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Les Femmes Ecrivains: Oeuvres Choisies

M. F. Lhomme · 0 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Paris , Librairie de L'Art, c1900. Leather. An interesting selection of works from female writers in French. Featuring a frontispiece and several portrait illustrations throughout. In a signed binding of R. Carswell and Son, Belfast, label to front pastedown. In a half calf…

La Bataille Economique

Pierre Lyautey · 1929 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Paris, Societe D'Editions, 1929. Leather. A re-bound copy of Pierre Lyautey's La Bataille Economique. With a dedication by the author. A re-bound copy of Pierre Lyautey's La Bataille Economique. With a dedication by the author. A study of the post-war economic sit…

La Crise Britannique Au XXC. Siecle

Andre Siegfried · 1931 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1931. Leather. A quarter-calf binding of Siegfried's La Crise Britannique Au XXc. Siecle. With a dedication by the author. Andre Siegfried (1875 – 1959) was a French academic, geographer and political writer best known for his commentaries on…

The Works of Henry Fielding in Ten Volumes

Henry Fielding · 1784 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, W. Stragan et al, 1784. Leather. Scarce complete set of this edition of Henry Fielding's brilliantly humourous and satirical works. A New Edition. With an essay on the life and genius of the author, and to which is now added, The Fathers; or, The Good-natured Man. W…

Saint James&Apos;S or the Court of Queen Anne an Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.06 | $3,831.08 | ¥611,775)

London, John Mortimer, Parry, Blenkarn and Co. 1844. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Ainsworth's romance. A presentation copy, signed by the author and addressed to the illustrator of Ainsworth's portrait frontis, Daniel Maclise. Direct from the library of…

Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier

Various; Theophile Gautier; Swinburne et al. · 1873 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur , 1873. First edition. Leather. A morocco-bound first edition of this poetical collection, published in memory of French author Theophile Gautier. First edition.Bound in signed full morocco by Bradstreet's. Bound with the original wraps. W…

An Epitome of Universal History

W. Jillard Hort · 1822 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition to a small educational work that takes readers through the different states and civilizations across history, including Macedonians and Carthaginians. The scarce first edition o…

The Dying Swan

Vladimir Tretchikoff · 1952 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Cape Town, Timmins, 1952. Unbound. Signed by the artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, this is a beautiful signed print of his portrait of ballerina Alicia Markova, 'The Dying Swan&apos. A beautiful colour print by self-taught Russian artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, signed by Tretchiko…

From the Shiffolds

R. C. Trevelyan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Dorking , [A. A. Tanner & Son], 1945-1950. First edition. Paperback. A terrific selection of Christmas poetry pamphlets gifted by R. C. Trevelyan, each one with a signed inscription. Four issues of R. C. Trevelyan's 'From the Shiffolds', a series of Christmas pamp…

The Troubadour and Other Poems

Dora Sigerson Shorter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this scarce anthology from Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter. Presentation copy, with blind stamp to the title page. First edition.In the publisher's quarter cloth binding. A scarce early 20th…

Gems of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 at Philadelphia

Unknown · 1877 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing commentary on the world fair of 1887, America's first to host and one celebrated at the height of imperial competition. A signature from the wife of respected French architect …

Time and Memory

F. L. Lucas · 1929 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of this very scarce early poetry collection from F. L. Lucas, published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at their press. The very scarce first edition, first impression of t…

Egypt. Handbook for Travellers. Part First: Lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the Peninsula of Sinai

Karl Baedeker · 1878 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker , 1878. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Karl Baedeker's second part to their 'Egypt' series, complete with maps, plans and views. The first English edition of this Karl Baedeker handbook covering Lower Egypt. Published in …

Wolfert&Apos;S Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected

Washington Irving · 1855 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York, G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. First edition. Leather. The first edition, third printing of this Irving anthology, bound in full crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, with lovely gilt dentelles. First edition, third printing. Publisher's address in the title imprint is chan…

Rex Whistler: The Konigsmark Drawings

Laurence Whistler · 1952 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, The Richards Press , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this limited edition work, in which Laurence Whistler presents reproductions of his brother Rex's drawings from A. E. W. Mason's novel, 'Konigsmark&apos. Signed presentation inscription by L…

Illustrated Agricultural Works

W. Fream; J.R. Ainsworth-Davis [ed.]; Henry J. Webb · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, John Murray; Longmans, Green, & Co. 1892-1911. Cloth. A three volume collection of illustrated works on agriculture, with a signed letter. A comprehensive set of three illustrated volumes on agriculture. In full cloth bindings.Including:1892 Elements of AgricultureA tex…

Wolf Brother; Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Orion, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of the first book in the fantastic series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver, with Ottakar's promotional booklet. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In th…

Agricultural and Farming Works

Edmund T. Shepherd; A. Nesbit; Day & Sons; E.T. Brown; T. Wibberley · 1853 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London; Cheshire, Crosby Lockwood and Son; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Day & Sons; Ward, Lock & Co.; C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1853-1954 5vol. Cloth. A comprehensive illustrated set of works on agriculture from the mid-nineteenth century, to the mid-twentieth century.  A …

The Poems of Thomas Sturge Moore: Collected Edition

T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1931-1932. Cloth. Volumes I and II of the collected edition of the literary works of Thomas Sturge Moore, signed by the poet to prolific English aristocrat Lady Ottoline Morrell. The signed poems of the accomplished poet, playwright and writer T. Sturge…

La Raza Aberdeen-Angus En la Republica Argentina

Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Buenos Aires, Argentine Aberdeen Angus Corporation, 1947. Cloth. The very scarce second edition to an agricultural history on the Aberdeen-Angus and its popular breeding in Argentina. The very scarce second edition of La Raza Aberdeen-Angus en la Republica Argentina (The Aberdee…