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Harmonia Paulina: Being an Arrangement, in the Words of the Apostle, of the Complete Scheme of Christian Faith and Practice Contained in the Several Epistles of St. Paul
Rev. Henry Latham · 1837 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)
London, J. G. & F. Rivington, 1837 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of this theological work from Anglican priest Henry Latham, inscribed to his nephew. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.Inscribed by the…
The Elizabethan House and Garden
Kathy Still · 1987 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Not stated, Penguin Books, 1987. First edition. Paperback. A delightful easy-to-make cardboard model of a manor house, with a pull-out pamphlet describing the running of an Elizabethan household. First edition. A wonderfully illustrated book that contains all the pieces to make…
Inside a Tudor House
Beverly Saunders · 1987 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, The National Trust in Association with Jonathan Cape, 1987. Paperback. A smart later edition of this buildable fold-out Tudor house for children, from the National Trust. Scarce. Later edition. From the National Trust. Illustrated with two large full-colour wall-sheets w…
Robin Hood Scenic Panorama Book
0 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)
England , Raphael Tuck + Sons Ltd. c1910. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce and unique book presenting an interactive scenic panorama surrounding the story of Robin Hood. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original pictorial wraps. Very scarce work.Institutio…
Miss America
Walter J. Turner · 1930 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
London, Mandrake Press LTD, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A beautiful signed limited edition of Turner's satirical poem about a woman living in America, published by the Mandrake Press. A limited edition, published at the same time as the first edition. Limited to five-hundr…
Flight: Great Planes of the Century
Donald S. Lopez · 1985 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
New York, Viking, 1985. First edition. Hardback. An interactive pop-up book showcasing the history of aviation, signed by the designer. The first edition. Inscribed by the designer to pp. 2: "Best Wishes to Michael and Megan From Keith". Illustrated in full colour, with the co…
The Universe
Heather Couper; David Pelham · 1985 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, Century Publishing, 1985. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this beautiful pop-up book exploring the universe, signed by the noted astronomer Heather Couper. The first edition.Signed by the author, noted astronomer Heather Couper. A beautiful pop-up book exp…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up
L. Frank Baum; Robert Sabuda · 2000 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
New York, Little Simon, Simon & Schuster, 2000 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Robert Sabuda's charming pop-up edition of L. Frank Baum's children's classic. The first edition, first printing, with 'First Edition&…
Young Corbett III World Welterweight Champion: Souvenir Program
Billy Mahoney · 1984 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Fresno, California , Not Stated, 1984. Magazine. This scarce programme was designed in celebration of Fresno's own world welterweight champion, Young Corbett III. A scarce souvenir programme dedicated to the celebration of Young Corbett III and the unveiling of his life siz…
Deja Dead (Us and Uk Edition); Death Du Jour; Fatal Voyage (Us and Uk Edition); Grave Secrets
Kathy Reichs · 1997 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)
London and New York , William Heinemann; Scribner , 1997-2002. First edition. Cloth. A bright selection of gripping novels by American crime writer, Kathy Reichs, including a signed first UK edition of 'Fatal Voyage&apos. An excellent selection of crime novels by American a…
Elkin Mathews Celebrates Its Centenary
Barbara Muir · 1988 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, The Book Collector, 1988. Paperback. A very scare essay by Barbara Muir celebrating Elkin Mathews, signed by Muir to Brian Aldiss. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to Brian Aldiss to the front paste down. Extracted from 'The Book Collector', Volume 37 N…
The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
Charles Kingsley · 1910 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1910 . Leather. A beautiful copy of Charles Kingsley's children's classic, illustrated throughout by Linley Sambourne, and in a Bickers prize binding. In a signed prize binding by Bickers.Illustrated throughout with one-hundred vignettes from …
Free Fall
William Golding · 1959 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)
London, Faber and Faber, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. Author Brian Aldiss's copy of the first edition of William Golding's fourth novel following an English painter who is held in a German POW camp in the Second World War. The first edition, first impression.In the pub…
Snowdon: Sittings 1979-1983
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon; John Mortimer [intro.] · 1983 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Antony Armstrong-Jones's volume of portrait photographs of those who 'feature largely in the public imagination&apos. Flat signed to the verso of the front free endpaper 'Snowdon…
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley · 1892 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, John Murray, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound two-volume set exploring the life and career of influential English educator, Thomas Arnold. A later edition of this biographical work, complete in two volumes. In full maroon morocco binding, signed by J. P. Gray & Son. With …
Sir William Henry Flower: A Personal Memoir
Charles J. Cornish · 1904 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this memoir of English surgeon Sir William Henry Flower, signed and inscribed by his wife. First edition. Signed by Georgiana Rosetta Smyth, the wife of Sir William Henry Flower who…
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
Margaret Thatcher · 2002 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, HarperCollins , 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Margaret Thatcher's final novel, outlining her views on the challenges brought by the new millennium. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with ei…
The Pinetum, Report on the Unusual Intensity of the Frost of December 1860
George Gordon; Duncan Forbes · 1867 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London; Aberdeen, Henry G. Bohn; Simpkin Marshall & Co; Geo. Clark & Son, 1867-80. Leather. Two arboricultural works bound in one volume, by George Gordon and Duncan Forbes, Forbes' work being signed. Bound by Henderson & Bisset. Two volumes bound in one. 'Report on …
Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Advocate
Cosmo Innes · 1854 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
Edinburgh, [The Bannatyne Club], 1854 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of this biography of the life of Scottish advocate Thomas Thomson, in a lovely signed binding by Henderson and Bissett. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.A biography of Scottish adv…
Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century, As Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time
Dr. Oskar Fischel; Max von Boehn; Grace Thompson · 1927 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927 . Leather. The enlarged second edition of this beautifully illustrated study of nineteenth century dress, in a sumptuous Sangorski binding. First published in English in 1909, this is the revised and enlarged second edition.Volume I with forty, vo…