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A House Called Awful End Dreadful Acts Terrible Times Dubious Deeds

Philip Ardagh · 2002 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York; London, Faber and Faber; Henry Holt and Company, 2002-2003. First edition. Cloth. A comedic 5 volume collection of the adventures of Eddie Dickens, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A five volume set of the Eddie Dickens series by the English children's aut…

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Frome, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting fantasy children's novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with a book mark. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher's original…

Russland: Europaisches Russland, Eisenbahnen in Russ. -Asien, Teheran, Peking

Karl Baedeker · 1904 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

Leipzig , Karl Baedeker, 1904. Cloth. A smart German edition of this Baedeker handbook to Russia, complete with folding maps and plans. The sixth Russian edition of this Baedeker traveller's handbook. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with twenty…

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first impression, of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A signed first UK edition of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the o…

Clouds: Biography of a Country House

Caroline Dakers · 1993 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Caroline Dakers"s richly detailed history of Clouds, the Arts and Crafts country house that became a centre of artistic and intellectual life in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In t…

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1894 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1894. Cloth. The third edition of this Baedeker handbook for Great Britain, complete with folding maps and a panorama. Third edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with sixteen maps (eight folding), thirty plans …

Two Pekingese Tales

Elenore Chaya · 1991 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Florida, Privately Printed, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing limited edition of these brightly illustrated stories from Elenore Chaya, signed by the author. First edition, privately printed. Limited to five hundred copies. Signed by the author to the front free end…

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837 . Cloth. A wonderful example of the desired second edition Nimrod's biography of British rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton, in the publisher's cloth and housed in a Hyman Zucker morocco slip case. The preferred second edition of thi…

The Newgate Calendar; Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters Who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century; with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and Last Exclamations of Sufferers

Andrew Knapp; William Baldwin · 1824 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, J. Robins and Co. 1824-1828. Leather. A complete four-volume edition of this popular criminal story collection, uniformly bound in signed half calf by Morrell. A new edition, complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in signed half calf by Morrell, with marbled paper co…

The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert · 1886 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1886. Leather. A smart anthology of George Herbert's poems, presented in full signed crushed morocco by Riviere & Son. Offering the verses of George Herbert, an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. He is considered as one …

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1964 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1964 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Lionel Edwards, this is a striking example of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance, bound in half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates,…

A Wreath of Flower Legends

Rose Sydenham Dugdale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Birmingham, The Weather Oak Press Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition volume of flower-themed legends, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author and artist to the limitation page. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is num…

The Pioneering Days of Southern Maoriland

M. A. Rugby Pratt · 1932 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London , The Epworth Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce Missionary work regarding New Zealand, being a presentation copy signed and dedicated by the author and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work, in th…

Visitation of England and Wales

Joseph Jackson Howard; Frederick Arthur Crisp · 1895 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1895-1902. Vellum. The third, fourth, and tenth volumes of this monumental heraldic study from Howard and Crisp, signed limited edition copies. The first editions of three volumes from this impressive thirty-five volume limited edition work, publis…

Japanese Fairy Tales

Juliet Piggott · 1962 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.37 | $614.29 | ¥98,095)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of Japanese fairy tales retold in English by English author Juliet Piggott, signed and inscribed to her father. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the author to the title page, with an insc…

Unleashed

Boris Johnson · 2024 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, William Collins, 2024. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Boris Johnson"s memoir Unleashed, charting his political rise from London Mayor to Prime Minister, complete with 16 double-sided photographic colour plates. In the publisher's original blue bin…

Nine Signed Novels by Taffrail

Taffrail [H. Taprell Dorling] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£1,495.00 (€1,791.97 | $1,974.99 | ¥315,381)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933-1939. First edition. Cloth. Signed association copies of the first editions of nine thrilling novels from Taffrail, each inscribed to the author's secretary, Mrs. Mitchell, who typed up the author's handwritten manuscripts and offered…

1900 the Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward from A.D. 276 to A.D. 1900. Together with Some Account of the Office of Alderman, Alderman&Apos;S Deputy and the Common Councilman of the City of London

Various; John James Baddeley [Editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Printed for Private Distribution, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, inscribed by the author and Lord Mayor, John James Baddeley, this privately issued volume documents the Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.T…

Pekin White

T. L. McCready, Jr. · 1955 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York, Farrar, Straus; Ariel Books, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful children's work from husband and wife Tasha Tudor and T. L. McCready. A signed presentation copy from Tudor herself. The first edition, first printing.Signed by the illu…

Furnishing Your Home: A Practical Guide to Inexpensive Furnishing and Decorating

Mrs C. G. Tomrley · 1940 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition 1940's guide to home furnishing, inscribed by the author and presented to Ambrose Heal, the noted Chairman of the 'Heal's' furniture company. The first edition of this v…