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Modern Lifting 56th Edition
1933 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Loughborough, Herbert Morris, Ltd. 1933 . Cloth. A scarce fifty sixth edition of this manufacturers catalogue of lifting and shifting machinery. The 56th edition of the work.In the original black cloth binding. Published by Herbert Morris, manufacturers of electric, pneumatic a…
The World of Wonderful Reality
E. Temple Thurston · 1919 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. Temple Thurston's delightful novel about how romantic hopes confront material challenges. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work.With …
The Lower Amazon; a Narrative of Explorations in the Little Known Regions of the State of Paraãâoeãâ, on the Lower Amazon
Algot Lange; Frederick S Dellenbaugh [intro.] · 1914 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated example of the first edition of Algot Lange's discussion of his travels and excavations in Para - a state in northern Brazil - in the early 1900s. The first edition.Illustr…
The Co-Operative Wholesale Societies Limited Annual for 1907; the Co-Operative Wholesale Societies Limited Annual for 1908; the Co-Operative Wholesale Societies Limited Annual for 1911; the Co-Operative Wholesale Societies Limited Annual for 1914.
1907 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Manchester; Glasgow, The Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited; The Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Limited, 1907 . Cloth. Fascinating illustrated collection of annuals from the English and Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Societies. Collection of four annuals from The C…
The Finer Cooking
X. M. Boulestin · 1937 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, Cassell & Company Limited, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this delightful cookery work on hosting successful dinner parties. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding with leather label to spine.Frontispiece an…
The Ingoldsby Legends; the Poetical Works of John Milton; the Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans; the Poems of Elizabeth Barret Browning; the Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]; John Milton; Mrs. Hemans [Felicia Dorothea]; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)
London, Frederick Warne; Macmillan and Co. 1889-1911. Cloth. An attractive set of collective poetical works and short stories from classic authors on early modern and Victorian Britain, with nice decorative bindings. A collection of classic British poets, an attractive set of fi…
15vols Highways, Bridges and Aerodromes; Highways and Bridges and Engineering Works
Various · 1946 · Rooke Books
£2,750.00 (€3,296.31 | $3,633.13 | ¥580,165)
London, Road Publications Ltd. for the Institute of Works and Highways Superintendents, 1946-1959. First edition. Cloth. An impressive mid-twentieth-century run of this very scarce leading British civil engineering periodical, documenting the post-war transformation of British a…
Poverty: A Study of Town Life
B. Seebohm Rowntree · 1902 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902 . Cloth. A scarce copy of the third edition of this comprehensive analysis of urban poverty, illustrated with tables, charts, and statistical analyses and a fold-out map. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. First publishe…
Alec Green; Kibboo Ganey; or, the Lost Chief of the Copper Mountain; Pioneers in Australia; Stories of Exploration and Adventure; Touch and Go; and Other School Stories
Walter Wentworth; Herbert Strang [ed.]; Richard Bird; Silas K. Hocking · 1879 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons; Henry Frowde; Blackie and Son Limited; Frederick Warne & Co. [1879-1925]. Cloth. A fantastic set of four volumes bound in decorative cloth with illustrations throughout. A lovely four volume set of works with decorative cloth bindings.All abundant…
For the School Colours
Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Blackie and Son, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Angela Brazil's entertaining school story, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the very scarce publ…
A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
Dr. Oskar Seyffert; Henry Nettleship (Ed.); J. E. Sandys (Ed.) · 1899 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co . Lim. 1899 . Cloth. Profusely illustrated classical dictionary, including terms of mythology, literature and art. Fourth English edition.In publisher's original green cloth binding.Profusely illustrated with more than 450 in-text engravings…
The Fairy Mythology; Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
Thomas Keightley · 1833 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. Leather. A scarce early edition of this curious folklore work from Thomas Keightley, wherein he attempts to trace fairy myth to Gothic and Teutonic roots. A fascinating work of 19th-century folklore, exploring the origins and depictions…
Wheels and Butterflies
W. B. Yeats · 1935 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
New York , The Macmillan Company , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collection of short dramatic pieces from Irish writer W. B. Yeats. The second volume of his "Plays for Dancers". The first U.S. edition.In the publisher's cloth binding, with gilt …
A Letter to a Friend on the Evidences and Theory of Christianity
Lord Lindsay · 1841 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, J. Hatchard and Son, 1841. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce presumed first edition theological epistle, penned by Lord Lindsay. An incredibly scarce presumed first and only edition of this theological title. Bound in original brown cloth, with smart gilt lette…
C. 1820 the History of Giles Gingerbread, a Little Boy Who Lived Upon Learning C. 1835 the First Set of Catechisms and Prayers: Or, the Religion of Little Children, Under Seven or Eight Years of Age
Tom Trip; Isaac Watts · 1820 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
York; Derby, J. Kendrew; Thomas Richardson, c.1820 - 1835. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps. Catechisms is …
Economy of the Hands and Feet, Fingers and Toes
An Old Army Surgeon · 1830 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Effingham Wilson, 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon nineteenth-century medical study into various hand and feet defects and diseases, in the publisher's original paper-covered boards. The first edition in the publisher's origina…
The Grouse: Being a Collection of Notes for the Use of the Local Correspondents of the Committee.
Various; A. S. Leslie [Ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
[Edinburgh], Board of Agriculture and Fisheries , [1906]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this concise official study of grouse disease, habitat management, and ecology, illustrated with fourteen plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edit…
4 Vols Catalogues of the First Dairy Exhibitions of Britain and Ireland
None Stated · 1876 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
London; Dublin, W. T. Squire & Co. London; Ponsonby & Murphy, Dublin; Ponsonby & Weldrick, Dublin; British Dairy Farmers Association (Alfred , 1876-1885. Cloth. London; Dublin: W. T. Squire & Co. London; Ponsonby & Murphy, Dublin; Ponsonby & Weldrick, Dublin; British Dairy Far…
Annals of a Fortress
E. Violet-Le-Duc; Benjamin Bucknall [trans.] · 1875 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Simpson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1875 . First edition. Cloth. A first English edition of this heavily illustrated work of military history by architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc. The first English edition of the work, originally published as Histoire d'une Fortres…
A Training School for Elephants
Sophy Roberts · 2025 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Doubleday, 2025 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated blend of travel and history in author Sophy Roberts' second novel. The first edition of the work.In the original white cloth binding. In the original unclipped wrapper.The author's…