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The Country Blues
Samuel B. Charters · 1960 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
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 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
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 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)
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 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
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 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
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 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)
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 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
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…
Maxims of Books and Reading
Holbrook Jackson · 1934 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)
London, The First Edition Club, 1934. First edition. Leather. A very scarce essay on the pleasure of reading by Holbrook Jackson, a signed limited edition. A very scarce limited edition of four hundred unnumbered copies.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, da…
Occasions
Holbrook Jackson · 1922 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)
London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of these brilliant essays on diverse subjects by Holbrook Jackson. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. A series of diverse and engaging essays, many of whi…
The Printing of Books
Holbrook Jackson · 1938 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)
London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author to his brother. The first edition. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "J. C. Jackson, from h…
Dictionary of Dates and Universal Reference Relating to All Ages and Nations
Benjamin Vincent; Haydn · 1860 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, Edward Moxon, 1860. Leather. The 9th edition of Hadyn's Dictionary of Dates, revised and enlarged, in a signed W. H. Smith and Son binding. Bound in half calf binding with marbled paper boards.Signed binding by W. H. Smith and Son.This is the ninth edition which has…
Les Jeunes Naturalistes
Ulliac Trémadeure · 1857 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
Paris, Didier, 1857 . Cloth. A delightful set of brightly bound, illustrated volumes by author and educator Sophie Ulliac. This copy is a sixth edition. Both volumes have been lavishly bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth and blind stamped.Both volumes con…
The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1911 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Macmillan & Co, 1911 . Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson's works, in a full calf signed binding from Bumpus. A lovely collection of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in a signed Bumpus full calf binding, with decorative g…
A New Topographical, Historical, and Commercial Survey of the Cities, Towns, and Villages, of the County of Kent
Charles Seymour · 1776 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Printed for the Author, 1776 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the first edition of Charles Seymour's comprehensive gazetteer of the geography, history and commercial state of Kent in the late eighteenth century. The uncommon first edition of this wor…
Back View
Sir Harold Morris · 1960 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Peter Davies, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition presentation copy of this autobiographical work by Sir Harold Morris with interesting insight into his father's friendship with Arthur Conan Doyle and his hand in the creation of 'Sherlock Holmes&…
The Turning Path
Ronald Bottrall · 1939 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)
London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of this collection of poems by Ronald Bottrall, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper in presentation to Oswald Darrell…
The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe
Longus; George Moore · 1924 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1924. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this classical pastoral tale, signed by the translator, George Moore. A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which this is numbered 1,279.Signed by the translator, George Moore, to the limitation page.Additiona…
The Springs of Adventure
Wilfrid Noyce · 1958 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, John Murray, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated exploration of why people travel by the mountaineer Wilfrid Noyce, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the orig…
Gibbon
G. M. Young · 1932 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, Peter Davies, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. Artist Rex Whistler's personal copy of the first edition of this biography of historian Edward Gibbon, signed to the title page by Whistler and with a small illustration in his hand. The first edition of English historian G…
Well Done Secret Seven
Enid Blyton · 1952 · Rooke Books
£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.87 | ¥93,876)
London, Brockhampton Press, 1952 . Cloth. A bright signed presentation copy of the third of Enid Blyton's beloved 'Secret Seven' novels, in the original dust wrapper. Inscribed by Blyton to the front free endpaper 'Renee, love from Enid Blyton&apos.The second…