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Looking Forward : Mass Education Through Publicity

Sir Charles Higham · 1920 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1920. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound signed presentation copy of Higham's controversial guide to advertising, written in the wake of the First World War by an early leading figure in the industry. The first edition of the work.  Si…

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera

Virgil; Carolus Ruaeus [Charles de La Rue] · 1687 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, T. Dring; G. Wells; A. Swall, 1687 . Leather. The first London edition of de La Rue"s Delphin Virgil, an influential scholarly edition of the complete works with continuous prose interpretation and notes. In a full calf binding.  The first London edition of Charles de L…

A Flora of Shropshire

W. A. Leighton · 1841 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

Shrewsbury; London, John Davies; John Van Voorst, 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Leighton"s Flora of Shropshire, an exceptional presentation copy to John F. M. Dovaston, enriched with botanical correspondence and manuscript records with an early reference to…

Horse Latitudes

Paul Muldoon · 2006 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006 . First edition. Hardback. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of political poetry by Irish author Paul Muldoon. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page.  In the publisher's original brown hardback bindi…

Dancing with the Virgins; Blood on the Tongue; Blind to the Bones; One Last Breath

Stephen Booth · 2001 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, Harper Collins Publishers, 2001-2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart four volume set first editions, first impressions of the Cooper and Fry series by crime writer Stephen Booth, including three signed copies. A four volume set. Volumes 2-5 of the Cooper and Fry seri…

Records of Bosley, Once a Royal Manor

Rev. Wm. Sutcliffe [William Sutcliffe] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Longman, Green, Roberts, Longman and Co, 1865 . Leather. Illustrated with photographic plates and in a signed calf binding, this is the vanishingly scarce first edition of William Sutcliffe's history of the Cheshire village of Bosley. The very scarce first edition o…

Cavender&Apos;S House

Edwin Arlington Robinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition of this poetic work from Edwin Arlington Robinson, together with the original slipcase. First Edition. No. 94 of a limited autographed edition of five hundred copies.   Signed by the au…

A History of Shrewsbury School from the Blakeway Mss. , and Many Other Sources

Rev. W. A. Leighton · 1889 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London , Simpkin Marshall and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of this thorough history of Shrewsbury School, inscribed by the publishers to the work"s principal dedicatee, Shrewsbury headmaster Henry Whitehead Moss, and accompanied by the…

Clendon Daukes: Servant of Empire

Dorothy Daukes · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Cloth. The first edition of a biography on a decorated military officer who served in the Indian army, written and signed by the officer's wife. The first edition of Clendon Daukes: Servant of Empire, a biography on the British officer, wri…

Sixpenny Toy Books: The Child&Apos;S Noah&Apos;S Ark; My Own Toy Book; My New Book.

0 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1870 . Paperback. Three lovely illustrated children's texts in the Religious Tract Society's "Sixpenny Toy Books" series Collection comprised of: The Child's Noah's Ark;  My Own Toy Book; My New Book.   All editions are…

Cursory Rhymes

Humbert Wolfe · 1927 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition poetical volume from Humbert Wolfe, from the library of Sir Hugh Walpole. This edition limited to 500 copies printed on Van Gelder paper and signed by the author.  Signed to the colophon.  With …

Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love

Mrs. S.C Hall [Anna Maria Hall] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a whimsical romance considered the most beautiful work by prolific Irish novelist Anna Maria Hall. The first edition of Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love, written and signed by…

The New Tale of a Tub. An Adventure in Verse.

F. W. N. Bayley · 1841 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.74 | ¥67,506)

London, Colnaghi and Puckle, 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated retelling of Jonathan Swift's comical verse. A very scarce issue with hand coloured plates. A first edition. The very scarce issue of this work with hand coloured p…

The English Anthology

Various; Joseph Ritson [ed.] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, T. and J. Egerton, 1793. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound example of Joseph Ritson's selection of English poetry, in full signed morocco. The first edition of this anthology of English verse, edited by Joseph Ritson.  Complete in three volumes. In a full…

Miniature Painters British and Foreign with Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century

J. J. Foster · 1903 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, Dickinsons , 1903. Vellum. A signed "Edition de Luxe" copy of this definitive work on miniature painters, illustrated with many examples throughout. One of 175 "Edition de Luxe" copies out of a limited edition of 570 copies.  Signed by the author to the colophon.  This…

The Lincoln Crest and Monogram Album

William Lincoln · 0 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, William Lincoln, c1890. Cloth. A colourful, Victorian crest and monogram collector's album, half-filled with tipped-in monograms by a previous owner. The third edition of this Victorian crest and monogram album, produced by specialist stamp album publisher, William …

Six Plays of Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets · 1939 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

New York, The Modern Library, 1939 . Cloth. A smart Modern Library edition of Clifford Odets"s six best-known plays, a presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the influential American playwright. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Complete with the original d…

The Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson; Charles Cowden Clarke [ed.] · 1869 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, William P. Nimmo, 1869 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs, this is a wonderful collected edition of the poetry of James Thomson, in a Bayntun half calf binding. In a half calf signed binding from Bayntun, with the publisher's original d…

The Hunting of Zakaroff

W. B. Macmillan · 1946 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A signed association copy of this war time children's adventure novel by W. B. Macmillan, with the scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The author's signed presentation copy inscribed to his "Aunt Bella" to the front free endpa…

The Wild White Cattle of Great Britain: An Account of Their Origin, History, and Present State.

Rev. John Storer; John Storer · 1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London; Paris; New York, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1879]. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated and extensively grangerised study of Britain"s ancient wild white cattle, enriched with correspondence and ephemera.  In the publisher's original cloth binding.  First edi…