Search Results: Authors starting with B from Rooke Books

London : Secker & Warburg , 1954 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition copy of this collection of short stories by C. H. B. Kitchin. A first edition copy. This is a collection of eight short stories by British novelist Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin. The stories range from the uncanny and supernatural to stories of crime and horror. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally excellent with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some chipping to the head and tail of the spine and some fading to the spine. Near Fine

London: Royal United Service Institution, 1914. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A smart complete first edition of this detailed and illustrated history of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars cavalry regiment. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, twenty-seven black-and-white plates, eleven maps and two medals. Volume two is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, forty-two black-and-white plates, four maps, and seven medals. Collated complete. The history of the distinguished cavalry regiment known as the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, first formed in 1689 for the British Army. With detailed military history from the regiment's incorporation down to the conclusion of the Waterloo Campaign, and on to the present day. Written by Charles Robert Browning Barrett, a British historian, artist, and book illustrator. In the original half navy crushed morocco with navy… Read More

London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1913 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this extensive military history study with colour plates and maps. First edition of The 85th King's Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. The King's Shropshire Light Infantry) by 'One of Them', edited by C. R. B. Barrett. In the original publisher's half morocco binding with green cloth boards. Illustrated with forty two plates, eleven of which are in colour, and twelve maps. Collated, complete.This extensive history includes topics such as 'The Royal Volunteers 1759-1763' and 'The Second Peninsular Campaign, 1813-1814'. In the original publisher's half morocco binding and cloth boards. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. This has resulted in some wear to he leather on the spine, particularly to the head of the spine where there is a small tear. The hinges are slightly strained. There is some spotting to the fore edge.… Read More

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart tenth edition of this historical account of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, with illustrations. Tenth edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates. Collated complete. A short history of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, with chapters on the conspirators, the spread of the epidemic, the effect through India, the march to Delhi, the siege of Delhi, the last embers of the revolt, and more. Written by Colonel George Bruce Malleson, an English officer in India and author. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. A light tide mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good

London: Seeley and Co Limited , 1891. Leather. Good. 9.5" by 6". None stated. A scarce limited edition copy of this work on the Indian mutiny of 1857, with illustrations and plans and bound in full tree calf. Bound in full tree calf. Limited edition, large paper edition. Two hundred and fifty copies made. Edition number left blank. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and six plates. Collated complete. This work was written by Colonel George Bruce Malleson, an author and English Officer in India. This work provides an account of the Indian mutiny of 1857, a rebellion against the British East India Company's rule on behalf of the British crown and resulting in the death of over 100,000 Indians.  Bound in full tree calf. Externally generally smart with minor marks to the boards, fading to the spine, rubbing to the joints, raised bands and extremities and front joint starting at the head and tail. Internally firmly bound with spotting to the front and rear, otherwise generally clean. Old ink… Read More

Edinburgh: Edmonson and Douglas, 1877. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. A nicely bound copy of Dean Ramsay's Reminiscences. A reprinted and enlarged copy of the twenty-second edition. The twenty-second edition was the final edition to be published in the author's lifetime with his corrections and additions. With a memoir of Dean Ramsay to the preface by Cosmo Innes, a Scottish advocate, judge, historian and antiquary. Reverend Edward Bannerman Ramsay, or Dean Ramsay, was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church and Dean of Edinburgh. This work is his only literary publication. It wa co-written with his friend Cosmo Innes. The book is a collection of essays which is full of the personality of the author as well as many traits and anecdotes. In a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with a small amount of rubbing to the head and tail of spine and to the extremities. A few marks to cloth covered boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are… Read More

Paris: Chez Bernard, 1799. First edition. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". None. An uncommon first edition copy of volume two of Manuel D'Un Cours De Chimie, profusely illustrated with fifteen full page engraved plates. With errata, formula guide and very scarce publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. Collated complete with fifteen full page engraved plates to the rear of the work. Volume two only. Volume one was published earlier the same year. First edition. Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange was a French chemist and pharmacist, who worked as a professor of chemist at the Ecole de pharmacie of Paris and a military chemist during the Napoleonic campaigns. His Manuel D'Un Cours De Chimie is a reworking of a collection of sixty of his lectures, covering a range of topics within the field of chemistry, including metals, alkalies and acids. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the boards and extremities, resulting in some slight loss… Read More

London: A. and H. Bradlaugh Bonner, [1882]. Cloth. Good. 5" by 8.5" . None . A very scarce early edition of this reference work of botanical tables by Edward B. Aveling. Fifth edition of this work, dated from a copy at the British Library listed on Copac. A booklet of botanical tables for students, including tables of inflorescences, fruits, vegetabilia, cryptogamya, and more. Compiled by Edward B. Aveling. A scarce volume. Including a preface to second, third, fourth, and fifth editions. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, chipped to extremities. Internally, binding tender. Pages generally very clean throughout with only light minor spotting to occasional leaf. Good

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1906. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". None. A scarce copy of Osmaston's theatrical work on Cromwell. With an Errata bound in front of the title page, with two corrections. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. With the bookplate of Captain Arthur C Crawford to the front pastedown. In a red cloth binding with gilt title detailing to the front board and spine. Externally, generally smart with light rubbing in places, and a few marks to boards; with bumping and very slight loss to the head and tail. The front joint is starting but firm, and the rear hinge is tender. Internally, the binding is slightly strained, and the pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spotting and minor age toning. With some discolouration and marks to the endpapers; and a paper bookplate of Captain Arthur C. Crawford adhered to the… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A scarce first edition of F B Pinion's 'Hardy the Writer'. Pinion observes and comments on the scientific philosophy, and Christian theology in Hardy's work against the background of Victorian restraint. In a cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with bumping to spine. Dustwrapper, unclipped with light handling marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine

London: John Murray, 1846. Fine Binding. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smartly bound copy of this first-hand account of emigrating to Canada by Francis Bond Head, the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the 1837 rebellion. Bond Head's work is both an anecdotal narrative, and a work of political history. He claims in the preface to have 'buoyed up' the elements of political history with 'a few light sketches, solely written to make a dull subject fly'. With the bookplate of Abel Smith to the front pastedown of Woodhall Park. Woodhall Park is based in Hertfordshire and is now the home of Heath Mount School. The property has been in possession of the Abel Smith family for over two centuries. A lovely copy of this first-hand account of the Canadian colonies. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A few small marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Abel Smith. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots… Read More

London, Bombay and Sydney: Constable and Company Ltd, 1922 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. An early edition of this military history complete in two volumes and with many folding maps. Early edition of Sir Douglas Haig's Command December 19, 1915, to November 11, 1918 by George A. B. Dewar in the original publisher's cloth bindings. Complete in two volumes. Assisted by Lieut.-Col. J. H. Boraston.Volume I is the third impression and Volume II is the second. Some of the pages remain uncut, including the title page to Volume II. Illustrated with seven folding maps to Volume I and seven folding maps to Volume II. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth bindings. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Some of the pages remain uncut. Very Good

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Archibald Thorburn. A lovely first edition work on life and sport in Hampshire, written by George Dewar, with illustrated plates by Archibald Thorburn. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one other colour plate, and twelve plates by Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), the Scottish wildlife artist.This is an interesting personal account of the nature and wildlife found in Northern Hampshire, including sections on how to best hunt and fish there. With chapters such as 'The Wood Home', 'A Gift of God', 'Birds and their Voyages', 'The Angler', and 'The Natural Man'.Written by George Albemarle Bertie Dewar (1862-1934), an author of several nature works including 'Nature: The Supreme Problem' and 'The Glamour of the Earth'. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light wear to extremities and spine, as well as bands of joints. Light bumping to extremities of front… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1908. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". A. Thorburn. A smart first edition copy of this work on the wildlife and sport of Hampshire, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with two colour plates, four photogravure plates, and eight black-and-white plates from photographs. Collated complete. An account of wildlife and sport in north-west Hampshire, a district of large woods and clean streams and downs. This work explores the woodland, birds and their voyages, the estuaries, rivers, and insects of the wildlife of Hampshire. Written by George Albemarle Bertie Dewar, a British writer. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, a Scottish artist who specialised in wildlife watercolours. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and small splits to the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot.… Read More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1879. Cloth. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon work by the rector of Saint Albans Cathedral, a detail guide to the building and its rich history, illustrated throughout. An uncommon work.The sixth edition of this work.A detailed guide to the cathedral of Saint Albans, written by the rector from 1835 to 1866, Henry J. B. Nicholson.Nicholson was one of the driving forces behind the revival of the Church in the nineteenth century, as the Abbey needed great repairs. Much of the building dates from the Noman times, ceasing function as an abbey during the dissolution before becoming a cathedral in 1877.The present building is Norman, Romanesque, and Gothic in its architecture.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations.Prior owner's ink inscription to the reverse of the frontispiece, dated 1881. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, smart. A couple of faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior… Read More

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The very scarce first edition of HB Drake's discussion of Korea in the late 1920s, illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three monochrome photographic plates. Collated, complete.The work of Orientalist and scholar H.B. Drake, the author of a small number of non-fiction works and fantasy tales.Drake discusses the Japanese emperor, Imperial Japan's rule over Korea, and offers a criticisms of colonial Korea's educational system.A December 1942 article in an Imperial Japanese newspaper discussed multiple British and American people who were caught by police committing the crime of trying to buy this work at a bookshop in Jongno, Seoul.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Fading to back strip, with significant spotting to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1912. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". None. A smart first edition biography of Napoleon written by Harold Wheeler, illustrated throughout. A first edition, written by Harold F. B. Wheeler.Detailing Napoleon's life from his boyhood through his early successes as officer and author, camp gains, role in various wars and his final defeat.With illustrations by various hands throughout. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine. Boards are a touch discoloured. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a slight occasional strain. Pages are a touch age-toned to the extremities. Very Good

London: Jones and Company, 1826. Leather. Fair. 5.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A late Georgian exegesis of scriptural history, illustrated with many attractive plates of engravings, in a personalised binding. This is two volumes bound as one. Volumes one has an engraved half title and title page. Volume two, however, is lacking both. The subtitle of the work is 'for the improvement of youth'. As such it belongs to an extensive corpus of 19th century moralising pedagogical literature. In this case the 'history' contained with in the scriptures is explained in plain and accessible language. As another concession to its young audience, the book is full of engraved plates illustrating the myths, which are of a high quality. The binding is personalised, bearing the legend 'W&M. Elvy 1826' in gilt to the front board. In tree calf. Externally a little worn with significant damage to the spine. A central strip of the leather has been lost from the centre of the spine, along with smaller sections from… Read More

London: N Hailes, 1818 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4". Not Stated. An uncommon ethnographic study on the manners and customs of various nations. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and two plates.With chapters on the customs of Russia, England, India, Tibet, Spain and many other locations. There are discussions on festivals, and sports. A bright copy of this work. The third edition. In a full calf binding. Externally very smart. Light rubbing to the extremities. Small loss to the spine label. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown, 'William Walker'. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Minor offsetting to the title page. The odd spot to pages. Very Good Indeed

London: William Heinemann, 1936. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart copy of 'The Good Companions', English author J.B. Priestley's most famous novel, from the 1936 leather-bound edition. This book was the winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1929. A smart copy of J.B. Priestley's most well-known novel, The Good Companions. This novel follows a concert party through different areas of the English countryside. It is written in a picaresque style, with main character Jess Oakroyd as the rouge-ish hero searching for adventure on the road. This novel was the winner of the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1929. From the New Leather Bound Edition of 1936. Containing the bookplate of Bishop Philip Bullen Ridsdale to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with some general rubbing and shelf wear. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, hinges are strained but firm. Volume… Read More