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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts & the Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford
Horace Walpole · 1840 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)
London, Richard Bentley, 1840-1866. Leather. A smart five volume set of the collected letters of English writer Horace Walpole, with one volume from another set of his letters. Six volumes, mixed set. Five volumes of a six volume set and one volume of a nine volume set. Each vol…
A Letter to the Rev. E.B. Pusey
George Miller · 1840 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Duncan and Malcolm , 1840 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, first edition of George Miller's letter to the Rev. E. B. Pusey surrounding the state of the Church. The first edition. This very scarce work contains a letter written by George Miller, a former …
Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson · 1993 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, HarperCollins, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of Kim Stanley Robinson's second novel in his vast 'Mars' science fiction trilogy. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.&a…
Montes the Matador
Frank Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant collection of five stories by Frank Harris, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing. This first U. S. edition was published ten years after the first London …
For Philip... From Philip: Eulogies for Philip Oxman
Andrzej Wirth; Marthe Robert; Flint Schier; Jean Nicole; et al. · 1984 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
Not Stated, Privately printed, 1984. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A moving collection of eulogies for the author Philip Oxman by a variety of renowned intellectuals, with a photograph of Oxman. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original paper wraps.Loosely i…
Tennis As I Play It
Maurice E. McLoughlin; [Sinclair Lewis] · 1915 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
New York, George H. Doran, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early twentieth century guide to tennis, illustrated throughout. Ghost written by Sinclair Lewis. The first edition of this autobiographical guide to tennis from American tennis player Maurice McLo…
Four Gardens
David Osborne Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
New Haven , Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. // The first edition.In the original card covers, with an illustrated dust wrapper, of which the spine is secured.This work contains the poems of David Osborne Hamilton, who edited the Yale Literary Magazine and w…
British Museum, London; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Arnoldo Mandadori · 1969 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Paul Hamlyn , 1969-1970. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant set of three works from the 'Great Museums of the World' series, each richly illustrated throughout. The first English editions of these works. A set of three works from this 'Great Museums of the …
Three Books of Song
Henry Wadsworth Longefellow · 1872 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)
Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this poetical work from American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First edition. Three books of poetry entitled: Tales of a Wayside Inn, Judas Maccabaeus, and A Handful of Translations, i…
Unseen Images: Archive Photographs in the Petrie Museum Volume 1: Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan
Janet Picton; Ivor Pridden · 2008 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Golden House Publications, 2008. Paperback. A smart copy of the first volume of archival photographs from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London. Volume one only. With a "thank you" notice from the Friends of the Petrie Museum, signed by Janet Picton. Illust…
Religion and Policy and the Countenance and Assistance Each Should Give to the Other. With a Survey of the Power and Jurisdiction of the Pope in the Dominions of Other Princes
Edward Earl of Clarendon · 1811 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1811 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the Earl of Clarendon's posthumously published discussion of papal powers, complete in two volumes. The two volume first edition of Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon's final …
An Additional Volume to the Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---Y W----Y M-----E: Written, During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &C. In Different Parts of Europe.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu · 1767 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1767 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, additional volume of the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, published posthumously from "recovered manuscripts", although controversially considered to be fake. The first edition.Very scarce w…
Cavanagh Forest Ranger, a Romance of the Mountain West
Hamlin Garland · 1910 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Hamlin Garland's popular Western romance, this copy being thrice signed by Garland. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, with an inscription to the recto…
Queens of the Pharaohs
Leonard Cottrell · 1966 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting illustrated work on the queens of ancient Egypt by Leonard Cottrell, in the original uncommon dust wrapper. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and forty-seve…
At Cousin Ada&Apos;S
Ethel Heaton · 1925 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
London, The Religious Tract Society, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition children's book about a young girl's time with her aunt by Ethel Heaton, with plates. The first edition.A very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate, bo…
Pharaoh&Apos;S Fool
Maurice Willson Disher · 1957 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Melbourne , Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this work containing the fascinating life of Giovanni Belzoni, a prolific Italian explorer and pioneering Egyptologist. The first edition of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Th…
Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction
Sir Alan Gardiner · 1961 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated introduction to the Egypt of the Pharaohs, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-one plates, seventeen figures …
A Million Stories in Search of a Happy Ending
Louise Lewis [translator] · 1983 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Blackie, 1983. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce choose your own adventure book for young children, with colour images throughout. First UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with colour images to each page. This book tells a million stories at the same time, and the…
Notes on Yachts (First Series)
Edwin Brett · 1869 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed guide to yachting from Victorian English writer Edwin Brett. First edition. With a frontispiece illustrated by John Brett, a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelit…
The Princess&Apos; Blankets
Carol Ann Duffy · 2008 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
London, Templar Publishing , 2008 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this enchanting fairy tale written by Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations by Catherine Hyde. Limited edition, with this copy being number 339 out of 500 copies printed. Signed b…