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Old English Drinking Glasses: Their Chronology and Sequence
Grant R. Francis · 1926 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Vellum. The limited Edition de Luxe of this unique study into eighteenth century drinking glasses, signed by the author. An Edition de Luxe copy of this work, number 17 out of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the collophon.…
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design: Catalogue of Wall-Papers
C. C. Oman · 1929 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Board of Education , 1929. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of antique wall papers held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The first edition, first printing of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve double sided plates. Collated complete.A ca…
Sacred Country: A Novel
Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, …
Tell It Me Again
John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which …
Treen and Other Wooden Bygones: An Encyclopaedia and Social History
Edward H. Pinto · 1969 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical work on wood and craftsmanship. First edition. Illustrated with four hundred and sixty figures on plates. Collated complete. An encyclopaedia of the author's life&…
Theocritus, Translated Into English Verse
C. S. Calverley [Charles Stuart Calverley] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
Cambridge, Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this collection of Theocritus' Idylls, epigrams and epitaphs, translated into English verse by the notable wit Charles Stuart Calverley. The first edition of this work in the publi…
Mcauslan in the Rough
George MacDonald Fraser · 1974 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this humourous collection of short stories by the Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the orig…
A Fringe of Leaves
Patrick White · 1976 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wra…
Army Boys in France; or, from Training Camp to Trenches
Homer Randall · 1918 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
Cleveland; New York, The World Syndicate Publishing Co, c1919 . Cloth. A lovely example of this thrilling children's novel about life on the French front in the First World War. An early edition of this work, which was first published in 1918 by George Sully & Company.In th…
Leaving Cold Sassy: The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Ann Burns · 1992 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the unfinished sequel to the popular 'Cold Sassy Tree' by Olive Ann Burns, published after the authors death, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with a letter from the publisher. The firs…
Ivories
Alfred Maskell · 1905 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Methuen and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful overview of the topic of ivory sculpture and art through the ages, illustrated with 88 plates. The first edition of this work, part of the Connoisseur's Library. Illustrated with 88 monochrome plates of ivory …
L" Is for Lawless
Sue Grafton · 1995 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this Kinsey Millhone detective fiction with a very scarce signed insert by the author. The first edition of this work.With a very scarce signed 'Kinsey Millhone' insert. In the publish…
The Lies Boys Tell
Lamar Herrin · 1991 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
New York, W. W. Norton & Company , 1991. First edition. Hardback. An excellent advance first edition copy of this American fiction novel of a man and his son's journey to find his place of birth. An advance review copy of the first edition of this work.In the original uncli…
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall: Histories of the Restoration
W. R. H. Trowbridge · 1906 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this work comprising biographies of various important women of the Restoration, illustrated with portraits. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one portrait plates. Collated co…
India&Apos;S Paratroopers (a History of the Parachute Regiment of India)
K. C. Praval · 1975 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, Leo Cooper, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce illustrated work on the Parachute Regiment of India, with maps. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with fifty-two illustrations and thirty maps, four of which are folded into a pocket at th…
Punch Diamond Jubilee Number & Punch Coronation Number
Various · 1897 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, Punch Office, 1897-1902. First edition. Magazine. Two smart first edition original issues of Punch magazine, or The London Charivari, for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria and the Coronation of King Edward VII. Two volumes. Scarce works. Illustrated throughout. Two o…
Lenzgesind
Ernst Kreidolf · 1926 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfelverlag, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming anthology of butterfly fairy tales by Ernst Kreidolf, beautifully and colourfully illustrated. The first edition of this work.In the original German. In a custom dust wrapper, in the…
The Forest of Boland Light Railway
BB [Denys Watkins-Pitchford] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastical children's novel by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustra…
Geraldine Bradshaw
Calder Willingham · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
New York, Vanguard, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Calder Willingham's second novel, about life in Chicago during the Second World War. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Willingham's nov…
Henry Irving: A Record of Twenty Years at the Lyceum
Percy Fitzgerald · 1893 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Fitzgerald's interesting biography on the theatre actor Henry Irving. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This biography on Henry Irving was written by author, critic and art…