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Pictures of Grecian History, in Miniature

1810 · Rooke Books

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

London, Darton, Harvey and Darton; J. Harris , 1810. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this charming miniature, with illustrative depictions of Ancient Greece, with the publisher's boards. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's very…

Bezique

Camden · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Charles Goodall & Son LTD, c1920. Hardback. A set of cards and markers designed for the game Bezique, presented in a box together. A charming box containing all needed to play Bezique.This included two markers, in pink and green, and two sets of cards, which are presente…

Montes the Matador

Frank Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant collection of five stories by Frank Harris, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing. This first U. S. edition was published ten years after the first London …

Unseen Images: Archive Photographs in the Petrie Museum Volume 1: Gurob, Sedment and Tarkhan

Janet Picton; Ivor Pridden · 2008 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Golden House Publications, 2008. Paperback. A smart copy of the first volume of archival photographs from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London. Volume one only. With a "thank you" notice from the Friends of the Petrie Museum, signed by Janet Picton. Illust…

Cavanagh Forest Ranger, a Romance of the Mountain West

Hamlin Garland · 1910 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Hamlin Garland's popular Western romance, this copy being thrice signed by Garland. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, with an inscription to the recto…

The Princess&Apos; Blankets

Carol Ann Duffy · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Templar Publishing , 2008 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this enchanting fairy tale written by Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations by Catherine Hyde. Limited edition, with this copy being number 339 out of 500 copies printed. Signed b…

Scripta Manent

Alfred Bovet; Philippe Godet · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Neuchatel, Attinger Freres, 1887. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound limited edition work on the autograph collection of Alfred Bovet, signed by Bovet himself. The first edition of this scarce limited edition. Limited to six hundred copies, of which this is numbered five hu…

Grand Cascapedia Giants: Record Atlantic Salmon & Big Fish from North America&Apos;S Premier Salmon River

Ronald S. Swanson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

New Jersey, Meadow Run press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this informative book on record Atlantic salmon and big fish, signed by the author with a letter. First edition. One of one thousand copies signed by the author. Signed and inscribed by the author…

Rainy Day&Apos;S Adventures with Mother Goose in the Land of Nursery Rhymes

Henry Moore Picken · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this "something to-do" book of games, stories, and fold-out illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated in colour throughout with three spinning dial features, fifty-four punch-out s…

The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, and, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

Frantisek Sklar; Jaroslav Béza · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Bancroft & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1960. Cloth. Two lovely and colourfully illustrated pop-ups works retelling classic tales. Two colourful pop-up books, containing the tales 'The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor', and 'Alibaba and the Forty Thieves&apos.Two u…

Mottos and Their Morals

Sir John Courteous, Knight · 1855 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mid-nineteenth century work on mottos and morals. A very scarce first edition.Anonymously authored, the preface is signed by the pseudonym 'Sir John Courteous, K…

Fecundity, Fertility, Sterility and Allied Topics

J. Matthews Duncan [James Matthews Duncan] · 1871 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Cloth. The second edition of this notable work which established James Matthews Duncan's reputation in obstetrics; signed by the author to the Scottish physician Allen Thomson. The second edition, revised and enlarged, of this work i…

Semna-Kumma: The Temple of Semna and the Temple of Kumma

Ricardo A. Caminos · 1998 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1998. First edition. Hardback. An excellent two-volume set containing the epigraphic surveys of the New-Kingdom temples of Semna and Kumma in Lower Nubia. The thirty-seventh memoir from the 'Archaeological Survey of Egypt', edited by …

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Faber & Faber, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition, w…

Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll

Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The correspo…

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. A limited edition, with this being no. 178 of 250 numbered and specially bound copies, flat signed by Murdoch herself.In…

The Clerkenwell Tales

Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a his…

Trip-Tyque

Charles Graves · 1936 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1936. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated travelogue of the author's time in Spain, signed by the author. Early edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. I…

Old English Drinking Glasses: Their Chronology and Sequence

Grant R. Francis · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Vellum. The limited Edition de Luxe of this unique study into eighteenth century drinking glasses, signed by the author. An Edition de Luxe copy of this work, number 17 out of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the collophon.…

Sacred Country: A Novel

Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, …