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Majority 1931-1952: An Anthology of 21 Years of Publishing

Hamish Hamilton; Various · 1952 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of works published by Hamish Hamilton, in the original dust wrapper and wrap around band. The first edition. A presentation copy for Lady Zinnia Pollock…

Selected Poems

Frances Bellerby; Charles Causley [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Enitharmon, 1970 . First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition specially bound collection of the poetry of Frances Bellerby, signed by both Bellerby and the editor of this work, Charles Causley. The first edition of this work. Number VI of a smaller limitation of 45…

La Vie D&Apos;Un Heros: Agrippa D&Apos;Aubigne

S. [Samuel] Rocheblave · 1912 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1912. First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this vivid biography, chronicling the life of French poet and soldier Agrippa d'Aubigne. A rare first edition. Author's signed presentation copy, with his inscription dated 19…

County of Salop Reports to Council

Anonymous · 1892 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1892-1926. Leather. A very scarce six volume set of various records for the county council of Shrewsbury, from 1892-1926, including signed, council acts. A fascinating, unique series of records of the County of Salop County Council.  Six volumes, bound i…

1923-1929 4 Vols Signed Limited Editions by Gaston Riou

Gaston Riou; Raymond Poincare [Pref.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Paris, Editions Baudiniere; Librairie Valois; Editions Louvois; Bernard Grasset , 1923-1929 . Leather. Four signed limited edition works by Gaston Riou, combining his Jean Vaucanson novels with his influential appeals for European political unity. Bound in contemporary half moro…

Outcomes of Old Oxford

Rev. W.K.R. Bedford · 1899 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, F.E. Robinson & Co. 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of the first edition of this historical account of Oxford contemporaries, signed by the author. The scarce first edition. A presentation copy, inscribed 'From the Author June 4th 1903' …

The Chambers of Marshall Hall: 125 Years

Malcolm Spence · 2005 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Chichester, Aenas Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this fascinating history of the Chambers of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce.   Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. …

The Boy Down Kitchener Street

Leslie Paul · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this delightful novel, centring around Leslie Paul's boyhood memories of living on Kitchener Street. A first edition.  Bound in the original publisher's cloth and price-clipped dust wrap…

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, Alexander Leighton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, c1890. Leather. A decorative morocco bound edition of the Scottish literary titan's classic poetry, previously owned and signed by a Scottish industrialist. An attractive edition of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, adjoined with a biograp…

Aide-Memoire to the History of India

John Davenport · 1864 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of John Davenport's educational guide to the history of India, with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Henry Spencer Ashbee. A signed presentation copy of the first ed…

Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus

D. S. Margoliouth · 1907 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the illustrator, a smart first edition of D. S. Margoliouth's richly illustrated history of Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus. Signed presentation inscription by one of the illustrators, W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, to the …

Hoofed Mammals of the World

Ugo Mochi; T. Donald Carter; Harold E. Anthony · 1953 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

New York; London, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Mochi and Carter"s distinctive natural history work, complete with forty bold silhouette plates of the world"s hoofed mammals. In the publisher"s original orange cloth binding, …

Stamp Album of Arms, Crests and Monograms

1917 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1945. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous album of this personal collection of arms, crests and monograms, primarily of British Military and European aristocracy. A fantastic and unique personal collection of tipped-in arms, crests and monographs. Bound i…

The Ghost Road

Pat Barker · 1995 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Viking, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A smart, first edition first impression of Pat Barker's harrowing historical fiction, for which she won the Booker Prize. A smart first edition, first impression of this moving war novel by Pat Barker. Blank signed by the autho…

The Romance & Adventures of the Notorious Colonel Blood

Whittenbury Kaye · 1903 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Manchester, S. Clarke, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this scarce historical romance inspired by the life of Thomas Blood. First edition; subscriber's edition. Scarce.   In the publisher's original cloth binding.   An exciting work of historica…

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, A. Paris; J. Strachan, 1792 . Leather. An attractively bound illustrated edition of James Thomson's popular four part Romantic poem, with engravings from Augustus Birrell. With sixteen illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece and engraved title page, designe…

The Newtonian System of Philosophy: Explained by Familiar Objects, in an Entertaining Manner, for the Use of Young Persons

Telescope Tom [John Newbery] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Walker, J. Harris, J. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; and Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1812. Leather. A charming introduction to Newtonian science, offering entertaining lessons and examples demonstrating gravity, astronomy, and mecha…

An Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk

Rev. George Munford · 1858 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Russell Smith, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A smart, scarce study of the Norfolk Domesday Book by the Rev. George Munford, with the author"s signed letter. First edition. With a signed letter from the author loosely inserted, in which he explains he will look in the …

The Life and Adventures of Thomas Coryate

Michael Strachan · 1962 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a biography on the obscure yet fascinating Jacobean traveller Thomas Coryate, including a signed letter from Strachan. The signed first edition of The Life and Adventures of Thomas Coryate, …

Histoire Generale de Paris: Atlas Anciens Plans de Paris

Max Engelhard · 1880 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1880. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with sixty-four plates, this is the three volume first edition of this very scarce atlas of the history of Paris. Presented by the Paris Municipal Council to the Mayor of Folkestone. In the original French. C…