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Bordeaux, Ses Environs Et Ses Vins: Classes Par Ordre de Merite

Charles Cocks · 1984 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Bordeaux, Editions Feret et Fils, 1984. Cloth. A smartly bound reproduction of this study of the wines of Bordeaux from Charles Cocks, translated into French. Originally written in English and translated into French. A reproduction of the edition originally published in 1850, wi…

Final Report of Her Majesty&Apos;S Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Subject of Agricultural Depression

1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce report on the depression of British agriculture during the later Victorian period. The first edition of this very scarce work.Original wraps are bound in.Illustrated with…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables in Verse

Elizabeth Eyears · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Elliot Stock, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A charming 1901 first edition of Aesop's Fables in Verse by Elizabeth Eyears, with woodcut illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.This collection present…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables in Rhyme for Children

Richardson D. White; Margaret D. Longley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Chicago, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A charming edition featuring Aesop"s fables in verse, each accompanied by Charles Livingston Bull"s detailed grey-tone and color wildlife illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Each fa…

2 Vols Salar the Salmon; Tarka the Otter

Henry Williamson · 1949 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Penguin; Faber & Faber, 1949. Leather. Two volumes bound as one, of Williamson"s naturalist classics Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon, capturing the wild rivers of Devon in evocative early 20th-century prose. This copy contains two volumes, bound as one, tête-bêche…

The Story of the British People in Pictures

Harley Verneau Usill · 0 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Odhams Press Limited, c1937 . Leather. A richly illustrated history of the British people, told through numerous black and white facsimile photographs and portraits. Rebound in green quarter morocco binding with brown cloth boards. Dated using Jisc using copies held at T…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables Tea and Cigarette Card Set

Aesop · 1924 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Not Stated, Typhoo Tea Ltd; Gallaher, 1924 . Loose Pages, Articles. A scarce and highly collectible selection from two 1920s series of 25 Aesop's Fables cards, issued by Typhoo Tea and Gallaher, each with a vivid front illustration and an excerpt from Aesop's fables to…

The Loved One (Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art Vol. XVII No. 98)

Evelyn Waugh · 1948 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Horizon, 1948. Paperback. A smart copy of Evelyn Waugh's comic novel's first unrevised appearance in 'Horizon' literary magazine. The first appearance in its unrevised form before the first UK edition from Chapman and Hall. In the publisher's wr…

A Collection of Works on English Taverns and Inns

Various · 1921 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Chatto and Windus; Collins; Odhams Press et al, 1921-1955. First edition. Cloth. An impressive selection of historical and autobiographical works centring around English taverns and inns. Comprising a mixture of majority first editions as well as the second edition of &a…

Cognac & Cognac: The Treowe Knaulage

Cyril Ray; Jean-Marc Soyez; D. Gallagher [translator] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Peter Davies; Bureau National Interproffesionnel du Cognac, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes of these illustrated works on the history of Cognac. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: Cognac, 1973. Illustrated with eight plates and num…

Tell England: A Study in a Generation

Ernest Raymond · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1935. Leather. A smartly bound fifteenth edition of this important novel written by British novelist Ernest Raymond. Fifteenth edition. "You must write a book and tell 'em, Rupert, about the dead schoolboys of your generation." A best-sel…

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrrett Horder [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Frowde, 1898. Vellum. A smartly bound complete edition of this collection of poetry from American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an American Quaker …

Plans Referred to in the Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Application of Iron Railway Structures

1849 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

London, William Clowes, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce collection of plans referred to in the report of the commissioners, appointed to inquire into the application of iron to the railway, complete with 78 plans, most of which are folding. First edition. Very …

Brokenbrow

Ernst Toller; Vera Mendel · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Hardback. The first unabridged edition in English of this tragic post-war play by Ernst Toller. The first unabridged edition in English.A tragic play by Ernst Toller, following a young man trying to return to society after his tra…

Les Huãƒâ®Tres Les Moules Les Coquillages

1957 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Marennes , Imprimerie Typographie, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce French illustrated pamphlet on oysters, mussels, and shellfish. The first edition.A very scarce work.In the original French.A concise pamphlet discussing oysters, mussels, an…

A Book of Wine

P. Morton Shand · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Guy Chapman, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce guidebook to wines of the world by Philip Morton Shand. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exploration of wine by Philip Morton Shand, discussing the differences o…

Sketch of the History of Glasgow

James Pagan · 1847 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Glasgow, Robert Stuart & Co, 1847. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce history of Glasgow by James Pagan, an illustrated work bound by Ramage. The first edition.A scarce work.Bound by Ramage.Illustrated with an engraved title page, one folding map, and twent…

Songs Unsung

Lewis Morris · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884. Leather. A wonderful example of the fourth edition of Morris's poetry collection, in a tree calf signed binding by Riviere. First published in 1883, this is the fourth edition of Lewis Morris's poetry collection.In a tree calf sig…

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Leeds, J. W. Bean & Son, [1905]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed b…

Paraboles de L&Apos; Evangile

[Mathilde Bourdon] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1850. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of French religious parables, with explanations by Mathilde Bourdon, in a stunning cartonnage binding. The first edition. In the original striking cartonnage binding, with gilt decorations. A…