John Roydon Rooper (2 results)

NOTE FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xix + 290pp, illus/folding charts, VG (light to moderate fading & warping to spine, sl soiling to front board, moderate staining to rear board, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims).

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce privately printed 1958 first edition of The Rooper Story, a richly illustrated genealogical history compiled by John Roydon Rooper, detailing the family"s lineage, estates, and service. In a handsome half morocco binding with red cloth boards, bound by S. Straker and Sons, London.A very scarce first edition of this work, printed by S. Straker and Sons, for private circulation.Illustrated with 15 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, and 17 genealogical tables. Collated, complete.This is a detailed family history, compiled by John Roydon Rooper, tracing the genealogy and notable members of the Rooper family. The volume includes biographical sketches, anecdotes, and records relating to the family"s estates, military service, and social life. In a handsome half morocco binding with cloth boards, bound by S. Straker and Sons, London. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to upper extremities of front board. The slightest shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Near Fine. book.