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Drifting About" or What "Jeems Pipes of Pipesville Saw-and-Did
Stephen C. Massett · 1863 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York , Carleton, 1863. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition copy of "Drifting About" or what "Jeems Pipes of Pipesville Saw-And-Did" by Stephen C. Massett. This is a first edition copy of  "Drifting About" or what "Jeems Pipes of Pipesville Saw-And-Did," a s…
Souvenir Programme of the Matinee Organised by the Daily Telegraph As a Tribute to Miss Marie Tempest
1935 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London , The Daily Telegraph , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charming souvenir programme dedicated to a star of the opera and the stage. The Souvenir Programme for Marie Tempest's jubilee matinee organised by the Daily Telegraph for Tuesday May 28th 1935. All the proceeds f…
The Publishing Experience
Cass Canfield · 1969 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)
Philadephia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this bibliographical lecture, in the scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of the work. With an inscription from the author, reading: 'For Deborah, with affection and …
Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave
Charles Bell · 1860 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)
New York, H. Dayton, 1860. Cloth. The very scarce abridged edition of Charles Ball's account of his life under slavery in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century America. A very scarce abridged edition of the first hand account of Charles Ball's experiences as an …
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
Robert W. Service · 1912 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Toronto, William Briggs, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of verse from Robert W. Service. An exceptionally lovely copy of this work. The first edition of this volume of poems from 'the Bard of the Yukon', British-born Canadian…
Lost Lane
Dorothy Wellesley · 1925 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition of this short volume of poems from 'Lady Gerald Wellesley', Dorothy Wellesley. A signed first edition of this collection of poems from Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, a pr…
The Explorers and Other Poems
M. C. [Catherine Martin] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of verse from Australian poet Catherine Martin, featuring her retelling of the Burke and Wills expedition. The very scarce first edition of this nineteenth century collection of poems fr…
Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family
Jerzy Feliks Urman; Sophie Urman; Izydor Urman; Anthony Rudolf (Ed); Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Trans) · 2016 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A collection of diaries and testimonies of the Urman family, who lived in Poland during the events of World War II, signed by the editor to Michael Berkeley, the English compose and House of Lords member. First Edition Th…
The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical Student 1858-1860
Shephard T. Taylor · 1930 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1930. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition. The first edition, first impression of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen on the market.Shephard Th…
A Book of Cevennes
S. Baring-Gould · 1907 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, John Long , 1907 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this travel work of the Cevennes, depicted with plates both in colour and in black and white. A beautiful exploration of the mountainous fringe of the Cevennes in Central France. An introduction to the country by …
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab and Madame Midas
Fergus W. Hume · 1887 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
London, The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, 1887-88. Cloth. Two of Fergus Hume's popular works bound in one, including an early printing of his massively important mystery novel 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab&apos. Two volumes in one.'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab&apos…
Robert Eyres Landor, Selections from His Poetry and Prose, with an Introduction, Biographical & Critical
Robert Eyres Landor; Eric Partridge [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Signed by the editor, Eric Parker, this is a Limited Edition anthology of the prose and verse of Robert Eyres Landor, younger brother of Walter Savage Landor. The first edition of this Limited Edition selection of the w…
The Saint&Apos;S Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary
Charles Kingsely, Junior · 1848 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John W. Parker, 1848. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of Charles Kingsley' biographical verse drama about the life of the thirteenth century saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. A bright copy of the first edition of the first published work from English pries…
Some Account of the Manor of Apuldrefield in the Parish of Cudham, Kent
G. Steinman Steinman · 1851 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1851. First edition. Cloth. An association copy of G. Steinman Steinman's very scarce study of this Kent manor house, with detailed pedigrees of the Apuldrefields. The first edition of this scarce work from author, biographer and book collecto…
The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy
Frances Trollope · 1840 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Henry Colburn, 1840. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's novel about nineteenth century child labour, illustrated throughout. The first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's 'damning expose of c…
Hunting by Ear the Sound-Book of Fox Hunting
Michael Berry; D. W. E. Brock · 1937 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming celebration of the sounds of fox hunting from Michael Berry and D. W. E Brock. The first edition of this unusual guide to fox-hunting, celebrating the 'music of the hunting scene&ap…
The Letters of J.E. Flecker to Frank Savery
J. E. Flecker · 1926 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London , Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful and limited edition collection of a novelist and playwright's letters to his closest friend. James Elroy Flecker was a British novelist and playwright. The forward is written by James Elroy Flecker's wife…
A Choice of Enemies
Mordecai Richler · 1957 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mordecai Richler's thrilling novel set amongst dissident creatives living in London in the 1950s. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An interesting n…
The Junkers
Piers Paul Read · 1968 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London , Secker & Warburg , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very well presented first edition copy of Piers Paul Read's historical novel that unravels the human experiences of the Second World War through the lens of one family. Piers Paul Read is a British novelist and won t…
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Mit Einem Kritischen Katalog Samtlicher Gemalde
Donald E. Gordon · 1968 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Munchen , Prestel-Verlag , 1968. First edition. Cloth. Sweeping study of the art of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the original German, featuring lovely colour plates and other illustrations. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter of the expressionist movement, one of the founders…