Search Results: Titles starting with M from Rooke Books

Milano: S. A. Fratelli Treves, 1936. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A scarce Italian work examining the use of airships and Zeppelins during the First World War. With several black and white photographic plates. Original paper wraps bound in. The Macchi M.9 was a flying boat bomber produced in Italy close to the end of World War I, and shortly afterwards. It was a conventional design for its day, with unstaggered biplane wings of unequal span and a single engine mounted pusher-fashion on struts in the interplane gap, close to the underside of the top wing. The pilot and observer sat side-by-side in an open cockpit. While earlier Macchi flying boats had conventional interplane struts, the M.9 introduced the Warren truss-style struts that would become characteristic of this manufacturer's designs. Around 16 examples were delivered to the Italian Navy prior to the Armistice, and around another 14 were assembled after the end of hostilities. A small number of postwar aircraft were… Read More

Amsterdam: Guiljelmum Iansonium Caesium, 1628. Leather. Very Good. 5" by 3". None. A smart pocket sized edition of Roman philosopher Seneca's works. With a vignette title page.Seneca the Elder wrote a collection of reminiscences about the Roman schools of rhetoric. The writings to this volume are arguably what his fame rests on today. Comprising his fictitious lawsuits 'Controversiae' and his fictitious speeches of persuasion 'Suasoriae'. His prin In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally, smart. Splits to the joints with the hinges strained but firm. Former owner's name to the front endpaper, D L Cumming. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise, the odd spot to pages. Very Good

London: Moss Bros & Co., 1934. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 14.5". H. M. Bateman. A witty booklet produced to promote the brand Moss Bros., with illustrations in colour by H. M. Bateman. This work was produced as advertising for Moss Bros., a menswear company started in 1851 at Covent Garden known for specialising in smart attire for men. It was produced as a booklet designed to make customers smile during a difficult economic time.Illustrated in colour throughout by H. M. Bateman, a cartoonist who contributed to Punch magazine, as well as The Tatler. With a price list for riding outfits and saddlery from Moss Bros.Undated; dated from copies held on Jisc.An uncommon and humorous booklet. In the original paper wraps. Externally generally smart, with some wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

Londini; [London]: T. Longman; B. Law; T. Pote; G. & G. Ginger; et al, 1793. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. An eighteenth century edition of the influential orations of Cicero, in the original Latin. ESTC citation number T138391.In the original Latin.The twelfth edition edited by Merouille.The collected orations of Cicero, the noted Roman statesman, who was an important figure in the politics of the late Roman Republic.Cicero was an accomplished orator, and is known for his large influence on the Latin language. His speeches included in this volume are still well regarded today for their intelligence and eloquence. Including a life of Cicero.Monastic bookplate to the front paste down of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate.One leaf of adverts to the rear. In the original calf binding. Externally, a little worn, with rubbing to the boards and spine. Joints are cracked with some loss to the leather, a larger amount of loss to the head of the rear board. A little loss to the head and tail of the… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938-57. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A very smart collection of ancient Roman philosophy by Cicero, edited by Albert Curtis Clark, the sixth impression thus of this work. A collection of the philosophy and speeches of ancient Roman statesman Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.), who was an important figure during the establishment of the Roman Empire, and wrote extensively on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. Edited by English classical scholar Albert Curtis Clark. In the original Latin. Complete in three volumes: Volume I is the first edition, sixth impression thus, published in 1938; Volume II is the second edition, seventh impression thus, published in 1956; Volume III is the second edition, sixth impression, published in 1957. All early editions thus of this work. From the Oxford Library of Classics. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Externally, very smart, with light shelf wear to the boards and light bumping to the head and tail of… Read More

Mediolani; [Milan]: Regiis Typis, 1817. Paperback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None. A collection of legal speeches delivered by Cicero, the influential Roman statesman and philosopher. In the original Latin. A collection of speeches by Cicero, mostly his legal speeches. Including his 54 BC speech 'Pro Scauro', which was in defense of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, his 71 BC speech 'Pro Tullio', on behalf of Tullius, his 62 BC speech 'Pro Archia Poeta', in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias, 62 BC 'Pro Sulla', in defense of Gnaeus Plancius, his 56 BC speech 'In Vatinium Testem', which was against the witness Publicius Vatinius at the trial of Sestius, and many other speeches. With a frontispiece, and two folding plates to the rear. Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher. He is generally considered to be one of Rome's greatest speakers and stylists. He had a great influence on the Latin language, it being stated that the history of prose was a return to or reaction to his style of… Read More

Hagae-Comitum [The Hague]: Apud Isaacum Vaillant, 1725 . Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart, collected edition of the epistles of Roman lawyer and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, with extensive accompanying critical notes. Printed in the original Latin, and with a double-column footnote commentary throughout.A smart early eighteenth century edition of Cicero's letters to Brutus and his brother, Quintus, offering fascinating insight into life in the Roman Republic. A manuscript containing Cicero's letters to Atticus, Quintus, and Brutus was rediscovered by Petrarch in 1345. This rediscovery is often credited for initiating the fourteenth century Italian Renaissance, and for the founding of Renaissance humanism.With an engraved title page vignette depicting a sailing vessel flanked by two merpeople, as called for by Jisc.With the stamp of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, to the title page.A smart copy of the great orator's works. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip.… Read More

London: Benj. Motte and Harper, 1701. Leather. Good Only. 7.5" by 5". Not stated. An uncommon collection of Marcus Valerius Martialis' short, witty poems, where he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances. An uncommon collection of Marcus Valerius Martialis' short, witty poems, where he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances. Adorned with a beautifully engraved frontispiece. Marcus Valerius Martialis is considered to be the creator of the modern epigram. Rebound in a full calf binding. Externally, a trifle worn and rubbed, with both joints cracked and tender. Internally, generally firmly bound and intermittently bright. Instances of scattered light foxing. Neat copperplate ink inscription to the verso of the frontispiece. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Good Only

London: Macmillan, 1997-2009. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. A set of eight first editions of Sue Grafton's popular and tense detective crime novels in her 'The Alphabet Murders' series, six volumes signed by the author. The first editions of these works. A collection of seven consecutive novels from 'The Alphabet Murders' series. Six of the seven volumes are signed by the author. The novels are about a young female detective, Kinsey Millhone. 'M is for Malice', published in 1996. Signed by the author to the loosely inserted label. The first edition, first impression of this work. 'N is for Noose', published in 1998. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. 'O is for Outlaw', published in 1999. The first edition, first impression of this work. This volume is not signed. 'P is for Peril', published in 2001. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page.… Read More

London : Ward, Lock & Bowden, c1870. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A work of Victorian fiction by the Scottish novelist George John Whyte-Melville. Whyte-Melville published his first novel, Digby Grand, in 1853, which was a huge success. He went onto publish twenty-one novels and became a popular writer about hunting. Most of his heroes and heroines, Digby Grand, Tilbury Nogo, the Honourable Crasher, Mr Sawyer, Kate Coventry, Mrs Lascelles, are or would be hunters. Some characters reappear in different novels, such as the supercilious studgroom, the dark and wary steeple-chaser, or the fascinating sporting widow. This volume, containing his thirteenth novel, is a new edition of the original 1869 edition and features some lovely decorative head and tail pieces. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light rubbing and minor wear only. Hinges strained. Spotting to endpapers, very clean and bright elsewhere. Good

New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. The first edition of this spy novel by Len Deighton. First US edition. Leonard Cyril Deighton (born 18 February 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British military historian, cookery writer, and novelist. He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards and original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, lovely condition. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Light edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine

Unknown: Privately Printed, 1992. Leather. Fine. 12" by 8.5". Unnamed. A superb limited edition, very scarce copy of this miscellaneous of extracts from the journals of the Army Service Corps, the Royal Army Service Corps, and the Royal Corps of Transport over a century of publication. Signed by the editor. An extremely scarce volume, only printed in fifty copies, of this interesting book comprising a miscellany of Corps Nostalgia, being extracts from the journals of the Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, and Royal Corps of Transport, over a century of publication, from 1891 to 1991. This is copy number forty three of fifty printed, signed by Lieutenant Colonel M H G Young, the editor. This collection aims to provide a wider choice of extracts for those who do not have access to the Corps archives. These extracts are highly interesting as they report personal experiences, incidents, and personalities from the past. Most extracts are short and offer brief glimpses of the Corps'… Read More

A La Haye: Dilalain, 1771. First edition. Disbound. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A scarce, first edition of Claude Joseph Dorat's philosophical poem 'Ma Philosophie'. With an illustrated frontispiece. Disbound, as issued. Complete with the half-title and errata to the rear. In the original French. Dorat's philosophy is an extended poem, and is rather unphilosophical in nature. Dorat was also known as 'Le Chevalier Dorat'. He wrote comedies, fables, novels and many books of light verse. Disbound. Externally, smart. Light spot to half-title. Plate and leaves A3-A6 are detached but present. Otherwise, the work is firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd light spots. Good

Paris: Calmann Levy, 1896. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Henri Scheffer; Ary Renan. A charming work from Ernest Renan with illustrations, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with seven plates. Collated complete. A charming work following the life of a sister, from a childhood of poetry and sweet sadness into adulthood. Written by Ernest Renan, a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar. Illustrated by Henri Scheffer, a Dutch painter in the Romantic school, and Ary Renan, a French Symbolist painter and social activist. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor chipping to the board. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good

Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1896. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 8.5". Vulliemin. A beautiful French edition of Maria Cummins' popular sentimental novel illustrated by Vulliemin and bound in bright decorative cloth. This work first appeared in 1857, and follows the daughter of a merchant based in New York who was raised an aristocrat but having lost her mother as a young girl. Written by American novelist Maria Susanna Cummins, the author of sentimental novels such as 'The Lamplighter', 'A Talk About Guides' and 'Haunted Hearts'.With beautiful illustrations in black and white throughout by Vulliemin.In the French language; translated from English by Harold.Bound in splendid decorative cloth with gilt detail. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; some bumping to the head and tail of the spine, which is a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot and a touch of age-toning. Very Good Indeed

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. Hardback. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None . Three of Lord Macaulay's essays contributed to the 'Edinburgh Review' bound in one volume. A collection of critical essays by Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally appeared in the influential magazine The Edinburgh Review. Three volumes in one.Essays include 'Warren Hastings,' 'Lord Clive,' and 'William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham.' With separate title pages and pagination. In half calf binding over marbled boards and edges, marbled endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, light scuffing to front board and extremities of rear. Back strip only lightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to first and last few leaves affecting only odd leaf. Pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Very Good

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1872. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An academic work detailing a selection of Lord Macaulay's interests, from Machiavelli to Frederick the Great. A new edition of Lord Macaulay's essay collection. Bound in half calf with cloth boards and a decorative marbled fore edge. These critical and historical essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review at the time and were dedicated to Francis Jeffrey, who was a close friend of Macaulay's. Lord Macaulay provides the reader with an insight into his interests and reviews the activities of different historical figures, such as Lord Bacon and Lord Nugent. In half calf binding with cloth boards and gilt detail to the spine. Externally in excellent condition with just minor shelf wear only. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Good colour and charming design. Front hinge starting after title page. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional spotting, mainly on endpapers. Age toning to endpapers.… Read More

New York : George D. Sproul, 1908. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. A scarce limited edition of Macbeth, with an original frontispiece by Arthur Rackham. A limited Editor's Autograph Edition of this work, which was limited to two hundred and fifty sets. Part of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare with annotations and a general introduction by Sidney Lee. This is volume XXXIII. This work has a special introduction by Henry Charles Beeching and an original frontispiece by Arthur Rackham.Macbeth is a tragedy that dramatises the damaging physical and phycological effects of ambition and those who seek power. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and some light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

Edinburgh: William Macdonald and Company, Limited, 1961 - 1962. Cloth. Good Only. 10" by 6.5". None. A scarce edition of the 1961-2 edition of 'Macdonald's English Directory and Gazetteer'. Copyright. Compiled, Printed and Published by the Proprietors William Macdonald and Company, Limited. Seventy-First Annual Edition Volume I. In a burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is some bumping to the top and tail of the spine. Corners are also bumped. Joints are tender. Both hinges are weak. Internally, binding is loosening in places. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink marking to the title-page. Good Only

London: Tho Paine for W Hills and D Pakeman, 1636. First edition. Leather. Good Only. 6" by 3.5". None. Niccolo Machiavelli's political history work Discourses on Livy. This is the first English translation of this work. Translated by Edward Dacres, a prominent translator of Machiavelli's works. Collated, complete. A very scarce copy of this work. Would make a good copy once rebound, rarely seen at all and usually in very poor state. Discourses on Livy is a philosophical political history. It was written in the early 16th century and was first published posthumously in 1531. The work discusses Livy's Ab Urbe Condita which discuss the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War. Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentine Renaissance historian, politician, humanist, philosopher and author. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally, worn. Severe loss to the backstrip and to the boards. Patches of rubbing to what remains of boards. Evidence of some previous repair to the… Read More