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Ryan Gattis · 2015 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, Picador, 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this signed limited edition of the first UK edition of Mark Gattis's novel, set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. Flat signed by Gattis to the title page, this is no. 373 of 500 signed copies, produced…

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry; the Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy; Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

Rachel Joyce · 2012 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€316.92 | $350.86 | ¥56,070)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2022 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of three fine limited edition works by Rachel Joyce, all signed by the author, and including her beloved best-seller 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry&apos. Each of the three volumes present…

The Grey City of the North; the City of the West; R.L. Stevenson Memories

R.L. Stevenson; Jessie M. King · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.09 | $297.90 | ¥47,607)

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1910-1912 . First edition. Cloth. Three delightful first edition works, each in the original wrappers designed by celebrated artist Jessie M. King. Including two of King's own works on the cities of Scotland, and an illustrated biography of Scottish…

The Vitopan Book of Instruction and Recipes

Unknown Author · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

Kent, Vitopan Limited, c1950. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce mid‑century Vitopan Ltd publication, this culinary ephemera pairs expert guidance on cookware usage and maintenance with a variety of recipes. In the publisher's original green paper wraps. Th…

England&Apos;S Helicon. A Collection of Pastoral and Lyric Poems, First Published at the Close of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth

S. E. Dyer; Robert Green, William Shakespeare · 1812 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€711.58 | $787.77 | ¥125,893)

London, T. Bensley, 1812. Leather. The third edition of this very scarce anthology of old English poems, being a facsimile of the original seventeenth century first edition, signed by J. M. Barrie, the author of the beloved Peter Pan stories, and bound in full diced calf. The th…

The Captain from Connecticut

C. S. Forester · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.76 | $79.44 | ¥12,695)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel, which is the a…

Wellington&Apos;S Battlefields Illustrated. Bussaco.

G. L. Chambers · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.43 | $185.36 | ¥29,622)

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co; George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George L. Chamber's scarce study of the 1810 Battle of Bussaco, complete with folding maps. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of …

Hudson River Bracketed

Edith Wharton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,870.25 | $3,177.58 | ¥507,803)

London; New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Edith Wharton, signed by Wharton to Blair Fairchild. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Blair, with love + Christm…

Pick of the Bunch

Harry Waugh · 1970 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.61 | $125.78 | ¥20,101)

London, Wine & Spirit Publications Ltd, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition presentation copy of Harry Waugh's sequel to his popular work on wine 'The Changing Face of Wine', inscribed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. The first editio…

Basil Seal Rides Again or the Rake&Apos;S Regress

Evelyn Waugh · 1963 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.80 | $390.58 | ¥62,417)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1963. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this short story from Evelyn Waugh, signed by the author. Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number four hundred and fifty-three. Signed by the author to the limitation page. With a colour f…

Belling the Cat & Androcles and the Lion

Aesop; Tom Paxton · 1990 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.76 | $79.44 | ¥12,695)

New York, Marrow Junior Books, 1990-1991. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of these illustrated and retold fables attributed to Aesop, with one volume signed by the author. Two volumes. First editions retold in verse by Tom Paxton. Androcles and the …

Friendship Album of the Howells&Apos; Japan Exhibition in Cardiff

Kathleen Olwen 'Joyce' Howell; Various · 1915 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.17 | $595.80 | ¥95,213)

None, None, 1915. Leather. A very scarce scrapbook album commemorating Howells' Japan Exhibition in Cardiff, with watercolour paintings. A unique and very scarce friendship album, compiled by a twelve year old girl upon the Japan Exhibition in Cardiff.The scrapbook contains…

Handbook of Meteorology

F. A. Berry; E. Bollay; Norman R. Beers · 1945 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€448.48 | $496.50 | ¥79,344)

New York; London, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1945. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition copy of this detailed treatise on meteorology, specially bound for the author, F. A. Berry. The first edition.A finely bound copy, detailed to the front paste down "this s…

The Country Blues

Samuel B. Charters · 1960 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.65 | $112.54 | ¥17,985)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A smart UK first edition of this comprehensive study by American music historian, Samuel Charters, tracing the roots of American blues from slave songs to seminal artists like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. In the publisher&…

In the Twilight

Andre L. Simon · 1969 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.61 | $125.78 | ¥20,101)

London, Michael Joseph, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography from the renowned French food and wine writer Andrew L. Simon, signed by the author. The first edition. Signed by the author to the half title. Illustrated with a monochrome photog…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Edward Garrett [ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€831.18 | $920.17 | ¥147,051)

London, Strahan & Co; Alexander Strahan, 1867-1872. Cloth. A charming collection of three illustrated editions of the moral fables of Aesop, all of which feature the illustrations of J. Wolf, J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel. A delightful collection of three very scarce illustrated …

Reminiscences of a Port Shipper, 1930-1975

Wyndham Fletcher · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.60 | $64.88 | ¥10,368)

Hanover, Port lover's Library, 1997. First edition. Paperback. A signed, very scarce, limited, first edition of this memoir, chronicling the life of a seasoned shipper in the port shipping industry. This is a first edition, signed by the author, Wyndham Fletcher.In the publ…

Partners: A Guide to the Game of Wine and Food Match-Making

Andre L. Simon · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, The Wine and Food Society, 1951 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of wine merchant and gourmand Andre Simon's guide to pairing foods and wines. Inscribed by Simon to the verso of the front wrap by the author and his wife, &a…

Delicious Food for India: A Hostesses Notebook

Marie Edwards · 1935 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.37 | $205.22 | ¥32,796)

Calcutta; London, Thacker, Spink & Co; W. Thacker, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Marie Edward's guide to hosting in colonial India, aiming to combine British culinary traditions with local Indian ingredients. The first edition of this …

Bollinger: The Story of a Champagne; Krug: House of Champagne; Bollinger: Tradition of a Champagne Family

Cyril Ray; John Arlott · 1971 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.29 | $231.70 | ¥37,027)

London, Peter Davies; Davis-Poynter; Heinemann, 1971-1982. First edition. Cloth. A terrific set exploring the histories of two major Champagne houses, Bollinger and Krug. With signed presentation slip from Lily Bollinger. A set of three volumes offering histories of two major Ch…