrative of Oriental Carpets, complete with lithographic plates including a frontispiece and folding map. The first edition of the work.Scarce. In the publisher's original gre…
Cathedral Cities of England
George Gilbert · 1905 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, William Heinemann, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce detailed account of the cathedral cities of England, with 60 colourful illustrated plates throughout. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original beige cloth. Includes gilt to …
Viscount Kemsley&Apos;S Luncheons: An Editor&Apos;S Memories
William Waite Hadley · 1988 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, None, 1988 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of The Sunday Times editor W. W. Hadley's vanishingly scarce record of the private luncheons held at Kemsley Manner during WWII. With accounts of conversations with General Montgomery, Clement Attlee an…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1929 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)
London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular mid eighteenth century novel, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper. F…
Tanglewood Tales; Stories from the Arabian Nights; the Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne; Laurence Housman; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1938 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Cloth. A delightful selection of children's fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all of which are adorned with colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This set offers three beautifully illustrated children's anthologies, comprising retellings o…
A Village to Grow in: An Autobiography
Anne Taylor Furno · 1998 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
Dexter, Privately Printed, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this very scarce autobiography from Welsh writer Anne Taylor Furno. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, with a message that reads: "To John, Time has no power…
Under the Pole Star: The Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1935-6
A. R. Glen; N. A. C. Croft · 1937 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Methuen Publishers, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this travel account of the Oxford University expedition to the Polar regions of 1935 to 1936. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven plates, seventeen maps, four diagrams in tex…
Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa
Major Denham; Captain Clapperton; Doctor Oudney · 1826 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)
London, John Murray, 1826. Leather. The second edition of this important narrative regarding the Bornu Mission, an expedition which aimed to find the source of the Niger. The second edition, and first octavo edition of the work. First published in quarto earlier the same year. W…
Cecily Parsley&Apos;S Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter · 1922 · Rooke Books
£540.00 (€647.27 | $713.42 | ¥113,888)
London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's collection of traditional English nursery rhymes, charmingly illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition, first impression of this work. Q…
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1882. First edition. Leather. A delightfully illustrated limited edition of Washington Irving's popular collection of short stories and essays, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". An Edition de Luxe, with this being n…
Sammelband of Seven Eighteenth Century Plays
David Garrick; Isaac Bickerstaff; Thomas Hull; et al. · 1766 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)
London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt; W. Griffin; et al. 1766-7. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven plays bound together, including David Garrick's dramatic play 'Cymon', bound in half calf. Seven volumes bound together, This volume contains; "The Mai…
Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist
C. R. Ashbee · 1985 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
New Haven , Yale University Press, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this biography on pioneering architect and designer, Charles Robert Ashbee. Signed dedication by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition.With the original unclipped dust wrappe…