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Bad Characters
Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean …
School Ties
William Boyd · 1985 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
New York, William Morrow and Company Inc, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first U.S. edition of two popular and entertaining screenplays by William Boyd, signed by Boyd to the title page. The first U.S. edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the…
An Arctic Safari, with Camera and Rifle in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Richard L. Sutton · 1933 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
London, Henry Kimpton, 1933. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this prominent American dermatologist's account of a winter spent hunting in the Arctic with his daughter. A very scarce early edition of this work from American dermatologist, photographer and big game hunt…
And Then What?
Paul James; [James Warburg] · 1931 · Rooke Books
£940.00 (€1,126.74 | $1,241.87 | ¥198,311)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition of these wonderful poems by James Warburg, from the library of and bound by the Bright Young Thing Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A lovely collection of the poetry of …
Officers and Gentleman a Novel
Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books
£9,800.00 (€11,746.85 | $12,947.17 | ¥2,067,496)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed, association copy of Evelyn Waugh's World War II novel. Signed by Evelyn Waugh to fellow 'Bright Young Things' associate and fellow author, Beverley Nichols. Signed by the author to the recto of front en…
Royal Flush the Story of Minette
Margaret Irwin · 1936 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1936. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of an historical novel regarding Minette, or Henrietta Anne of England. This is a reprint of the Golden Library edition of this novel. A wonderful work of historical fiction written by a veteran of this genre, M…
Babes in the African Wood
The Hon. R. Gorell Barnes · 1911 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)
London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition celebration of a summer spent hunting big game in Africa. Illustrated with contemporary photographs, and a large folding map. The first edition of this British lawyer and judge's account …
The Royal George 1819-1904
Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into the …
Miss Marple&Apos;S Final Cases and Two Other Stories
Agatha Christie · 1979 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first impression copy of this volume of Christie's final Marple short stories, gripping murder mystery stories by the Queen of Crime, The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original uncli…
The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou
A. A. Radclyffe Dugmore · 1913 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, William Heinemann, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Radclyffe Dugmore's first edition account of the life of reindeers in North America, a charming and educational volume illustrated by the author. The first edition of this work.A wonderful study into the reindeer of New…
Love&Apos;S Progress or the Education of Araminta
James Laver · 1929 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Laver's popular poem, 'Love's Progress&apos. From the library at Julians Park, once the home of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell Bouverie. Love's Progress is the seq…
Science Today
Sir J. Arthur Thomson; J. G. Crowther [ed.] · 1935 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935 . Leather. A fascinating collection of essays on various aspects of modern science, in a smart prize binding. The scarce second impression of this study of modern science, in a lovely quarter calf school prize binding.The work of Scottish natura…
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
[James McNeill Whistler] · 1922 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, William Heinemann, 1922. Leather. James McNeill Whistler's controversial response to John Ruskin after their famous libel suit, an interesting work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A scandalous work by James McNeill Whistler, written part in response an…
East Africa
Elspeth Huxley · 1941 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition travel work on East Africa, in a striking binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe made for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A charming concise trave…
Edinburgh: Ordnance Survey Sheet 74
1945 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Chessington, Ordnance Survey, 1945 . Cloth. A very scarce large colour map of Midlothian and Edinburgh, published by the Ordnance Survey in 1945. A very scarce 1945 Ordnance Survey map of Edinburgh, Sheet 74 of the Ordinance Survey's 'One Inch Map of England and Wales&…
More Famous Houses of Bath & District: Being the Second Series of That Work
J. F. Meehan · 1906 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Bath, B. & J. F. Meehan, 1906. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated study of the eighteenth century residents of Bath and its surroundings, and the houses they occupied. The first edition of this study of the grand homes of Bath and Somerset. This work is the second series, prin…
English Music
W. J. Turner · 1941 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition copy of this charming history of English music, bound for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The first edition of this work.A charming volume of t…
The Government of Britain
G. M. Young · 1941 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A first edition Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound volume by G. M. Young discussing the government of Britain, a lovely copy from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A…
A Superstitious Age
Rosalind Brackenbury · 1977 · Rooke Books
£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)
Sussex, The Harvester Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of this historical fiction novel by Rosalind Brackenbury, a scarce novel here in the original dustwrapper. The author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the recto to the fr…
The Newcomes
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1910 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
Oxford, Henry Frowde, 1910. Fine Binding. A finely bound copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's noted novel 'The Newcomes&apos. From the library at Julians Park, once home of socialite and patron of arts Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Undated, dated from Libraryhub. This wor…