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M. A. R. Tucker · 1907 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of Cambridge, adorned with many colour plates. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. A richly illustrated ...

The Ladies&Apos; Year Book and Diary for 1940 with Cookery Recipes and Hints and Household Accounts Section

Jean Scott · 1940 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Charles Letts & Co. 1940. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce year book and diary for women in 1940, with a household accounts section, recipes, dressmaking hints, and legal and financial information. A very scarce year book and diary, in the original quarter cloth and...

A New Tale of Two Cities

James Milne · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of James Milne's pessimistic analysis of society in London and Paris in the years immediately following the end of the Great War. The very scarce first edition, first impression....

Turquie Agonisante and la Hyene Enragee

Pierre Loti · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1913-16. Leather. Two limited edition volumes from the French writer Pieree Loti, featuring a historical work on Turkey and his novel 'La Hyene Enragee', bound in half calf. A limited edition, being one of one-hundred and seventy-five printed on ...

The Patriot&Apos;S Progress Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of this poignant WWI novel by Henry Williamson. This edition limited to three hundred and fifty copies, signed by the author and illustrator. This copy is number 232.In the publisher's origi...

Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum in Archivis Publicis Asservatum

Thomas Thomson · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, By Command of His Majesty King George the Third, 1814. First edition. Leather. A scarce volume on the history of Scotland by Thomas Thomson, the first edition of this illustrated Latin work. The first edition of this scarce work.Text is in Latin, with the prefatory mat...

The Story of a Beautiful Duchess

Horace Bleackley · 1908 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1908 . First edition. Leather. The third impression of Horace Bleackley's very scarce biography of society hostess and celebrated beauty Elizabeth Hamilton, in a signed Bumpus binding. The third impression of this work, published the ye...

Two Scarce Moss Bros Leaflets: Bridal Hire and Warm Weather Clothing

Moss Bros · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Birmingham; London, Moss Bros Ltd; Moss Bros Birmingham Ltd, c1950. First edition. Paperback. Two vanishingly scarce leaflets from the popular menswear company 'Moss Bros', advertising their warm weather clothing and Bridal hire service, providing an interesting hist...

City of Manchester Education Committee: Manchester Municipal Secondary School Prospectus

1908 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Manchester , City of Manchester Education Committee, 1908. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce early 20th-century prospectus for Manchester Secondary School. The 1908 prospectus for Manchester Municipal Secondary School, now known as Manchester Academy. In the publisher&a...

Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a Lady.

Mrs. Chapone [Hester Chapone] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Sharpe, 1822 . Leather. The first Westall edition of Hester Chapone's popular educational work, intended to encourage self-improvement in women, with illustrations by Richard Westall. The first Westall edition. Bound in full crushed morocco with gilt detailin...

The Diamond Jubilee in Cheshire

John H. Cooke · 1899 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Warrington and London, Mackie and Co. 1899 . First edition. Vellum. A limited edition Royal Quarto copy of this richly illustrated account of how Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in Chester, compiled by John H. Cooke. Limited edition of the Royal Quarto cop...

The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, June 1953: A Book Compiled by the City and County of Bristol Education Committee for the Boys and Girls of Bristol Schools

City and County of Bristol Education Committee · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bristol, Partridge & Love Ltd. 1953. First edition. Paperback. An illustrated educational booklet on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, produced for the school children of Bristol. A very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Illustrated with t...

Lawrence of Arabia Memorial

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An excellent copy of this pamphlet discussing plans for the memorial bust of T. E. Lawrence, which was unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of p...

Encaenia

1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, Horace Hart, 1904. Paperback. A very scarce order of proceedings for the 1904 Encaenia at the University of Oxford. The very scarce programme for the 1904 Encaenia at the University of Oxford.This programme details the order of proceedings of the day, on the 22nd June....

Travel in England; Outline of English Architecture; the English Interior

Thomas Burke; A. H. Gardner; Ralph Dutton · 1946 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York; London, Charles Scribner’s Sons; B. T. Batsford, 1946-1948. First edition. Cloth. A lovely illustrated three volume set on the history of British architecture, interior design and travel; all with their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition of Travel i...

Coloured Ceramics from Ashur and Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings

Walter Andrae [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Walter Andrae's beautifully and vibrantly illustrated study of Assyrian ceramics and wall paintings. A scarce first edition.The editor of this work, Walter Andrae, was a Ger...

Deserteur! Scenes de la Vie Algerienne

Sophie de Cantelou · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. c1892. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this illustrated travel work from French writer Sophie de Cantelou, in the original French. French. Uncommon work. Illustrated throughout with forty-eight images, ten of which are on plates. Collated co...

Specimen Historico-Criticum, Exhibens Vitam Amedis Tulonidis

Taco Roorda · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Batavorum, S. et J. Luchtmans, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce exploration on the life of Ahmad ibn Tulun, the first edition, in the original Latin. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original Latin.Half-title is present. A biographical treatise on Ah...

The City of Glasgow: Its Origin, Growth, and Development

John Gunn; Marion I. Newbigin [editors] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed geographical and historical study of Glasgow, with folding maps. First edition. Illustrated with five plates and six folding maps. Collated complete. A detail...

&Apos;Left Book Club&Apos; Works on Nazi Germany and World War Two

Jurgen Kuczynski; Quenter Reimann; Fenner Brockway; Frederic Mullally · 1939 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Gollancz, 1939-45 . Cloth. Three volumes of left-wing works from the 'Left Book Club' on the war and Nazi Germany, published during World War Two. The 'Left Book Club Edition' to all. Not published for sale to the public. In the publisher's or...