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Papirove Divadelko
Jitka Bodlakova · 1960 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Praha [Prague], Statni Nakladatelstevi Detske Knihy, 1960. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce paper theatre, complete with folding scenes and characters, published in the Czech Republic in the 1960s. An extremely scarce toy theatre published in 1960 by the state publishing h…
Forlorn Sunset
Michael Sadleir · 1947 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)
London, Constable, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Sadleir's gritty work of historical fiction, complete with the unclipped Piper dust wrapper. Set in Victorian London, this work explores the underworld of London.Written by Michael Sadleir (1888…
Sammelband of Five Pamphlets on the Catholic Religion
Peter Augustin Baines · 1829 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London; Birmingham, Bradbury & Dent; W. E. Andrews; Keating and Brown; R. P. Stone, 1829-35. Leather. A nicely bound sammelband of five scarce Catholic related pamphlets, an interesting work discussing the religion at the beginning of the nineteenth century. A sammelband of five…
Medical and Chemical Observations Upon Antimony
Doctor Huxham · 1756 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John hinton, 1756. Leather. The first edition of this work on the uses of antimony by the noted English surgeon John Huxham. With one leaf of publisher's adverts to the rear. Interleaved with blanks for the contemporary owner's notations. However, the leaves re…
Satin City Sunlight
Anthony Healy · 1985 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Oxford, Printed at Oxford Printmaker's Co-operative, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and lovely volume containing various poems regarding life in the city by Anthony Healy, and illustrated with charming coloured screenprints by Brendan McGrath. The first limited e…
The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll
Stuart Dodgson Collingwood · 1898 · Rooke Books
£3,950.00 (€4,735.39 | $5,219.38 | ¥833,567)
London, T Fisher Unwin, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Stuart Dodgson Collingwood's work on the life and letters of Lewis Carroll. A family association copy with this volume being presented by Dodgson's sister. This work was written by Lewis Carrol…
Mongolia Hunter
Patrick J Steward · 1986 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Santa Fe , Shikar Publishing Company, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, limited and signed, of this volume containing the history and customs in Mongolia, the complete story of hunting. The first edition of this work, limited to one thousand and five hundred c…
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1892 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1892-4. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of the satirical works of William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated throughout, including with Thackeray's own illustrations. Complete in twenty-six volumesIn a half morocco signed binding by G. MacD…
The Red Danube
Bruce Marshall · 1947 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous first edition copy of this novel on war and life by Bruce Marshall. The first edition of this work by Bruce Marshall. A story set in Austria right after the war, when the Danube is still flushing from blue to …
Six Tennyson Essays
Charles Tennyson · 1954 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Cassell and Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this detailed and interesting essays on Alfred Tennyson's poetry by the poet's grandson, Charles Tennyson. The first edition of this work. Inscribed by the author to front free endpaper:…
Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia
John Bland-Sutton · 1911 · Rooke Books
£525.00 (€629.39 | $693.71 | ¥110,791)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. Bland-Sutton's journal of his time hunting in Eastern Ethiopia, signed by him to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'To Miss M. Phillips, a surgical nurse…
Peter Grimes from the Borough
George Crabbe · 1985 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)
London, The Old Style Press, 1985. Cloth. A lovely limited edition signed by the artist of this illustrated book comprising George Crabbe's poem, Peter Grimes. A limited edition to two hundred and twenty copies designed and signed by the artist, J. Martin Pitts; this volume…
The Voyage of Ithobal
Edwin Arnold · 1901 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, John Murray, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Arnold's epic poem, inscribed by the author and profusely illustrated. Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English journalist and poet. His best known work is 'The Light of Asia', and his ot…
Zanzibar
Giles Foden · 2002 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Faber and Faber, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A superior signed first edition of this thrilling novel by Giles Foden. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Giles Foden. A crime thriller discussing the threat of al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden before the attack…
The Observances in Use at the a Augustinian Priory of S. Giles and S. Andrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire
John Willis Clark [ed.] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, limited to three hundred copies, of this volume on the Augustinian rituals at S. Giles and S. Andrew. The first edition, limited to three hundred copies, uncommon thus. A volume exploring the rituals he…
The Intrusion of Jimmy
P. G. Wodehouse · 1910 · Rooke Books
£3,250.00 (€3,896.21 | $4,294.42 | ¥685,846)
New York, W J Watt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy&apos. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum&apos. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of &apos…
Strange Encounters: Mysteries of the Air
David Beaty · 1982 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Methuen, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exploration into aircraft mysteries and accidents, by a pilot, author and pioneer of human factors. David Beaty (1919-1999) was a British author and pilot. He wrote twenty novels with aviation at the hea…
Cursus Mathematicus Mathematical Sciences in Nine Books
William Leybourn · 1690 · Rooke Books
£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)
London, Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke et al , 1690. Leather. A scarce, illustrated mathematical work written by William Leybourn. An encyclopaedic work. Illustrated, collated complete with forty-four plates (35 folding).This copy is in need of a caring restoration to the binding…
The Reavers
George MacDonald Fraser · 2007 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this fictional novel by George MacDonald fraser, in the original pictorial slipcase. A limited signed edition in slipcase. The last George MacDonald Fraser's novel before his death in 2008. It is…
Verses
Aunt Mary (M.E.B.) · 1901 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Florence, Florentine Typographical Society, 1901. Hardback. A very scarce personal collection of poems written and published by an Aunt Mary for the distribution to family members and close friends. A lovely collection of verses published "at the loving request" of the author&ap…