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Ode to France
Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Macmillan, 1942 . Paperback. A lovely signed and limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to the country of France, penned prior to its liberation from the Germans. Printed the same year as the first edition, this is number eighty-eight of the three hundred and …
Are We a Democracy?
Gabriel Wells · 1927 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
New York , Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed copy of this essay on democracy by Gabriel Wells. Signed by the author to the title page to Thomas Haltern. This essay is written by Gabriel Wells, a noted bookseller historian and author who…
Gall & Inglis&Apos; County Maps of England: Hampshire for Cyclists, Tourists &C.
Gall & Inglis · 0 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Gall & Inglis, c1890. Cloth. A very smart folding map of the county of Hampshire from Gall & Inglis. Scarce work. Crunchley's County Map of Hampshire, from Gall & Inglis, for tourists and cyclists. A colour folding map of the county of Hampshire, England, designed t…
Banbury a History
Brian Little · 2003 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Sussex, Phillimore , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brian Little's study of Banbury, a historic market town in Oxfordshire. This association copy belonged to the author's aunt, and has a letter stapled in, as well as an inscription by the author to the …
Mr. Hervey&Apos;S Contemplations on a Flower-Garden, Done Into Blank Verse
T. Newcomb; James Hervey · 1757 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, J. Rivington and J. Fletcher, 1757 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce blank verse poem by English clergyman and teacher Thomas Newcomb. A charming and very scarce mid eighteenth century blank verse poem, constructed by Thomas Newcomb from c…
Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq or the Pursuit of an English Country Gentleman
Sir John E Eardley-Wilmot, Bart · 1860 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, John Murray, 1860. Leather. The second edition of Sir John E Eardley-Wilmot's reminiscences of English landowner and sportsman Thomas Assheton Smith in signed AB Schofield binding. The second edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a vignette illustra…
A Collection of Works by P.D. James
P. D. James · 1997 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
London, Faber and Faber, 1997-2008. First edition. Cloth. Four first editions from English novelist, Phyllis Dorothy James. Four volumes. First editions. Written by Phyllis Dorothy James, an English novelist and life peer best known for creating the police commander Adam Dalglie…
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With the two Buss plates and many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Cha…
Articles from the Strand Magazine
Various · 0 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, The Strand Magazine , c1900. Cloth. A collection of The Strand Magazine articles which have been illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. This is a bound collection of articles from the Strand Magazine which have been illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. The articles have been collected…
Sappho: Parisian Manners. A Realistic Novel
Alphonse Daudet · 1886 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
London, Vizetelly & Co. 1886. Cloth. An early edition of this English translation of Alphonse Daudet's realistic novel. Sixth thousand. Translated from the 100th French Edition. A realistic novel by Alphonse Daudet, French novelist of the nineteenth century. Illustrated wi…
Melbury Abbas a Narrative History of a Dorset Parish
Bob Breach · 1998 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Dorset, The Melbury Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition copy of this local history of Melbury Abbas. Signed by the author and the illustrator to the front pastedown. Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in North Dorset and this volume forms a na…
Stoker
Lindsay Clarke · 2006 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
Nimes, Grand Phoenix Press , 2006. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verses of Lindsay Clarke, a signed limited edition in the original publisher's wraps. The first edition of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen in commerce and not found institutio…
Ewenny Priory
Colonel J. P. Turbervill · 1901 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, Elliot Stock, 1901. First edition. Cloth. Colonel J.P. Tubervill provides a comprehensive history of this unusual Welsh monastery. Signed by the author, with thirteen plates, including a folding plate. A first edition of this interesting history of the twelfth century Be…
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books
£1,350.00 (€1,618.17 | $1,783.43 | ¥284,792)
London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823-1834. First edition. Leather. A complete twelve volume first edition of Edmund Lodge's impressive collection of portraits of famous individuals, uniformly bound in half morocco. The first edition of this work, bound from the original …
Poems Mdcccxxx - Mdcccxxxiii
Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1862 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)
Toronto, Privately Printed [for J. Dykes Campbell], 1862 . Hardback. A pirated edition of a collection of early poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, with a loosely inserted signed letter from the publisher, James Dykes Campbell. A collection of the early poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson,…
The Prose Works, Letters, and Final Memorials of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Thomas Noon Talfourd · 1837 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)
London, Edward Moxon, 1837-1848 . Leather. A lovely set of this collection of poetry, prose, and letters by Charles Lamb in Sotheran Sackville signed morocco bindings. A beautifully bound collection of works and letters by Charles Lamb, including three sets rebound in Sotheran S…
The Wind in the Oak
Martin Muncaster · 1978 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Robin Garton, 1978 . Hardback. The scarce leather bound signed limited edition of this biography of the marine and landscape painter Claude Muncaster. Limited edition of The Wind in the Oak by Martin Muncaster in quarter morocco binding and cloth boards. The life, work,…
On the Threshold of Central Africa: A Record of Twenty Years&Apos; Pioneering Among the Barotsi of the Upper Zambesi
Francois Coillard; Catherine Winkworth Mackintosh [translator] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Coillard's accounts of his expeditions from Banyai to Barotsi and Sefula. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, reading 'from the author&apos. Illustrated thro…
Eleven Volumes of Drawings and Verses by Simon Drew
Simon Drew · 1987 · Rooke Books
£470.00 (€563.36 | $620.90 | ¥99,150)
Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987-2009. First edition. Hardback. Eleven first and early edition works by Simon Drew, all signed by the author. Eleven works by Simon Drew, an English illustrator and cartoonist. He is best known for his quirky captions, and animal illus…
Poems with a Dramatic Entertainment
[Anne Percy] · 1771 · Rooke Books
£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.43 | ¥124,465)
London, J. Dodsley; P. Elmsly; T. Davis, and F. Newbery, [1771]. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of the poetry of Anne Penny, a brilliant collection including Penny's translations. The first edition of this scarce work.ESTC citation number T42683.Illustrated …