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The Theatre at Work Fireworks & Fetes Animals of Australia Zoo Birds Living Pictures Signs and Symbols a History of the Countryside Wild Flowers Pottery and Its Making Mountain and Moorland Birds a Book of Trains

James Cleaver; Alan St. H. Brock; Webster Murray; Sheila Hawkins; David Seth Smith; John Maddison; G. E. Pallant Sidaway; Margaret & Alexander Potter; Paxton Chadwick; R. B. Talbot Kelly; W. J. Bassett-Lowke; F. E. Courtney · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Middlesex; New York, Penguin Books Ltd. [1947]; [1946]; [1947] (Undated. Paperback. Middlesex; New York: Penguin Books Ltd. [1947]; [1946]; [1947] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library); 1951; 1950; 1953; c.1947; [1949]; [1950]; [1947] (Undated, dated from co...

Housecraft Principles and Practice

Ruth Binnie; Julia E. Boxall · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1934. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated and instructional title, seen here with its incredibly scarce, unclipped original dust wrapper. A very scarce guide to the care and maintenance of the home, in original olive green cloth binding.An in...

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

James George Frazer · 1949 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1949 . Cloth. Insightful study on the mysteries of magic and religion from prominent folklorist and social anthropologist, Sir James George Frazer. Abridged edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding.A work by Sir James George Fr...

The Princess&Apos; Album of Ludlow

1801 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Rock & Co, c1850 . Cloth. A very scarce collection of illustrations of Ludlow published by Rock & Co. A very scarce work.In the original blue cloth binding.A work published by Rock & Co. founded by William Frederick Rock (1801-1890). Rock & Co. were known for being pr...

Regulations and Instructions Relating to His Majesty&Apos;S Service at Sea

The Royal Navy, His Majesty's Council · 1808 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Not Stated, 1808. Leather. The scarce 1808 record of the official regulations governing the organization and discipline of the British Navy in the early 19th century, in a contemporary calf binding. The scarce 1808 edition of this work, which was published across the 1...

Series of Prints of Roman History, Designed As Ornaments for Those Apartments in Which Children Receive the First Rudiments of Their Education; a Description of a Set of Prints of Roman History Contained in a Set of Easy Lessons

Mrs. Trimmer [Sarah Trimmer] · 1789 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, J. Marshall and Co. 1789. First edition. Leather. The rare first edition of this children's history of ancient Rome, complete with sixty-four plates and their accompanying descriptions. A very scarce first edition of this Roman history for young readers, complete ...

6vols Royal Commemorative Publications

Various · 1981 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London; Watford; Cape Town, H. A. & W. L. Pitkin, Ltd.; IPC Magazines Limited; Amalgamated Press, Ltd.; Odhams (Watford) Ltd.; Calandaria (Pty) Ltd.; Odhams, c1952-1981. First edition. Paperback. London; Watford; Cape Town: H. A. & W. L. Pitkin, Ltd.; IPC Magazines Limited; Am...

History of Wesleyan Methodism in the Crewe Circuit

Caesar Caine · 1883 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Crewe, J. Hinchsliff, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated first-edition local history of the Wesleyan Methodist Circuit in Crewe, featuring a map and folding chart. First edition.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.With a frontispiece map of the Crewe Ci...

Regency Morocco Clamshell Containing German Handwritten Letters

Various · 1862 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

None , None, 1862-63. Unbound. A wonderful collection of handwritten German letters held in a decorative straight-grain morocco clamshell box. Comprising forty-six small slips, nineteen of which are written on and three of which are illustrated.The first slip is printed with a...

The Yale Edition of the Swinburne Letters in Six Volumes

Cecil Y. Lang [ed.] · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1959-1960. Cloth. An incredibly smart set of 4 volumes, containing varied correspondence from poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. An extremely smart set of four volumes, of a six volume set.Decorated with smart gilt lettering to each spine.Volume...

The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant

Ethel H. Hearn [trans]; · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this collection of sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and Harald Hardrada. A first edition of this copy.This volume is a collection of sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant (Harald Haar...

The Jewish Historical Society of England Volume X Transactions Sessions 1921-1923

Jewish Historical Society of England · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Printed for the Society; Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. 1924. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated record, the tenth published for the Jewish Historical Society of England. An uncommon first edition, bound in original paper.Volum...

History of the Ancient Parish of Leek in Staffordshire Including Horton, Cheddleton and Ipstones

John Sleigh · 1883 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Bemrose & Sons, 1883 . Cloth. A scarce subscribers-only limited second edition of Sleigh"s authoritative history of the ancient parish of Leek and its townships, illustrated with plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding with blind stamping. This is a lim...

La Raza Aberdeen-Angus En la Republica Argentina

Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Buenos Aires, Argentine Aberdeen Angus Corporation, 1947. Cloth. The very scarce second edition to an agricultural history on the Aberdeen-Angus and its popular breeding in Argentina. The very scarce second edition of La Raza Aberdeen-Angus en la Republica Argentina (The Aberd...

Buxton: Old and New

J.A. Goodacre · 1928 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Buxton, Derbyshire, J.A. Goodacre, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Buxton, Derbyshire: J.A. Goodacre, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 13" by 11". Various [inc. E. Brocklehurst, Ry. Coller, W. Hargreaves, Van Jones E. Lawrence, J.L. Martin, H. Rutherford, H.P. Templar, G.H. ...

Some Notes on the Ward of Aldgate and Its Ancient & Modern History

Richard Kemp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Eden Fisher & Company Ltd, 1904-1935. First edition. Paperback. An abundantly illustrated two volume set of works on the Aldgate Ward, including a signed presentation copy. A fantastic two volume set of works on the Ward of Aldgate.Including the original 1904 edition, ...

Captain Pakenham&Apos;S Invention of a Substitute for a Lost Rudder

Captain Edward Pakenham · 1793 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London, T. Spilsbury and Son, 1793 . First edition. Paperback. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of the illustrated publication of Captain Pakenham's discussion of replacing lost rudders and restoring the masts of ships. The very scarce first edition of th...

The Case of the Orphan and Creditors of John Ayliffe, Esq; for the Opinion of the Public: With an Appenda of Interesting Queries for the Answer of Those It Concerns

John Ayliffe; Various · 1761 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Printed for the Author, 1761. Hardback. A very scarce work containing letters sent to and from fraudulent estate manager, John Ayliffe. The first edition of this very scarce volume.Bound in later paper covered boards, with renewed endpapers. An intriguing selection of...

To Beg I Am Ashamed the Authentic Autobiography of a London Prostitute

Sheila Cousins · 1940 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Allahabad, Kitabistan, [c.1940]. Paperback. An incredibly scarce copy of this controversial autobiographical account, printed in India. An incredibly scarce copy of this autobiographical work, written under a pseudonym, which faced strong moral opposition to its original publi...

The Queen&Apos;S Resolve and Her &Apos;Doubly Royal Reign&Apos;

Charles Bullock · 1901 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, 'Home Words', 1901. Cloth. A popular illustrated commemorative biography on Queen Victoria, celebrating her diamond jubilee. A later illustrated edition of The Queen's Resolve: 'I will be good' and her 'Doubly Royal' Reign: A gift for...