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Memorials of Temple Bar with Some Account of Fleet Street, and the Parishes of St. Dunstan and St. Bride
T. C. Noble · 1869 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Diprose and Bateman , 1869. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of Temple Bar and Fleet Street, with a bound-in errata handwritten and signed by the author. First edition. With a handwritten errata bound-in to the preface, signed by the author. This …
My Kalulu Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa
Henry M. Stanley · 1889 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889. Cloth. The new and cheaper edition of this illustrated historical novel based in Central Africa from Welsh-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plat…
A Statistical Vindication of the City of London; or, Fallacies Exploded and Figures Explained
Benjamin Scott · 1867 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1867. Cloth. A scarce second edition defending the City of London after the 1866 banking panic, featuring five fold-out statistical plates. Bound in a red cloth binding with blind stamping, a signed binding by W. Bone and Son, London.Th…
Early Keyboard Instruments, from Their Beginning to the Year 1820
Philip James · 1930 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Peter Davies Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of Philip James's history of keyboard instruments, with a tipped in signed letter from the author to furniture designer Ambrose Heal. A presentation copy of the first edition, fi…
The Child&Apos;S Guide to Knowledge: Being a Collection of Useful and Familiar Questions and Answers on Every-Day Subjects, Adapted for Young Persons, and Arranged in the Most Simple and Easy Language
A Lady [Fanny Umphelby] · 1862 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862. Leather. A scarce edition of this popular primer by British author Fanny Umphelby, credited here as "A Lady". The twenty-third edition of this work. Scarce to find copies as early as this. In the original quarter calf binding, with marbl…
The U.K. B.G. Guide to Drinks
[Andre L. Simon] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.32 | $773.00 | ¥123,452)
London, United Kingdom Bartender's Guild, 1955. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated guide to making drinks from the UK Bartender's Guild, signed by the artist. Second edition. Signed and inscribed by the artist with an inscription of "happy drinking", dat…
Rex Whistler: His Life and His Drawings
Laurence Whistler · 1948 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Art and Technics Ltd. 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of British artist Rex Whistler, with his own illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-eight pages of images, and numerous in-text figures. A …
Monster Island
Ron van der Meer · 1981 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. Hardback. An excellent copy of this scarce monster pop-up book from Ron van der Meer. The first edition of this scarce pop-up book. In the publisher's pictorial laminated boards. This delightful pop-up takes the reader through…
Notes on Punctuation
Eric Partridge · 1959 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1959. Paperback. The third impression of Eric Partridge's guide to punctuation, signed by the author. The third impression.Signed by the author, inscribed to the front paste down, "Miss J. M. Bosdel, with the author's thanks - gratitude - good …
Mandelshtam&Apos;S Octets
Osip Mandelstam; John Riley · 1976 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Pensnett, Grosseteste, 1976. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of this translation of Osip Mandelstam's poems. A scarce limited edition, limited to three hundred copies, of which this is numbered two hundred and sixty two. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A transla…
Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary
Brian Alderson · 2003 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of this illustrated bibliographic study of the work of British artist Edward Ardizzone. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates…
The London Court of Arbitration. Presented to Mr. H.L. Symonds.
London Court of Arbitration · 1925 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, London Court of Arbitration, 1925. Cloth. A very scarce certificate of thanks from the London Court of Arbitration presented to H. L. Symonds. A very scarce bound certificate of thanks presented from the London Court of Arbitration to Mr. H. L. Symonds on the 6th October…
The Registers of Headon, Co. Notts. 1566-1812
Various; Edith Hobday [Transcription] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Parish Register Society, 1902. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, privately printed transcription of Headon parish registers (1566Â1812), preserving baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, and local parish life in detail, with a signed binding. In the original …
1966-1970 2 Vols All Legendary Obstacles; a New Siege
John Montague · 1966 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1966-1970. First edition. Hardback. A signed first limited edition of this collection of poetry by John Montague, paired with the original fold-out poet card inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, complete with t…
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits
Lewis Carroll · 1975 · Rooke Books
£349.00 (€418.39 | $461.16 | ¥73,649)
London, The Whittington Press, 1975 . Cloth. Signed by illustrator Harold Jones, this is a wonderful limited edition example of Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem. A charming limited edition of Carroll's work, number 478 of 750 copies produced, signed by the illu…
The Art and Technique of Wine
F. C. Lloyd; [Stephen Gwynn] · 1936 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Constable and Co Ltd, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of F. C. Lloyd's uncommon study on wine and how to preserve it, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A study on wi…
The Cathedral, and, Harmer John
Hugh Walpole · 1922 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922-24. First edition. Cloth. Two limited edition novels by Hugh Walpole, both signed by the author and in their original dust wrappers. Two limited edition novels by Hugh Walpole, both published alongside the first trade editions.Both volumes…
Murther and Walking Spirits
Robertson Davies · 1991 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Robertson Davies' unique ghost story, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page.A 'ghost story' by the Canadia…
The Vanishing Witch; the Raven&Apos;S Head
Karen Maitland · 2014 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Headline Review , 2014-2015. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing pair of signed medieval thrillers from Karen Maitland, one of which is a limited edition. Both works signed by the author. Offering a delightful set of gothic novels from "Queen of the Dark Ages", Karen …
Heat, Greed and Human Need: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing
Ian Gough · 2017 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Cheltenham, Edward Elgar , 2017. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this compelling survey of consumption on climate change, previously owned by Carmen Callil, founder of Virago Press. A signed presentation copy from the author to renowned feminist publisher and founder …