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Letters Received by the East India Company

Frederick Charles Danvers; William Foster · 1896 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company Limited, 1896-97. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work collecting two hundred and fifty letters which had been sent to the East India Company. The first edition.Very scarce.Volumes I and II of a total of six volumes.This wo…

The Victorians

Geoffrey Grigson; Various · 1950 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems, collecting the best examples of Victorian writers. The first edition.Finely bound with a cityscape motif in gilt to the front board.An anthology o…

The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of All Nations 1851

The Art Journal · 1851 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, For the Proprietors, by George Virtue, 1851 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this impressively illustrated special edition of 'The Art Journal', detailing the beautifully designed objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition. A first edition.Illustra…

The Works of Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson; W. Gifford; F. Cunningham · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.17 | $1,783.55 | ¥284,719)

London, Bickers and Son, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Leather. A handsome example of this nine volume edition of the collected works of influential playwright and poet Ben Jonson, in signed half morocco bindings. This set, with a biographical memoir from W. Gifford and introduct…

Nursery Lyrics

Mrs. Richard Strachey [Jane Maria Strachey] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Lady Strachey's charming children's book, a work of imaginative lyric poetry. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed 'H. A. Huxley from Mrs. R…

Messing About in Boats

Surgeon Rear-Admiral John R. Muir · 1938 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing association copy of this autobiographical work from accomplished yachtsman and Surgeon Rear-Admiral, John R. Muir. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dedicated to one R. Lionel Foster, "with g…

A Collection of Works by Hermann Sudermann

Hermann Sudermann · 1897 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1897-1898. Leather. An attractive set of works by German dramatist Hermann Sudermann, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. A set of five volumes, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco.Hermann Sudermann was one…

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Leather. A complete five volumes set of this detailed chronicle of the history of England from Thomas Babington Macaulay. Complete in five volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed and comprehensive history of England …

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, by Way of Abstract

John Kendall · 1800 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, William Phillips , 1800 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce guide to the writings of the new testament, compiled by prominent Colchester quaker, John Kendall. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Bound in half calf.A vanishingly scar…

Observations Regarding the Salmon Fishery of Scotland

1824 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute, 1824 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce work discussing salmon fisheries in Scotland, prompting the need of a change in legislation. The first edition of this work. An anonymously printed work, which looks at the Salmon Fi…

Some English Books with Coloured Plates

R. V. Tooley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Ingpen & Grant, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this bibliographical account of English books which have been published with colour plates. The first edition.In a custom dust wrapper.A bibliographical study of English books, produced across history, whic…

Memorials of the Missionary Career of the Rev. James Laing

James Laing; William Govan · 1875 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life of missionary Reverend James Laing. The first edition of this very scarce work.A biography on the Reverend James Laing, a missionary of the Free Church of Scotla…

The Dorp and the Veld; or, Six Months in Natal

Charles Barter · 1852 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, William S. Orr and Co., 1852. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce account of the author's time spent in Natal. The first edition of this very scarce work.A travel work accounting the author's six months spent in Natal, South Africa. The…

Papers Relating to the Improvement of the Salmon Fishery in the District of the River Girvan in the County of Ayr

James Leslie · 1872 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1872. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce treatise on improvements on the River Girvan, complete with colour folding plates. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting treatise exploring the ways to impr…

A Collection of the Acts of Parliament, Now in Force, Relating to the British Fisheries

1783 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Edinburgh, Not Stated, 1783. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce volume of seven acts regarding fisheries in Britain. The first edition of this very scarce work.This work details the acts of parliaments relating to the British Fisheries, focusing on the…

La Vestale. Tragedie Lyrique En Trois Actes

Gaspare Spontini · 1807 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Paris, Chez Mlles. Erard, 1807 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of the first act of Gaspare Spontini's celebrated opera, set in ancient Rome. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of this work. Present here is the first act only of this…

Thirty Scots Songs; a Second Set of Scots Songs; a Collection of Scots Songs

Robert Bremner [ed.]; Neil Stewart [ed.] · 1782 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Robert Bremner; Neil Stewart, c1770-1782 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of sheet music of traditional Scots songs bound together, including the first edition of Neil Stewarts vanishingly scarce collection. Three volumes of the musical scores of Scots songs, bound …

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Shloyme Bastomski · 1933 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Vilnius, איינמא×ÂÂoeיקע אויסגאבע פון צענטראַ×ÂÂoeן ב, 1933 . First e…

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities and Providential Deliverances, Which Have Resulted from Maritime Enterprise; with a Sketch of Various Expedients for Preserving the Lives of Mariners

[John Graham Dalyell] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.26 | $720.02 | ¥114,942)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co. 1812. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce account of shipwrecks and maritime accidents by Sir John Graham Dalyell, an interesting work on maritime history bound in full calf. The first edition.Illustrated with folding m…

The Thieves of Ostia; the Pirates of Pompeii; the Assassins of Rome

Caroline Lawrence · 2001 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2001-2002. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed books from Caroline Lawrence's 'Roman Mysteries' children's series. Signed by the author alongside a Latin quote to each volume. An excellent set of three books from 'Rom…