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Delicious Food for India: A Hostess&Apos;S Notebook
Marie Edwards · 1935 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Calcutta; London, Thacker, Spink & Co; Thacker & Co Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Marie Edward's guide to hosting in colonial India, aiming to combine British culinary traditions with local Indian ingredients. The first edition of this ve…
The Attache at Peking
A. B. Freeman-Mitford [Bernard Freeman-Mitford] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of A. B. Freeman-Mitford's scarce account of his time in China, in the original very scarce publisher's cloth. Inscribed by the author to his son. The first edition of this scarc…
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone
John Morley · 1905 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905-1906. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this biographical study of British politician William Ewart Gladstone. Complete in two volumes. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed biographical commentary on th…
The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story
Clara Reeve · 1823 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
Chiswick, Press of C. Whittingham, 1823 . Leather. A charming copy of the 1823 Chiswick Press edition of Clara Reeve"s pioneering Gothic novel, linking early supernatural fiction and the moral Gothic tradition. Bound in full-calf binding with gilt and blind stamping.The Old Engl…
Your Foods and You or the Role of Diet
Ida Bailey Allen · 1926 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, offering early 20th-century practical dietary advice, alongside charming illustrations, with guidance on nutrition, emotion, and wellness. In the publisher's original green cloth …
1934-C1940 7 Vols a Collection of National Mark & Empire Marketing Board Recipe Leaflets
Various; Ambrose Heath [Compiler]; D. D. Cottington Taylor [Compiler] · 1934 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; Empire Marketing Board; His MajestyÂs Stationary Office, 1934-c1940. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce 7 volume collection of 1930s National Mark cookery leaflets and booklets, guiding British housewives with seasonal reci…
The Art of Spinning and Casting Sugar
Alphonse Landry · 1872 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, E. W. Janson and the Author, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the very scarce first edition of Alphonse Landry's detailed guide to decorative sugar work. A vanishingly scarce first edition.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eigh…
Jeremy and Hamlet; Wintersmoon; Farthing Hall; All Souls&Apos; Night
Hugh Walpole; J. B. Priestley · 1923 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
London, Cassell and Company; Macmillan & Co, 1923-1933 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of four early 20th century works of literature from prolific English novelist Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, each in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impressions of four works …
Brown on Resolution
C. S. Forester · 1946 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1946. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this WWI nautical novel from C. S. Forester, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The fourth impression of the second edition. First published in 1929. With the publisher's original unclipped…
Count Belisarious
Robert Graves · 1938 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this historical novel from English poet and soldier Captain Robert von Ranke Graves. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three maps at the rear of the text. Collated complete.…
Advice from a Bishop in a Series of Letters to a Young Clergyman
[Arnold Snyder] · 1763 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. Paperback. A very scarce volume of nine letters from a Bishop to a near relation, advising of the religious profession. The second edition of this very scarce work.A series of nine letters written by a Bishop addressed to a young clergyman, advis…
Brooklands Speed and Distance Tables
1907 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, G. Reynolds Ltd, c1931. Cloth. A very scarce motoring work of speed and distance tables relating to the circuit at Brooklands. A very scarce work.Issued by the motor racing circuit Brooklands, this volume presents speed and distance tables. Detailing the mile and kilomet…
Manual of Physical Training 1931
The War Office · 1931 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1931. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition of one of the British Army"s core physical fitness manuals, accompanied by numerous black and white photographic illustrated plates, demonstrating the physical exercises. In th…
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
H. G. Wells · 1904 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of this entertaining and thought provoking science fiction novel by the father of the genre, H. G. Wells. The first edition, first issue.Currey's priority A binding, variant 1, wi…
The Face of Violence
J. Bronowski · 1954 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London, Turnstile Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this essay and play on violence by Polish-British philosopher Jacob Bronowski. First edition. A famous radio play written in a free and urgently rhythmic verse, dealing with the journey of an imaginary…
Traduction Et Examen Critique Des Fables de Phãâ¨Dre Comparãâ©Es Avec Celles de la Fontaine
Phedre; Fontaine; M. Beuzelin · 1826 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Paris , Belin-Mandar, 1826 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this comparative work on the fables of Phedre and Fontaine, bound in a striking half crushed morocco by Eric Sweet. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in a striking half crushed morocco, ho…
Six G.A. Henty Novels
G. A. Henty · 1897 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1897-1903. First edition. Cloth. A set of six first edition novels by G. A. Henty, all captivating and riveting historical adventure novels. A set of six exciting adventure and historical fiction, novels by G. A. Henty, all of which are first editi…
Facial Surgery
H. P. Pickerill; Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane · 1924 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume exploring the methods of facial surgery used by Henry Pickerill, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.A brilliant presentation of the plastic surger…
Glimpses of Our Ancestors in Sussex
Charles Fleet · 1878 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Brighton; Lewes, W. J. Smith; Francombe & Co, 1878-83. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first and second series of Charles Fleet's exploration of Sussex, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition.Both volumes are signed by the author. The first seri…
Story of the Peninsular War
General Charles William Vane · 1848 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A scarce revised edition of this authoritative account of the Peninsular War, one of the major conflicts of the Napoleonic era, by a distinguished British cavalry officer and diplomat. In the publisher's original red …