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Hints on Angling, with Suggestions for Angling Excursions in France and Belgium, to Which Are Appended Some Brief Notices of the English, Scottish, and Irish Waters
Palmer Hackle [Robert Blakey] · 1846 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, W.W. Robinson , 1846 . Leather. A smartly bound copy of this detailed mid nineteenth century guide to angling, with descriptions of fish, and poetry. A work by Palmer Hackle, a pseudonym for Robert Blakey.In a half green morocco binding. A signed binding by Hatchards. A…
Das Chinesische Vordergrundbild Tier-Und Pflanzenmalerei Ostasiens
Otto Schneid · 1934 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Wien , Rudolf M. Rohrer , 1934. First edition. Cloth. A desirable copy of Otto Schneid's first publication, from the library of poet and art scholar Laurence Binyon, with the author's complimentary letter addressed to him. The author's signed presentation copy, gi…
Ferdinand de Lesseps a Biographical Study
Charles Beatty · 1956 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition, and very scarce presentation copy, of this biography, in unclipped dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition title, recounting the life and political career of Ferdinand de Lesseps.French Orientali…
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)
London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition, first impression of Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection based on music and musicians, with the accompanying slipcase. The first edition, first impression. In the original dust wrappe…
First Edition Novels by Salley Vickers
Salley Vickers · 2003 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
London, Fourth Estate , 2003-2009. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first edition novels by acclaimed British writer Salley Vickers, with two signed copies. A three volume set.The first editions. With two copies being signed by the author to the title page.In the publi…
I Can&Apos;T Stay Long
Laurie Lee · 1975 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of writings by Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. I…
The Tale of Mr. Tod
Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1912. First edition. Hardback. One of the first two indistinguishable printings of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, complete with fifteen charming colour plates. First edition. One of the first or second printings which are indistinguishable from…
The Works of William Robertson
William Robertson, Dugald Stewart · 1840 · Rooke Books
£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.80 | ¥147,632)
London, T. Cadell, 1840. Leather. A uncommon eight volume complete set of The Works of William Robertson, in attractive leather bindings. Including a biography of the author, as well as his notable historical works on Scotland, the reign of Charles V, America and India. Includes…
Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review
Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)
London, Longman, Brown and Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A handsome three volume set of the critical and historical essays of Lord Macaulay Including essays on: Milton, Machiavelli, Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, and Moore's Life of Lor…
The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of It by the Romans Under Julius Caesar & the History of Great Britain from the Death of Henry VIII to the Accession of James VI of Scotland to the Crown of England
Robert Henry; James Pettit Andrews · 1788 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)
London, T Cadell et al. 1788-1796. Leather. All volumes of Robert Henry's History of Great Britain plus James Pettit Andrews' continuation. Two books are bound in each volume. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. El…
The Reports of the Most Learned Sir Edmund Saunders, Knt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the King&Apos;S Bench, of Several Pleadings and Cases in the Court of King&Apos;S Bench, in the Time of the Reign of His Most Excellent Majesty King Charles the Second Edited, with Notes and References to the Pleadings and Cases, by John Williams
Edward Vaughan Williams · 1845 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)
London , William Benning and Co, 1845. Vellum. A selection of legal reports and records of the cases of Sir Edmund Saunders. Sixth edition. Sir Edmund Saunders (died 1683) was an English judge, promoted to a high position at the end of the reign of Charles II of England. His Rep…
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott
John Gibson Lockhart · 1901 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. Cloth. Eight volumes of Lockhart's influential biography of Sir Walter Scott. Large-paper edition, of which six hundred copies were printed - this is the publisher's copy, and is not numbered. This biography has…
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott
John Gibson Lockhart · 1839 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
Edinburgh , Robert Cadell, 1839. Leather. A complete set of this biography of renowned poet Sir Walter Scott. Second edition. This biography has been called the second most admirable in the English language, after Boswell's Life of Johnson. It was published a great number o…
Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review
Lord Macaulay · 1884 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)
London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1884. Leather. A handsome set with the Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review by Lord Macaulay which includes essays on: Milton, Machiavelli, Southey's Edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, and Moore's Lif…
The Holinshed Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland in Six Volumes, Grafton&Apos;S Chronicles in Two Volumes and Monstrelet&Apos;S Chronicles in Five Volumes
Raphael Holinshed et al. · 1807 · Rooke Books
£5,750.00 (€6,892.21 | $7,596.59 | ¥1,212,692)
London , J. Johnson, F. C. and J. Rivington et al, 1807-9. Leather. Three scarce complete sets of early nineteenth-century publications of influential Medieval and Early-Modern Era chronicles, uniformly and finely bound. Holinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinsheds Chro…
A Collection of Plays Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden between 1791 and 1799 in Twenty Volumes.
Various · 1791 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)
London, The Proprietors , 1791-1799. Leather. A collection of uniformly bound theatrical works all written as they were performed at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, Covent Garden. Regulated from the prompt books by permission of the managers, boasting a range of genres such as …
The Liberal Magazine: A Periodical for the Use of Liberal Speakers and Canvassers Volumes III, IV, V, VI and IX
Various · 1896 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Liberal Publication Department, 1896-1902. Cloth. Five volumes of the Liberal Magazine at the turn of the century, 'forming a political record' for each year. Volumes III, IV, V, VI and IX only. Covers the years 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1901. Binder's la…
Literary Ancedotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S. A. And Many of His Learned Friends.
John Nichols · 1812 · Rooke Books
£239.99 (€287.66 | $317.06 | ¥50,615)
London, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1812. Leather. Three volumes of the scarce Literary Ancedotes of the Eighteenth Century. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Volumes I, II and VII. Scarce. John Nichols, 1745 Â 1826, was an English printer and author. Nichols …
English Literature 1475-1700 in Three Volumes
Carl H. Pforzheimer · 1940 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
New York, Morrill Press, 1940. Cloth. An entire photocopy of the original 1940 edition of English Literature 1475-1700. Clear evidence of a bibliophile's dedication considering the hours of effort this must have taken to produce and to have professionally bound. Complete in…
Westward Ho! or, the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh
Charles Kingsley · 1855 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)
Cambridge, Macmillan & Co. 1855. Cloth. The uncommon second edition of one of Kingsley's most popular novels. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Complete in Three Volumes. This particular copy comes from the Worcester Public Library, Reference Department, with a libra…