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The Chambers of Marshall Hall: 125 Years

Malcolm Spence · 2005 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Chichester, Aenas Press, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this fascinating history of the Chambers of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce.   Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. …

The Boy Down Kitchener Street

Leslie Paul · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this delightful novel, centring around Leslie Paul's boyhood memories of living on Kitchener Street. A first edition.  Bound in the original publisher's cloth and price-clipped dust wrap…

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, Alexander Leighton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, c1890. Leather. A decorative morocco bound edition of the Scottish literary titan's classic poetry, previously owned and signed by a Scottish industrialist. An attractive edition of The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, adjoined with a biograp…

Aide-Memoire to the History of India

John Davenport · 1864 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of John Davenport's educational guide to the history of India, with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Henry Spencer Ashbee. A signed presentation copy of the first ed…

Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus

D. S. Margoliouth · 1907 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Signed by the illustrator, a smart first edition of D. S. Margoliouth's richly illustrated history of Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus. Signed presentation inscription by one of the illustrators, W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, to the …

Hoofed Mammals of the World

Ugo Mochi; T. Donald Carter; Harold E. Anthony · 1953 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

New York; London, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Mochi and Carter"s distinctive natural history work, complete with forty bold silhouette plates of the world"s hoofed mammals. In the publisher"s original orange cloth binding, …

Stamp Album of Arms, Crests and Monograms

1917 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1945. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous album of this personal collection of arms, crests and monograms, primarily of British Military and European aristocracy. A fantastic and unique personal collection of tipped-in arms, crests and monographs. Bound i…

The Ghost Road

Pat Barker · 1995 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Viking, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A smart, first edition first impression of Pat Barker's harrowing historical fiction, for which she won the Booker Prize. A smart first edition, first impression of this moving war novel by Pat Barker. Blank signed by the autho…

The Romance & Adventures of the Notorious Colonel Blood

Whittenbury Kaye · 1903 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Manchester, S. Clarke, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this scarce historical romance inspired by the life of Thomas Blood. First edition; subscriber's edition. Scarce.   In the publisher's original cloth binding.   An exciting work of historica…

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1792 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, A. Paris; J. Strachan, 1792 . Leather. An attractively bound illustrated edition of James Thomson's popular four part Romantic poem, with engravings from Augustus Birrell. With sixteen illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece and engraved title page, designe…

The Newtonian System of Philosophy: Explained by Familiar Objects, in an Entertaining Manner, for the Use of Young Persons

Telescope Tom [John Newbery] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, J. Walker, J. Harris, J. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; and Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1812. Leather. A charming introduction to Newtonian science, offering entertaining lessons and examples demonstrating gravity, astronomy, and mecha…

An Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk

Rev. George Munford · 1858 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, John Russell Smith, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A smart, scarce study of the Norfolk Domesday Book by the Rev. George Munford, with the author"s signed letter. First edition. With a signed letter from the author loosely inserted, in which he explains he will look in the …

The Life and Adventures of Thomas Coryate

Michael Strachan · 1962 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a biography on the obscure yet fascinating Jacobean traveller Thomas Coryate, including a signed letter from Strachan. The signed first edition of The Life and Adventures of Thomas Coryate, …

Histoire Generale de Paris: Atlas Anciens Plans de Paris

Max Engelhard · 1880 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1880. First edition. Leather. Illustrated with sixty-four plates, this is the three volume first edition of this very scarce atlas of the history of Paris. Presented by the Paris Municipal Council to the Mayor of Folkestone. In the original French. C…

Roald Dahl&Apos;S Revolting Recipes; Even More Revolting Recipes

Roald Dahl · 1994 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,359)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994-2001. First edition. Hardback. A two volume set of fantasy recipe books for children by Roald Dahl, signed by the illustrator Quentin Blake. A two volume set.Both volumes signed by the illustrator.In the publisher's original hardback bindings.A s…

Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint

Edward Ardizzone · 1965 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Constable Young Books Ltd. 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this charming tale, illustrated and flat signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. First edition. Flat signed by the author a…

Panda and the Bushfire

Michael Foreman · 1985 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1985 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce signed first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated children's book by Michael Foreman. A very scarce signed first edition.Signed by the author to the half title page. In the publisher's orig…

Beowulf; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Michael Morpurgo Illustrated and Signed by Michael Foreman

Michael Morpurgo · 2004 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Walker Books, 2004-2006. First edition. Hardback. A smart two volume set of first edition copies of these old and middle English tales told by Michael Morpurgo, signed and illustrated by Michael Foreman. A two volume set.The first editions to be told by Michael Morpurgo.…

Tales of Firenzuola Benedictine Monk of Vallombrosa

Agnolo Firenzuola · 1889 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1889 . First edition. Leather. Bound in full calf in Bombay, this is a beautiful example of the first English language translation of 16th century monk Agnolo Firenzuola's amusing tales. The first English translation of this work.The short Italian pro…

Cornelius Tacitus

Cornelius Tacitus; Immanuel Bekker [ed.] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

Leipzig , Weidmann, 1831. Leather. A pleasing two-volume vellum-bound set of this 19th-century critical edition of the works of the Roman historian Tacitus, edited by the renowned German classical scholar Immanuel Bekker Complete in two volumes. In full vellum. A 19th-century c…