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Signature of Solomon A. Hart

Solomon A. Hart · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Brunswick Square, None, c1860 . Loose Pages, Articles. A signed envelope from artist Solomon A. Hart. A signed by the artist. The front of the envelope reads Dr Maurice Davis 11 or 14 Brunswick Square S. A. Hart. With a London stamp to the front of the envelope.Solomon Alex…

The Last Blackbird and Other Lines

Ralph Hodgson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, George Allen, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition copy of the first poetry collection of Ralph Hodgson, including a letter from the author signed to Wilfrid Meynell. The first edition.Inscribed letter from the author tipped-in to the front paste down, '…

The Man Behind the Chair

Winifred Graham · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Hutchinson & Co. [1935]. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of Winifred Graham's thriller, The Man Behind the Chair. With a letter typed and signed by the author tipped in. A signed copy of this thriller by Winifred Graham, with a typeset letter signed in ink by th…

Shadowmancer

G.P. Taylor · 2002 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Whitby, Mount Publishing Ltd, 2002 . First edition. Paperback. A fine, signed copy of the self-published first edition of G.P. Taylor's children's fantasy novel, a work of Christian allegory. Housed in a lovely cloth covered, felt-lined clamshell box. Taylor wrote this…

To Circumjack Cencrastus or the Curly Snake

Hugh M'Diarmid [Christopher Murray Grieve] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in second issue binding of this collection of poetry by Hugh M'Diarmid, inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work, in the second issue light blue cloth …

True Stories; or, Interesting Anecdotes of of Young Persons: Designed Through the Medium of Example to Inculcate Principles of Virtue and Piety

[Elizabeth Frank] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A third edition of this charming volume comprised of forty eight stories to amuse and inculcate virtuous behaviour in Victorian children. The third edition of Elizabeth Frank's scarce story book for children. Wit…

Ancestral Stories and Traditions of Great Families Illustrative of English History

John Timbs · 1869 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1869. First edition. Leather. A Bayntun bound first edition of this fascinating history of English families and ancestral homes. Exploring English social history through a study of English families and their ancestral homes and traditions. Featuring …

Mervyn Clitheroe

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 . Leather. An early edition of this novel by William Harrison Ainsworth two volumes in one. Early edition of Mervyn Clitheroe by William Harrison Ainsworth in Sotheran signed half calf binding and marbled boards. Two volumes bound as one. The …

Programme of Ceremonies at the Opening of the Sennar Dam

None · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

None, None, 1926. Cloth. An original booklet detailing the programme of events at the opening of the Sennar Dam in Sudan. Scarce work. The original booklet issued to F. Newhouse in January of 1926 detailing the order of events and arrangements for the opening ceremony of the Sen…

Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse

Aubrey Beardsley · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1913. Cloth. The second edition of the collected literary works of the leading artist Aubrey Beardsley, complete with plates. The second edition.The collected prose, poems, and essays of Aubrey Beardsley. Including 'Dedication to "Under th…

Fungi of the New Forset a Mycota

Gordon Dickson; Ann Leonard · 1996 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London , British Mycological Society , 1996. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, signed copy of this record of fungi in the New Forest. A first edition copy of Fungi of the New Forset A Mycota edited by Gordon Dickson and Ann Leonard.Signed by the authors to the reverse o…

Records of Yarlington: Being a History of a Country Village

T. E. Rogers · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Elliot Stock, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this genealogical study of Yarlington, Somerset. Signed by the author In an expansion of his lectures delivered in Castle Cary and Wincanton, Thomas Englesby Rogers discusses the historical records Yarlington, …

Jackanapes; the Story of a Short Life; Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , c1890. Leather. Three illustrated children's tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing charmingly in prize binding from Queen's School of Chester. Dated via Jisc. Containing two children's stories in one volume, rebacked pr…

London Vanished & Vanishing

Philip Norman · 1905 · Rooke Books

£298.00 (€357.20 | $393.68 | ¥62,865)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Cloth. A signed limited edition study on the beauties of old London by Philip Norman, complete with his colourful illustrations. A limited edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies, of which this is numbered 216.Signed by Philip Norman to the lim…

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, Translated and Annotated

Sir Richard Burton; Dhan Gopal Mukerji · 1931 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Philadelphia, David McKay Company , 1931. Cloth. Richard Burton's famous pseudo-translated poem on Sufi philosophy, signed and inscribed by the illustrator, Willy Pogany. A new edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with gilt detail. Inscribed by the illustrato…

Geographia Antiqua: Being a Set of Maps of Antient Geography, Engraved from Cellarius.

Andreas Cellarius · 1824 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, C. & J. Rivington, 1824. Leather. A 'New Edition' of Cellarius's guide to the ancient world, consisting of thirty-three copper plate double page maps, titled in Latin, and in a lovely half calf binding. Consisting of a double page title page, double page c…

Beau Geste

Percival Christopher Wren [P. C. Wren] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

London, John Murray, 1927 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout by Helen McKie, this is an excellent copy of the Limited Edition signed Edition de Luxe of P. C. Wren's celebrated adventure novel. An exceptionally bright copy of the signed Edition de Luxe of Percival Wren's e…

Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by the President

Joshua Reynolds · 1778 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.95 | ¥69,616)

London, T. Cadell, 1778. First edition. Leather. Seven brilliant artistic lectures given by Joshua Reynolds at the Royal Academy, the first edition. The first edition.Half-title is present.Eighteen pages of adverts to the rear.ESTC citation number T47974.Collated, complete.A ser…

New Cautionary Tales

H. Belloc · 1930 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of this charming illustrated children's work by Hilaire Belloc, a presentation copy signed by the author to his friend, fellow writer D.B. Wyndham Lewis. New Cautionary Tales is a charming c…

Ladies&Apos; Book-Plates: An Illustrated Handbook for Collectors and Book-Lovers

Norna Labouchere; Gleeson White (ed.) · 1895 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this interesting guide to the design and history of ladies' book-plates. A scarce first edition copy. Part of the publisher's, 'Ex-Libris' series, edited by Gleeson White. …