Cerca libri
Risultati della ricerca
138215 risultati
The Family Cookery, Combining Elegance and Economy: With Various Receipts for Making Gravies, Soups, Sauces, and Made Dishes; Directions for Roasting and Boiling Game, Poultry, Meat, Fish, &C. And Making of Pastry and Confectionary; Directions for Trussing and Carving; Rules for Brewing and Making Wines, the Art of Pickling and Preserving, the Management of Poultry and Bees, and Bills of Fare for the Year... Forming a Complete System of Domestic Management
R House · 1808 · Rooke Books
£2,200.00 (€2,637.01 | $2,906.33 | ¥464,105)
London, J Bailey, c1810. First edition. Leather. A very scarce cookery book from the early nineteenth century. Being the first and only edition of this pocket sized work, which looks at a variety of cooking techniques including the management of poultry and bees. Being the first…
Favourite English Poems of Modern Times
Various · 1862 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
London, Sampson, Low, Son, and Co. 1862. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this scarce work, containing an impressive collection of renowned English poems; copiously illustrated throughout and rebound in a signed Hayday and Co. binding. Described as containing a &a…
The History of the Philanthropic Lodge No. 304 Leeds 1794-1894
Charles Letch Mason · 1894 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, 1894. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this limited edition work on the history of the Leeds Freemasons lodge, written by Charles Letch Mason, illustrated throughout. Signed by the author. A very scarce work, with only one on Copac, held at the British Li…
Laurence and Eleanor Hutton Their Books of Association
M. E. Wood · 1905 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
New York, Privately Printed, 1905. Vellum. A signed, limited edition copy of this reference work of the library of Laurence and Eleanor Hutton. Inscribed to Henry Mills Alden by Eleanor Hutton. Inscribed by Eleanor Hutton to the front pastedown, 'To Henry M. Alden, with who…
Souvenir de Vichy Et Promenade Au Mont-Dore, Album Compose D&Apos;Une Notice Historique Et de Seize Vues
Unamed · 1852 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Unamed, Unamed, 1852. Cloth. A very scarce souvenir from nineteenth century France, with sixteen lithographs. Very scarce. In the original French. Undated, dated using Worldcat. This scarce volume was designed a souvenir for those visiting the city of Vichy, and walking to Mont-…
Christmas Formula and Other Stories
Stella Benson; Geoffrey West · 1932 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
London, William Jackson, 1932. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Stella Benson's collection of three short stories, illustrated with a frontispiece, and signed by the author to the edition page. A limited edition work, of which five-hundred and fifty copies were print…
The Architectural Director: Being a Guide to Builders, Draughtsmen, Students, and Workmen, in the Study, Design, and Execution of Architecture: Containing Comprehensive Comparative Tables of the Respective Proportions of Each Member of the Orders of Antiquity, and Those of the Modern Masters; and Detailed Tables Presenting the Dimensions of Every Moulding in the Orders of Vignola, Together with Plates Showing the Particular Form of Each Distinct Part, and the Different Methods of Tracing Them; w
John Billington · 1834 · Rooke Books
£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.52 | ¥31,222)
London, John Bennett, 1834. Cloth. The second edition of John Billington's extensive look at architecture, profusely illustrated throughout, including with folding plates. An uncommon work. The second edition of this work. This work is a very interesting and extensive study…
Cote D&Apos;or
H. M. Tomlinson · 1929 · Rooke Books
£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)
London, Faber & Faber, 1929. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of H. M. Tomlinson's travel work 'Cote d'Or', published as part of the Criterion Miscellany, signed by the author to the half-title. The first edition, third impression of this work. Sig…
The Satires of Cynicus
Cynicus; [Martin Anderson] · 1892 · Rooke Books
£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)
London, The Cynicus Publishing Co; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this collection of satires, written and illustrated by Cynicus, a presentation copy to the fellow writer Eden Phillpotts. An author's presentation …
The Carpenter and Joiner&Apos;S
James Newlands · 1860 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)
London, Blackie and Son, [1860]. Leather. An attractive rebound copy of this comprehensive guide to carpentry and joining by James Newlands; rebacked in a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards and charming marbled endpapers and textblock. This copy is undated, d…
The History of the Present Parliament and Convocation with the Debates at Large Relating to the Conduct of the War Abroad
William Pittis · 1711 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, John Baker, 1711. First edition. Leather. A piece of political writing by William Pittis. A well-preserved copy of this work which delves into the political state of England during the eighteenth century. There is no author to the title page, though the work has since be…
The White Paternoster
T. F. Powys · 1930 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1930. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Theodore Powys' short story collection 'The White Paternoster&apos. A limited edition work, of which three hundred and ten copies were printed, three hundred being for sale. This copy is numbered thirty-ei…
Aphrodite in Aulis
George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of George Moore's novel 'Aphrodite in Aulis', signed by the author, held in the original slipcase. A limited edition work, limited to 1825, of which 1 to 900 were for sale in Great Britain,…
A Strong Dose of Myself
Dannie Abse · 1983 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating work by the Welsh poet and physician Dannie Abse; signed by the author to the title page, with an additional signature by the renowned English dramatist Arnold Wesker. Containing a fascinati…
Daily Express Adventure Book for Boys and Girls
Various · 1934 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Daily Express Publications, 1934. Cloth. A charming children's annual published by the Daily Express. This work is in an extremely smart condition, and still contains the cut-out goalie from one of the games in addition to the spinner and counters. An illustrated co…
The Dream
John Masefield · 1922 · Rooke Books
£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)
London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this poetical work by John Masefield. Illustrated throughout by Judith Masefield. With the bookplate of William Marchbank to the front pastedown. This particular edition is numbered 415 and i…
The Fairy-Land of Living Things
Richard Kearton · 1922 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
London, Cassell and Company, LTD, 1922. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this children's work on the wildlife in the British countryside, by Richard and Cherry Kearton, illustrated throughout. In a signed binding by Bicker's & Son. This work was written to offer an ins…
Trilby: A Novel
George du Maurier · 1895 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
London, Osgood, McIlvaine and co. 1895. Vellum. A limited first thus edition copy of George du Maurier's 'Trilby' in a quarter vellum binding and signed by the author. George du Maurier's second novel, 'Trilby' was one of the best selling novels of …
Little Books on Art Corot
Ethel Birnstingl; Alice Pollard · 1904 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Methuen and Co. 1904. First edition. Leather. A fascinating study of the life and works of the renowned French landscape and portrait painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot by Ethel Birnstingl and Alice Pollard. Corot was pivotal figure in landscape painting, best known for…
The History of the Parish of Grittleton, in the County of Wilts with an Introductory Essay on the Attributes and Interesting Peculiarities of Topographical Literature; the Sources, Objects, and Uses of National and Local Records, Also Definitions and Explanations of Topographical Words &C.
Rev J. E. Jackson; John Britton · 1843 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, J. B. Nichols and Son, 1843. Cloth. An illustrated history of the parish of Grittleton in Wiltshire, written by John Jackson, with an essay by John Britton. Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Mr Rev Joseph Buckley from J. E. Jackson January 1 …