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Christmas Improvement; or, Hunting Mrs. P. A Tale, Founded on Facts. Intended As a Christmas Box for Those Who Wish to Begin the New Year without Her
Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, N. Hailes , 1834. First edition. Leather. A delightful, first edition, collection of children's stories written by a mother for her children. The very scarce first edition. With an engraved frontispiece. A collection of tales, written for children, with a Christian …
The Poetical Works of Mrs Hemans. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes &C.
Mrs. Hemans · 1884 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1884 . Leather. A handsome collection of Mrs. Hemans' poems in full morocco binding. Reprinted from the early editions. In full morocco binding with gilt lettering. With a portrait frontispiece and seven engraved plates. Collated complete. A …
Head-Hunters: Black White and Brown
Alfred C. Haddon · 1901 · Rooke Books
£725.00 (€869.03 | $957.83 | ¥152,952)
London, Methuen & Co, 1901. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this study of the Torres Strait islanders, from influential anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon. The scarce first edition of this unusual work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous vignette illustrat…
On the Backwaters of the Nile: Studies of Some Child Races of Central Africa
Rev. A. L. Kitching · 1912 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arthur Leonard Kitching's publication of his observations drawn from a decade spent amongst the tribes of the Ugandan Protectorate. An Anglican missionary, Kitching shares his experiences, and provid…
Illustrated Manual of Hand and Eye Training on Educational Principles
Dr. Woldemar Goetze · 1894 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London , O. Newman & Co, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A smart scarce first edition copy of this training manual, with illustrations throughout. A first edition Specimen Copy of this work. With a Specimen Copy stamp to the title page. Illustrated Manual of Hand and Eye Training O…
The Child&Apos;S Own Story Book; or, Tales and Dialogues for the Nursery
Mrs. Jerram [Jane Elizabeth Holmes] · 1864 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London , Darton & Hodge, 1864. Cloth. A charming illustrated edition of this volume of children's tales. A first series, twelfth edition of The Child's Own Story Book; or, Tales and Dialogues for The Nursery, by Mrs. Jerram, or Jane Elizabeth Holmes. This volume of ch…
May the Mare the Life Story of a Horse
George Jennison · 1933 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce reprint edition of this all ages fiction novel told as an autobiography of a horse in the very scarce original dust wrapper. Early reprint edition of May the Mare The Life Story of a Horse by George Jennison in …
A History of the Cheltenham Training Colleges (St. Paul and St. Mary)
Canon W. E. Beck · 1947 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
Bath, Dawson & Goodall Limited, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition history of what is today known as the University of Gloucestershire, an illustrated work by Canon W. E. Beck. A vanishingly scarce work.Only one record of this work being held institut…
Seven Simeons, a Russian Tale
Boris Artzybasheff · 1937 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Cassell and Company Limited , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful, first edition, copy of this illustrated Russian folktale. The first UK edition, published simultaneously with the American first edition. In the publisher's green cloth binding with the original …
Scrapbook of Watercolour Fabric Illustrations
Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books
£1,600.00 (€1,917.85 | $2,113.82 | ¥337,550)
Paris, Not Stated, c1900 . Cloth. A unique and very scarce artist's sketch book, containing watercolour reproductions of eleven samples of fabrics used for upholstery. A very scarce and unusual collection of hand painted watercolour reproductions of upholstery fabric sample…
Ancient Deeds Belonging to the Corporation of Bath XIII-XVI Cent
Rev. C. W. Shickle · 1921 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Bath, Bath Records Society, 1921. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Rev. Shickle's signed Limited Edition study of the ancient deeds of bath between the twelfth and sixteenth century. The signed, Limited Edition first edition of Reverend C. W. Shickle's stud…
What Can You Do with a Shoe?
Beatrice Shenk de Regniers · 1997 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition thus of this children's book by Beatrice Shenk de Regniers with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, recoloured. First recoloured edition of this children's book by Beatrice Shenk de Re…
Antique Tools and Instruments from the Nessi Collection
Claudine Cartier; Alessandro Cesati; Marie-Veronique Clin; Luigi Nessi; Peter Plassmeyer; Richard Wattenmaker · 2004 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
Milan, 5 Continents, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this history of antique tools and instruments from the Nessi Collection, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
The Voyage out
Virginia Woolf · 1927 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, Duckworth, 1927. Cloth. An excellent copy of noted Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf's first novel, The Voyage Out. Cheap edition, being one of 1000 copies printed from the Harcourt Brace sheets, with US imprint on copyright page. Lacking the original dust wrapper. F…
The Sly Cormorant and the Fishes, New Adaptations Into Poetry of the Aesop Fables
Brian Patten · 1977 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated collection of Aesop's fables translated into poetry by Brian Patten. The first edition. In the original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece, illustrated title pag…
A Glossary of North Country Words in Use
John Trotter Brockett · 1825 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)
Newcastle, Hodgson for Chanley, 1825. First edition. Leather. An annotated author's proof copy of John Trotter Brockett's glossary of northern dialect, with a letter from the author tipped in. With a letter from the author to Robert Davidson tipped in following the pro…
The Mason&Apos;S, Bricklayer&Apos;S, Plasterer&Apos;S and Decorator&Apos;S Practical Guide
Robert Robson [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, James Hagger, 1859-1862. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated mid nineteenth century guide to practical home design and decoration. The very scarce first edition of this comprehensive guide Victorian era guide to plastering, bricklaying, masonry and decorating…
Words and Pictures
Quentin Blake · 2000 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Jonathan Cape , 2000. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this insight into the work of Quentin Blake, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work, which provides an insight into the career of beloved cartoonist Quentin…
Steer&Apos;S Parish Law; Being a Digest of the Law Relating to the CIVIL and Ecclesiastical Government of Parishes; Friendly Societies, Etc. , Etc. , and the Relief, Settlement, and Removal of the Poor.
John Steer; Henry John Hodgson · 1857 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Stevens and Norton, H. Sweet and W. Maxwell, 1857 . Cloth. The very scarce third edition of Steer's Parish Law, a law book from the mid nineteenth century. The third edition of Steer's Parish Law; Being a Digest of the Law Relating to the Civil and Ecclesiastic…
Mitsou Quarante Images
Rainer Maria Rilke · 1921 · Rooke Books
£3,750.00 (€4,494.97 | $4,954.27 | ¥791,134)
Erlenbach-Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfel Verlag, 1921. First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first artistic work of Balthus, published when he was 13 years old, a lovely work showing forty of his lithographs. The first edition of this scarce work.Unrestored. Clean…