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Pierre Pomme · 1798 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Paris, Chez Cussac, 1798-1799. Leather. An attractively rebound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century medicinal treatise. A leather bound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century treatise in which he presents a new approach to 'the vapours', a frequently…

Just Passing Through

Philip Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed, limited edition copy of this poetry collection by Philip Roberts. Limited edition, ten copies of this work were numbered and signed with this being number five. Signed by the author to the editions p…

Commentary on the Encyclical Letter of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulators Regarding the Sacred Office of Preaching

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Not Stated , Not Stated, c1900. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet discussing the encyclical letter of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. Signed Brother Bernard of Andermatt. A very scarce pamphlet, rarely seen in commerce and not found institutionally. Dated from c…

Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from Horace

Horace; H Darnley Naylor · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Shaftesbury, The High House Press , 1935. Leather. A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor. Limited edition of 215 copies, of which nos. 1 to 15 are printed on hand-made paper and signed by both the compiler and translator, and th…

The Uganda Protectorate

Sir Harry Johnston · 1902 · Rooke Books

£985.00 (€1,180.67 | $1,301.33 | ¥207,739)

London, Hutchinson, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Sir Harry H. Johnston's two volume study of the history and people of Uganda. To the recto of each frontispiece is the presentation inscription 'E. Irby From H. J.&apos.…

Lelia

George Sand · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

Paris, Henri Dupuy; L. Tenre, 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete two volume second printing of George Sand's philosophical French novel. In the original French.While each title page refers to these as a fictional second edition, the true second edition was…

My Story

Leonard Studley · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

not stated , Leonard Studley, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this personal memoir of West Dorset. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. This volume recalls eighty years in the Broadwindsor era of the Hill Country of West Dorset and is a memoir of th…

And Call It Accident

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1939 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London , Hutchinson & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of the novel And Call it Accident by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Marie Belloc Lowndes was a prolific English novelist who had a rep…

English Hops: A History of Cultivation and Preparation for the Market from the Earliest Times

George Clinch · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, McCorquodale & Co , [1919]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated history of the cultivation of English hops. The first and sole edition of this work, dated via Jisc. An uncommon work. An interesting work on the origin and history of the cu…

The Mary Jane and Other Stories

Joan E. Cass · 1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, The Educational Supply Assocation, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this scarce collection of illustrated children's stories, signed by the author Joan E. Cass. A first edition of The Mary Jane and Other Stories, signed by author Joan E. Cass to th…

Architecture and How It Arose; with a Model for the Gothic

Charlotte A. Pound · 1880 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.71 | ¥56,944)

London, E. Marlborough & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce late nineteenth century discussion of the origins of Gothic architecture. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, by Charlotte A. Pound.Inscri…

Jill the Reckless

P. G. Wodehouse · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1921. Cloth. The seventh printing of this successful novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Popular novel by GP Wodehouse, first published in 1920 in New York. This is the seventh impression of the UK edition, dated via Jisc. Following the adventures of heroine Jil…

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children'…

Riotous Assembly

Tom Sharpe · 1971 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of British comic Tom Sharpe's first novel, set in Apartheid South Africa. The first edition, first impression, with Sharpe's signature tipped in to the title page.In the publisher's or…

Snowflakes & Snowdrops: Christmas Rhymes and Valentine Verses for Schoolroom and Nursery

Annie Matheson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, R. Brimley Johnson, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this volume of children's poetry by Annie Matheson. Signed by the illustrator, Winifred Hartley. A signed presentation copy, with the inscription 'to Barbara with the very best wi…

Silver Wedding Congratulations Card for Mr and Mrs Perry M. Thornton

1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Potter, Batten & Davies, 1902. Paperback. A copy of the Silver Wedding Congratulations Card for Mr and Mrs Perry M. Thornton on their Silver Wedding Celebrations from the Clapham Conservative Association. Silver Wedding Congratulations Card for Mr and Mrs Perry M. Thornt…

A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel

Water-Bailiff of Thomas Howard; Joseph Fowler [ed.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Hertford, Simson & Co. Ltd. 1929 . Cloth. The first thus of this seventeenth century manuscript edited with notes and a map, signed, inscribed, and dated by the editor. First thus of A Description of the Hugh Stream of Arundel, the Heads and Risings THereof; The sundry Kings of …

The Tourist in Wales, Comprising Views of Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, &C

Anonymous · 1851 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, George Virtue, 1851. Leather. A scarce and beautifully illustrated insight into the towns and landscape of Wales in the first half of the nineteenth century, with seventy-two engraved plates. Two volumes bound in one, with engraved title page and plates to the start of t…

The Centenary Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£1,575.00 (€1,887.87 | $2,080.80 | ¥332,172)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910-1911. Cloth. A centenary edition of the works of Charles Dickens in a smart thirty-six volume set, with numerous illustrations. The centenary edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A stamp depicting Charles Dickens is adh…

Aurelia & Other Poems

Robert Nichols · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition poetry collection by Robert Nichols, with the author's handwritten poem tipped in. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. With a handwritten poem, titled 'The Rain&ap…