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Mollie Selby · 1968 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London , The Mitre Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poetry from Mollie Selby. Inscribed by the author, 'With gratitude and affection', to the front free-endpaper. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Extern…

Worcester Porcelain

Severne Mackenna · 1950 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, F. Lewis Limited, 1950. Cloth. A limited edition signed copy of the history, production and value of Worcester porcelain. Signed by author. Number 459 of a limited press of five hundred copies printed on hand-made paper. Eighty black and white plates of examples of porce…

Memoirs of the Peers of England During the Reign of James the First

Egerton Brydges · 1802 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,979)

London , John White, 1802. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating look into society and its notable characters, during the reign of James I. First edition. The title page states volume one, although there was only one volume ever published. Featuring three plates, two of which a…

Portrait Painters European Portraits to the End of the Nineteenth Century and English Twentieth-Century Portraits

Allan Gwynne-Jones · 1950 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Phoenix House, 1950. First edition. Cloth. This first edition collection of portraits range from Titian to Augustus John and many more, which are all accompanied by explanations from the author, Allan Gwynne-Jones. here is a lovely inscription from Gwynne-Jones on the fr…

Bumpy&Apos;S Holiday

Biro · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Sylvan Press, c1943. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming children's storybook. Inscribed by the author to verso of front free endpaper. With a previous owner's ink inscription to recto of front free endpaper. With full-colour and monochrome li…

Australia to-Day from a Visitor&Apos;S Point of View

Arthur J. Wilson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London , E. J. Larby Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce title accounting the authors journey from England to Australia, and his opinions and findings while there. Illustrated with personal photographs and maps throughout. Signed by the author. Only one edition ever pu…

Writing Album

Various · 1880 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

Private Book, Private Book, c1890. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely mysterious collection of poems, quotes, and drawings in various hands. Many are dated during the 1880s, and some are signed and give locations. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally sound with some rubbing and ma…

Britain&Apos;S Life-Boats the Story of a Century of Heroic Service

Major A J Dawson · 1923 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition of this celebratory history of British lifeboat services. Number 125 of 1000 numbered copies signed by the Chairman, Deputy Chariman and Secretary of the RNLI. Alec John Dawson was an English author, trav…

An Assemblage of 19th Century Horses and Carriages

Jennifer Lang · 1971 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Farnham, Perpetua Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition of this beautiful book on historic horses and carriages. Number 32 of 100 limited first edition copies signed by the author. Beautifully preserved in the original slipcase. Illustrated from the o…

Bly Market. Moving Pictures of a Market Day

Bernard Gilbert · 1924 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Cecil Palmer, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A limited, first edition of Gilbert's entertaining description of a market day with a fold-out map. Bound in quarter cloth. Of this Edition de Luxe of 'Bly Market' one thousand copies have been printed, of which ei…

Mexico Its Progress and Commercial Opportunities

E. J. Howell · 1892 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, W. B. Whittingham and Co, Ltd, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scarce book: 'Mexico; its Progress and Commercial Opportunities', by E. J. Howell, which has been signed by the author. Inscribed by the author to the title page with a note to &…

Nonsense for Somebody Anybody or Everybody Particularly the Baby-Body

A. Nobody · 0 · Rooke Books

£54.99 (€65.91 | $72.65 | ¥11,598)

London, Gardner, Darton & Co. c1920. Cloth. A charming and copiously illustrated nonsense work written and illustrated by A. Nobody. Designed in England Printed in Holland on English paper. With a dedication: "This nonsense book I wrote by myself and the pictures my pencil drew,…

Variae Ac Multiformes Florum Species Appressae Ad Vivum Et Aeneis Tabulis Incisae

N. Robert · 1975 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London , The Scholar Press, 1975. Cloth. A beautiful hand-coloured facsimile reproduction of Nicholas Robert's floral illustrations. Limited to 500 copies, of which this is hand-numbered 2. Signed by the artist, Yvonne Skargon. In a cloth covered binding. Externally, lovely…

Zoz: A Story of Glory

Norman Mommens · 1959 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1959. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition from the Lion and Unicorn Press, offering this quirky illustrated series from Belgian artist Norman Mommens. Limited edition of 200 copies, this copy being number 95. In the publisher's lamina…

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

Kenneth Rexroth · 1959 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

New York, New Directions , 1959. Cloth. A lovely signed copy of these translated Japanese poems from Kenneth Rexroth, dubbed "Father of the Beats". Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Third printing. In the publisher's quarter cloth and decorative boards. A …

Ornamental Homecrafts

Idalia B. Littlejohns · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming work on crafts that can be done at home, with beautiful colour plates and an emphasis on dyes. The first edition of Ornamental Homecrafts: A Practical Description of Various Methods of Ornament…

Chow" Secrets of Chinese Cooking with Selected Recipes

Dolly Liu · 1939 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this recipe book, introducing the secrets and techniques of Chinese cookery, richly illustrated and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publish…

Between Sun and Moon

Cecil French · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, The Favil Press, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce signed first edition of this limited edition collection of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with tipped in initialled woodcuts. A very scarce limited edition. Number 101 out of 350.…

The World of Wonderful Reality

E. Temple Thurston · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

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 …

Songs of the North

Various [ed. by A.C. Macleod and Harold Boulton] [arr. by Malcolm Lawson] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, J.B. Cramer and Co. 1890. Cloth. A collection of tradition Scottish songs from both the Highlands and Lowlands, with the signed initials of songwriter Harold Boulton and composer Malcolm Lawson. The fourteenth edition of Songs of the North, a collection of songs from the…