Search Results: Authors starting with G from Rooke Books

London: Leonard Hill, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 8". Not Stated. The first edition of this work on caring for the stone used for historic buildings, once owned by the well-known architectural historian John Harvey. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Loosely inserted is a pamphlet on another publication concerning stonework. In this volume, Shore offers an accessible and illustrated guide to repairing, maintaining and conserving the stonework of historic British buildings and infrastructure, with information about different kinds of stone, and an overview of how stone was being used in the 1950s. Fascinating full-page photographs are used to accompany his examples. Inscribed by John Hooper Harvey (1911-1997) to the front free end paper, an English architectural historian who specialised in writing on English Gothic architecture. Paul Crossley has described him as "the most prolific and arguably the most influential writer on… Read More

London: Dulau et Comp, 1836 . Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A leather bound French and Italian dictionary. This is a French-Italian and Italian-French dictionary for the use of schools in both countries by G. Biagioli. With a catalogue of different language books and dictionaries to the rear. In full calf. Externally, very smart with light marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of big-game hunting and wild animals in India. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighteen plates, one plan, and a fold-out map. Collated complete. A detailed guide to big-game hunting in India, with reference to the behaviour of wild animals, frays and forays, how animals hunt, the jungles, man-eaters, wild men, wolf-children, and much more. Written by Brigadier-General Reginald George Burton, a British Indian army officer, hunter-naturalist and writer of books on sports hunting and military history. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Marks to the spine and rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Bookseller's ink stamp to the front pastedown. Very Good

London: Seeley, Service & Co Limited, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of this interesting travel work on New Guinea, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.File copy, with a stamp to the fore edge, and five  letters regarding reviewing this work loosely inserted, to and from John Methven, L. Batho Rawling, and Miss Audrey Ewart King.  Captain C. G. Rawling's vivid account of his travels in New Guinea and his encounters with the native tribes, as well as his exploration of many untouched jungles; he had the first Western encounter with the Tapiro pygmies, and was the first European to reach many of the regions he explored during the expedition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and thirty-one plates.Collated, complete.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.… Read More

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. An excellent first edition describing Rawling's important expedition to New Guinea and his encounters with locals. Illustrated with plates and a folding map. This work describes the author's encounters with native tribes in New Guinea, as well as his exploration of many untouched jungles; he had the first Western encounter with the Tapiro pygmies, and was the first European to reach many of the regions he explored during the expedition.Written by Cecil Godfrey Rawling, a British explorer, soldier and writer, the recipient of awards from numerous governments for his expeditions to Tibet and Dutch New Guinea. He wrote two works about his experiences, before he was tragically killed in battle during the First World War. With forty-eight illustrations as well as a folding map.A smart first edition of this fascinating travelogue, describing New Guinea and its inhabitants from a Western perspective. In the… Read More

Cairo: National Printing Department, 1906. Leather. Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. An interesting and thorough study of the River Nile, illustrated with folding maps and plates.. This work offers a thorough geographical study of the River Nile, a river in Africa which is commonly regarded as the longest in the world. The work looks at the tributaries and basins, looking at the journey of the Nile through its over four-thousand mile run. Henry George Lyons was a geologist, starting his career in the military, during which he was posted in Cairo. After retiring from the army, with the rank of colonel, Lyons became the Director of the Science Museum in London. With a total of fifty-six plates, with twenty-five being folding maps and plates. Most plates have coloured highlights to them. This work is partly misbound, with pages two-hundred and nine to two-hundred and twenty-four being bound between pages two-hundred and forty and two-hundred and forty-one. An ink inscription to the front… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1903. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Various . The first edition of Charles G Harper's pictorial history of the coaching age in two volumes. A comprehensive history of the coaching days written by Charles G Harper, English author and illustrator.  The first edition, complete in two volumes. From the introduction of carriages to the end of the coaching age and what became of the coachmen. With final chapter concerned with the 'Old England of Coaching Days.' Illustrated from old-time prints and pictures. Collated, complete with frontispiece to each volume, sixty-one full page plates and further illustrations in text. In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. Externally very smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip gently faded. Minor faint damp mark to front board vol. I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clen. Very Good

London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Arthur Hughes. A charmingly illustrated collection of Christina Rossetti's poetry. A new and enlarged edition of this work. With one-hundred and twenty illustrations by Arthur Hughes, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'To my darling grand daughters Mary Lucy and Elizabeth Jane from their loving Grandpa John Friend'. Christina Rossetti was a romantic, devotional author. Her children's poems 'Goblin Market' and 'Remember' remain famous to this day. Rossetti's popularity remained strong posthumously, as scholars studied Freudian themes in her work. She was a great influence to Virginia Woolf, Ford Madox Ford, Elizabeth Jennings and Philip Larkin. 'Sing-Song' is a comprehensive collection of nursery rhymes. There are poems drawing on Rossetti's own childhood, and this work contains a wide range of topics. There are some verses regarding sadness and nursery, which may not… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1865. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 4.5". D G Rossetti . A smartly bound, uncommon, second edition of important poem. Written by the esteemed poet, Christina Rossetti. Containing an early appearance of her well-known poem 'Goblin Market'. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and pictorial title page from designs by D G Rossetti. The second edition of this work. Comprising of the titular poem, and numerous additional poems and devotional pieces. This work was Rossetti's first publication. This is therefore the second edition of her important poem, 'Goblin Market'. The poem was composed in 1859, and is Rossetti's longest poem. It is the most widely known and read of all her works and launched her literary career. It is believed that 'Goblin Market' inspired Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. 'Goblin Market' explores themes of temptation, sacrifice and salvation. Biographers and critics have argued that the themes of temptation, sexual exchange and… Read More

London : John Murray, 1869. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 5.5". None. The comprehensive list of serving military in 1869. Published quarterly, this is No. CXXIV, 1st October 1869. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Including 'The Royal Marines, and Indian Staff Corps, distinguishing those who have served in the peninsula, who were at waterloo, who have received medals and other distinctions, and who have been wounded, and in what actions, with the period of service both on full and half pay. Giving also the dates of every officer's commissions and distinguishing those obtained by purchase'. In a full cloth binding. Externally rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean with some light spotting to the first and last few pages. A page of handwritten notes stapled into the rear. Good

London : The Adam Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 11" by 9". None. A first edition, second impression of this work by D G Rice. Signed by Rice to front free-endpaper. With 15 colour plates. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and some marks to boards. Ink inscription by author to front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of this scarce work recounting the author's expedition across the Sahara. The first edition of this scarce work.Presentation copy, with a stamp to the title page. A vivid travel work recounting Donald R. G. Cameron's journey across the Sahara, from Kano to Algeria. Cameron's writing presents an evocative look at the Central Sahara.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and twenty-four plates.Collated, complete. Sixteen pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few minor marks to the boards. Spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Frontispiece is working loose. Very Good

London: Palestine Exploration Fund, 1920. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this scarce illustrated study of hygiene in Palestine. First edition. Scare work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study of hygiene in Palestine through history, with chapters on habit, food, climate, water supply, common diseases, health conditions, diseases of the bible, and more. Written by Ernest William Gurney Masterman, a British member of the Royal College of Surgeons. With a preface by Alexander Macalister, an Irish anatomist and Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University. Dated from the British Library. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and occasional pencil annotation. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company Limited, 1903. Cloth. Good. 12" by 9". Not Stated. A richly illustrated sports work containing essays on both popular and unusual sporting activities across the globe. This expansive work contains essays on elk-hunting, sea-fishing in Australia, pheasant shooting, racquets, football lion hunting, revolver shooting, Japanese wrestling, curling, sports with tigers and toboganning.Edited by F. G. Aflalo, with contributors including F. C. Selous, Theodore A. Cook, Colonel Walrond, Eustace Miles, the Baron de Vaux, H. Graces and W. H. Grenfell.The first subscriber's edition.Lavishly illustrated throughout with in-text photographs and drawings.With the ownership bookplate of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Courtney Brocklehurst, a veteran of the First World War awarded the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. He was stationed in Burma during the Second World War where he was killed in action aged 54 in 1942. In the original full cloth binding.… Read More

Stratford-on-Avon: Shakespeare Press, [1923]. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated . The scarce first edition, second impression of F G Savage's study of the use of flora and folklore in Shakespeare's poems and plays. The first edition, second impression of this work. A scarce copy in all editions.Study of old-time customs, natural history and uses of flowers, herbs, nuts, trees &c in the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. By F G Savage. With frontispiece and further plates of illustrations. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine, boards lightly marked. Stickers from Stratford upon Avon to front pastedown and free endpaper. Front hinge slightly strained to half title. Evidence of the removal of leaf between title page and list of illustrations. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Good

London: W & A K Johnston , 1911. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 6". None. A scarce first edition of this topographical study of southern Nigeria, by the Colonial director of the survey, Gordon Guggisberg. Large folding map loosely inserted to the rear. This work was produced for the guidance of Guggisberg's assistants during his time as director of surveys in that colony. A very scarce work, which provides fascinating insight into the work Guggisberg completed in Nigeria. In a full cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Patches of rubbing to the boards and spine. Internally, binding is strained at pages 80-83; 128-129. Map is loosely inserted to rear. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Map is generally smart, with some tidemarks to the linen backing, which is visible to the map. Very Good

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Charles Whymper. A scarce, early twentieth century guide on weather conditions when angling by J.G. Aflalo, illustrated throughout. A fascinating and detailed guide to the various weather conditions that can occur when angling, and the best methods involved. Divided in chapters according to different weather patterns, such as sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, frost and snow, wind, thunderstorms, fog, and more. Written by F.G. Aflalo, editor of the Encyclopaedia of Sport and many other works on angling and sport. Containing six full page illustrated plates based off paintings by Charles Whymper. Collated, and lacking two plates. Containing the bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown. A scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light shelf wear and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, binding… Read More

Not Stated: Gotha & Neu York Im Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, 1828. Leather. Very Good. 4.5" by 3". None. An original German pocket sized edition of Gottlieb Klopstock's poem 'Messias'. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock's epic poem Messias. In the original German. Bound by John Bird of Hatton Park. Complete, ten volumes bound in three. Published as a part of the 'Miniatur-Bibliothek' series. All three volumes are pocket sized. Der Messisas is a poem which comprises of 19,458 dactylic hexameters. Thematically, the poem deals with redemption of mankind and the poem opens with Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. This poem is Klopstock's best known work. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with small patches of minor rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. A small amount of slight rubbing to the head and tail of spines and to the paper covered boards. Binder's stamp to front pastedowns, John Bird Hatton Garden. Prior… Read More

Shanghai: The Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this detailed illustrated study into Chinese nautical research, volume one only. Volume one only. Introduction; and Craft of the Estuary and Shanghai Area. Review copy. Published by the Order of the Inspector General of Customs. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a colour folding map, eighty-three plates, seven of which are folding, and seventeen in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed study of the nautical research of China, with chapters on the Chinese Junk in history, the Junks and the Sampans of the Yangtze estuary, methods of propulsion, masts and sails, methods of sheeting, the Chinese compass, anchors and rudders, as well as a nautical chronological table. Written by G. R. G. Worcester, an English sailor who left the British Royal Navy to join the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs… Read More

London: J.M. Dent and Co. , 1896. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 8" by 6" . J. Ayton Symington . A first edition copy of this comedic novel, written by prolific British author H.G. Wells, illustrated throughout. The Wheels of Chance is a comedic novel telling the story of a poorly paid draper's assistant, Mr. Hoopdriver, who takes a cycling holiday in the summer of 1895. It is a fascinating representation of cycling culture that was pervasive in England during this time period.The first edition, first impression of this work, with the publisher's imprint to page 314 and ten pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Written by the prolific British author H.G. Wells. Wells is most well-known for his science fiction works, such as War of the Worlds (1898), The Invisible Man (1897), and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature four times during the course of his life. This work includes forty illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, collated and… Read More