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The Spirit of Happiness

Lord Gorell · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition poetry collection by the Baron Gorell, a spiritual collection inscribed by the author himself. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper,…

Life and Works of Ozias Humphry, R.A.

George C. Williamson · 1918 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1918. First edition. Hardback. A signed Limited Edition copy of this study of portrait miniature painter Ozias Humphry, illustrated throughout with examples of the artist's works, and supplemented with a wealth of ephemera. The signed firs…

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Tom McCarthy · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2010. First edition. Cloth. A bright signed first impression of this novel by Tom McCarthy, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Flat signed by the author to the title page. A novel by Tom McCarthy, f…

The Last Witchfinder

James Morrow · 2006 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, Weidenfeld & NIcolson, 2006. First edition. Cloth. An exciting signed first edition, first impression of James Morrow's piece of historical fiction, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. This work follows Jennet, …

Reliques of Old London Suburbs North of the Thames

H. B. Wheatley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898. Hardback. A signed limited edition of this topographical exploration of the lost suburbs of London with gorgeous lithographs by T. R. Way. With lithographs by Thomas Robert Way, an English painter of landscapes and lithographer. He designed po…

They Came and Ate Us Armageddon II: The B-Movie

Robert Rankin · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Bloomsbury, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first impression fantasy work by Robert Rankin, an exciting and absurd novel. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A humour nov…

The Last Breath

Denise Mina · 2007 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Bantam Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition novel by Denise Mina, a gripping murder mystery set in 1990s Glasgow. The first edition first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The t…

The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,893)

London, Scholastic Children's Books, 2005. Cloth. A superb limited edition published in occasion of the series' tenth anniversary of the second volume in 'His Dark Materials', signed by the author to the title page. A limited edition published in celebration …

Record of the Professional Career of Geoffrey Dale Blake

The Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute · 1957 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Kensington, London, The Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute , 1957. Leather. A handsomely bound, illustrated volume celebrating the career of Geoffrey Dale Blake, after he was elected President of The Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute in 1957. A one…

The Four Georges

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1866 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1866. Leather. A charming account of the lives of the English under the four King Georges, illustrated throughout and in a signed binding from Bayntun's. A beautiful full morocco edition of this non-fiction work from British novelist William Makep…

Stratigraphic Analysis of a Deep Ice Core from Greenland

Chester C. Langway Jr. · 1970 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Boulder, The Geological Society of America, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition scientific study of Greenland's ice core, published by the Geological Society of America. A signed first edition of this scarce geological study, from U.S. Army Research Engi…

Sudan Government. Contract for the Construction of a Dam and Subsidiary Works at Makwar on the Blue Nile, and the Construction of Irrigation Canals and Subsidiary Works for the Gezira Irrigation Scheme

1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Burrup, Mathieson & Sprague, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce contract made between the Sudan Government and the engineers employed to construct the Sennar Dam on the Blue Nile, revealing fascinating insights into the irrigation techniques of the day. A fascin…

Racing and Steeple-Chasing

Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire; W G Craven; Arthur Coventry; Alfred E T Watson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1889. Cloth. The third edition of this work concerning racing and steeple-chasing from the Badminton Library series, with illustrations by John Sturgess. The third edition of this work, a comprehensive guide to racing and steeplechasing. In the B…

Drawings

Sir William Russell Flint · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Collins, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A large paper first trade edition of this volume beautifully illustrating Sir William Russell Flint's art, inscribed and signed by English actor Bernard Miles. The first trade edition of this work, published simultaneously as a s…

History of the Princes of South Wales

George T.O. Bridgeman · 1876 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Wigan, Thomas Birch, 1876. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on the genealogy of the historical princes of Wales. Including a signed letter and handwritten pedigree notes, both by the author. A fascinating and comprehensive genealogical history of the princes of Wales o…

The City of Edinburgh

David Keir [ed.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Collins , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this extensive description of the city of Edinburgh, the first edition complete with its large folding map. The first edition of this work, providing a fascinating depiction of the life in the city of Edinburgh, edit…

Little Wilson and Big God You&Apos;Ve Had Your Time the Confessions of Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess · 1987 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1987-89. First edition. Cloth. A striking set of the complete autobiography of Anthony Burgess, a wonderful insight into the life of one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century. The first edition, first impression of both volumes.I…

Sailing, a Course of My Life

Edward Heath · 1975 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1975 . Cloth. A signed and richly illustrated 'sailing autobiography' from British Prime Minister Edward Heath. The third printing of this autobiographical work from British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Edward Heath, i…

Les Oeuvres de Jean Racine

Jean Racine · 1874 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.79 | ¥78,054)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1874-75. Leather. A strikingly bound set of the original French dramatic works of Jean Racine, containing all of his important plays, complete with illustrations throughout. In a signed binding by Canape.Complete in five volumes.In the original French.Th…

O Ubostwie I Ubogich

Fryderyk Skarbek · 1827 · Rooke Books

£990.00 (€1,186.65 | $1,307.85 | ¥208,847)

Warsaw, Drukarni Galezowskiego, 1827. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this original Polish text on poverty and poor, by the Polish figure Fryderyk Skarbek. A lovely copy. A very scarce first edition.In the original Polish.Fryderyk Skarbek's importan…