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Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the re…

The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy

Hannah Glasse · 1755 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Mrs Ashburn's China-Shop, c1755. Disbound. A scarce edition of this important and immensely popular cookery book, signed by the author to prevent the publication of unauthorised reproductions. Circa 1755, this is likely the fifth edition of Hannah Glasse's imme…

Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers

Rec. Alexander Dyce · 1887 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

New Southgate, H. A. Rogers, 1887. Leather. A limited edition, one of only eight copies printed on handmade paper. A lovely assortment of the recollections of Samuel Rogers.Rogers (1763-1855) was a Romantic contemporary of the likes of Byron, Wordsworth and Coleridge, enjoying e…

Le Chevalier Des Glaces: Aventures de Mer de Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Marc Dubu · 1943 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Paris , Societe Parisienne d'Edition, [1943]. Cloth. A very charming volume detailing Jean-Baptiste Charcot's adventures in the Antarctic, with lovely illustrations by Le Bret. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library [1943]A French volume, publ…

The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford

H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of t…

Observations on the Different Species of Asiatic Elephants

John Corse · 1799 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

[London?], From the Philosophical Transactions, 1799. First edition. Paperback. A signed, presentation copy of this very scarce study on Asiatic elephants. The first and only edition of this work. In contemporary paper wraps. A scarce work, regarded to be one of the most detaile…

T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart: Information About Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations

T E Lawrence; Robert Graves; Liddell Hart · 1938 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition o…

Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday

Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chick…

The Black House

Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publish…

The Lion and the Unicorn: A Play in Three Acts

Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. Hardback. An excellent limited edition copy, signed by the author, of this illustrated play by Clemence Dane. A limited edition printed to one thousand copies signed by the author, this volume being number two hundred and ten in the series. A…

Choice Emblems Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral and Divine, for the Improvement and Pastime of Youth

John Huddlestone Wynne · 1812 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, J. Harris, Longman and Co. et al. 1812. Leather. A quaint, pocket-sized eleventh edition collecting short, humorous and inscructive anecdotes. This work comprises the marvellous wood engraved vignette illustrations of the emblems, followed by descriptions in verse and pr…

Space Platform

Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young a…

Lies of Silence

Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubles…

Christ the Hunter

John Lehmann · 1965 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Lehmann's spiritual prose poem, signed by the author. This work was first broadcast in 1964 on the BBC Third Programme, and is autobiographical and spiritual in nature.John Lehmann (1907-19…

According to Queeney

Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel about Samuel Johnson, and his friendship with Queeney Thrale. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.…

The Edwardians

Vita Sackville West · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1931. First edition. Paperback. The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication. The first edition of this work, part of the 'Collection of British and American Authors&a…

The Deeds of Doyly Mcpurr

Lawrance Smith · 1974 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Rex Collings, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this immensely entertaining and heart-warming novel, inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the verso of the half-title, 'This is Lucy's -…

Noble in Reason

Phyllis Bentley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of one of Phyllis Bentley's Yorkshire novels, lovingly inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Marjorie, from…

Considerations Addressed to the Legislature Upon the Expediency and Policy of Authorising the Alienation of Estates Belonging to Corporate Bodies Particularly Bishops, and Deans and Chapters

Samuel Whitcombe · 1810 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, G and W Nicol, 1810. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce economic and legal work on legislature regarding the alienation of estates belonging to corporate bodies. Signed by the author to the head of the title page. Gift inscription from the author to Robert Steward, Vis…

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed First Edition, first impression o East, West: an anthology of short stories by Salman Rushdie A signed First Edition, first impression copy of East, West, written by Salman Rushdie. East, West is an anthology of short s…