Rare books from Will Cook Books

John Murray, 1832. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No D/J. 1832. ATTRACTIVE 3 volumes in full leather, tan calf with marbled boards. Gilt tooling to spine.3 Volumes Complete but at fault as described. 2 ex-libris plates to each volume,. The first Charles Lawrence with the coat of arms and motto; "nulls in verba" This was Hallam's best-known and most influential work. It covers the Tudor and Stuart periods and terminates with the reign of George II. It includes chapters on the constitutions of Ireland and Scotland. Spine ends worn & chipped. A little foxing to end papers &; fly leaves Vol 1 Spine split from one side of cover and front board Detached. The rest of the volume clean and in good condition. Inside font and back pages affected by some foxing. Vol 2 Rear board detached. Spine, half detached, split from left side of cover as well as split 2 inches from bottom edge. The rest of the volume clean and in good condition. Inside font and back pages affected by some… Read More

1st Edition.Rare. Hardcover. No D/J. G.M. Tucker. 1906. Red covers with gilt titles. Worn spine , intact . 10 stories, illustrated by G.M. Tucker. Happy to answer any questions and will gladly email a scan of book. Illus.

1st ed. not ex- Library book. 257 pp with maps and advertisements in rear. No d/j . Covers worn on corners. Covers the local life and customs in the towns as well as in the villages. Among the 17 chapters you find observations on the people of various sects – Hindu and Muslim; fairs and festivals; religion; devils, devil dancing, and devil doctors; village schools, temples and amusements; flora, etc. The book ends with 2 chapters on Mysore and Seringapatam, and the Canarese. This book has 50 water colour paintings that illustrate the subject of the accompanying chapters, painted by Lady Lawley. Folded sketch map creased in back of the volume.This first edition ( 1914), is illustrated by Lady Lawley who was the wife of the Governor of Madras and who lived in Southern India for over six years and had close ties with the Maharajah of Mysore. It is said Lady Lawley's landscapes have a bright and almost impressionistic quality. Critics said she truly excelled with her portraits, which display… Read More

London & Manchester: William Strange and Bradshaw, 1841 & 1842. Famous and Rare volumes.  Vol 1 has split partially on the edge of the spine from its covers though is still intact having been partially repaired. Vol 2 the covers are missing and the book is protected by a mylor type transparent cover.

Paris & Bruxelles: Charles Gilliet, 1880. First printing. Paperback. Good/good. 8 small booklets In paperback, covers with d/j's. Each full volume has an etching in the frontispiece. A small amount of foxing here and there but nothing really to indicate that these volumes are 130 years old. Text is in French Volume I: 62 pages, the DELIGHTS of the Holy Spirit and the bed warmer. THE CHALICE of MADAME DE TRIGONEC –- Les délices de l'Esprit-Saint et la bassinoire ; Le calice de Madame de Trigonec volume II: 67 pages, a marriage of CONSTANTINOPLE. A POINT...Tapestry –Un mariage à Constantinople ; Un point. de tapisserie. volume III: 73 pages, a Seraglio for sale. THE PENANCE of the parish priest of TILLY – - Un sérail à vendre ; La pénitence du curé de Tilly.Volume IV: 66 pages, the CHASTE SUZANNE. A white mass –- La chaste Suzanne ; Une messe blanche. volume V: 82 pages, the amends. THE TELPEHONE- L'amende honorable ; Le téléphone. volume VI: 81 pages, the curator. THE necessary and the… Read More

Bauer, Jean Geoffroy Heitz, Johann Heinrich, 1756. Hardcover. Very Good. Well bound intact volume with Leather spine and strong boards. Size of volume 11 x 8.5 inches. There is an old strong repair to the the top 2" of the spine. 436 Pages plus indexes. Five raised bands on the spine. The title of the book tells us it concerns ancient rhetoricians of Latin. Writers and Contributors included in the book:-: Rutilio Lupo Aquila Emporius, Rhetor Rufinus, Magister Beda el Venerable, Santo Prisciano Cesariense Isidoro, Santo, Arzobispo de Sevilla Alcuino Marciano Capela Pithou, Francois Rufinianus, Julius Fortunatianus, Chirius Victorino, Cayo Mario, Afer Victor, Sulpitius Agustín, Santo, Obispo de Hipona Severiano, Julio Hermógenes de Tarso Casiodoro, Magno Aurelio Chovin, Jacques-Antonyers and authors included.… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1939. Paperback. Near Fine/near fine. RACKHAM Arthur . Clean Paperback. 37 p. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece. 18 small line drawings. Pictorial printed paper covers. Patterned endpapers. Some foxing on end cover but generally in excellent overall condition given age."Goblin Market" is a popular narrative poem that was included in Rossetti's first commercially published collection of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862). The poem tells the story of two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who encounter a group of goblin merchants while they collect water at a stream near their home. Christina Georgina Rossetti was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, along with her brothers Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William M. Rossetti. She served as… Read More