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Death and Taxes

Susan Dunlap · 1992 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,270)

New York, Delacorte, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this Jill Smith mystery by Susan Dunlap Signed by the author to the title page. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, though with some light shelfwear. Dustwra…

Acid Row

Minette Walters · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A psychological crime novel by Minette Walters. Acid Row was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. The work is a study of contemporary reaction to paedophilia. The work is set in a British council housing …

An Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of Our Most Considerable English Poets Whether Epick, Lyrick, Elegiack, Epigramatists Etc.

Giles Jacob · 1720 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, E Curll, 1720. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this biographical work. This work discusses several English poets and demonstrates a selection of their work. With a frontispiece and five plates. Lacking the plates of Mr Croxall and Mr John Philips, therefore …

Country Life in the Seventeenth Century Being a Note Upon Lord Macaulay&Apos;S Caricature of the Country Squires of Charles the Second&Apos;S Reign. Reprinted from the Introduction to a Volume of Old Family Letters.

Sir George Sitwell · 1901 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.71 | ¥56,944)

Scarborough, The Author, 1901. First edition. Leather. A very scarce edition of Sir George Sitwell's Country Life in the Seventeenth Century with black and white illustrations throughout. Printed in 1901 by Sitwell at his private Scarborough press, this copy is signed by th…

The Gentleman and Farmer&Apos;S Pocket Companion and Assistant, with Tables for Computing the Weight of Hay, Cattle, Sheep, & Hogs, &C by Measurement

John Ainslie · 1802 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.95 | ¥35,432)

Edinburgh, T Brown, A Constable et al. 1802. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Ainslie's scarce and fascinating 'The Gentleman and Farmer's Pocket Companion&apos. The binding is the original one and is correspondingly worn (this was a work designed to be …

Heroes of Modern Days

Mrs. Herbert Percival · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. c1903. Leather. A series of profiles of "Heroes of Modern Days" by Mrs. Herbert Percival, having first appeared in the pages of Friendly Work. Subjects include Frederick III, German Emperor, the publisher Daniel Macmillan, and the Rev. Edward …

The Book of Psalms

Anon · 1867 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,761)

London, George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867. Leather. A full morocco copy of this religious Victorian work. 'Translated out of the original Hebrew; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command&apos. With a …

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. Leather. A signed limited edition of George Moore's last novel Aphrodite in Aulis. George Augustus Moore (1852-1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic lande…

The Protestant, a Series of Essays on the Principal Points of Controversy between the Church of Rome and the Reformed. In Four Volumes (Bound in Two)

William M'Gavin · 1812 · Rooke Books

£745.00 (€892.99 | $984.25 | ¥157,123)

Glasgow , Khull, Blackie and Co et al , 1812 . Leather. A fascinating collection of opinion and debate between the Catholic and Protestant churches, at the time a controversial examination of the points of controversy that had existed for hundreds of years. Featuring frontispiec…

The Poetical Works of James Thomson with His Last Corrections Additions and Improvements with a Life of the Author

James Thomson · 1794 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, C Cooke, c1795. Leather. The complete poetical works of James Thomson. Undated, with the engraved dedication, title page and vignette from the 1794 edition. However, this edition lacks the dated engraved leaf with 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select British Poets…

Tables of Interest

John Thomson · 1794 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.67 | $110.96 | ¥17,714)

London, G. C. and J. Robinson, 1794. Leather. A fascinating and scarce reference work, signed by the author. At 3, 4, 4 1/2, and 5 per Cent From £1 to £10,000 and From 1 to 365 Days In a regular Progression of Single Days With Tables at all the above Rates, From 1 to 12 Months…

Sermons

Charles Churchill · 1765 · Rooke Books

£167.99 (€201.36 | $221.94 | ¥35,430)

Dublin, A Leathley, J Hoey et al. 1765. Leather. A bright copy of the scarce Sermons by Charles Churchill, published posthumously. Bound in leather with gilt lettering. Includes The Dedication, an unfinished poem to William Warburton, bishop of Gloucester. Information from the O…

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

Laurence Sterne · 1910 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,290)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1910. Cloth. A limited and signed edition of this influential first example of modern travel writing by clergyman and author, Laurence Sterne. This edition de luxe is limited to five hundred copies, of which this is number 324. Signed by illustrator…

The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1975 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London , The Whittington Press, 1975. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this poem by Lewis Carroll, which has been signed by the illustrator. With many illustrations throughout by Harold Jones, who has signed the book to the rear. Numbered 5 of 750 limited copies. Containing a la…

Westminster Abbey; with Occasional Poems, and a Free Translation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles

Thomas Maurice · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London , Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 1813. Cloth. A collection of poems that includes: "Westminster-Abbey : An Elegiac and Historical Poem", "The Lotos of Egypt" and "Hinda; an Arabian Elegy". Features full-page intricate illustrations of Westminster. From the author of "Indian…

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. And Other Pageants for a Baby Girl.

W. Graham Robertson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, John Lane, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of Robertson's poem for a little girl. Signed " Phyllis Parker from the author 1908" Twelve plates in colour by the author. Robertson was part of the talented group of artists and illustr…

Suppuration and Septic Diseases

W. Watson Cheyne · 1889 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Edinburgh and London, Young J. Pentland , 1889. Cloth. A rare collection of three lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in February 1888, on suppuration and septic diseases. Featuring four diagrammatic illustrations. Sir William Watson Cheyne was a Briti…

Political Miscellanies

Sir John Hawkins and Joseph Richardson · 1790 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London , James Ridgway, 1790. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce late eighteenth-century political satire. First Edition. With letters, songs and essays, and one small illustration in the text. Richardson, Joseph (1755–1803), writer and politician. In addition to his wor…

Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael

Richard Henry Smith · 1868 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Arthur Miall, 1868. Cloth. Expositions of the Cartoons of Raphael written by Richard Henry Smith, Jun. Illustrated with seven reproductions of photographs printed by Dunmore tipped-in. New edition. Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483 - 1520) better known simply as Raphael, …

Christmas with the Poets a Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas

Various · 1852 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London , David Bogue, 1852 . Leather. A collection of festive carols and poems from numerous authors. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and tinted vignettes by Birket Foster. Signed by Birket Foster to the front free-endpaper. With contributions by George Wither, Shakespe…