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Wild Flowers: Botanising in Britain

John Gilmour; Max Walters · 1954 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Collins, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this botanical study of Britain for the beginner. First edition. Illustrated with forty-five colour plates, twenty-seven black and white plates, and three line drawings. Collated complete. A …

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Frederick Warne and Co , c1900. Leather. The collected poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in one volume bound by Mudie. Dated via Jisc. Reprinted from the revised American Edition. With explanatory notes. The "Imperial" Poets series.Illustrated with six albumen…

Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden

Mrs CW Earle · 1899 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co , 1899. Leather. Later edition of this charming gardening book by Mrs C W Earle in stunning Hatchards binding. The eighteenth edition of this work. A charming collection of notes concerning gardening in Surrey and related subjects with observations sha…

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini

Robert H. Hobart Cust · 1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1910. Cloth. The author's own copy of this translated biography of Italian sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, with the author's signature to each volume. Two volumes. With author's own bookplate to the front pastedown, signed by the author t…

Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems

Elijah Fenton; Sir John Denham; Lord Halifax; Lord Orrery; John Dryden; Thomas Otway et al · 1708 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1708 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce early eighteenth century collection of poems, edited by Elijah Fenton. The very scarce first edition of this work, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Michael van der Gucht.A w…

In the Canaries with a Camera

Margaret D'Este · 1909 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Methuen & Co, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century guide to the Canary Islands. Inscribed 'to uncle Walter, with the author's love, Sept. 1909' to the front free endpaper.I…

The Life of Philip Skelton

Samuel Burdy; Norman Moore · 1914 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1914 . Cloth. A signed reprint of this biography of clergyman Philip Skelton. Signed by the editor to the half title page, dated 1915. A reprint of the original 1792 version with an introduction by Norman Moore. Philip Skelton was an Irish Prote…

The Charted Mirror

John Holloway · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the essays of John Holloway, presented by himself to fellow literary critic Lionel Charles Knights. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, &apos…

Puppies

William Wegman · 1997 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

New York, Hyperion, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A very charming colourful work by William Wegman showing his colour photographs of his Weimaraners, signed by the author. First edition, first printing.Inscribed by the author to the title page, 'To Malcolm Rogers, Thanks for …

Mario Testino: Todo O Nada

Mario Testino · 2010 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,198)

Madrid, Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this wonderful study of the photography of Mario Testino, examining the juxtaposition of his clothed and nude images of women. A scarce first edition of this work, of wh…

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks

Edward Smith · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. An association copy of the first edition of this biography of naturalist Joseph Banks, with a signed letter from a man who provided his notes to the author. The first edition of Edward Smith's biography of Ban…

Carlyle Till Marriage; Carlyle to the "French Revolution"; Carlyle on Cromwell & Others; Carlyle at His Zenith; Carlyle to the Threescore-and-Ten

David Alec Wilson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1923-9. First edition. Cloth. Five volumes from David Alec Wilson's extensive biographical work on the life of Thomas Carlyle, the first edition inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work. Five of six volumes. Presentat…

Les Aventures Du Jeune Baron de Knifausen

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, A Romagnol, 1904. Leather. Bright limited edition of this novel by the Goncourt brothers in Durvand signed binding. In the original French. One of two hundred copies printed with only one state of engravings. This number one hundred and ninety two. French novel by the Go…

Decade

V. A. L. [Elizabeth Rebecca Ward] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Frome and London, Butler and Tanner, 1938. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, limited edition copy of this poem by prolific South-West author Elizabeth Rebecca Ward. A limited edition copy of this very scarce collection of poetry, signed by author Elizabeth Rebecca Ward Wi…

Handrail and the Wampus Three Segments of a Polyphonic Biograd

Charles Duff · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, The Cayme Press, 1931. First edition. Paperback. This first edition copy of Handrail and the Wampus is signed by the author Charles Duff. This first edition of Handrail and the Wampus is signed by the author Charles Dufff. On the title page, the author has crossed out hi…

Petit CarãƒâªMe de Massillon

Bishop of Clermont [Jean-Baptiste Massillon] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris, Dalibon, 1822. Leather. A collection of Lent sermons by the popular seventeenth century Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. A collection of sermons for Lent by the popular French Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. T…

The Languages of Pao

Jack Vance · 1958 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

New York, Avalon Books, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely signed first edition copy of Jack Vance's 1958 science-fiction novel, set in the distant future and celebrated for exploring the relationship between language and culture. The first edition, first …

The Whiteley Homes Trust 1907-11977

Alan Brown · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Sussex, Phillimore, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this history of the striking Whiteley Homes Trust by Alan Brown, a delightful copy. A history of the Whiteley Homes Trust, from its foundations in 1907 until the post war years and its modernisation. The f…

Z&Apos;Basel an MIM Rhy

Paul Hulliger · 1957 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Basel, Basel Educational Department, 1957-1959. Paperback. Three educational children's books celebrating the city of Basel. Published in German. Three illustrated children's books written by Swiss teacher Paul Hullinger, accompanied by delightful colour illustrations …

A Letter from Some Electors, to One of Their Representatives

1701 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Not Stated , 1701. Unbound. A very scarce pamphlet from electors to their representatives in Parliament from 1701. ESTC T5355. The prefatory note "To the bookseller", the recipient of the letter, is signed: T.H. A very scarce pamphlet, sometimes attributed to J D Fothe…