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Bill the Minder
W. Heath Robinson · 1924 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout with tipped in colour plates, and with the original dust wrapper, this work follows the adventures of Bill and his cousins as they meet a selection of interesting characters. A lovely 192…
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke; My Year
Roald Dahl · 1991 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Century; Jonathan Cape , 1991-1993. First edition. Hardback. A delightful pair of first edition Roald Dahl books, including his autobiography 'My Year', and children's story 'The Vicar of Nibbleswicke&apos. The first editions, first impressions of the…
Plays of Euripides: Hecuba, Medea, Alcestis, with Short English Notes for the Use of Schools
Various · 1864 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Oxford, John Henry and James Parker, 1864-1865. Leather. A very scarce copy of three of Euripides" most enduring tragedies in one volume: Hecuba, Medea, and Alcestis, in the original Greek with English notes for the use of schools. Bound in half calf binding with marbled paper b…
Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen · 1932 · Rooke Books
£2,950.00 (€3,536.04 | $3,897.36 | ¥622,358)
London, George G. Harrap, 1932 . First edition. Vellum. Beautifully illustrated with full colour plates, and in the publisher's original vellum binding, this is a charming limited edition collection of the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, signed by illustrator Arthur Rackh…
The Complete Writings of O. Henry
O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] · 1917 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
New York, Doubleday, Page and Company , 1917. Hardback. An excellent Edition de Luxe offering a complete collection of O. Henry's works, with the handsome cloth dust wrappers. A limited edition de luxe or 'Memorial Edition', limited to 1075 copies. This set is num…
Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi: A Life Full of Holes; without Stopping: An Autobiography; Points in Time; Days: Tangier Journal 1987-1989
Paul Bowles · 1964 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, Grove Press, Inc; G. P. Putnam's Sons; The Ecco Press, 1964-1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of fiction and non-fiction works from American expatriate of Tangier, Paul Bowles. The first edition, first printings of these works. All complete with the publis…
The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand. A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland.
J. H. Kerry-Nicholls · 1884 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington , 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated travel work documenting the J. H. Kerry-Nicholl's time exploring New Zealand in the nineteenth-century, complete with folding map and numerous illustrations. First edition.…
The Idle Countryman
BB [Denys James Watkins-Pitchford] · 1943 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this illustrated account of life in a remote village by the British naturalist Denys James Watkins-Pitchford, printed on War Economy paper and with the original unclipped dust wrapp…
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Siegfried Sassoon · 1930 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Siegfried Sassoon's semi-autobiographical novel set during and immediately following the First World War. First edition, first impression. A fictionalised account of Sassoon&ap…
Summa S. Thomae, Hodiernis Academiarum Moribus Accommodata, Sive Cursus Theologiae
Charles-Rene Billuart · 1746 · Rooke Books
£2,850.00 (€3,416.18 | $3,765.25 | ¥601,262)
Leodii, Everardum Kints, 1746-1751. First edition. Leather. The very scarce nineteen volume first edition of Charles-Rene Billuart's impressive theological work, attractively bound in tree calf. In the original Latin.The very scarce nineteen volume first edition of this wor…
The Hungry Traveller in France
Norman Davey · 1931 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition gastronomical travel work on France by Norman Davey, signed by the author, from the library of wine seller Charles W. Berry. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, da…
The Shepheard&Apos;S Calender
Edmund Spenser · 1898 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London , Harper & Brothers, 1898. Cloth. A decorative edition of the Elizabethan poet's first major work, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane. A decorative edition of Edmund Spenser's first major work, originally published 1579. There is one full page illustration f…
After Julius Getting It Right
Elizabeth Jane Howard · 1965 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Jonathan Cape; Hamish Hamilton , 1965-82. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by Elizabeth Jane Howard, in their original unclipped dust wrappers. First editions. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers.T…
The Prince and Stewart of Scotland and the Stewartry Lands in Ayrshire; the Prince of Wales in Ayrshire
Anonymous · 1926 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1926 . Leather. Two very scarce 1926 works concerning Edward VIII's visit to Ayrshire when he was Prince of Wales, together in a half morocco signed binding. Two very scarce works bound together in a half calf signed binding from Maclehose.The first …
The Purgatory of Peter the Cruel
James Greenwood · 1868 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, George Routledge & Sons , 1868. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this profusely illustrated fable by James Greenwood and illustrated throughout by Ernest Griset. The first edition of the work. Very scarce.With a leaf of publisher's advertisemen…
Two Weeks in Another Town
Irwin Shaw · 1960 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition. Hardback. A well presented first UK edition of this novel by American author and playwright, Irwin Shaw. This is a first UK edition of the work, in attractive patterned hardback boards, with original dust wrapper. There was a US editio…
Capital Und Capitalzins Geschichte Und Kritik Der Capitalzinz-Theorin
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk · 1900 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Innsbruck, Verlag Der Wager'schen Universitats-Buchhandlung, 1900. Cloth. The scarce second edition of the first Volume of Bohm-Bawerk's economic study of capitalism. Volume one of Capital und Capitalzins by Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk in the original cloth binding. With t…
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, Translated and Annotated
Sir Richard Burton; Dhan Gopal Mukerji · 1931 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
Philadelphia, David McKay Company , 1931. Cloth. Richard Burton's famous pseudo-translated poem on Sufi philosophy, signed and inscribed by the illustrator, Willy Pogany. A new edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with gilt detail. Inscribed by the illustrato…
History & Campaigns of the Rifle Brigade, Part II: 1809-1813
Colonel Willoughby Verner · 1919 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, John Bale, Sons, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second volume of Colonel Willoughby Verner's illustrated history of the Rifle Brigade. The second volume of a two volume work, with this volume covering the history of the Rifle Brigade between 18…
Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages
Joseph Baretti · 1778 · Rooke Books
£940.00 (€1,126.74 | $1,241.87 | ¥198,311)
London, J. Nourse; W. Strahan; J.F. and C. Rivington et. al. 1778. Leather. Joseph Baretti's successful Italian to English dictionary, complete in two volumes and handsomely bound in full contemporary calf. An vast and important English to Italian dictionary, with supplemen…