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Prayers and Graces with More Prayers and Graces
A M Laing · 1944 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1944 - 1957. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of these little anthological volumes of poetry. Edited and compiled by Allan M Laing. Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. The first edition of both volumes. 'Prayers and Graces' is signed with …
Quiller Meridian
Adam Hall; Elleston Trevor · 1993 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Headline, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English edition of 'Elleston Trevor's Cold War thriller, seventeenth in the Quiller series. With illustrated dustwrapper designed by David Bull. The Quiller series focuses on a solitary, highly capable spy …
This Little World
Francis Brett Young · 1934 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, William Heinemann, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this first edition novel by Francis Brett Young. The first edition. Written to the verso of front endpaper is 'The first 25 copies of 'This Little World' taken from the machine have been speci…
The Empress Eugenie
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1938 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Longmans Green and Co, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' play 'The Empress Eugenie&apos. Lowndes was a prolific writer and had her works adapted for screen several times, including by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927. This edit…
Wine of Violence
Priscilla J. Royal · 2003 · Rooke Books
£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)
London, Poisoned Pen Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this medieval mystery by Priscilla J. Royal. Signed by the author to the title page. Priscilla Royal was inspired in her writing by Ellis Peters and her character of Brother Cadfael. Some of her other …
Little Boy Blue
Edward Bunker · 1981 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
New York, Viking, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Edward Bunker's 'Little Boy Blue&apos. A semi-autobiographical account of a boy's descent into rebelliousness and a life of crime. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Exter…
In Noah&Apos;S Wake
Allan Block · 1972 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Peterborough, William L Bauhan, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry by Allan Block. Inscribed by the author "For Robert Graves in gratitude for poems of his". In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with…
Yellowstone Kelly
Peter Bowen · 1987 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
Illinois , Jameson Books, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this heroic cowboy story with letters from the author. Includes two humorous letters from the author to the same reader regarding the signing of the book, others in the 'Kelly' series and …
Collections and Recollections
George W E Russell · 1898 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1898. Leather. Volumes I and II of this memoir by George W.E. Russell, in very attractive leather Mackenzie signed binding. A Tauchnitz edition of the notable work, the volume consists of the diaries of the Liberal politician and memoirist, who was …
Merchantman Rearmed
David W. Bone · 1949 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1949. Leather. A fascinating memoir of Captain and novelist Sir Captain David William Bone. Limited edition of one hundred and sixty copies of which this is number twenty one. Signed by the author to colophon, with original etching of the author, signe…
The Wanderings of Tom Starboard or, the Life of a Sailor
Isabella Jane Towers · 1830 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, John Harris, 1830. Leather. An illustrated copy of this work by Isabella Towers. A work of fiction following Tom Starboard, a sailor who found himself voyaging throughout Asia and the Pacific, this work was a delight amongst the young readership of its time. With a beaut…
Comic Dramas in Three Acts
Maria Edgeworth · 1817 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)
London, R. Hunter, 1817. First edition. Leather. A fantastic first edition of three comic plays by Maria Edgeworth. A very original near fine copy.Bound without publisher's advertisments. Containing her plays Love and Law, The Two Guardians and The Rose, Thistle and Shamroc…
Age without Pity
John Prebble · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
New York, Henry Hold and Company, 1950. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of John Prebble's Age Without Pity. The author's copy with his signature to the title page. First edition, first printing of the American edition of this novel. John Prebble was …
The London Chamber of Commerce from 1881 to 1914: A Retrospective Appreciation
Charles E. Musgrave · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Effingham Wilson, 1914. Leather. A presentation copy of this scarce work examining the history of the London Chamber of Commerce since its establishment. Inscribed 'To F. Faithfull Begg Esq, chairman of the council of the London Chamber of Commerce with the compleme…
Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road
Lord William Pitt Lennox · 1876 · Rooke Books
£444.00 (€532.28 | $586.68 | ¥93,697)
London, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, 1876. First edition. Fine Binding. An historical and anecdotal glance at the history of coaches, in a smart Hatchards fine binding, with gilt horseriding decoration to the spine. A first edition. With the armorial bookplate of David M. Ritc…
The New Week&Apos;S Preparation for a Worthy Receiving of the Lord&Apos;S Supper As Recommended and Appointed by the Church of England
The Church of England · 1799 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)
London, W Bent, 1799. Leather. A late eighteenth century edition of The New Week's Preparation. With an engraved frontispiece. Legitimised by the recto of frontispiece which states 'published by authority&apos. The note observes that this edition is printed on fine pap…
A New Universal History of the Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: Or, a Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe.
William Hurd · 1780 · Rooke Books
£785.00 (€941.08 | $1,037.27 | ¥165,658)
London, Alexander Hogg, 1780. Leather. A scarce early edition of Hurd's brilliant work on comparative religion and obscure religious practices, in leather binding. Contains sixty engraved plates, matching the collation of the 1780 edition. 'Both antient and Modern, fro…
An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, with Notice of Eight Hundred English Buildings: Preceded by a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders and the Art of Drawing in Perspective Made Easy
Thomas Rickman, James Ferguson · 1775 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London , Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; W Strahan and T Cadell, 1775-c1819. First edition. Leather. Two fascinating works on drawing bound as one. Two volumes bound in one. First edition of The Art of Drawing. Second edition of An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Arc…
Antiquities of Chester
J S Prout · 1839 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Ackermann and Co. 1839. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of illustrated plates of picturesque scenes of Chester. Includes an autographed letter dated to 1839 from the author requesting the recipient's permission to include their name…
The Thames About 1750
Hugh Phillips · 1951 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of Hugh Phillip's study of the River Thames in the eighteenth century. The first edition. Scarce to be complete with original acetate wrap and slipcase. Limited edition in this form, number 68 of 200, sign…