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The Four Just Men
Edgar Wallace · 1905 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, The Tallis Press, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mystery novel from Edgar Wallace which offered a cash prize if the reader could solve the mystery correctly. First edition. With a folding frontispiece. A detective thriller in which four wealthy…
A Hand-Book to the Principal Places to Be Visited by the Royal Archeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
R. S. Ferguson · 1882 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Carlisle, Chas. Thurnam & Sons, 1882 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce, first edition of this work documenting all the places visited in Carlisle by the Royal Archaeological Institute in August 1882. First edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards. Scarce.…
A New Royal and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, a-G
M. Hinde; W. Squire; T. Marshall; Thomas Cooke · 1770 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
London, J. Cooke, 1770 . First edition. Leather. The first volume only of the first edition thus of this very scarce, richly illustrated, two volume encyclopaedia of arts and sciences. The first volume only of this very scarce two volume reference work.Present here is volume I o…
Rural Houses of West Yorkshire 1400-1830 Rural Houses of the Lancashire Pennines 1560-1760
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England · 1985 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1985-86. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition illustrated volumes on rural houses of Lancashire Pennines and West Yorkshire. Two volumes. The first editions. Supplementary series: 8 (Yorkshire) and 10 (Lancashire).In the original…
Conundrum
Jan Morris · 1974 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London , Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical work by Jan Morris on her ten year transition from man to women, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original …
Le Neveu D&Apos;Amerique
Paul Sauniere · 1882 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Paris, E. Dentu , 1882. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of Le Neveu D'amerique by Paul Sauniere. Very scarce. The first edition. A French novel by Paul Sauniere. Bound in a quarter morocco binding. Paul Sauniere was a French journalist and writer. He is known for…
The North Pole of the Winds
William Herbert Hobbs · 1930 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London , G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Hobbs's account of his expedition to the North pole. The first edition. This is an account of William Herbert Hobbs's expedition to the North Pole.William Herbert Hobbs was a geologist …
The Small Back Room
Nigel Balchin · 1943 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London , Collins , 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Nigel Balchin's thriller The Small Back Room. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Written by Nigel Balchin, a psychologist and writer. He is known for his novels written during and aft…
Learning to Swim and Other Stories
Graham Swift · 1982 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London, London Magazine Editions, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of bold short stories from Graham Swift. First edition. A collection of thrilling and emotive short stories including: The Tunnel, Hotel, The Son, Chemistry, and Learning …
Up the Rhine
Thomas Hood · 1840 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)
London, A. H. Baily & Co. 1840. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Thomas Hood's European travelogue, illustrated throughout. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-two full-page illustrations and many vignettes. Collated complete. Arranged as a collec…
Bird Watching on Scolt Head & Stray Leaves from Nature&Apos;S Notebook
E. L. Turner · 1928 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, Country Life Limited, 1928-1929. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English ornithologist, Emma Louise Turner, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. First edition. Written and illustrated by Emma Louise Turner, an English ornithologist and pioneering bird…
Memoirs of India: Comprising a Brief Geographical Account of the East Indies; a Succinct History of Hindostan, from the Most Early Ages, to the End of the Marquis of Hastings&Apos; Administration in 1823.
R. G. Wallace · 1824 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition. Leather. A very scarce near fine travel guide work on India by army officer R. G. Wallace, the first edition of this descriptive work. The first edition of this very scarce work.Smartly bound in a modern …
A History of Richmond Park, with an Account of Its Birds and Animals
C. L. Collenette · 1937 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce limited edition copy of this history of Richmond Park, with illustrations throughout. The first edition and one of six hundred copies published in December, 1937, in the publisher's original cloth binding…
Letters to George the Account of a Rehearsal
Max Stafford-Clark · 1989 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London , Nick Hern Books, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this insight into director, Max Stafford-Clark's working methods, with two loosely inserted letters. The first edition, first impression of the work. Presentation copy, signed by the author to t…
A Topographical Dictionary of England; a Topographical Dictionary of Ireland; a Topographical Dictionary of the Dominion of Wales
Nicholas Carlisle · 1808 · Rooke Books
£740.00 (€887.00 | $977.65 | ¥156,068)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer; William Miller, 1808-1811 . First edition. Leather. Four first edition volumes of English antiquary and librarian Sir Nicholas Carlisle's impressively detailed topographical dictionary of the Brit…
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · 1819 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.56 | $2,378.06 | ¥379,625)
London, William Allason; J. Maynard; W. Blair, 1819 . Leather. A very smart early nineteenth century edition of Adam Smith's enormously influential work of classical economics. An attractive 1819 three volume edition of this work, which was first published in 1776.This edit…
A Thousand Geese
Peter Scott; James Fisher · 1953 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)
London, Collins, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this account of Sir Peter Scott and James Fisher's expedition to study the pink-footed goose in Ireland. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. W…
The Ice Age
Margaret Drabble · 1977 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,552)
London, Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition published in 1977. Signed first edition. Published in 1977. In the original clipped dust wrapper. The Ice Age follows the experience of former BBC producer Anthony Keating during the 1960s and…
Birds of Britain
J. Lewis Bonhote · 1917 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)
London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1917. Cloth. A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated ornithological study of British birds, with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Sixth impression. Originally published 1907. With the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. I…
The Handbook of British Birds
H. F. Witherby [editor]; F. C. R. Jourdain; Norman F. Ticehurst; Bernard W. Tucker · 1947 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London, H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd. 1947-1948. Cloth. A smart fifth impression complete set of this beautifully illustrated handbook to British birds. Complete in five volumes. Fifth impression. First published in 1938. An impressive and practical handbook to the birds of Britain,…