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Three Bembridge Fables and Thy Youth and Cause
John Howard Whitehouse · 1933 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London; Cambridge, George Allen & Unwin; The Yellowsands Press, 1933-1934. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce works from MP and founder of Bembridge School, John Howard Whitehouse. Two scarce works, both in their first editions, from social reformist and Liberal MP J. Howard White…
The Caliph of Fonthill: The Story of William Beckford
H A N Brockman · 1956 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London , Werner Laurie , 1956 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated biography of the eccentric novelist William Beckford by H. A. N. Brockman. The first edition of this exciting work by H. A. N. Brockman. Concerning the life and environment of t…
The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim
Robert Standish · 1957 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Peter Davies, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and very scarce first edition of this volume illustrating the life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, held institutionally by two libraries only. A fascinating work by Robert…
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings and Models for Hamlet: Macbeth the Vikings: And Other Plays
Edward Gordon Craig · 1912 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1912. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce theatre catalogue by Edward Gordon Craig, the presentation copy of the author's son, Edward Carrick. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A scarce …
Falstaff&Apos;S Wedding, a Comedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
W. Kenrick · 1773 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, L. Davis, 1773. Disbound. An early, scarce contemporary edition, of this comical play, a sequel written by William Kenrick to two of Shakespeare's plays. A scarce contemporary edition of this work. A new edition of this work. With a half-title and final leaf of epil…
Movements in European History
D H Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Oxford, Humphrey Milford, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first illustrated edition copy of D H Lawrence's school textbook, 'Movements in European History&apos. First thus, the first illustrated edition of this work, which was first published in 1921 under th…
Cosmic Rays Three Lectures
R. A. Millikan · 1939 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. A. Millikan's three lectures, each discussing prominent fields in astronomy and physics. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original pri…
The Story of a Life
Moyle Sherer · 1825 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. Two volumes bound as one of this novel by Moyle Sherer, describing the life of a man who is down on his luck. The first edition of this work. Complete with two volumes bound as one. The protagoni…
Models of Propriety Occasional Caprices for the Edification of Ladies and the Delight of Gentlemen
W. Russell Flint · 1951 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
London, Michael Joseph , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of Sir William Russell Flint's 'Models of Propriety' complete with coloured prints of sketches by the author. Containing supposedly fictional anecdotes of artists models, this text …
A Commentary on the Book of Psalms in Which Their Literal or Historical Sense, As They Relate to King David and the People of Israel, Is Illustrated; and Their Application to Messiah, to the Church, and to Individuals As Members Therefor, Is Pointed out: With a View to Render the Use of the Psalter Pleasing and Profitable to All Orders and Degrees and Christians
George, Lord Bishop of Norwich · 1794 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Printed for J. Cooke , 1794. Leather. A scarce edition of this religious work bound in a charming tree calf binding. The fifth edition. Complete in two volumes.Bishop George Horne was an English churchman, academic, writer and Fellow of Magdalen College. King George III …
Anleitung Zur Ertheilung Des Schreiblese-Unterrichtes
K Jung (Ed)l Philipp Markus Jakob Nabholz · 1845 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Karlsruhe, Herder, 1845. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon nineteenth century instructional German work on the education of reading and writing. Written by the well-known German Benedictine monk and reform educator, Philipp Jakob Nabholz The first edition of this work. In a l…
The Blue Moon
Laurence Housman · 1904 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John Murray, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A whimsical collection of short stories by the progressive playwright, with beautiful woodcuts which immerse readers into realms of fantasy. The first edition of The Blue Moon, a charming collection of fantasy short stories, writt…
The Life and Letters of Henry Arthur Jones
Doris Arthur Jones; Various · 1930 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition collected personal correspondence of Henry Arthur Jones, with contributions from Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells and Kipling among many others. The first UK edition of this work, first published in the same ye…
Memoir Written During a Survey of the Eastern Branch of the Watling Street, in the County of Northumberland
Henry MacLauchlan · 1864 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Printed for Private Distribution, 1864. First edition. Leather. A rare archaeological description of Watling Street, Northumberland by Henry MacLauchlan. This copy presented by the Duke of Northumberland, who directed the survey described. The sole edition of this very s…
The Old Ballad of the Babes in the Wood; Dick Whittington
Kathleen Lines · 1970 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, The Bodley Head, 1970-1972. First edition. Hardback. A two volume set of first edition copies of these traditional English folklore stories to be illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, retold by Kathleen Lines. A two volume set.The first editions. In the publisher's orig…
A Few Late Chrysanthemums; a Nip in the Air
John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, John Murray, 1954-1974. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two anthologies by popular poet laureate John Betjeman, including wry comic verse and admirations of the English landscape. The first editions of A Few Late Chrysanthemums, and A Nip in the Air, two poet…
England in Egypt
Alfred Milner · 1894 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Edward Arnold, 1894 . Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of Alfred Milner's detailed account of British involvement in Egypt in the nineteenth century, with a folding map. A very scarce work.The new edition, first published in 1892.A presentation copy, inscribed…
The Gentle Art of Theatre-Going
John Drinkwater · 1927 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Ernest Benn Ltd; Robert Holden & Co. Ltd. 1927-1929. Cloth. A smart set of three volumes by John Drinkwater from the author's personal library, with a signed copy. Three volumes. From the author's personal collection.With a signed copy by the author. In the o…
The Huntingdon Peerage Comprising a Detailed Account of the Evidence and Proceeding Connected with the Recent Restoration of the Earldom; Together with the Report of the Attorny-General on That Occasion. To Which Is Prefixed a Genealogical and Biographical History of the Illustrious House of Hastings, Including a Memoir of the Present Earl and His Family.
Henry Nugent Bell · 1820 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. Leather. A half leather hardback with gilt lettering on the spine. Scarce. First edition. This copy was owned by the author Henry H Gibbs, dated 1851 and he has in a very neat copperplate added some marginalia and extended …
The Fairy Mythology; Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
Thomas Keightley · 1833 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. Leather. A scarce early edition of this curious folklore work from Thomas Keightley, wherein he attempts to trace fairy myth to Gothic and Teutonic roots. A fascinating work of 19th-century folklore, exploring the origins and depictions…