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Brokenbrow
Ernst Toller; Vera Mendel · 1926 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Hardback. The first unabridged edition in English of this tragic post-war play by Ernst Toller. The first unabridged edition in English.A tragic play by Ernst Toller, following a young man trying to return to society after his tra…
Les Huãâ®Tres Les Moules Les Coquillages
1957 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Marennes , Imprimerie Typographie, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce French illustrated pamphlet on oysters, mussels, and shellfish. The first edition.A very scarce work.In the original French.A concise pamphlet discussing oysters, mussels, an…
A Book of Wine
P. Morton Shand · 1926 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Guy Chapman, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce guidebook to wines of the world by Philip Morton Shand. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exploration of wine by Philip Morton Shand, discussing the differences o…
Sketch of the History of Glasgow
James Pagan · 1847 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Glasgow, Robert Stuart & Co, 1847. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce history of Glasgow by James Pagan, an illustrated work bound by Ramage. The first edition.A scarce work.Bound by Ramage.Illustrated with an engraved title page, one folding map, and twent…
Songs Unsung
Lewis Morris · 1884 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884. Leather. A wonderful example of the fourth edition of Morris's poetry collection, in a tree calf signed binding by Riviere. First published in 1883, this is the fourth edition of Lewis Morris's poetry collection.In a tree calf sig…
Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children
Holbrook Jackson, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
Leeds, J. W. Bean & Son, [1905]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed b…
Paraboles de L&Apos; Evangile
[Mathilde Bourdon] · 1850 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)
Lille, L. Lefort, 1850. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of French religious parables, with explanations by Mathilde Bourdon, in a stunning cartonnage binding. The first edition. In the original striking cartonnage binding, with gilt decorations. A…
Dramatic Sonnets, Poems, and Ballads: Selections from the Poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton
Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1903 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. 1903. Vellum. A charming 'Canterbury Poets' volume comprising the works of Eugene Lee-Hamilton, in a quarter vellum binding. The first of this collected edition published for the 'Canterbury Poets' series, edited by Sco…
Cook with Ease: The Complete Cookery Book
Olive L. Humphries · 1935 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Birmingham, Cornish Brothers Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this scarce interwar cookery book by Olive L. Humphries. The first edition of this scarce cookery book.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Undated, dated from an ide…
Wining and Dining in France with Bon Viveur
1959 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Putnam, 1959. Paperback. The uncorrected proof copy of this very scarce guide to dining in mid-twentieth-century France, credited to restaurant critic Fanny Cradock. An uncorrected proof copy of an already very scarce work. No previous record of being in auction and seve…
Surprises for Breakfast and Tea: Being a Collection of Simple Receipts for Those Who Care to Eat Well
Ann Gurney · 1936 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, The Medici Society, Ltd. 1936. Paperback. A second impression of this very scarce collection of recipes for breakfast and tea from Anne Gurney. Second impression, printed December 1936. Originally published August 1936. With a frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrati…
The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.
Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. The large paper first edition of Walter Scott's immense topographical study into the antiquities and history along the border of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Scott&…
Ulrich Richental: Das Konzil Zu Konstanz
Otto Feger · 1964 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
Starnberg & Konstanz, Josef Keller Verlag & Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1964. Leather. A smart two volume set of this facsimile of the chronicle of the Council of Constance, and commentary from German historian Otto Feger, in the original German. German. Complete in two volumes. This …
The Railway Goods Station: A Guide to Its Control and Operation
Fred W. West · 1912 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, E. & F. N. Spon, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated study on the railway goods station, author's presentation copy. First edition. Very scarce work. Author's presentation copy with an ink inscription to the half title da…
Midland Counties&Apos; Railway Companion
1840 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Nottingham; Leicester, R. Allen; E. Allen, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce guide to the places one could visit by railway in the Midlands, the first edition of this illustrated work. A very scarce work.The first edition.A guide to the Midland counties of England, a "ra…
De Imitatione Christi: Codices, Manuscripts, Editions
Jacques Rosenthal · 1471 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Munich, Bavaria, Jacobus Rosenthal , c1906. Hardback. A very scarce, illuminating 38th catalogue by Jacques Rosenthal on the Codices, Manuscripts, and Editions of De Imitatione Christi. Rebound in original quarter cloth and paper binding.Jacques Rosenthal was a prominent German-…
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone
Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough · 1775 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, J. Dodsley, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of these posthumously published private correspondences from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough to her personal friend, William Shenstone. A collection of letters from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough,…
Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick
G. A. Henty · 1888 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Blackie & Son, 1888 [1887] . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling work of historical fiction from G. A. Henty, following a young Protestant and a young Catholic as they navigate the sectarianism of seventeenth century Ireland. The very sc…
An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of Wm Chillingworth, Chancellor of the Church of Sarum
[Pierre Des Maizeaux] · 1725 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, T. Woodward, 1725. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce biography on the life of the controversial religious author and churchman. The first edition. With decorative headpieces. A biographical, critical and historical account on the life and wo…
Grammatical Commentaries; Being an Apparatus to a New National Grammar: By Way of Animadversion Upon the Falsities, Obscurities, Redundancies, and Defects of Lilly&Apos;S System Now in Use
Richard Johnson · 1718 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Samuel Ballard, 1718. First edition. Cloth. An early eighteenth century edition of Richard Johnson's critical analysis of English grammar. An early edition, first published in 1706.With a folding table. Collated, complete. Richard Johnson's critical analysis o…