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The History of Cheltenham, and Account of Its Environs
Thomas Frognall Dibdin · 1803 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
Cheltenham, H. Ruff; Payne, Faulder et al, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Frognall Dibdin's study of Cheltenham, in an attractive half calf binding. The first edition of this work by Dibdin.A history of Cheltenham, and its natural mineral waters.…
Souvenirs Sur Les Croix de Bois
Roland Dorgeles · 1929 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Paris, A La Cite Des Livres, 1929. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this important work on World War I, from French novelist Roland Dorgeles. In the original French. French language. First edition. Copy number 355 of 1000. A moving study on life during the First W…
Book of Plans of the London Theatres H.J. Adams
H. J. Adams · 0 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Albert Clarke & Co. Ltd, c1920 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce and fascinating work illustrating the plans of London theatres, by H. J. Adams. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper wraps. Compiled by H. J. Adams. T…
The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Leather. Charles Lamb's delightful collection of essays, smartly bound in a half calf Bumpus binding. A 'Books of the Verulam Club' edition of this work in a half calf binding with marbled boards and end papers. Binder's stamp of…
A Complete Memoir of Richard Haines (1633-1685), a Forgotten Scottish Worthy
Charles Reginald Haines · 1899 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Harrison and Sons, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Charles Reginald Haines's memoir of his ancestor, 'forgotten Sussex worthy' Richard Haines. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plate…
From Folly to Follies Discovering the World of Gardens
Michel Saudan; Sylvia Saudan-Skira · 1997 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Italy , Evergreen, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this profusely illustrated work on gardens by Michel Saudan and Sylvia Saudan-Skira, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. With illustrated endpapers, a monochrome frontispiece and c…
The Great Within
Maurice Collis · 1941 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this episodic sketch of Chinese dynastic history, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates and three maps, one of which is folding. Collated …
The Suburban Child
James Kenward · 1955 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1955 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this interesting autobiographical work surrounding 'Suburbia' by James Kenward, illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone. First edition, in the publisher's original paper c…
The Southern World. Journal of a Deputation from the Wesleyan Conference to Australia and Polynesia: Including Notices of a Visit to the Gold Fields
Robert Young · 1854 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting study on Australia and New Zealand when they were still colonies, providing a religious commentary on the countries. The first edition.An interesting travelogue recounting the auth…
The Realms of Gold; the Ice Age; the Middle Ground
Margaret Drabble · 1975 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975-1980. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions of works by the award-winning novelist and biographer Margaret Drabble. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dus…
Grace Howard and the Family at Glen Luna
1852 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce novel by the American author Susan Warner. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding, with renewed end papers. Susan War…
The Good-Natured Bear
R. H. Horne · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Alexander Strahan, [1874]. Paperback. A very scarce edition of this festive moral story, notably illustrated throughout by Ernest Griset. Dated from the advertisements. Very scarce.With two leaves of tipped in advertisements to the front of the work and two to the rear o…
Maiwa&Apos;S Revenge
H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A rare example of the first edition of this popular Allan Quatermain novel by H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first impression of this work.This thrilling Haggard novel involves Allan Quatermain going on a huntin…
The Card Player&Apos;S Manual
Captain Crawley · 1876 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Ward, Lock and Tyler, [1876]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce handbook for playing cards written by Captain Crawley, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. This work was written by …
Studies in Ruskin
Edward T. Cook · 1890 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Orpington, George Allen, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition large paper copy of Edward T. Cook's study of John Ruskin, with illustrations throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Limited edition large paper copy. Written by…
More Poems
A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of poetry by the celebrated poet A. E. Housman, published after his death in 1936, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition. First published as a limited edition the same …
Lustrum ; the Fear Index ; an Officer and a Spy
Robert Harris · 2009 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London , Hutchinson , 2009-2013. First edition. Hardback. A collection of atmospheric historical crime novels written by Robert Harris. The first editions, first impressions.In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist. He is…
Ballads and Lyrics of Old France
Andrew Lang · 1872 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. First edition. Leather. A first edition handsomely bound in a John Bumpus signed binding. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a calf binding. John Bumpus signed binding. Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, literary critic, and novelist. He …
Drawn from Memory
Ernest H. Shepard · 1957 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this biographical sketch of the author's childhood with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with gravure frontispiece and over one hundred in-text images. A charming collec…
The King&Apos;S White Elephant
Rosemary Harris · 1973 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this charming children's story from Rosemary Harris, illustrated in colour throughout. First edition. Illustrated with colour images throughout. It was the custom in Siam for the Supreme K…