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Frightful Crhymes

E. L. Roberts · 1918 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.69 | $393.47 | ¥62,487)

London, Erskine MacDonald, 1918 . First edition. Hardback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this posthumously published volume of poetry from 2nd Lieut. in WWI E. L. Roberts, with four handwritten original poems and a signed letter from the author. The vanishingly scarc...

An Epitome, Historical and Statistical, Descriptive of the Royal Naval Service of England

E. Miles; L. Miles · 1844 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€418.45 | $466.82 | ¥74,137)

London, M A Nattali , 1844. Cloth. Naval history of England by E. Miles, adorned with lovely coloured plates. Historical and statistical descriptions of the British Royal Navy by E. Miles with the assistance of Lieutenant Lawford Miles. Scarce new issue from the first edition ...

Rollo and Tricksy Dauntless Patty the Tapestry Room

Florence E. Burch; E. L. Haverfield; Mrs Molesworth · 1901 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.45 | $166.72 | ¥26,477)

London; Edinburgh; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons; Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton; Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901; [1909] (Undated, dated fro. Cloth. London; Edinburgh; New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons; Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton; Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901; [1...

Rhymes and Ruminations; Crhymes; More Crhymes

[E. L. Roberts] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€657.56 | $733.58 | ¥116,500)

Letchworth, Garden City Press Limited, 1911-1913. First edition. Paperback. A uniquely scarce three-volume set of E. L. Roberts"s verse pamphlets, with no copies recorded in institutional holdings. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First editions. An exceptionally ...

Stings and Honey

L. E. Jones · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.87 | $40.01 | ¥6,355)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this poetry collection by L. E. Jones, previously owned by Richard Garnett, son of founder of Rupert Hart-Davis and once its production manager. The first edition of this poetical collection by Lawr...

Wisdom While You Wait & Wisdom on the Hire System

E. V. Lucas; Charles L. Graves · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.60 | $120.04 | ¥19,064)

London, Isbister & Co. 1902-3 . First edition. Paperback. A pair of first editions comprised of a scarce mock prospectus for a spoof encyclopaedia, with the supplement work, written by E. V. Lucas and C. L. Graves. The first edition. Published for private circulation. Scarce. ...

Wisdom While You Wait

E. V. Lucas; C. L. Graves · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.60 | $120.04 | ¥19,064)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1902. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, a copy printed for printed circulation, of this comical mock prospectus for a spoof encyclopaedia by E. V. Lucas and C. L. Graves. The first edition of this work for private circulat...

Wisdom While You Wait

E. V. Lucas; C. L. Graves · 1903 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.82 | $53.35 | ¥8,473)

London, Isbister & Co, 1903. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce mock prospectus for a spoof encyclopaedia by E. V. Lucas and C. L. Graves. The first trade edition, first impression.A scarce work.This work was originally published for private circulation...

Precepts in Practice, or Stories Illustrating the Proverbs

A. L. O. E. [Charlotte Maria Tucker] · 1873 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.58 | $65.36 | ¥10,379)

London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1873 . Cloth. A very scarce, early edition of this collection of short stories surrounding the truths from the book of Proverbs, by Charlotte Maria Tucker. In the publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. First published in 1858. Very...

Waterloo a Narrative and a Criticism

E. L. S. Horsburgh · 1895 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.80 | $60.02 | ¥9,532)

London, Methuen & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this work on the battle of Waterloo by E. L. S. Horsburgh. A first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth. With 7 plates including maps. Collated complete. This work is written b...

A Victorian Boyhood; an Edwardian Youth; Georgian Afternoon; I Forgot to Tell You

L. E. Jones · 1959 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.58 | $126.71 | ¥20,123)

London, Macmillan; Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959-65. Cloth. L. E. Jones's complete autobiographical work in four volumes, enclosed unclipped dust wrapper. In four volumes. Including first edition of 'Georgian Afternoon' and 'I Forgot to Tell You;' Later prin...

Notes on the History of the Leper Hospital and Chapel of St. Margaret, Taunton

L. E. J. Brooke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.45 | $166.72 | ¥26,477)

Taunton, L. E. J. Brooke, 1963. Cloth. A very scarce local history of Taunton, with illustrations. A very scarce volume of notes on the history of St. Margaret's Leper Hospital in Taunton Somerset, which was founded for lepers in 1185. Written and complied by L .E. J. Br...

The Derelict Duchess, a Study of the Life and Times of Charlotte D&Apos;Albret Duchesse de Valentinois Wife of Cesare Borgia

E. L. Miron · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.47 | $160.05 | ¥25,418)

New York, Brentano's, 1912. Cloth. A scarce early edition of this exciting biography of Charlotte de Albret with illustrations. Early edition of The Derelict Duchess, A Study of the Life and Times of Charlotte D'Albret Duchesse de Valentinois Wife of Cesare Borgia by...

(1876) Domestic Economy: A Class-Book for Girls; (1884) Breakfast Dishes; (1897) Nelson&Apos;S Home Comforts; (1893) Liebig Company&Apos;S Practical Cookery Book; (1901) Sweets & Supper Dishes; [1908] the Pot-Luck Cookery Book.

M. L. Allen; Mary Hooper; Mrs. H. M. Young; Mrs. De Salis; H. E. C. · 1876 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.16 | $253.42 | ¥40,246)

London; New York and Bombay, T. Nelson and Sons; J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited; G. Nelson, Dale & Co. Limited; Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Limited; Long, 1876-[1908]. Cloth. London; New York and Bombay: T. Nelson and Sons; J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited; G. Nelson, Dale & ...

The Hartley Brothers or the Knights of Saint John

A. L. O. E. [Charlotte Maria Tucker] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.78 | $66.69 | ¥10,591)

London, Gall & Inglis, 1889. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated adventure novel from prolific English writer Charlotte Maria Tucker. Early edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A sequel to previous stories of...

Masterpieces in Colour; Romney Leighton Greuze Turner Bernardino Luini Raphael Carlo Dolci Titian Rembrandt Hunt Holeman

Lewis Hind; Alice Eyre Macklin; James Mason; Paul Konody; George Hay; S. L. Bensusan; Josef Israels; Mary E. Coleridge; A. Lys Baldry · 0 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€114.77 | $128.04 | ¥20,335)

New York, T. C. & E. C. Jack , c1910. Leather. Ten volumes of work from the 'Masterpieces in Colour' series bound in full morocco over 2 volumes with vibrant full colour plates. Ten volumes from the 'Masterpieces in Colour' series over two volumes.In full m...

Departures

E. L. Grant Watson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.82 | $53.35 | ¥8,473)

London , Pleiades Books, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this reflective nature work, with lovely woodcuts. A first edition copy of this autobiographical nature book  by E. L. Grant Watson. This volume is an intimate examination of nature, exploring the myster...

Buch Der Schmetterlinge Und Raupen

Dr. H. Rockstrock; Dr. E. L Taschenberg · 1883 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.54 | $78.69 | ¥12,497)

Halle, Hermann Gesenius, 1883. Cloth. A wonderful study of Lepidoptera, illustrated with sixteen chromolithographic plates of caterpillars and butterflies. In the original German, in black letter type.A wonderfully illustrated edition of this German language study of butterfli...

Taunton&Apos;S Water Transport

L .E. J. Brooke · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.60 | $120.04 | ¥19,064)

Taunton, L. E. J. Brooke, c1960. Paperback. A very scarce work on Taunton's water transport. A very scarce volume exploring the history of Taunton's Water Transport by Somerset journalist L. E. J. Brooke. With editorial corrections in red pen. Undated, In the origina...

Fifty Years of Brooklands

W. Boddy; L'Ancien; E. Colston Shepherd; Charles Gardner · 1956 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.80 | $60.02 | ¥9,532)

London, Heinemann, 1956. Cloth. An illustrated history of the first fifty years at the Brooklands racing circuit. Highly illustrated with photographs. Includes chapters on: building the track, early records, the first British Grand Prix, Brooklands as an aerodrome, looping the...