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Shopping Around the World
James King Steele · 1928 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
San Francisco , Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1928 . Paperback. A scarce copy of this charmingly illustrated promotional booklet on retail around the world. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps, wire stitched as issued. With charming full page and in text coloured ill…
Poems for Alan Hancox
Alan Tucker [ed.]; Melvyn Bragg; D.J. Enright; U.A. Fanthorpe; Michael Foot; Duncan Forbes; John Fuller; Seamus Heaney; Michael Horovitz; Ted Hughes; Adrian Mitchell; Jenny Joseph; P.J. Kavanagh; Laurie Lee; Peter Levi; Brian Patten; Lawrence Sail; et al. · 1993 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
Lower Marston, The Whittington Press, 1993 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of poetry from noted authors dedicated to Alan Hancox, signed by the assembler, Alan Tucker. A limited edition copy, No. 76/350. Signed by Alan Tucker to the edition page…
The Wall a Play in Two Acts
Millard Lampell · 1961 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition play script, once owned by critic Clive Hirschhorn - illustrated, and with unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, in original binding, with gilt detail to spine and original unclipped dust wrapper. From the…
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Cokie Roberts · 2008 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
Connecticut, [Easton Press], [2008]. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of this first edition American history, signed, and in full morocco and sealed shrink wrap. A signed first edition of this American history by journalist and author Cokie Roberts. Roberts worked for many …
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: Or, the Merchant&Apos;S Directory
Wyndham Beawes · 1761 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)
London, J. Rivington, T. Longman, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Becket, T. Caslon, Richardson and Richardson, and R. Baldwin,, 1761 . Leather. The third edition of Beawes"s impressive mercantile directory, an expansive guide to 18th century trade, complete with folding table of the "Re…
Old Price&Apos;S Remains; Praehumous, or During Life
John Price · 1863 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Liverpool, Virtue Brothers, 1863-1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the obscure and scarce volume Old Price's Remains, including a signed letter, a photograph and other paraphernalia. The first edition of Old Price's Remains; Praehumous, or During Life: C…
Pomp and Circumstance
Noel Coward · 1960 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, William Heinemann, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Noel Coward's only novel, containing his classic wit, in the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by him. The first edition of Pomp and Circumstance, the only novel written by prolific playwright…
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
Thomas De Quincey · 1823 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
London, Taylor and Hessey, 1823. Leather. A smart third edition copy of Thomas De Quincey's autobiographical account of his addiction to laudanum. The third edition of this important work, first published two years prior in The London Magazine. In a signed, contemporary cal…
2 Vols the Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts
Erasmus Darwin · 1789 · Rooke Books
£4,950.00 (€5,933.27 | $6,539.25 | ¥1,044,237)
Lichfield; London, J. Johnson; Printed by J. Jackson, 1789-1791. First edition. Leather. A particularly desirable pairing of the first editions of Erasmus Darwin"s complete Botanic Garden, transforming botanical science into verse, illustrated with engravings by William Blake af…
The Evangelical Instructor: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families
William Collier · 1821 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Boston, Richardson & Lord, 1821 . Leather. A vanishingly scarce evangelical guide designed to educate the young in schools, authored by Baptist temperance movement reformer William Collier. First published in 1814, this work is vanishingly scarce in all editions. An evangelica…
The Church Plate of the Archdeaconry of Ludlow
D. L. Arkwright and B. W. Bourne · 1961 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
Shrewsbury, W. B. Walker, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of this fascinating catalogue of Herefordshire church plate. First edition. Scarce. Â Author's presentation copy. Signed by both authors to the front endpapers. Â In the publisher's o…
Original Poems by "Olive
Olive"; R. Jasper More [ed.] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A very rare volume of poetry by "Olive", edited by Robert Jasper More, with his presentation inscription and signed letter. The first and only edition of this very scarce work. With a presentation inscription to the …
The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings
Patience Empson [ed.]; Thomas Balston [intro.] · 1959 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this densely illustrated title, in the original plastic dust wrapper. A first edition, with the original protective plastic dust wrapper, which is printed with title text. Featuring the work of Irish a…
Collected Poems 1908-1956
Siegfried Sassoon · 1961 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1961 . Cloth. The first edition of this expanded collection of Siegfried Sassoon"s poetry, accompanied by a warm and personal signed letter from Sassoon addressed to one W. J. Jones. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with…
The Juvenile Preceptor; or, an Easy Introduction to Reading. Being a Progressive Book of Monosyllables. Adapted to the Capacities of Children.
John Blaymires · 1815 · Rooke Books
£485.00 (€581.34 | $640.71 | ¥102,314)
London, Law and Whittaker , 1815 . Leather. An exceptionally scarce survival of this children"s primer, blending phonetic reading lessons with contemporary theories of elocution and classical rhetoric, illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous woodcut vignettes. In a contempo…
Cary&Apos;S New Itinerary; or, an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads
John Cary; Thomas Hasker · 1798 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London, John Cary, 1798 . First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition of cartographer John Carey's detailed and important survey of the roads of England, Scotland and Wales as they were in the late 18th century. A first edition. In 1794 Cary was commissioned by the …
The History of Sandford and Merton, a Work Intended for the Use of Children
[Thomas Day] · 1791 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, John Stockdale, 1791. Leather. A smart, leather bound copy of this fictional history of Sandford and Merton, a morally educational tale about two young boys from different social classes; one a spoilt aristocrat, the other a virtuous farmer"s son. Â A three volume set of…
Rural Residences, Consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings, Accompanied by Hints on Situation, Construction, Arrangement and Decoration, in the Theory & Practice of Rural Architecture; Interspersed Wiht Some Observations on Landscape Gardening
John Buonarotti Papworth · 1818 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, R. Ackermann, 1818. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this book of hand-coloured, aquatint engravings of quaint, rural British architecture. A first edition of this work. Rebound in half calf with marbled paper boards. With the original spine laid d…
The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture Delivered in 1858-9
John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1859 . First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of this set of five lectures on the concept and application of art, in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding. The first edition. In a full navy calf binding. A signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. A work by …
The Book of Trades or, Familiar Descriptions of the Most Useful Trades, Manufactures, and Arts, Purchased in England: And the Manner in Which the Workmen Perform Their Various Employments
0 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Dean and Munday, c1830. Leather. A rare 'Book of Trades' published by Dean & Munday, offering concise descriptions of various 19th-century English trades, illustrated with wood engravings. This 'Book of Trades', whilst a popular title for similar work…