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The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop&Apos;S Fable
Aesop; Angela McAllister · 2001 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Frances Lincoln, 2001-2002. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare, being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. Two volumes. The first hardcover (2001) and first…
Grands Vins: The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines
Clive Coates MW · 1995 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce study of the finest wines of Bordeaux from British wine writer Clive Coates. First edition. Very scarce work. A comprehensive survey of the largest fine-wine region in France,…
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir
Rupert Brooke · 1919 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1919. Leather. A sixth impression of this collection of the poetry of war poet Rupert Brooke, with a memoir. Sixth impression. With a portrait frontispiece and one portrait plate. Collated complete. The collected poetry of Rupert Chawner Brooke, a…
Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Medical Inspection and Feeding of Children Attending Public Elementary Schools
1905 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office; Wyman & Sons, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce report on the medical and culinary provisions of public elementary schools in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound…
The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature
Aesop · 1857 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,198)
London, W. Kent & Co, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables, illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In t…
Cognac and Other Brandies
T. A. Layton · 1968 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Harper Trade Journals Limited, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this study of cognac and brandies from celebrated restaurateur T. A. Layton. First edition, first impression. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twent…
Port Wine and Oporto
Ernest Cockburn · 1949 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Wine and Spirit Publications Ltd. 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce study of port wine and the city of Porto, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with nineteen photographs, being fifteen plates, two in-text photograp…
A Collection on Tobacco Smoking and Snuff Taking
Edward H. Pinto; C. W. Shepherd; Amoret Scott; Christopher Scott; Alfred H. Dunhill · 1962 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London, Hutchinson of London; G. Smith & Sons; Max Parrish; Max Reinhardt, 1962-1978. First edition. Cloth. A collection of four volumes on tobacco smoking and snuff taking, with important notes for the collector. Four volumes. A collection of studies on the history of tobacco p…
The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this brightly illustrated edition of Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of essays first published in book form in 1823, with titles includin…
The History of the Wine Trade in England
Andre L. Simon · 1906 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Wyman & Sons, Ltd. 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed commentary on the rise and progress of the wine trade in England, volume one only. Volume one of a three volume set only. Due to poor sales of the first volume, the prints of volumes II and I…
Les Mollusques Marins Comestibles
E. Marchis · 1930 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Paris, Societe d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes, et Coloniales, 1930. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce study on edible molluscs, an illustrated work, in the original French. The first edition.A scarce work.In the original French.A monograph on edi…
The Wines of Germany
Alfred Langenbach · 1951 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
London, Harper & Co, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the wine industry in Germany, signed by the author to Andre Simon. The first edition of this scarce work.Author's presentation copy to the fellow wine-author André Simon, inscribed t…
Pictorial Atlas of Australian Wines; the Great Book of Wine; South African Wine; the Wine Atlas of California
Various; Thomas K. Hardy; Joseph JobeÃÂOeÃÂ; James Halliday; Dave Hughes; Phyllis Hands; John Kench · 1968 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Various, Various; Angus & Robertson Ltd; , 1968-1993. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive quartet of volumes authored by experts and enthusiasts, covering all aspects of oenology. One of which is signed by the author. This is a four volume set, covering all aspects of oenology…
A History of the Oyster and the Oyster Fisheries
T. C. Eyton · 1858 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, John Van Voorst, 1858 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with six plates, this is the first edition of T. C. Eyton's examination of the biology, ecology, and economic significance of oysters. A scarce first edition.Illustrated with six engraved plates, four of whic…
Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago: Report on the Froghopper-Blight of Sugar Cane in Trinidad
C. B. Williams · 1921 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
Trinidad, Government Printing Office , 1921 . First edition. Paperback. Illustrated throughout with plates and diagrams, this is a very scarce scientific report on the impact of froghopper insects on Trinidad's sugar cane crops. A vanishingly scarce work, in the original gl…
A History of Spaghetti Eating and Cooking for: Spaghetti Dinner
Giuseppe Prezzolini · 1955 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce book on the art of the spaghetti dinner. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A detailed guide to the art of cooking and eating spaghetti with chapters on how to …
A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the English History; of Which Many Are Referred to by Hume.
Samuel Johnson [ed.]; William Oldys [ed.] · 1793 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, C. and G. Kearsley, 1793. Cloth. The first abridged edition of this fascinating and collection of religious and political tracts, edited by Dr Johnson and William Oldys. First abridged edition of this collection of the material taken from the library of Robert Harley, 1s…
If the Invader Comes, and, Beating the Invader
Winston Churchill · 1940 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)
London, Ministry of Information; War Office; Ministry of Home Security, 1940-41. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. Two first edition leaflets distributed across the country during the Second World War, encouraging messages from the Prime Minister Churchill to his public. The…
The Affecting History of the Duchess of C**
Madame de Genlis; Maria Josepha · 1782 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)
London, Dean and Munday, c1820. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce English translation of a short tale from Madame de Genlis' 'Adele et Theodore', illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece.A…
Under Drake&Apos;S Flag
G. A. Henty · 1883 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)
London, Blackie & Son, 1883 [1882]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this sixteenth century adventure novel by Henty, complete with plates. The scarce first edition, dated 1883 to the title page, though this work was published on the 31st August 1882, as stated …