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Elizabeth Gaskell · 1903 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1903 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's popular depiction of Victorian rural life, in a bright signed Bumpus binding. A beautifully bound straight grained morocco edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's episodic Victoria…
Jack Lenor Larsen&Apos;S Long House
Jack Lenor Larsen's Long House · 2010 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
San Francisco , Chronicle Books , 2010. First edition. Cloth. A splendid first impression of this charming volume exploring Jack Lenor Larsen's impressive LongHouse Reserve with numerous illustrations. The first edition, first impression exploring the impressive reserve of …
Somerset Parish Registers: Marriages
W.P.W. Phillimore et. al. · 1898 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Phillimore & Co. 1898-1905. Cloth. A limited edition set of these marriage registers from various parishes Somerset through the years 1559 to 1812, signed by the editor to each volume. A very smart, uniformly bound set of Somerset parish registers of marriages from 1559 …
Soames and the Flag
John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition of John Galsworthy's novella tying into his 'Forsyte' series, presented in a slipcase. This work follows Galsworthy's popular character Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and connoisseur.Written b…
Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D Lasker
John Gunther · 1960 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
New York, Harper & Brothers , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Albert Lasker by John Gunther, an association copy inscribed by the author to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work, a biography of Albert Lasker by John Gunth…
Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage and the Hybrids & Varieties Which Occur Amongst Them
John Guille Millais · 1894 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Henry Sotheran & Co, 1894. Cloth. The second edition of John Guille Millais' fascinating sporting work, an entertaining treatise on hunting complete with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.John Guille Millais' entertaining series of shoot…
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions
Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books
£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)
London, Printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823-34. First edition. Leather. Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings. A set complete in twelve volumes o…
Miss Marple&Apos;S Final Cases and Two Other Stories
Agatha Christie · 1979 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first impression copy of this volume of Christie's final Marple short stories, gripping murder mystery stories by the Queen of Crime, The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original uncli…
The Siren
Alison Bruce · 2010 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, Constable, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this DC Gary Goodhew novel by Alison Bruce, a tense and thrilling mystery novel. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwr…
A Period of Adjustment
Dirk Bogarde · 1994 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Viking, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of Dirk Bogarde's fifth novel, 'A Period of Adjustment', in the original dust wrapper and signed by the author. A sequel to Jericho, this work follows main character William Caldicott who …
Pinocchio in Venice
Robert Coover · 1991 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Heinemann, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this novel by Robert Coover, signed to the title page and complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Robert Coover, companion to the original tale of Pin…
Chateaubriand
Andre Maurois; Vera Fraser [trans.] · 1938 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1938. First edition. Leather. The first English translation of this biography of French author François-René de Chateaubriand, in an exquisite Bayntun full calf binding. The first edition of this biographical sketch of François-René de Chateaubriand, …
The Night the Rain Came in
Jenifer Wayne · 1963 · Rooke Books
£97.00 (€116.29 | $128.17 | ¥20,470)
London, William Heinemann, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this novel by Jenifer Wayne, with a letter signed by the managing director of William Heinemann addressed to actress Ludmila von Falz-Fein. The very scarce first edition of this volume by Je…
East Coast Oil Town Before 1700
Duncan Fraser · 1974 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Montrose, Standard Press, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition history of a small Scottish coastal town, signed by the author and illustrated with photographs throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped i…
Faith, Hope, and Charity: The Substance of a Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Catholic Chapel at Bradford, in the County of York
Peter Augustine Baines · 1826 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Printed by William Eusebius Andrews , 1826. Disbound. Peter Augustine Baines reports a sermon preached at the dedication of the Catholic chapel at Bradford in 1825. A scarce pamphlet. Peter Augustine Baines, Bishop of Siga, became a well-known figure in the early ninetee…
The Ironside Diaries 1937-1940
Edmund Ironside · 1962 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Constable, 1962. First edition. Leather. A nicely leather bound first edition copy of the diaries of Edmund Ironside, dating from 1937 to 1940, an interesting look at the start of the war from a military perspective. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by …
The Fables of Babrius
James Davies; G C Lewis · 1860 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Lockwood and Co, 1860. Leather. An uncommon nineteenth century English translation of Babrius' fables. With an introductory preface on Babrius' life. Babrius was the author of a collection of Greek fables more commonly known today as Aesop's fables. Int…
Alan Clodd and the Enitharmon Press: A Checklist of His Publications 1967-1987 and Private Printings 1958-1998
Steven Halliwell; Alan Clodd · 1998 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
London, Enitharmon Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this first limited edition exploring the history of the Enitharmon Press, illustrated throughout. A first limited edition of this work, limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered s…
Aphrodite in Aulis
George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of George Moore's ancient Greece set novel, a wonderful work revolving around statues of Aphrodite. A limited edition work, limited to 1825 copies, of which this is was numbered 698. Signed by George…
North Italian Folk
Alice Comyns Carr · 1878 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1878. Cloth. A signed edition of this delightful travel work regarding Italy by Alice Comyns Carr, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This work is split into two halves, the first covering the Italian Riviera, and the second covering the Apennines.Alic…