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Florum Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum Libri Septem Ex Quibus Dulcissimum Mel Catholicae Religionis
Richard Smith · 1654 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
Parisiis, Federicum Leonard, 1654. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this Latin work regarding the ecclesiastical history of England. Written in the seventeenth century, this is a very scarce work by the once Vicar Apostolic of England, Richard Smith. Smith was a Roma…
Stories from Froissart
Henry Newbolt; Jean Froissart · 1903 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Wells, Gardner, Larton & Co, 1903. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of this collection of Froissart's historical stories for children, complied by Henry Newbolt, illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne. The second edition of this work. In a signed binding by …
Le Roman D&Apos;Un Jeune Homme Pauvre
Octave Feuillet · 1896 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
Paris, Calmann Levy, 1896. Leather. An attractive rebound copy of this popular novel by the renowned French novelist and dramatist Octave Feuillet. In a signed Relfe Brothers full polished calf binding, with gilt crest of 'Loughborough High School' stamped to the front…
Heidelberg
Unamed · 0 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Unamed, Unamed, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce work of local interest, documenting the buildings and landmarks of the city of Heidelberg. A very scarce work. Undated, with no matches on copac. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Designed to as a souvenir for tourists vi…
Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, the Yorkshire Mathematician and Astronomer, and Assistant of Flamstead; with Memorials of His Family, and Associated Families
William Cudworth · 1889 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, LTD, 1889. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of William Cudworth's biography of the noted astronomer Mr Harrison, signed by the author with a letter by his tipped in. The first edition of this work. Author's pr…
Verses and Fly Leaves
Charles Stuart Calverley · 1887 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, George Bell and Sons, 1887. Leather. A lovely collection of poetical works by the renowned English poet and wit Charles Stuart Calverley, in a full polished calf signed Bumpus binding, with attractive marbled endpapers and textblock. A 'New Edition&apos. Calverley h…
P . Virgilii Maronis Opera
Publius Vergilius Maro; Michel Maittaire (ed.) · 1715 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)
London, Printed by Jacobi Tonson and Johannis Watts, 1715. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of poetry by Virgil, translated and edited by the notable classical scholar and bibliographer Michel Maittaire. With a printed dedication to Maittaire to the start of the te…
The Sadd Hydraulics February 1938
A D Butcher · 1938 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)
Cairo, Government Press, Bulaq, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this report from the Ministry of Public works, Egypt, regarding water flow irrigation channels in the Sadd el Kafara region of Egypt. A scarce work, from the early 20th century. Signed by the author…
Lieut. -Col. Seccombe&Apos;S
Lieut-Col Seccombe · 1881 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881. Cloth. A very scarce birthday book from the late nineteenth century. Profusely illustrated throughout with depictions of the army and navy, this calendar of dates was aimed at children A delightful small volume, ideal for those with an in…
The Dolly Dialogues
Anthony Hope · 1896 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Westminster Gazette, 1896. Cloth. An excellent copy of this witty collection of sketches, signed by the author. The work was first published in the influential Liberal newspaper, the Westminster Gazette and later published in book form in 1894. Signed by the author to th…
Monkfish Moon
Romesh Gunesekera · 1992 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Granta Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Romesh Gunesekera's 'Monkfish Moon', containing a collection of short stories centering on the political and ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka. Born in Colombo, Romesh Gunesekera first grew up in…
A Posy of Wild Flowers Gathered in the Countryside of English Literature and Furnished with Appropriate Sentiments
Victor Bonham-Carter · 1983 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London; Somerset, Acorn Press and Exmoor Press, 1983. Cloth. A charming limited edition work on wild flowers dedicated by the author to the colophon. Limited edition of three hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number one hundred and fifty eight. Signed 'From Cynthia…
Iceland 1936 a Handbook Published on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Landsbanki Islands (the National Bank of Iceland)
Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson · 1936 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
Reykjavic, Rikisprentsmidjan Gutenberg, 1936. Cloth. A fascinating travel guide to Iceland with a large fold out map of the country to the rear of the work. With a fold out map of Iceland designed by Samuel Eggertsson. With three full page monochrome plates and two full page col…
Francisco Goya a Study of the Work and Personality of the Eighteenth Century Spanish Painter and Satirist.
Hugh Stokes · 1914 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A signed and dedicated copy of this work on Francisco Goya, from the personal library of R. A. Walker. The first edition of the work. With forty eight full page monochrome plates. Signed and dedicated by author Hugh Stokes to …
A Year&Apos;S Housekeeping in South Africa
Lady Barker · 1877 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. Cloth. Mary Anne Barker's memoir of her life travelling around South Africa. Lady Barker, otherwise known as Mary Anne Barker, moved to New Zealand with her second husband, Frederick Napier Broome, in 1865. Here she became a journalist, becom…
Who Are the Violets Now?
Auberon · 1965 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed First Edition of Auberon Waugh's novel, 'Who Are The Violets Now?' A first edition copy of Auberon Waugh's novel 'Who are the Violets Now?', with inscription from the author. A tragi-com…
My Dad, My Hero
Michael Bentinck · 1994 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
Cambridge, Michael Bentinck, 1994. First edition. Paperback. A biographical work on the author's father, who fought in the Second World War and was a Japanese prisoner of war. Signed by the author to the title page. With the front and rear wraps after designs by Ronald Sear…
A Spaniard in the Works
John Lennon · 1965 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of Lennon"s second book, an exuberant collection of surreal prose, poetry and his own drawings. In the publisher"s original laminated pictorial boards with Robert Freeman"s photographic por…
New Grub Street; the Life of Jonathan Wild; the Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
George Gissing [int. by G.W. Stonier]; Henry Fielding; Daniel Defoe [int. by Bonamy Dobrée] · 1958 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London, Oxford University Press, 1958-1961. Cloth. Three charming World's Classics including from Daniel Defoe, with dust wrappers designed by prolific fantasy author Mervyn Peake. Three lovely editions of New Grub Street, The Life of Jonathan Wild and The Fortunes and Misf…
The Life of Lord Byron
John Galt · 1830 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed to the author's personal friend and collaborator David Macbeth Moir, this is the first edition of John Galt's biography of the life of Lord Byron. A signed presentation copy of the first …