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Trouble with Lichen
John Wyndham · 1960 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Wyndham's science fiction novel about the slowing of the ageing process, and the consequences this has on society, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin…
Chow" Secrets of Chinese Cooking with Selected Recipes
Dolly Liu · 1939 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this recipe book, introducing the secrets and techniques of Chinese cookery, richly illustrated and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publish…
Osaka Sketches
Glenn Shaw · 1929 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Kanda, The Hokuseido Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce richly illustrated first edition of this work offering vivid impressions of 1920s Osaka from an American writer embedded in pre-war Japanese urban life, complete with the very scarce original slipcase. In the publi…
Industrial Art and Design
Henry Dreyfuss; John Gloag; Herbert Read · 1938 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
New York; London, Simon and Schuster; George Allen and Unwin Limited; Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938-1955. Cloth. A brilliant three volume set of illustrated works on industrial art and design. Three volumes on the intricacies of industrial art and design.Comprising of:(1938)…
Ambrose Heath
Ambrose Heath · 1941 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ward, Lock & Co. Limited; Faber and Faber; Cassell and Company Limited; , 1941-1951. Cloth. A smart six volume set of war-time cookery books by prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. A lovely six volume set of recipe and cookbooks.By Ambrose Heath, an En…
So Here Then Cometh Pig-Pen Pete or Some Chums of Mine
Elbert Hubbard · 1914 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York, Roycrofters, 1914 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this charming tale of the author's sheepdog, with 4 plates. The first edition.In a full brown soft leather binding.With 4 plates, an illustrated title page, and in text illustrations. A work by E…
The Romance of Design
Garnet Warren · 1926 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this highly illustrated account of art design and design from prehistoric to modern day. The first edition of the work, stated to the rear of the title page.In the original quarter cloth bi…
Mrs. Beeton&Apos;S Book of Household Management
Isabella Beeton · 1861 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1865. Cloth. The eightieth thousand of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential cookery books ever published. Illustrated with colour plates. The eightieth thousand of this work, which was first published in …
The Lovely Lady; a Modern Lover; the Woman Who Rode Away; St. Mawr
D. H. Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
London, Martin Secker, 1925-1934 . First edition. Cloth. Each in the original dust wrapper, this is a wonderful collection of four first edition short story and novella collections from D. H. Lawrence, author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover&apos. A wonderful set of the fir…
Ivory Palaces
Wilfred Rowland Childe · 1925 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this volume of fantastical poems by English writer Wilfred Rowland Childe. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original cloth.A collection of poems from…
Between Sun and Moon
Cecil French · 1922 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, The Favil Press, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce signed first edition of this limited edition collection of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with tipped in initialled woodcuts. A very scarce limited edition. Number 101 out of 350.…
Sir Alan Barlow: Address by Lady Sharp
Lady Sharp · 1968 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1968 . First edition. Paperback. Very scarce limited first edition of the address given by Lady Sharp following the death of prominent civil servant and art collector, Sir Alan Barlow. First edition. Very scarce. Limited to 100 copies.In publisher…
Paper Cutting; Paper Cutting for Young Children; Colour and Design in Paper Cutting; Cut Paper Work
Annye Allison; Margaret Grice; A. Turnbull; Christabel Russell Cox · 1924 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Leeds, Glasgow & Belfast; London; Leicester; Peoria, Illinois, The Bruce Publishing Company; E. J. Arnold & Son Limited; Winsor & Newton Ltd.; The Dryad Press; The Manual Arts Press, 1924 - [1939]. First edition. Cloth. Delightful collection of highly illus…
Poems
Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Bret Harte's first poetical collection. First edition, second issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in the…
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King&Apos;S Bench, from the Third Year of King James the Second, to the Twelfth Year of King William the Third
Thomas Carthew · 1728 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
London, Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling for R. Gosling and J. Hooke, 1728. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this extensive series of reports on English litigation during the late 17th century. The first edition of this very scarce work, which serves as an i…
Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie · 1959 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1959. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie mystery set in a prestigious all-girls school. First edition, first impression.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Late one night, two teac…
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad · 1904 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Harper and Brothers , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first state of 'Nostromo', often considered Joseph Conrad's best work of long fiction. First edition, first state with p.187 misprinted 871 and final page correctly printed 480. First se…
Aston Martin the Story of a Sports Car
Dudley Coram; Inman Hunter; F. Ellis; David Brown [foreword] · 1957 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Motor Racing Publications Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, fascinating first edition history of Aston Martin, richly illustrated with frequent photography. A very scarce first edition of this fascinating motoring history.The second part within is penned, a…
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen · 1945 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Oxford University Press, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this collection of twenty-eight of Andersen's most beloved tales, adorned with the illustrations of Tasha Tudor. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, in …
Biographies of the Well-Connected
Frederick Brown; Joanna Richardson; Jean Lacouture; Christine Sutherland; Sylvia Kahan; Stephen Klaidman; Jean Findlay · 1969 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London; London; Paris; London; Rochester, New York; New York; London, Longmans; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Ãditions du Seuil; John Murray; University of Rochester Press; Nan A. Talese; Chatto and Win, 1969-2014. First edition. Cloth. London; London; Paris; London; Rochester, New …