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Description of a Railway on a New Principle
Henry R. Palmer · 1824 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€778.65 | $858.65 | ¥137,135)
London, J. Taylor, 1824. Hardback. An early work on railways by the pioneering engineer Henry Palmer, a very scarce work, illustrated with two folding plates. The second edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a folding plate to the frontispiece, and one folding plate.…
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook
Heston Blumenthal · 2008 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.03 | $1,254.96 | ¥200,428)
London, Bloomsbury, 2008. First edition. Cloth. Heston's monumental cookbook containing recipes from his three Michelin star restaurant, The Fat Duck, this copy signed by Heston. The first edition, third impression.Signed by Heston to the title page.In the original slipcase…
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Louis de Bernieres · 1993 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, One Horse Press, 1993. Paperback. The limited first edition of this charming short story by Louis de Bernières, signed by the author. The first edition, limited to two thousand copies, of which this is numbered five-hundred and eighty-seven.Signed by the author to the t…
Landscape Into Art
Kenneth Clark · 1949 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€586.99 | $647.29 | ¥103,378)
London, John Murray, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Kenneth Clark's celebrated work of art history, charting the development of the landscape in art. Inscribed to Ava Anderson, Viscountess Waverley. The first edition, first impression, in the pub…
Karl Bedal Christmas Linocut Prints
Karl Bedal; Annmarie Bedal · 1969 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.09 | $581.24 | ¥92,830)
Hof, Karl Bedal, 1969-85. Loose Pages, Articles. A lovely collection of fifteen limited edition, very scarce linocut Christmas greeting prints from Karl Bedal, the German artist and historian. Includes two scarce to find hand signed prints. A set of fifteen linocut prints from K…
All Our Yesterdays
H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)
London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this anti-war novel by H. M. Tomlinson, with the original slipcase. No. 689 of 1025 limited edition copies numbered and signed by the author to the limitations page. Bound in the publishe…
Goldengirl
Peter Lear [Peter Lovesey] · 1977 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.61 | $250.99 | ¥40,086)
London, Cassell, 1977. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this psychological novel set at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped du…
A Collection of Crime and Detective Novels from Peter Lovesey
Peter Lovesey · 2007 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.02 | $627.48 | ¥100,214)
London, Sphere, 2007-2019. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of eleven first edition novels from British writer Peter Lovesey, some of which are signed by the author. Eleven volumes. First edition. Written by Peter Harmer Lovesey, a British writer of historical and contem…
The House Sitter
Peter Lovesey · 2003 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.52 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Little, Brown, and Company, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Peter Diamond novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A Peter Diamond novel. One sunny afternoon at Wightvi…
Ideals in Medicine: Remarks Made at the Dedication of the School of Medicine of the University of California at Los Angeles, November 2, 1951
Herbert M. Evans · 1951 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Not Stated, Ward Ritchie Press, 1951. Paperback. A smart copy of this uncommon original booklet from the dedication of the School of Medicine of the University of California in 1951. Uncommon work. A record of the inaugural exercises and remarks made for the dedication of the Sc…
Midshipman Bolitho and the &Apos;Avenger&Apos;
Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)
London, Hutchinson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Bolitho story from British writer Alexander Kent, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. In the Winter of 1773, Midshipman Bolitho and his vessel the Gorgon are laid up in the West Coun…
Lawrence of Arabia Memorial
Various · 1935 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.48 | $76.62 | ¥12,237)
Not Stated, Not Stated, 1935 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet proposing plans for the 'Lawrence of Arabia' memorial, set to be unveiled at St. Paul's Cathedral the following year. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of paper, folded in hal…
Winged Accordion
Karen Young · 2015 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)
Wells, Karen Young, c2015. Paperback. A very scarce artistic accordion volume by Karen Young, signed by the artist, a colourful work. A very scarce an unique "Winged Accordion" by Karen Young, an intriguing artistic volume beautifully illustrated with an array of colourful and s…
The Stolen Years
Hugh Falkus · 1979 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)
London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1979. Cloth. The second edition of Hugh Falkus's memoirs of his boyhood, signed by the author to Ted Drake. The second edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscrib…
Four Portraits: Studies of the Eighteenth Century
Peter Quennell · 1946 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)
London, Collins, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second impression of Peter Quennell's biography of four key eighteenth century figures: James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne and James Wilkes. A signed second impression of this work, f…
The Orientalist; or, Letters of a Rabbi
James Noble · 1831 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.45 | $990.75 | ¥158,232)
Edinburgh; London, Oliver & Boyd; Simpkin & Marshall, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce travel work by James Noble, told through letters by a fictional Rabbi, the first edition, signed by the author. A very scarce first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title, "Fo…
The Green Ship
Quentin Blake · 1998 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.42 | $369.88 | ¥59,073)
London, A Tom Maschler Book: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A rare signed first impression of this delightfully illustrated children's story by Quentin Blake, telling the story of an imaginary voyage. A first edition, first impression of this work in the publ…
A New Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome to the End of the Commonwealth
Mr. W. D. Cooper [Richard Johnson] · 1812 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.54 | $290.62 | ¥46,415)
London, J. Harris; Scatcherd and Letterman, 1812 . Leather. Richard Johnson's very scarce history of Rome, 'designed for the use of young ladies and gentlemen', illustrated with an attractive frontispiece. First published in 1770, this work is very scarce in all e…
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. , of Halston, Shropshire
Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1914 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1914 . Leather. A lovely example of Nimrod's biography of British eccentric and rake, John 'Mad Jack' Mytton, illustrated with hand-coloured plates, in a signed binding from Morrell. A later 1914 edition of this work, with…
Bibliography on Southwestern Asia and Supplementary Works
Henry Field; Donald Jay; Edith W. Ware; Bernard J. Clifton; Robert C. Foster; Edith M. Laird. · 1955 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€592.98 | $653.90 | ¥104,433)
Florida,, University of Miami Press; Field Research Projects, 1955-71. First edition. Paperback. A collection of scarce bibliographies on Southwestern Asia by Henry Field and other collaborators, with numerous supplementary volumes, including one volume inscribed by the author. …