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La Comã©Die Humaine
Honore de Balzac · 0 · Rooke Books
£3,200.00 (€3,836.26 | $4,228.36 | ¥675,295)
Paris , George Barrie , c1895-9. Leather. Complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings. Undated Paris edition published by George Barrie, comprised of forty-five volumes…
Lancashire Dialect and Other Poems Suitable for Recitation
Walter Emsley · 0 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Manchester; London , John Heywood Ltd. c1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this charming poetry collection about Lancashire life, written in the Lancashire dialect. A scarce first edition. Signed by the author to the front paste-down. In the original full…
Between the Acts
Virginia Woolf · 1941 · Rooke Books
£480.00 (€575.44 | $634.25 | ¥101,294)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A well preserved copy of Virginia Woolf's final novel, Between the Acts, presented in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped …
The Gilded Fly: Short Stories
Paul W. Nash · 1993 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
Francestown, Typographeum, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce limited edition volume, containing two short stories. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this volume of short storied from American librarian and researcher Paul W. Nash, who …
The Cottage Gardener; or, Amateur and Cottager&Apos;S Guide to out-Door Gardening and Spade Cultivation
George W. Johnson · 1849 · Rooke Books
£670.00 (€803.22 | $885.31 | ¥141,390)
London, Wm S Orr and Co. 1849. Cloth. Seventeen volumes of George W. Johnson's sweeping and detailed gardening guide, with illustrations. A guide to outdoor gardening by George W. Johnson, British writer on gardening. Weekly periodical devoted to the advancement and develop…
Alentejo Blue
Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books
£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)
London, Doubleday, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Monica Ali's lovely second novel. First edition, first impression, signed copy of Monica Ali's novel Alentejo Blue. In the original publisher's binding and with the unclipped dust wrapper.Ali…
Putting the Boot in
Dan Kavanagh; Julian Barnes · 1985 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition first printing of Julian Barnes' crime fiction novel published under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. Signed first edition and first imprint of Putting the Boot In with original publisher's binding an…
Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations
Osbert Sitwell · 1950 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Macmillan & Co. 1950. First edition. Cloth. Fifth and final volume in Osbert Sitwell's acclaimed autobiography, the first edition complete with original dust wrapper. First edition of this autobiographical volume by Osbert Sitwell, volume five and final of his exten…
The Axe of Brandomar
George Graveley · 1928 · Rooke Books
£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)
London , The Cayme Press, 1928. First edition. Hardback. An interesting copy of the fable play The Axe of Brandomere and the prose fable Fulfilment. This is a signed first edition copy of The Axe of Brandomar or The Death of the Woodman's Son a fable play in three scenes w…
Seuil Du Rouergue
Georges Soleilhet · 1985 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
not stated , not stated , 1985. Unbound. A scarce collection of unpublished poems by Georges Soleilhet. This is a collection of seven unpublished poems by George Soleihet with seven original engravings by Giles du Plessis.There were only fifty copies of this printed with this co…
The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply
William Cavendish · 1956 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A bright first, limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to seven-hundred and eighty five copies printed on…
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Jim Corbett · 1945 · Rooke Books
£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)
Oxford , Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1945. Cloth. A bright second edition of Jim Corbett's popular account of hunting Bengal tigers in Indian leopards, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. First-hand account of Jim Corbett's experiences hun…
Poems
Robert Wilson · 1856 · Rooke Books
£790.00 (€947.08 | $1,043.88 | ¥166,713)
Boston, John Wilson & Son, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition poetry collection, a nice poetical work with a secretarial inscription. Very scarce first edition.A secretarial presentation inscription, signed to the half-title, 'Mrs David Coventry, with M…
The Call
John Hersey · 1985 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1985. First edition. Leather. A stunning limited first signed edition of The Call. This is a limited first edition copy of The Call, which has been privately printed, and personally signed by John Hersey. This copy is illustrated by Herbert …
The Sport of Our Fathers
Walter Shaw Sparrow; Theodore Cook; E. D. Cuming · 1927 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Williams and Norgate, 1927-9. First edition. Leather. The first edition of 'The Sport of our Fathers' in uniform signed bindings, containing biographical studies of sports illustrators Henry Alken, George Stubbs, and Ben Marshall The first edition of this work.…
Mother Carey&Apos;S Chickens
Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1911 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1911 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin's charming children's novel with a moral message. A signed, early edition of this children's novel from American educator and author Kate Douglas Wiggin. Pu…
The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor
John Pearson · 1986 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Michael Joseph, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical history for the Royal House of Windsor, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author to the half-title page. First Edition, in the original unclipped dust wrap…
Three Cantos from to the Unborn - Greetings
Hugh Popham · 1946 · Rooke Books
£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)
London, The Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first edition of this Limited Edition collection of poetry from Hugh Popham, a Second World War pilot. In an attractive quarter vellum binding. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition book of verse from English poet H…
A Manual of Scientific Enquiry; Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her Majesty&Apos;S Navy, and Travellers in General
John F. W. Herschel · 1886 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London , Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1886. Leather. An interesting fifth edition copy of various scientific knowledge, with folding maps and diagrams throughout. This manual of scientific enquiry is designed to give officers and particularly medical officers the scientific knowledge …
Together
Norman Douglas · 1923 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London , Chapman and Hall , 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A first large paper limited edition and signed copy of Norman Douglas' autobiographical travel study Together. Together is an autobiographical travel study that detail the Austrian alpine village where Douglas grew up…