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The Art of Good Living
Andre L. Simon; Maurice Healy [foreword] · 1929 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Constable & Co, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A bright signed limited edition of Andre L. Simon's exploration of the joys of food and drink, beautifully illustrated with plates. A limited special edition of three hundred copies, of which this is numbered 112. Signe…
Historical Account of the Family of Thynne, Otherwise Botfield
Joseph Morris · 1855 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Westminster, John Bowyer, 1855 . Cloth. A bright example of Joseph Morris's very scarce genealogical account of the Thynne family and its historical origins. A very scarce family genealogy, 'extracted from The Topographer and Genealogist, Vol. III&apos. Joseph Morris t…
Pansies
D. H. Lawrence · 1929 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)
London, Privately Printed, 1929. Disbound. An incredibly scarce set of unbound sheets for the deluxe limited edition of D. H. Lawrence's Pansies, including two poems removed from the first trade edition for obscenity. A very scarce, complete set of the unbound sheets, origi…
Mediolanum: Being a Reprint of Two Letters to the "Athenaeum," and Observations Thereon.
T. Rought Jones · 1881 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Bemrose & Sons, 1881 . Leather. A very scarce copy examining the location of the Roman town, Mediolanum, a presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In a contemporary red full morocco binding. First edition. A presentation copy…
Seventy Years of an Active Life
Louis Sterne · 1912 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Louis Sterne [Chiswick Press], 1912. First edition. Leather. The signed first edition of a fascinating memoir from an American Civil War veteran turned secret agent and later successful businessman. The signed first edition of Seventy Years of an Active Life, the fascina…
Songs of a New Age
Alfred T. Story · 1918 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1918. First edition. Paperback. An author's presentation copy of this very scarce, first-edition poetry work from Alfred Thomas Story. First edition. Very scarce. Â Author's presentation copy. With a signature and the words "with the …
The Juvenile Scrap-Book
Mrs. Ellis [Sarah Stickney Ellis] · 1843 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Fisher, Son & Co. 1843 . Cloth. An uncommon copy of this illustrated educational nineteenth century work for young people by Sarah Stickney Ellis. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Illustrated with a vignette title page, and fourteen plates. Coll…
The Wren
John Clare · 2010 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Not Stated, Andy English, c2010 . Unbound. A very scarce limited edition of John Clare's poem 'The Wren', with a woodcut engraving to the head of the leaf by wood-engraver Andy English, signed by English. A limited edition of this 19th century poem by John Clare, …
The Best of John Betjeman
John Betjeman; John Guest [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, John Murray, 1978 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation inscription of this collection of the works of Poet Laureate John Betjeman, edited by John Guest and in the vibrant original dust wrapper. A signed first edition, first impression, in the publisher&apos…
The Great Magoo
Ben Hecht; Gene Fowler · 1933 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
New York, Covici-Friede, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart, dust-wrapper-clad first edition of Hecht and Fowler's notoriously unsuccessful play, with colour illustrations by Herman Rosse. First edition. Â In the publisher's original black cloth binding, encased in t…
Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose. And Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages of Prose, Book Third & Fourth.
Vicesimus Knox [Ed.] · 1801 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, J. Johnson , 1801. Leather. Three smart, tree calf volumes of this popular, nineteenth-century miscellany of passages; designed for the improvement of young persons. The seventh edition of the Elegant Extracts of Verse and Prose. edited by Vicesimus Knox. Knox's se…
The Old Houses of Stratford-Upon-Avon
H.E. Forrest · 1925 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this beautifully illustrated topographical account of the houses of Stratford-Upon-Avon. A signed limited edition copy. With this copy being No.8/250 numbered copies, signed by the author to…
Eastern Branch of the Watling Street, in the County of Northumberland
Henry MacLauchlan · 1864 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Printed for private distribution, 1864 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy from the Duke of Northumberland of the very scarce first edition of Henry MacLauchlan's illustrated survey of Roman remains in Northumberland. The very scarce first edition o…
Hans Breitmann"S Barty and Other Ballads
Charles G. Leland · 1869 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, John Camdn Hotten, 1869. Leather. A scarce copy of this collection of humorous poetry on the life of the fictitious German-American "Hans Breitmann". A scarce early edition of the work.In a half red morocco binding, with marbled boards, and a gilt to fore edge. A signed …
An Illustration of the Holy Scriptures by Notes and Explications on the Old and New Testament. In Which the Useful Observations of Former Commentators Will Be Made Use of; the Different Translations of the Bible Into Various Languages Taken Notice of, to Explain Difficult Texts
1759 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)
London, R. Goadby , 1759. Leather. All three volumes of this impressive educational edition of the Holy Bible, adorned with many engraved plates and maps. The sixth edition of this 18th-century Bible commentary published by Robert Goadby, offering verse-by-verse notes and explan…
The Landscape Annuals for 1831 and 1832; the Tourist in Italy
Thomas Roscoe · 1831 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Jennings and Chaplin, 1831-1832. First edition. Leather. The beautifully illustrated first editions of two volumes of Thomas Roscoe's account of his early 19th century travels in Italy, published as the 1831 and 1832 issues of the Landscape Annual. The first edition…
The Roald Dahl Treasury
Roald Dahl · 1998 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London; Singapore, Ted Smart, 1998. Hardback. London; Singapore: Ted Smart, 1998. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 8". Quentin Blake; Patrick Benson; Raymond Briggs; Babette Cole; Posy Simmonds; Lane Smith; Ralph Steadman; Fritz Wegner; Christopher Wormell; …
Gentle Giant
Michael Morpurgo · 2003 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, first impression, colourfully illustrated, with unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this enchanting story, with complete number line. Richly illustrated thr…
The Little Red Hen
Michael Foreman · 1999 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Andersen Press, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition first impression of the charming children's fable, retold. A beautifully illustrated first edition, containing Michael Foreman"s retelling of the classic children"s tale about determination and la…
Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
William Cole [Ed.]; Norman Monath · 1961 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
New York , Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Ardizzone-illustrated folk-song anthology, inscribed by arranger Norman Monath, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher"s original pictorial cloth binding, with the origi…