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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
Robert Macfarlane · 2012 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this fascinating work from British writer Robert Macfarlane, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page, with the original Hatchard&…
French Traits: An Essay on Comparative Criticism
W. C. Brownell · 1889 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this explorative work on French customs, manners and art, from the perspective of American literary and art critic William Crary Brownell. First edition. Signed to the title page, wi…
Under the Pines
Lydia Avery Coonley · 1895 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Chicago, Way & Williams, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming collection of verse from American poet and president of the Chicago Women's Club, Lydia Avery Coonley. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, dated 1900. Bound…
As the Crow Flies, from Corsica to Charing Cross
Walter Phelps Dodge · 1893 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
New York, Geo. M. Allen Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon travelogue by Walter Phelps Dodge, documenting his travels across Europe, a smart signed copy. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to a note tipped-in to the recto of the front endp…
The Advance of the English Novel
William Lyon Phelps · 1916 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Lyon Phelps' study on the English novel, signed by the author to master spy Walter Pforzheimer. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, signed to the rec…
As I Like It
William Lyon Phelps · 1923 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays by William Lyon Phelps, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, to John Beedall.A collect…
Eighteenth Century Vignettes
Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1892. Leather. A signed limited edition study on the art of the eighteenth century, an illustrated work by Austin Dobson. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies of this specially illustrated large paper edition, of which this is numbered two-hundred and…
The Works of Sir Francis Thompson Poems: Volume I and II
Sir Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, Burns Oats and Washbourne Ltd, 1913. Leather. Two smart volumes of poetry by Francis Thompson, bound in full signed calf by Hatchards. Volume I and II from this three-volume series of Francis Thompson's works, both of which contain his poetry. Lacking the third volu…
All Done from Memory
Osbert Lancaster · 1963 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, John Murray, 1963. Cloth. A smart second edition of this illustrated autobiography from English cartoonist Sir Osbert Lancaster, signed and inscribed by the publisher. Second edition, originally released in autographed limited edition of forty-five copies in 1953. Signed…
Ulick and Soracha
George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this historical romance by George Moore, signed from the author to his friend, suffragist and journalist Virginia Crawford. A limited edition of twelve hundred and fifty copies printed on japon vellum, of …
The Speaker of Mandarin
Ruth Rendell · 1983 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition Inspector Wexford novel, a gripping murder mystery, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Speaker of…
Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour
Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Leather. A colourfully illustrated first edition of one of Surtees' popular sporting novels. The first edition, first state, with dedication to 'Lord Elcho&apos."Mr Sponge"s Sporting Tour" follows the adventures of a gro…
All Our Yesterdays
H. M. Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, first edition, of H. M. Tomlinson's celebrated anti-war novel. No. 577 of 1025 limited edition copies, signed by the author to the limitation page. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiec…
The Glass Adonis
C. A. Trypanis · 1972 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
New York, Chilmark Press, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first US edition of this collection of poems from Greek literary critic, translator and classicist C. A. Trypanis. The first US edition, first printing, in the publisher's original uncl…
The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe · 1927 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
Oxford, Basil Blackwell; Shakespeare Head Press, 1927-8. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the works of Daniel Defoe, including his popular adventure novel about Robinson Crusoe, bound in a half calf signed binding by Bayntun. The Shakespeare Head edition. A limited editi…
Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers
Jean de La Fontaine · 1922 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Paris , Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1922. Leather. A handsome limited illustrated edition of Fontaine's tales, in signed half crushed morocco by Hatchards. One of a limited number of copies printed on Rives vellum paper. This copy is numbered 1656. Complete in two volumes…
Devil&Apos;S Dyke
Christopher Hassall · 1936 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poetical works of Christopher Hassall, a smart copy signed by the author to Marie Belloc Lowndes. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed b…
Description of a Railway on a New Principle
Henry R. Palmer · 1824 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)
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 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)
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 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
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…