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Miniature Portraits; or, Brief Biography: Displaying a Choice Selection of Eminent British Characters
William Hill · 1815 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, J. Booth, 1815 . First edition. Hardback. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of biographies of 'eminent British characters', intended for young readers. The first edition of this very scarce work by William Hill.Alphabetically arranged, thi…
Fables
T. F. Powys · 1929 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of these collected fables of T. F. Powys, a signed limited edition copy illustrated by Gilbert Spencer. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copies, of which …
Ballads and Lyrics of Old France
Andrew Lang · 1872 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. First edition. Leather. A first edition handsomely bound in a John Bumpus signed binding. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a calf binding. John Bumpus signed binding. Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, literary critic, and novelist. He …
Fanfare for a Murderer
John Rosenberg; Elizabeth Rosenberg · 1960 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Hogarth Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel by John and Elizabeth Rosenberg, signed with an inscription from the authors. First edition. With an inscription from the authors to the front endpaper: "For Edward, with much love f…
An Expensive Place to Die
Len Deighton · 1967 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this spy novel by Len Deighton, with the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert. First edition. With the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert containing a collection of important documentat…
The Shipwreck: A Poem
William Falconer; Robert Carruthers · 1868 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1868 . Leather. A very smart copy of William Falconer's poem, The Shipwreck, in a lovely, full calf prize binding. Rebound in a smart, full calf, prize winner binding, with a gilt motif of Forest School to the front cover. This work is comprised…
The Greedy Puppy
Anonymous · 1864 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Dean & Son, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce, charming children's tale about a troublesome and greedy young Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, dated 1864 via historical purchase …
The Rescuers
Margery Sharp · 1959 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Collins, 1959 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's story about Miss Bianca the socialite mouse. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Rescuers is a British children's novel by Margery Sha…
The Comedians
Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this politically inspired novel from Graham Greene, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Set in Haiti under the rule of Francois Duvalier and his police, this novel follows an …
A Few Sketches by the Late Randolph Caldecott
None · 1886 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1886. Leather. A very scarce volume of eight plates by Randolph Caldecott, published as a Christmas greetings not long after the eminent artist's death. A vanishingly scarce work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Original red wraps bound in. This volume was des…
The Compleat Angler, or, the Contemplative Man&Apos;S Recreation
Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; R. B. Marston; T. Westwood; T. Satchell · 1888 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1888. Leather. A beautiful Ramage bound limited edition of Izaak Walton's important work on fishing, a smart illustrated edition of only five hundred copies. The one hundredth edition of this important work.In a be…
Fledger
Nicholas Barrett · 1985 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Michael Joseph, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this charming children's novel about a fledgling puffin, inscribed to literary agent Rod Hall. The first edition, first impression of this work, with the inscription &apo…
The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts
Wilkie Collins · 1877 · Rooke Books
£18,500.00 (€22,178.40 | $24,445.19 | ¥3,904,047)
[London], Charles Dickens & Evans, Crystal Palace Press, 1877 . First edition. Leather. A beautiful example of Wilkie Collins's very scarce stage adaptation of 'The Moonstone', a work never widely published, and 'privately printed for the convenience of the A…
The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury
W. Dyde · 1798 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
Tewkesbury, Printed by the Editor; and sold by G. Wilkie, 1798 . Cloth. A smart example of the second edition of this study of the civil parish and town of Tewkesbury, by William Dyde. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and a vignette title page illustration. Collated…
The Art of the Tennis-Racket-Maker and of Tennis
M. de Garsault · 1977 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)
Maryland, Racquet Sports Information Service, 1977. Cloth. A Limited Edition of this detailed work surrounding the game of tennis, originally published in French, housed in the original slipcase. A limited edition of the work. Number 243 out of 750.The second English edition o…
The Poetical Works of John Milton
John Milton; Rev. H. C. Beeching [ed.] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1900. Leather. A comprehensive anthology of the poetical works of John Milton, edited by the Rev. H. C. Beeching, in a signed Mudie binding. A poetry anthology in a half calf binding with marbled boards, end papers and edges. Binder's stamp of M…
Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore: A Practical Guide to Modern Methods
The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale [ed.]; Eric Parker [ed.]; Leslie Sprake; et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1929. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition of Volume III of The Lonsdale Library on shooting in different terrain. No. 188 of 360 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, signed by Eric Parker to the limitations page, with the etc…
A Collection of Novels by Ethel M. Dell
Ethel M. Dell · 1921 · Rooke Books
£1,975.00 (€2,367.69 | $2,609.69 | ¥416,783)
London, Cassell and Company Ltd; Hutchinson & Co.; Ernest Benn Limited, 1921-1939. First edition. Cloth. A charming and bright collection of novels from Ethel M. Dell, with the original dust wrappers. Nineteen volumes. Some scarce works. Written by Ethel May Dell Savage, a Briti…
Poems of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Eton, The Eton College Press, 1894. Leather. A collection of poems by Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College prizewinner binding. In attractive full calf binding, with intricate gilt detailing and gilt to the fore edge. With a binders signature of R. Ingalton Drake to…
The Wheel Man
Duane Swierczynski · 2005 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
New York, St Martin's Minotaur , 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this exciting work of crime fiction by American author, Duane Swierczynski. This is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding with the original, unclip…