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Kingston Black
Roger East · 1960 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Collins Crime Club mystery in which a supposedly settled murder is reopened, leading from France back to rural Somerset, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&apo…
Farm Book-Keeping: The Principles and Practice of Book-Keeping Applied to Agriculture for Agricultural Colleges, Extension Classes, Evening Classes and Practical Farmers
John Kirkwood · 1922 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
Edinburgh, W. Green & Son Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive study into business of farming and bookkeeping, a guide to the everyday economics of the working farm. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A practical instructional manual apply…
Practical Dairy Bacteriology: Prepared for the Use of Students Dairymen, and All Interested in the Problems of the Relation of Milk to Public Health
H. W. Conn · 1907 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
New York, Orange Judd Company, 1907. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this practical manual by H. W. Conn explaining the science of milk hygiene and fermentation, illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. With a…
Present Indicative
Noel Coward · 1937 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first impression copy of Noel Coward's autobiography, an illustrated account of his early life. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. The first volume of Noel Coward…
The Sharpe Novel Series by Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell · 1981 · Rooke Books
£5,800.00 (€6,952.22 | $7,662.61 | ¥1,223,620)
London, Collins; HarperCollins, 1981-2006 . First edition. Cloth. A truly impressive set featuring signed first editions of the first twenty-one novels in Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' series, and with two signed short stories from the author. This wonderful collect…
A Roll of Arms of the Reigns of Edward the Second
Nicholas Harris Nicholas · 1829 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, William Pickering, 1829 . Leather. The second edition of Nicholas Harris Nicholas's historical study of the coats of arms of knights and nobles during the reign of King Edward II. The second edition of this work, first published the year prior.Illustrated with a han…
Inquiries Into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England
James Dallaway · 1793 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Gloucester , Printed by R. Raikes for B. & J. White , 1793. First edition. Leather. An extensive and lavishly illustrated work on English heraldry from antiquary and topographer, James Dallaway. The first and only edition of this work. In a contemporary full panelled calf bindi…
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1953 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)
London, The Grey Walls Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the revised text of 'Tender Is the Night', the final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, this revision favoured by him. The first UK edition of the revised text, with …
The Duke of Guise. A Tragedy. Acted by Their Majesties Servants
John Dryden; Nathaniel Lee · 1687 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, R. Bentley , 1687 . Cloth. An early book edition of 'The Duke of Guise', a controversial tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. An early book edition of The Duke of Guise. First printed in 1683.In a later quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boa…
The Grammar of Botany
G. Francis · 1840 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1840. First edition. Cloth. A remarkably scarce first edition of this already very scarce illustrated title. An incredibly scarce first edition of this already very scarce horticultural title.In original cloth binding.Features 2 pages of author&apo…
The Horse: Its Taming, Training, and General Management; with Anecdotes, &C. , Relating to Horses and Horsemen
Sydney Galvayne · 1888 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Glasgow, Thomas Murray & Son, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated guide to the management of horses by well-known Victorian horse tamer Sydney Galvayne. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative green cloth binding. …
A Popular History of British Zoophytes or Corallines
Rev. D. Landsborough · 1852 · Rooke Books
£114.00 (€136.65 | $150.61 | ¥24,050)
London, Reeve and Co. 1852 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated natural history volume by natural historian David Landsborough. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.Illustrated with a coloured frontis…
The Eighteen Nineties
Holbrook Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A bright and attractive example of the first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study of society and culture of the 1890s, beautifully illustrated throughout. The first edition.'The Eighteen Nineties' explores the…
Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn
John Evelyn; William Bray [ed.] · 1819 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, Henry Colburn, 1819 . Leather. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of John Evelyn's life and writings, edited by William Bray. The second edition of this work, frequently regarded as the best edition of the publication. The illustrated two volume second edition of t…
The New Zealanders
[George L. Craik] · 1830 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Charles Knight, 1830. First edition. Cloth. Insightful early nineteenth-century study of the people of New Zealand, illustrated with a map and numerous vignettes. First edition.In publisher's original brown cloth binding.With a map of New Zealand towards the front o…
The History of the Ancient Parish of Sandbach, Co. Chester
J. P. Earwaker · 1890 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London and Redhill, For Private Circulation, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Scarce limited first edition of Earwaker's illustrated history of Sandbach with the bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes and five pages of handwritten historical notes to front of text. First edition. Scar…
The Wisdom of the Sands
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1952 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Hollis and Carter , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of this powerful posthumous novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The …
Narrative of a Five Years&Apos; Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the Year 1772, to 1777: Elucidating the History of That Country, and Describing Its Productions, Viz. Quadrupedes, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; with an Account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea Vol. II
Capt. J. G. Stedman [John Gabriel Stedman] · 1796 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)
London, J. J. Johnson, 1796. First edition. Leather. Captain John Gabriel Stedman's strikingly illustrated first-hand account of his deployment to the Dutch-controlled colony of Surinam. First edition. A deluxe large paper first edition with hand-coloured plates was publish…
The Lay of the Nibelung Men Translated from the Old German Text
Arthur S. Way · 1911 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
Cambridge, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1911. Cloth. A very smart and uncommon first edition of this translation from the original German, in lovely original binding. An uncommon first edition of this translated work. A poetic and engaging work, penned by Arthur S. Way, …
William Strang Catalogue of His Etched Work
William Strang; Laurence Binyon [intro.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Glasgow, James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated catalogue of works by Scottish artist William Strang. A very scarce first edition, in original green cloth.Features 97 unlisted double-sided plates.No other collation r…