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Renaissance Painting from Brueghel to El Greco
Lionello Venturi · 1979 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this study of Renaissance painting from Italian art historian and critic Lionello Venturi. First standalone edition, previously published as part of the Great Centuries of Painting Series …
Avalanche & the Avalanche Enigma
Joseph Wechsberg; Colin Fraser · 1958 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson; John Murray, 1958-1966. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes on the subject of avalanches and the impact of this natural disaster. Two volumes. First editions. This set contains: Avalanche, 1958. Illustrated with three maps by R…
Practical Butchering: How to Make It Pay
A Family Butcher [William Henry Major] · 0 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, William Henry Major , c1903. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated guide to butchering from British butcher William Henry Major. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with ten plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A deta…
Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis
Sebastià o Salgado; Lélia Wanick Salgado; Irina Bokova · 2013 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Cologne, Taschen, 2013 . First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of Sebastião Salgado"s epic eight-year photographic odyssey across over thirty countries, featuring 245 striking black-and-white photographic plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complet…
Mrs. Coachman&Apos;S Florida Recipes
Jessie Candler Coachman · 1938 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
Florida, Kumquat Sweet Shop, 1938. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, author-signed first edition of this charming citrus focused Florida recipe collection, with no known institutional holdings. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial pa…
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice; the Corsair, a Tale
Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London, John Murray, 1814-1821 . First edition. Leather. A fantastic volume gathering together the first editions of two works from Lord Byron, 'Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice', and 'The Corsair&apos. The first work is the 1821 second issue, variant A of 'Mar…
The History of India
Mountstuart Elphinstone · 1841 · Rooke Books
£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.66 | ¥121,269)
London, John Murray, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Mountstuart Elphinstone's fascinating and incredibly detailed 'The History of India', complete in two volumes, with one folding map. The very scarce first edition of this work, comp…
Tim in Danger; Tim to the Lighthouse; Tim&Apos;S Last Voyage; Tim All Alone
Edward Ardizzone · 1953 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
London, Oxford University Press; The Bodley Head , 1953-1975. Hardback. A smart set of 'Little Tim' children's books written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, mostly first editions. Comprising four illustrated books from Edward Ardizzone's 'Little Tim…
The Horizon Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking Through the Ages
William Harlan Hale; Wendy Buehr [editor] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1968. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set of this illustrated history of eating and drinking with menus and recipes throughout, in the original slip case. Complete in two volumes, with the original slip case. First edition. Illustrated throug…
Stray-Aways
E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross · 1920 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this collection of sketches and original stories from Somerville and Ross. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-three in-text images. A collection of sketches and origi…
The Scots Cellar: Its Traditions and Lore; Easy Living: 300 Ways of Making Your Home Easier to Live in; Party Fare; Eating and Drinking: An Anthology for Epicures; Robin Mcdouall"S Cookery Book; English Recipes and Others from Scotland, Wales and Ireland; Clubland Cooking
F. Marian McNeill; Lesie Hardern; Victor MacClure; Peter Hunt; Andre L. Simon; Robin McDouall; Sheila Hutchins; Robin McDouall; Various · 1956 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)
London; Edinburgh, Richard Paterson; Robert Hale Limited; Putnam; Ebury Press; Michael Joseph; The Cookery Book Club; Phaidon Press Limited, 1956-1974 . First edition. Cloth. A smart seven-volume collection of mid-century British works on food, drink, and domestic life, six of t…
County Cooking: A Selection of Recipes Used in Leicestershire and Surrounding Counties During the Last Three Centuries
Maureen Hallahan · 1978 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
Wymondham, The Brewhouse Private Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition of just eighty copies, this is a charming collection of Midlands and Leicestershire recipes collected by Maureen Hallahan. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volum…
The Wilkie Gallery: A Selection of the Best Pictures of the Late Sir David Wilkie
None stated · 1845 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)
London, George Virtue, [1845]. First edition. Leather. A richly illustrated work featuring the artwork of the acclaimed artist, Sir David Wilkie, bound in contemporary full morocco. The first edition. Illustrated with an engraved title page, a portrait frontispiece, thirty-one …
Showmen and Suckers: An Excursion on the Crazy Fringe of the Entertainment World
Maurice Gorham · 1951 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Percival Marshall , 1951. First edition. Cloth. An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with in-te…
The Closers; the Dark Hours; Desert Star
Michael Connelly · 2005 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Orion , 2005-2022. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of three first UK edition crime novels from Michael Connelly's 'Harry Bosch' series. Offering three first UK edition crime-thriller novels from American author Michael Connelly, all of which feature…
Sourcery & Pyramids (Discworld Series)
Terry Pratchett · 1988 · Rooke Books
£249.00 (€298.46 | $328.97 | ¥52,515)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1988-89. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of two first edition novels from Terry Pratchett's fantasy comedy series, 'Discworld&apos. The first edition, first impressions of these works. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers.…
Pegeen Crybaby
Nicolette Devas · 1986 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)
London, Gronow Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this roaring tale of love and jealousy from British author Nicolette Devas, limited to two hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies. Set in the South of Fra…
The Death of Christopher Marlowe
J. Leslie Hotson · 1925 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition of this exploration of the death of Christopher Marlowe by Leslie Hotson. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a folding facsimile frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. A …
Africa&Apos;S Dome of Mystery
Eva Stuart-Watt · 1929 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd. 1929. Cloth. A brightly illustrated interesting account of the Wachagga people of Kilimanjaro from Eva Stuart-Watt. Illustrated with a colour frontispice, thirty-five plates, numerous in-text images, and a folding map to the rear. Collated …
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest; Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports
[John Ayrton Paris] · 1827 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Leather. A complete three volume set of this illustrated philosophical study of sport bound into one volume, the first edition. Complete in three volumes, bound in one. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A scientific publi…