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The Vision of S. Christopher and Other Verse
Alfred C. Fryer · 1912 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, A. R. Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1912 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this collection of poetry by Alfred C. Fryer. The firsdt edition. Presented by the author to Cardiff Public Libraries, with a presentation bookplate signed…
Carmen
Propser Merimee; A. E. Johnson [trans.] · 1916 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1916. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition work, signed by the illustrator, this is a wonderful and scarce first edition of Rene Bull's illustrated edition of Prosper Merimee's 'Carmen&apos. With colour plates. A scarce signed limite…
The Colour Prints of William Dickes
Alfred Docker · 1924 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
London, Courier Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The signed limited edition of a showcase and guide to the collection of Victorian engraver and illustrator William Dickie. The limited edition of The Colour Prints of William Dickes, a collection of the chromolithography of the …
Sacred Cowes
Anthony Heckstall-Smith · 1965 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Anthony Blond, 1965. Cloth. A loving autobiographical account of the author's experiences over a lifetime of yachting, including the eccentric characters he meets. The revised edition of Sacred Cowes, an autobiographical account of British author Heckstall-Smith&apo…
The Land of to-Morrow a Newspaper Exploration of Up the Amazon and over the Andes to the California of South America
J. Orton Kerbey · 1906 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
New York, W.F. Brainard, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing and scarce, signed first edition of this travel guide by American journalist and diplomat, Joseph Orton Kerbey. The first edition of this work. A presentation copy, with a signed dedication from the author to one …
The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of All Nations 1851
The Art Journal · 1851 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)
London, For the Proprietors, by George Virtue, 1851 . Leather. The first edition of this profusely illustrated Art-Journal record of the Great Exhibition, filled with engraved views of the Crystal Palace, industrial design, and decorative arts of 1851. In a contemporary green ha…
The Poetic of Aristotle
Aristotle; Henry James Pye · 1788 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, John Stockdale, 1788 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Henry James Pye"s English Aristotle, in a contemporary full calf binding, issued shortly before Pye"s appointment as Poet Laureate. In a contemporary full marbled calf binding. First editio…
Collectanea Orator; or, the Academic Orator
J. H. Rice · 1808 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Rice"s practical anthology of public oratory, adapting Ward"s influential rhetorical theory into a comprehensive guide for students and speakers. In a later half calf binding wit…
A Short History of the English People
John Richard Green · 1898 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898 . Leather. A Riviere & Son bound copy of this influential historical account of the English people, with coloured maps. A reprint, originally pubished in 1874. In a half brown calf binding, a signed binding by Riviere & Son. Illustrated wi…
Memoranda of a Journey to Moscow in the Year 1856
Fanny Mary Thomson · 1859 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)
Liverpool, Geo. Smith, Watts & Co, 1859 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Fanny Mary Thomson's vanishingly scarce account of her mid-19th century travels in Moscow. A very scarce first edition work. Inscribed by the author to the …
The Yellow Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · 1894 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the charming, sixth book in Andrew Lang's treasured Coloured Fairy Book series, with original illustrations by H. J. Ford. coll comp? The first edition. Bound in the original publisher's …
3 Vols History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent
George Bancroft · 1843 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
Paris, BaudryÂs European Library, 1843 . Leather. An intriguing tenth edition of Bancroft"s landmark history of America, complete in three volumes, with a letter signed by George Bancroft to English jurist and explorer, Thomas Falconer. In a contemporary half morocco binding wi…
Odd Corners in North Wales
William T. Palmer · 1937 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
London, Skeffington & Son, LTD. 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed copy, presented by the author to the illustrator, of this charming guide to the natural beauty of North Wales. The first edition. A scarce presentation copy, inscribed to the illustrator by the aut…
The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year
[John Keble] · 1840 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1840 . Leather. A smart nineteenth edition of this collection of religious poetry by Anglican priest John Keble, in a signed full morocco binding. The nineteenth edition. In a full black morocco binding, with a gilt to fore edge. A signed binding by J.…
Bermuda Journey: A Leisurely Guidebook
William Zuill · 1958 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
Hamilton, Bermuda, The Bermuda Book Stores, 1958. Cloth. A fascinating, signed history of Bermuda, illustrated, with several folding maps, and neatly presented in the original dust wrapper. Fourth impression. Â In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, …
Jew Suss
Lion Feuchtwanger · 1926 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
London, Martin Secker, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A superior first trade English edition of this nuanced historical novel from Lion Feuchtwanger, based on the life of Joseph Süss Oppenheimer. The first trade English edition. A limited signed edition of 275 numbered copies was …
A Directory of Shropshire, and the Whole of North and South Wales: To Which Is Added, a Directory of Liverpool, and Various Towns Upon the Environs of That Great Port, in Cheshire and Lancashire
Isaac Slater · 1844 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)
Manchester, I. Slater, 1844. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce directory relating to Shropshire, Lancashire, Wales, and bankers in England, an intriguing source with folding maps. The vanishingly scarce Directory of Shropshire, and the Whole of North and South Wales: to which is added…
An Englishwoman&Apos;S Love-Letters
Anonymous [Laurence Housman] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, John Murray, 1900. Hardback. The second impression of Housman's anonymously written series of fictional letters, considered a popular scandal of its time. An early printing of the scandalous novel An Englishwoman's Love-Letters, written by progressive English n…
The House by the Lake: A Play in Three Acts
Hugh Mills · 1956 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1956 . Cloth. A scarce acting edition of Hugh Mills"s three-act thriller, inscribed by the playwright to Sylvia Coleridge in thanks for her performance, and additionally flat-signed by members of the original cast, including Flora Robson. Signed b…
All the Way Home
Tad Mosel · 1961 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
New York, Ivan Obolensky, Inc. 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning family drama, adapted from James Agee"s "A Death in the Family," flat signed by the playwright, Tad Mosel. In the publisher's original light gree…