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The Story of the Westminster Theatre
K. D. Belden · 1965 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Westminster Productions, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this history of the Westminster Theatre in London, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seventeen black…
The History of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, 1929-1964
David B. Brown · 1967 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, 1967 . First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of this history of two aviation guilds. A presentation copy specially bound for the Lord Mayor of London. The first edition of this work, flat signed by author to the title page…
Musical Haunts in London
F. G. Edwards · 1895 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, J. Curwen & Sons, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this study of the locations in London associated with music, with a signed loosely inserted letter from the author. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a folding frontispiece, and a sma…
Cripplegate: One of the Twenty-Six Wards of the City of London
Sir John James Baddeley · 1921 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Printed for Private Circulation, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the ward of Cripplegate, with a signed letter from the author. The first edition of this work, with a signed letter from the author, and a presentation bookplat…
The History of England, the English in Ireland, and Short Studies on Great Subjects
James Anthony Froude · 1870 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)
London, Longmans, Green and Others , [1870]-1883. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of works by James Anthony Froude, including his extensive history of England, bound in a uniform half calf signed binding by Mudie. A beautifully bound set of works from James Anthony Froud…
What to Do with the Cold Mutton: A Book of Rechauffes, Together with Many Other Approved Receipts for the Kitchen of a Gentleman of Moderate Income; Soyer&Apos;S Paper-Bag Cookery; Nelson&Apos;S Home Comforts; a Hand-Book of Cookery for School and Home
Ada T. Pearson; Nicolas Soyer · 1887 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Richard Bentley; Andrew Melrose; G. Nelson, Dale & Co; Blackie and Son , 1887-1914. Cloth. A smart cookery set, including two editions of 'Nelson's Home Comforts' and a copy of Nicolas Soyer's influential paper-bag cookbook. A selection of five culina…
The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed As They Are to Be Sung or Said in Churches
1827 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Oxford , Samuel Collingwood and Co. [for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge], 1827. Leather. A pocket-sized Book of Common Prayer in a contemporary signed calf binding, together with the Psalms of David. This Book of Common Prayer printed at the Clarendon Press by Sam…
The Green Road
Anne Enright · 2015 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2015. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first edition of this successful novel from Irish author Anne Enright, signed by the author. First trade paperback edition, seventh impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's sixth novel…
A Collection of Booklets on Nottinghamshire
Various · 1921 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
Nottingham, Various, 1921-2005. Paperback. A charming collection of twenty-five scarce booklets on Nottinghamshire, the local areas, and their history. Twenty-five volumes. Many scarce works. A collection of booklets, many of which contain illustrations, on Nottinghamshire, a ce…
Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary
Brian Alderson · 2003 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brian Alderson"s definitive, richly illustrated bibliography of Edward Ardizzone"s work from 1929 to 1970. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a f…
Island: The Collected Stories
Alistair MacLeod · 2000 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Inc. 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alistair MacLeod"s collected stories set in Cape Breton, signed by the author to the title page, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete…
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie · 2024 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2024 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first edition of Salman Rushdie's account of the attempt on his life made in 2022, signed by Rushdie himself. Flat signed by Rushdie to the title page.The first edition, first impression, in the publi…
A Spiritual Spiritualism
Ritherdon Clark · 1934 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd, [1934]. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation, first edition copy of this very scarce work on spiritualism, written by a believer and frequent writer on the topic, signed by the author and in the original glassine protective dust wrapper…
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Secker and Warburg , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first impression of J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel, 'Disgrace&apos. The first edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Lucy Harmer, second state wi…
The Beggar&Apos;S Opera
Mr. Gay [John Gay] · 1921 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated edition of Gay's ballad opera, signed with an inscription from the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser. Signed and inscribed by Grace Lovat Frazer, the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser, born Grace Inez Crawford, an American …
Chasing the Hoopoe
John Weston · 2005 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Cornwall, Peterloo Poets, 2005. First edition. Paperback. A very pleasing first edition volume of this poetry collection from English writer John Weston, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. A remarkable first c…
The Island of Sheep
John Buchan; Susan Buchan · 1920 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. One of John Buchan's scarcer titles, here in the first US edition, 'The Island of Sheep' presents a fictional discussion of political, economic and social issues of the time. The first US…
The Invasion of the Crimea; Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan
Alexander William Kinglake · 1863 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of Alexander William Kinglake's magnum opus, studying the history and causes of the Crimean War. A rare to see full first edition set of this renowned wo…
Sarum Close: A History of the Life and Education of the Cathedral Choristers for 700 Years
Dora H. Robertson · 1938 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this excellent history concerning the Choristers School in Salisbury Cathedral Close. Signed inscription by the author to the half title. First edition. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fron…
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries
Henry Hallam · 1873 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, John Murray, 1873. Leather. An attractive complete fifth edition of Henry Hallam's European literary history, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full tree calf. The fifth edition of this work. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in full signed tree calf by Zaehnsdorf, w…