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Ancient Deeds Belonging to the Corporation of Bath XIII-XVI Cent
Rev. C. W. Shickle · 1921 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Bath, Bath Records Society, 1921. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Rev. Shickle's signed Limited Edition study of the ancient deeds of bath between the twelfth and sixteenth century. The signed, Limited Edition first edition of Reverend C. W. Shickle's stud…
What Can You Do with a Shoe?
Beatrice Shenk de Regniers · 1997 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition thus of this children's book by Beatrice Shenk de Regniers with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, recoloured. First recoloured edition of this children's book by Beatrice Shenk de Re…
Antique Tools and Instruments from the Nessi Collection
Claudine Cartier; Alessandro Cesati; Marie-Veronique Clin; Luigi Nessi; Peter Plassmeyer; Richard Wattenmaker · 2004 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
Milan, 5 Continents, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this history of antique tools and instruments from the Nessi Collection, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
The Voyage out
Virginia Woolf · 1927 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, Duckworth, 1927. Cloth. An excellent copy of noted Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out. Cheap edition, being one of 1000 copies printed from the Harcourt Brace sheets, with US imprint on copyright page. Lacking the original dust wrapper. F…
The Sly Cormorant and the Fishes, New Adaptations Into Poetry of the Aesop Fables
Brian Patten · 1977 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of Aesop's fables translated into poetry by Brian Patten. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece, illustrated title pag…
A Glossary of North Country Words in Use
John Trotter Brockett · 1825 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)
Newcastle, Hodgson for Chanley, 1825. First edition. Leather. An annotated author's proof copy of John Trotter Brockett's glossary of northern dialect, with a letter from the author tipped in. With a letter from the author to Robert Davidson tipped in following the pro…
The Mason&Apos;S, Bricklayer&Apos;S, Plasterer&Apos;S and Decorator&Apos;S Practical Guide
Robert Robson [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, James Hagger, 1859-1862. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated mid nineteenth century guide to practical home design and decoration. The very scarce first edition of this comprehensive guide Victorian era guide to plastering, bricklaying, masonry and decorating…
Words and Pictures
Quentin Blake · 2000 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Jonathan Cape , 2000. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this insight into the work of Quentin Blake, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work, which provides an insight into the career of beloved cartoonist Quentin…
Steer&Apos;S Parish Law; Being a Digest of the Law Relating to the CIVIL and Ecclesiastical Government of Parishes; Friendly Societies, Etc. , Etc. , and the Relief, Settlement, and Removal of the Poor.
John Steer; Henry John Hodgson · 1857 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Stevens and Norton, H. Sweet and W. Maxwell, 1857 . Cloth. The very scarce third edition of Steer's Parish Law, a law book from the mid nineteenth century. The third edition of Steer's Parish Law; Being a Digest of the Law Relating to the Civil and Ecclesiastic…
Mitsou Quarante Images
Rainer Maria Rilke · 1921 · Rooke Books
£3,750.00 (€4,494.97 | $4,954.27 | ¥791,134)
Erlenbach-Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfel Verlag, 1921. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first artistic work of Balthus, published when he was 13 years old, a lovely work showing forty of his lithographs. The first edition of this scarce work.Unrestored. Clean…
Dangerous Honeymoon
Axel Kielland; Carolyn Hannay · 1946 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce first U.K. edition of this thrilling novel set in Nazi Berlin by Axel Kielland. The scarce first U.K. edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Dangerous Honeymoon' opens in a bomb shattered Berlin, fol…
Foxhunting in North America a Comprehensive Guide to Organized Foxhunting in the United States and Canada
Alexander Mackay-Smith · 1988 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Millwood, Virginia, Privately printed, 1988. Cloth. Mackay-Smith's comprehensive guide to foxhunting in North America, signed by the author. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the front free end paper, inscribed t…
A Hundred Years of Joint Stock Banking
W.F. Crick; J.E. Wadsworth · 1936 · Rooke Books
£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, presentation copy of this comprehensive work on the history of joint stock banking, part of a limited edition publication of only three hundred and fifty copies. A comprehensive and detailed work …
Pilgrimages in the Pyrenees and Landes
Denys Shyne Lawlor · 1870 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London , Longmans , 1870. First edition. Cloth. - A scarce first edition. In a full cloth binding by Westley & Co. With an engraved frontispiece by H Adlard. Recounting the history of apparitions and miracles connected to the Virgin Mary in the south-western districts of France …
The Village Book
Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London , Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A charming, signed and limited first edition of this collection of nature short stories by Henry Williamson. A first limited edition copy of this work by Henry Williamson. This edition was limtied to five hundred and four copi…
Swan Song
John Galsworthy · 1928 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London , William Heinemann , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited first edition, first impression copy of Swan Song, which is also signed by the author. A limited, first edition, first impression copy of this work by John Galsworthy, with the misprint to page forty-four, …
Here&Apos;S Richness! an Anthology of and by James Agate
James Agate; Osbert Sitwell · 1942 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London , George G. Harrap & Co, 1942. First edition. Leather. A lovely signed, limited edition copy of this anthology of James Agate's works. This volume was limited to one hundred copies, of which ninety were for sale. This copy is number number eighty. The volume is also …
Cambridge University Library a History the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
David McKitterick · 1986 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very smart volume on the History of Cambridge University Library in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with illustrations throughout. A smart first edition copy of the second volume of Cambridge Universit…
Our Ostriches, a Play of Modern Life in Three Acts
Marie Stopes · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition, first printing of this play by Marie Stopes. The first edition, first printing of Our Ostriches, A Play of Modern Life in Three Acts by Marie Stopes in the original publisher's pa…
Along the Arno
Brian Glanville · 1956 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The signed scarce first US edition, first impression of this novel by Brian Glanville with the original dust wrapper. The first US edition, first impression of Along the Arno by Brian Glanville in the original pu…