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Coaching Days and Coaching Ways
W. Outram Tristram · 1914 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1914. Leather. A very smart copy of this popular record of English coach routes, with an array of charming illustrations throughout. A later printing of the second edition. In signed half calf by Ramage London. A pleasing copy containing W. …
The Case of Mr. Crump
Ludwig Lewisohn · 1926 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1926. Paperback. A limited edition copy of this fraught romance novel by Ludwig Lewisohn, signed by the author to the frontispiece. A limited edition, limited to five hundred copies for America, of which this is numbered one hundred and thirty four. Sign…
A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to the Office and Duty of Sheriff
William Henry Watson · 1827 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, S. Sweet; R. Pheney; A. Maxwell; Stevens and Sons, 1827. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce exploration on the profession of sheriffs, an interesting and scarce work, this copy being signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Autho…
The Harbourmaster
William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to the United States in 1911.Number 311 of…
Going-to-the-Sun
Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Nicholas Lindsay Vachel's charmingly illustrated volume of poetry. The first edition of this work, flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper.With vignette illust…
Hardy Bulbs for Amateurs
Joseph Jacob · 1924 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Country Life, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce instructional handbook on growing bulbs for beginners by Joseph Jacob, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and signed by the publisher. The first edition.Inscribed by the publishe…
The Adventures of Mr. Bumble the Policeman
J. S. Newcombe · 1947 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Allan Wingate, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's book following Mr. Bumble the policeman, signed by the illustrator. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the illustrator to the front endpaper, dated 1947. Il…
A Treatise on Baptism; Designed As a Help to the Due Improvement of That Holy Sacrament
Rev. E. Bickersteth · 1840 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1840. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce treatise on Baptism from English evangelical clergyman Revered Edward Bickersteth. Scarce work. Designed to improve the holy sacrament of baptism, with chapters on the baptisms of the Old Testament, t…
Proper Lessons to Be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and Other Holy-Days Throughout the Year
0 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, G. E. Eyre; W. Spottiswoode , c1842. Leather. A clean pocket-sized book of proper lessons to be read alongside Sunday prayer. A charming pocket book edition of this work. Bound in the very smart full embossed maroon calf. This work contains passages designed to be read…
Candles in the Wind
Maud Diver · 1911 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons , 1911. Cloth. A very smart copy of Maud Diver's final instalment to her early trilogy of novels, included with a very scarce dust wrapper. The shilling edition, second impression. In the publisher's very scarce dust wrapper.An im…
Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist&Apos;S Notebooks
Henry Evans · 1977 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
San Francisco , W. H. Freeman and Company, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this beautifully curated series of botanical prints from Henry Evans. The first edition of this work.With a signed inscription by Henry Evans to the title page, "with warmest greetings". Date…
Arthur and the Sword
Robert Sabuda · 1995 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
New York, Atheneum Books, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourful illustrated retelling of an Arthurian legend, the author's presentation copy. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the recto …
Let&Apos;S Go to the Circus
George Theiner · 1963 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Bancroft & Co, 1963 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce children's movable book, illustrated and designed by prominent paper engineer Rudolf Lukes. The first edition of this very scarce work.From Czech illustrator Rudolf Lukes, a promin…
Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up
Robert Sabuda · 1997 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York, Little Simon (Simon and Schuster), 1997. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this charming pop-up book for young children to help with counting. First edition. Illustrated with ten intricate and brightly coloured pop-up pages. Collated complete and in per…
Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
H. G. Wells · 1928 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of H. G. Wells' story surrounding a shipwreck on Rampole Island, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the highly pictorial dus…
Modern Love
George Meredith; C. Day Lewis [intro.] · 1948 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948 . Cloth. A delightful mid twentieth century edition of Meredith's celebrated sonnet sequence, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A lovely 1948 edition of Meredith's 'novella in verse' about the failure of …
Just One Village 1910-1960
E. J. Standen · 1910 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Not Stated, Not Stated, c1960. Paperback. A typed manuscript for this very scarce history of the village of Pembury, signed by the author. A very scarce work, this being a typed manuscript.Signed by the author to the title page.Only one copy held institutionally, at the Universi…
Le Morte D&Apos;Arthur; Arthurian Chronicles
Thomas Malory; Eugene Mason; Lucy Allen Paton [intro.]; Ernest Rhys [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1906-1912 . Cloth. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's orig…
As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact
Oliver St. J. Gogarty · 1937 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Rich & Cowan Ltd. 1937. Cloth. An early revised edition of this extended prose work from Irish author Oliver St. J. Gogarty, signed by the author. Revised edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page to Willi…
The Laughing Hour, and, Laugh Another Day
M. Forster Knight · 1937 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1937-38. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works for children by Mary Forster Knight, both signed by the author. Two very scarce first edition works by Mary Forster Knight.Both volumes are signed by the author to the half-title. Two cha…