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Philippe Robert Peintre (1881-1930) Un Mystique
Henri Chenevard · 1950 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Bienne, Les Amis de Philippe Robert, 1950. Paperback. A smart limited edition of this study of the life and work of Swiss painter Philippe Robert, signed and inscribed by the author. In the original French. French. Signed and inscribed by the author to the half-title, dated Chri…
My Sketch Book in the Shiny
Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne] · 1930 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Gale & Polden Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of sketches of the sporting habits of the British in India, signed by the author. First edition. Scarce edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with thirty-four p…
The Green Collars: The Tarporley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting History
Gordon Fergusson; R. E. Egerton Warburton · 1993 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Quiller Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated record of the Cheshire hunting history, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper with an inscription that reads: "For Anthony and Caroline, Happy H…
The Poetical Works of John Milton
John Milton; Thomas Newton [ed.] · 1854 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
London, George Routledge and Co. 1854 . Leather. A sumptuously bound, illustrated edition of the collected poetical works of Milton, in a signed prize binding from Sotheran and Bickers. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further plates by William Harvey. Collated, complet…
The Practical Measurer; or, Tradesman and Wood Merchant&Apos;S Assistant: Containing a Variety of Tables, Showing the Superficial and Solid Content of Round, Square, and Unequal Sided Timber or Stone; Designed for the Use of Artificers, Wrights, Carpenters, Sawyers, Plasterers, Glaziers, Builders, Masons, Bricklayers, Wood Merchants, Painters, Ditchers, Causeway-Layers, Etc.
Alexander Peddie · 1833 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1833. Leather. An impressive practical measuring guide, intended for tradesmen and wood merchants, from Scottish physician Alexander Peddie. This work of metrology comprises a series of tables, showing the contents of round, square and unequal sided ti…
Gloucestershire I: The Cotswolds
David Verey; Alan Brooks · 1999 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Penguin Books, 1999. Hardback. A fine revised edition of this extensive guide to the architecture of Gloucestershire, with illustrations. The third edition of this work, extensively revised. Bound in the original faux black leather. With the publisher's original un…
The Borough Town of Stratford-Upon-Avon
Levi Fox · 1953 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing guide book to the popular market town and birthplace of famous playwright, William Shakespeare. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapp…
Charters Granted to Swansea, the Chief Borough of the Seignory of Gower in the Marches of Wales and Co. Of Glamorgan
Geo. Grant Francis · 1867 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Not Published, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of George Grant Francis's richly illustrated and highly informative guide to the charters of Swansea, in a full morocco binding. A very scarce first edition.Only one-hundred unnumbered copie…
Three
William Sansom · 1946 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this trio of vivid and unusual short stories by William Sansom, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. With the original unclipped d…
An Essex Harvest and Other Poems
H. H. Abbott · 1925 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Chatto and Windus , 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this scarce collection of poetry from Harold Henry Abbott, in the original, very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. Inscribed by the author, 'To Prof. D. E. Noya, with best wishes from the author…
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Volume IV - the Great Democracies
Winston Churchill · 1958 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1958 . Cloth. The fourth volume from Winston Churchill's 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples', a fine copy, housed in a quarter morocco slip case. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with a supe…
Pub. Terentii Comoediae Sex
Terentii; Terence · 1635 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)
Leiden, Officina Elzeviriana, 1635. Vellum. The second Elzevir edition of the six surviving comedic plays of Terence. The second edition, with the following issue points: p51, the word Laches is printed in black; running title of the second and third comedies is spelled EVNVCHVS…
Plays One: The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land, Dogg&Apos;S Hamlet and Cahoot&Apos;S Macbeth
Tom Stoppard · 1996 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Faber and Faber, 1996. Paperback. A very scarcely signed copy of this collection of Tom Stoppard's plays. Signed by the author to the first page. A new collection of plays, with introductions by the author. In the publisher's original paperback. This collect…
Poems on Several Occasions
William Hamilton · 1760 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)
Edinburgh, W. Gordon, 1760 . Leather. A mid-seventeenth century volume of poems written by William Hamilton, a poet and officer in the Jacobite uprisings. With a preface from Adam Smith, who edited the work early in his career. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.First publ…
Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens
Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
Roschester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910 . First edition. Leather. The scare first edition of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place, with a signed letter from the author to the founder of the American Dickens' Fellowship. Th…
The Book of Dead Days; the Foreshadowing; My Swordhand Is Singing
Marcus Sedgwick · 2003 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Orion Children's Books , 2003-2006. First edition. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed young adult novels by Marcus Sedgwick, each complete with their original unclipped dust wrapper. The first editions, first impressions of these works. Signed by the author to each…
The Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling · 1913 · Rooke Books
£1,490.00 (€1,785.98 | $1,968.38 | ¥314,326)
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913-1926. Cloth. A smart complete twenty-seven volume set of this limited edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling, signed by the author. Complete in twenty-seven volumes. The Seven Seas edition. Volume one is signed by the author to the half…
Before I Go to Sleep
S. J. Watson · 2011 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Doubleday, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the best-selling debut novel of Steve Watson, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original advertising postcard. Both a Sunday Times a…
Winged Princess
Anne Kennington · 1945 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Nicholson & Watson, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Anne Kennington's very scarce children's tale, inscribed to the prolific theatre director and early suffragette Edith Craig. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher&apos…
Flowering Cypress
Edward Lowbury · 1986 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Pointing Finger Press, 1986 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this charming limited edition poetry volume from Edward Lowbury. Signed by Lowbury and his illustrator, Kenneth Lindley. A very scarce limited edition, first edition.No. 22 of 50 numbe…