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Memorials of Temple Bar with Some Account of Fleet Street, and the Parishes of St. Dunstan and St. Bride
T. C. Noble · 1869 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Diprose and Bateman , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Temple Bar and Fleet Street, with a bound-in errata handwritten and signed by the author. First edition. With a handwritten errata bound-in to the preface, signed by the author. This …
The Book of Magic, the Encyclopedia of Magic & Making Magic
Edwin A. Dawes; Arthur Setterington · 1986 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London; New York, Admiral; Gallery Books; MMB, 1986-1993. Hardback. Two smart copies of Dawes and Setterington's encyclopedic work on magic and performing magic. Three volumes. Three editions of this exploration of the art of magic, being a study guide and encyclopaedia to …
The Little Guides from Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Various · 1920 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1920-1933. Cloth. A collection of eight volumes from the popular series of illustrated guidebooks "The Little Guides". Eight volumes. From "The Little Guides" series, a popular series of illustrated, regional guidebooks published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. …
The Schoolgirls&Apos; Own Annual
Various · 1924 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, The Schoolgirls' Own, 1924-1929. Cloth. A charming six-volume run of "Schoolgirl"s Own Annuals" (1924Â1929), each illustrated with colour plates, featuring lively school stories and practical articles for the young girls of 1920s. In the publisher's original q…
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby; Jeremy Leggatt [trans.] · 2009 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this very scarce limited edition of Jean-Dominique Bauby's celebrated memoir, in a striking dust wrapper by artist Sam Porritt. A very scarce limited edition, being number 1,692 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies…
Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops Who Have Had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford
Anthony Wood · 1721 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, R. Knaplock; D. Midwinter, and J. Tonson, 1721 . Leather. The second edition of Anthony Wood's important study on the history and antiquities of Oxford and its affluent University, complete in two volumes. The two volume second edition of this work, in contemporary …
One Hundred Years of Architecture 1851-1951
Royal Institute of British Architects · 1951 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1951. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce work on the history of British architecture, previously owned by Ambrose Heal, the chairman of the 'Heal's' furniture company, with a letter from h…
A Walk from London to Fulham
Thomas Crofton Croker; T. F. Dillon Croker [editor] · 1860 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, William Tegg, 1860. Cloth. An illustrated copy of this historical account of the author's observations during a journey from London to Fulham. Illustrated throughout. Intended to preserve the memory of places that may soon be lost due to urban development, this acco…
A Wanderer in London
E. V. Lucas · 1914 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914. Leather. A leather bound seventeenth edition of this tour of London during the interwar period, with colour plates. Seventeenth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and thirty-six monotone plates. Collated compl…
The Royal Commission: The London City Livery Companies&Apos; Vindication
1885 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Gilbert and Rivington, Limited, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this study of the Royal Commission of London City livery companies. First edition. A comprehensive analysis of the Royal Commission inquiry into the London City Livery Companies. Be…
Tramping Round London: Forty-One Walks in London&Apos;S Country Described in Detail with Maps
Fieldfare" [Henry Bridges Fearon] · 1933 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Country Life Ltd. 1933. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this work, offering 41 richly described walks through London's surrounding countryside. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.T…
The Review and Abstract of the County Reports to the Board of Agriculture
William Marshall · 1818 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)
York, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. The rare to see complete five volume first collected edition of William Marshall's reviews of the 'Board of Agriculture's' reports, smartly bound in a modern crushed morocco binding. The first collec…
London County Council: Minutes of Proceedings
London County Council · 1954 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, London County Council , 1954-1955. First edition. Leather. The very scarce 1954 and 1955 minutes of proceedings of the London County Council, presented here in half crushed morocco. Comprising two very scarce first edition volumes of minutes from the London County Counci…
The Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch: The Official Guide
Shoreditch Borough Council · 1951 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Cheltenham, Ed. J. Burrow and Co. Ltd , 1951. Cloth. A very scarce post-WWII guide to the borough of Shoreditch, previously owned by the Mayor and Mayoress of the district. The eighth edition, being the first to be published since the war. A very scarce mid-19th century guidebo…
Great Private Collections
Douglas Cooper [ed.]; Kenneth Clark [intro.] · 1963 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of this richly illustrated tour through a series of private art collections. First edition. An uncommon volume.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. With the very scarce original glassine. …
The Soul of London: A Survey of the Modern City
Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford Madox Ford] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Alston Rivers, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exploration of the growth of London from English writer Ford Madox Hueffer. First edition. Part history, part personal reminiscence, in this work Ford explores the variety of the London city scene b…
A Frenchman&Apos;S London
Paul Morand; Desmond Flower [translator] · 1934 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce guide to London from French author Paul Morand. First edition. A very scarce work. Having studied at Oxford University, in both 1913 and 1939, Morand was appointed cultural …
The Collector in America
Jean Lipman · 1971 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this guide to art collecting in America, with the original glassine wrapper. First UK edition. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrapper. Illustrated with two hundred black…
A New Physical Geography
Ãlisée Reclus; A. H. Keane · 1886 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, J. S. Virtue & Co. 1886-7. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of Elisee Reclus's beautifully illustrated work on the world's physical geography, complete with 52 colour plates. The very scarce first edition. The first English edition. Complete i…
E. Mcknight Kauffer: A Designer and His Public
Mark Haworth-Booth · 1979 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, The Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd. 1979. First edition. Cloth. The first edition biography and visual study of Edward McKnight Kauffer, featuring numerous plates and in-text illustrations chronicling the designer"s life and work. In the publisher's original cloth bindin…