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Personal Remembrances of Frederick Pollock Second Baronet Sometime Queen&Apos;S Remembrancer
Frederick Pollock · 1887 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1887. Cloth. A scarce two-volume set of the memoirs of Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet. Pollock's memoirs paint a detailed picture of both the machinations of the contemporary judicial system and the social life of the English gentry. Sir William F…
Some Memoirs
Edmund Gosse · 1929 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)
London , Cobden-Sanderson, 1929. Cloth. A scarce volume detailing some memoirs of the famous writer, presented by the author himself. With an inscription to 'Maj. H.D. Marshall with the kind wishes of his friend the author.' Sir Edmund William Gosse was an English poet…
The Curtains of Yesterday
Elizabeth Sewall Glenn · 1956 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Baltimore, The Wansborough Press, 1956. First edition. Cloth. This is a signed first edition of this work of literary critcism by Elizabeth Sewall Glenn. Inscribed by Glenn to fellow author Eric Forbes-Boyd. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound with some rubbing and bumping. Su…
A Bronte Bibliography
G. Anthony Yablon and John R. Turner · 1978 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
London , Ian Hodgkins & Co Ltd, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this bibliography of, and about, the works of the Bronte family. From the Introduction: "This bibliography is designed to assist librarians and others including the growing number of colle…
Venetian Villas
Michelangelo Muraro and Paolo Marton · 1986 · Rooke Books
£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)
Germany, Konemann, 1986. Cloth. A meticulously detailed exploration into villas in the province of the Veneto. First edition thus. Introduced through stunning photography throughout, four-hundred and thirty-eight of which are in colour by Michelangelo Muraro. Featuring its origi…
Poems and Miscellaneous Verse
J. Wells Thatcher · 1913 · Rooke Books
£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)
London , Knapp, Drewett and Sons, 1913. Cloth. An extensive and varied collection of poetry, including translations by Ovid and Horace, Songs and humorous verse. Presentation copy from J Wells Thatcher to his 'Darling daughter, Maud&apos. Thatcher collated all these poems f…
Blue Goops and Red: A Manual of Polite Deportment for Children Who Would Be Good, Showing How and How Not to Behave Everywhere
Gelett Burgess · 1909 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)
New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful didactic children's book that takes as its theme 'turning over a new leaf', from an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s First Edition. The m…
Cottage Sermons or, Plain Words to the Poor
Rev. Ashton Oxenden · 1853 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Wertheim and Macintosh, 1853. Cloth. A bright, scarce copy of Cottage Sermons by the Rev. Ashton Oxenden. Scarce. Ashton Oxenden, 1808 1892, was Bishop of Montreal. Oxenden matriculated from University College, Oxford, in 1826, and had been created D.D. by 1869. In Dec…
Ulick and Soracha
George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of George Moore's novel, 'Ulick and Soracha', held in the original dustwrapper. First edition. Limited edition, number 384 of 1,250. Signed by the author. The dustwrapper is designed by M…
Watching Them Dig
Nancy Tieken Wheelock · 1967 · Rooke Books
£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)
N/A, Private Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of 'Watching them Dig; Travels in Iraq and Turkey' by Nancy Tieken Wheelock. Includes a frontispiece and several illustrations within. Signed by the author. In a half cloth binding with paper boards. Exter…
Picturesque Middlesex
R H Ernest Hill · 1904 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)
London , F. E. Robinson & Co. 1904. Cloth. A lovely illustrated guide to the beauty spots and buildings of note in Middlesex. "A volume of sketches by Duncan Moul. With Descriptive Letterpress by R. H. Ernest Hill". Featuring many full page black and white plates of scenic locat…
Fibulae
The Hon. Stephen Coleridge · 1889 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London , Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 1889. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Fibulae a collection of poems by The Hon. Stephen Coleridge. A signed copy with a dedication in ink by the author to front free endpaper. Stephen William Buchanan Coleridge (1854-1936) was an English author, …
Days and Hours in a Garden
Eleanor Vere Boyle · 1884 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)
London , Elliot Stock, 1884. Cloth. An uncommmon copy of Days and Hours in a Garden by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Fifty large paper copies of Days and Hours in a Garden have been printed on handmade paper, with wide margin and uncut edges, for presentation, price One Guinea each. Still…
Christmas Formula and Other Stories
Stella Benson · 1932 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
London, Joiner and Steele, William Jackson, 1932. First edition. Cloth. An limited edition signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Stella Benson. With a frontispiece. This is number 11 of the Furnival Book Series. There is a note tipped in stating the 'T…
Etudes Sociales Et Politiques Vers Un Ordre Social Chretien Jalons de Route 1882 - 1907
Marquis De La-Tour-Du-Pin La Charge · 1877 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
Paris, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale, c1921. Cloth. A copy of this socio-political work in French. A copy of this socio-political work in French. To a Christian Social Order. Francois Rene de La Tour du Pin, Marquis de la Charce, was a French Military Officer, Politician and Soci…
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Hans Henrik Brummer · 1989 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
Mora, Zornsamlingarna, 1989. Hardback. A Swedish-language book analysing the life and work of Anders Zorn, with a signed insert by the author Hans Henrik Brummer. One of Sweden's foremost artists, Zorn is particularly renowned there and has several museums dedicated to his …
Works and Wages: Part III Social Betterment
Sydney J. Chapman; [int. by Earl Brassey] · 1914 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a work written by British economist and later chief economic advisor Sydney Chapman, who also was a member on the Black Book if Nazi Germany successfully invaded Britain. The first edition o…
Contemporary Art Brazil
Hossein Amirsadeghi [Ed.]; Catherine Petitgras [Ed.]; Various · 2012 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, Thames and Hudson in association with TransGlobe Publishing Limited, 2012 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this richly illustrated first edition survey of contemporary Brazilian art, signed by the executive editor and complete with the original unclipped dust wra…
Parentalia and Other Poems
J. D. C. Pellow · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of J. D. C. Pellow's poetry collection, with a lengthy handwritten letter from the author, and three original poems. The fir…
Stanley Morison and Eric Gill 1925-1933
Douglas Cleverdon · 1925 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
Not Stated, Privately Printed, Douglas Cleverdon. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition of this privately-printed illustrated title, featuring a signed letter by the author. A very scarce title, privately printed, on the lives and work of typographer Stanley Mo…