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The Age of Anxiety
Pete Townshend · 2019 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Coronet, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of musician Pete Townshend's debut novel, exploring the anxieties and madness of modern life. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from Pete Townshend, English musician and principal so…
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill · 1930 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Churchill's autobiographical work exploring his formative years, with illustrations throughout. An immediate success, this work covers Winston Churchill's schooldays and youth, his …
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale
Christopher Gilbert · 1978 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Studio Vista; Christie's, 1978. Cloth. A fascinating examination of Thomas Chippendale's world renowned furniture of the eighteenth century, illustrated with examples of his work throughout. Comprising a biography of Chippendale, his business, furniture designs…
The Beginning of the World
1902 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1902 . Cloth. The illustrated biblical story of the origin of the world, with twenty-five engravings by Edward Burne-Jones. The first edition thus reproducing twenty-five designs from the an illustrated edition of Mr. Mackail's 'Biblia Inn…
Gilbert White Pioneer, Poet, and Stylist
Walter Johnson · 1928 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, John Murray, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A delightful first edition examining the life's work of Gilbert White, including his poetry as well as his ecological contributions. Gilbert White was a world famous, pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. Best known for hi…
Practical Amateur Gardening
H. H. Thomas · 1920 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Cassell and Company, Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic illustrated guide to gardening by Harry Higgott Thomas, complete with a frontispiece in colour and half-tones throughout. This work examines out-of-door flowers, flowe…
Practical Observations on the Treatment of Strictures in the Urethra, and in the Oseophagus
Everard Home · 1805 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, W. Bulmer and Co; G. and W. Nicol; J. Johnson, 1805-21. First edition. Hardback. A lovely set of the important early gynecological work by Everard Home, complete with illustrations of folding plates. An uncommon work.Complete in three volumes.Volume I is the third editio…
The Holy Carpet of the Mosque at Ardebil
Edward Stebbing · 1892 · Rooke Books
£3,900.00 (€4,674.77 | $5,152.45 | ¥822,779)
London, Robson & Sons, Limited, 1892. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition work by Edward Stebbing on the impressive Ardabil Carpet. The very scarce true first edition of this work. A folio limited edition of fifty copies was issued a year later, with colour ill…
Traite de la Maladie Venerienne
John Hunter; G. Richelot; Philippe Ricord · 1852 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Paris, J. B. Bailliere, 1852. Leather. The second edition in French of John Hunter's important treatise on venereal diseases, an influential work with late additions by Philippe Ricord. Illustrated with nine folding plates. The second edition of this work on French.Original…
The Rose Book, a Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose
Shirley Hibberd · 1864 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Groombridge and Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce nineteenth-century work on roses and rose gardening by horticulturist and author Shirley Hibberd. Illustrated throughout. A fascinating mid-eighteenth-century work on roses and rose gar…
Un Art Fundamental le Tapis: A Fundamental Art the Rug
Albert Achdjian · 1949 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Paris, Editions Self, 1949. First edition. Magazine. A first edition study of oriental rugs, illustrated throughout and with numerous topped in colour plates. The first edition of this work, with all text present in both English and French.The work of Albert Achdjian, who worked…
Hachette World Guides: Greece
Robert Boulanger; M N Clark; J S Hardman · 1964 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
Paris, Hachette , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Hachette guide to Greece, complete with all maps and plans, in its slipcase. The first edition of one of Hachette world guides, written by Robert Boulanger and translated by J. S. Hardman and M. N. Clark…
Photography Year Book 1935
T. Korda · 1935 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Cosmopolitan Press Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first publication in the 'Photography Year Book' series, this work showcases photography from around the world for the year 1935. Containing over 1700 illustrations from photographs. A fascinating collecti…
The Farington Diary, Volumes I and II
Joseph Farington; James Greig · 1923 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1923. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of the diary of English painter Joseph Farington, covering the years 1793 to 1804. The personal copy of British journalist William Hardcastle, with extra illustrations and newspaper articles tipped-in. T…
Good As Gold; God Knows; Picture This; Closing Time; Now and Then; Portrait of an Artist, As an Old Man
Joseph Heller · 1979 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New York; London, Simon and Schuster; Jonathan Cape; Macmillan; Scribner, 1979-2000. First edition. Cloth. Six pleasing copies of the works of American novelist Joseph Heller, including four U.K. first editions. Six works from American novelist and writer Joseph Heller, each in …
Winston S. Churchill
Randolph S. Churchill · 1967 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Heinemann, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill, complete in two parts and homes in the original cardboard slipcases. The first companion volume to the official biography of Sir Winston…
The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral
Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)
Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first pr…
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 …
Too Naked for the Nazis
Alan Stafford · 2015 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Not Stated , Fantom Films , 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this biography of legendary sand dance performers Wilson, Keppel and Betty, the first edition complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. Alan Stafford tells the story of sand dancing humorous legends Wilson, …
Triumphs and Tragedies of the Turf
Campbell Russell · 1930 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, John Long, [1930]. First edition. Cloth. A collection of horse-racing stories by Campbell Russell, a scarce first edition inscribed by the author. A collection of stories of success and failure relating horse-racing, compiled by Russell Campbell, owner-trainer and rider.…