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The Riviera
A. Ansted · 1894 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
London, Seeley and Co, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this large paper illustrated study of the Riviera, illustrated with signed proof etchings. No. 27 of 50 large paper copies of this work produced. A very scarce work.Illustrated with twenty signe…
Francis Kilvert
Francis Kilvert; David Lockwood · 1990 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
Mid Glamorgan, Seren Books, 1990. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition biography of Francis Kilvert, finely rebound by Ipsley Bindery with illustrations, offering a richly researched portrait of the Victorian diarist. Rebound in a handsome quarter calf binding with mar…
Agrippina: Empress-Mother; "Amid the Alien Corn
F. A. Evelyn · 1932 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
London, Heath Cranton Ltd. 1932-1940 . First edition. Leather. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions from F. A. Evelyn, a 20th century translator of Greek tragedies and poetry. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions, being 'Agrip…
A Tour in Sutherlandshire
Charles St. John · 1884 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884 . Leather. Handsomely bound in full calf, this is the second edition of Charles St. John's comprehensive two volume account of field sports and natural history in Sutherland. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.The author&…
Some Notices of the Family of Master, of East Langdon and Yotes in Kent, New Hall and Croston in Lancashire, and Barrow Green in Surrey
Rev. George Streynsham Master · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, For Private Circulation only by Mitchell and Hughes, 1874 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this limited edition privately published genealogical study, with a signed letter from the author to Lord Hawkesbury. A signed presentation copy …
Public Letters, Addresses and Defences Regarding the Law
Robert Dickenson; Thomas Hague; Matthew Concanen; et al. · 1783 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
London, J. Parsons; et al. 1783-1812. First edition. Leather. A sammelband of very scarce public letters, addresses and defences, including a signed work by its author, commenting on matters relating to the law and court cases, such as the 1812 race horse poisoning case. All fir…
Lutyens Houses and Gardens
Lawrence Weaver · 1921 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
London, Offices of "Country Life" , 1921. Cloth. A very smart second edition of this architectural study of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Second edition. First published in 1913.In the original quarter cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and many full-page and in-text monochrome …
George Ormerod: Historian of Cheshire
John Peter Hess · 1989 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
Whitchurch , Herald Printers , 1989. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed biographical work on English antiquary, George Ormerod. Author's presentation copy, signed to the dedication page. First edition. In the publisher's faux leather binding.George Ormerod was…
A Collection of Fergus Booklets
Malcolm Haslam; Ambrose Bierce · 2006 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Glasgow, Fergus Booklets, 2006-2008. Paperback. Three very fine editions of the Fergus Booklets for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008, with letters from the author. Three volumes. A collection from the Fergus Booklet series, a series produced, printed, and bound by Haslam on occasi…
Nine Tales from the Contes Drolatiquese de Honore de Balzac, Rendered Into English of the Xivth and Xvith Centuries
Honore De Balzac; Robert Crawford [trans.] · 1921 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, T. Werner Laurie, 1921. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of nine tales from Honore De Balzac, translated by Robert Crawford, and signed by him. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, being the first edition of these tales f…
Half Hours of English History from the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth
Charles Knight [editor] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1869. Leather. A smartly bound copy of Charles Knight's work offering a history of England as a collection of digestible thirty minute reads. As the title suggests, each article in this volume is designed to be read in half an hour. Arranged …
A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent: From the Earliest Accounts, to the Beginning of the Year 1770
Henry Chamberlain · 1769 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, J. Cooke, [1769]. Leather. A detailed and richly illustrated history and survey of London, edited by Henry Chamberlain, and bound in full calf. The revised, corrected and improved edition by Henry Chamberlain. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, with sixty-two m…
Dewdrops
Margaret Kennedy · 1928 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, William Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this schoolgirl story from Margaret Kennedy, a limited edition signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Limited to five hundred and twenty-five copies, of …
Unleashed
Boris Johnson · 2024 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, William Collins, 2024. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of Boris Johnson's memoir Unleashed, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited edition, signed by the author to the half-title. Illustrated with thirty-two…
According to Queeney
Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of According to Queeney, signed and inscribed by the author, Beryl Bainbridge, five-time Booker nominee and sole recipient of the "Booker Best of Beryl" prize. In the publisher'…
The Poems of William Austin
William Austin; Anne Ridler [Editor] · 1983 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Oxford, The Perpetua Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of The Poems of William Austin, being one of 150 copies printed by Vivian Ridler with an introduction by Anne Ridler, signed by both. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pape…
A Reply to Z
William Hazlitt; Charles Whibley · 1923 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, The First Edition Club, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first limited edition of this work In the publisher's original quarter red cloth binding with dark cloth boards.This volume is a first limited edition of this work, being copy number two hundred and twenty …
Murakami Diary 2020
Haruki Murakami · 2019 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Harvill Secker, 2019. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of this colourful Haruki Murakami 2020 diary and planner, beautifully illustrated with his world"s imagery, literary quotes, and practical features. In the publisher's original pict…
Himalaya
Michael Palin · 2004 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Michael Palin"s Himalayan travel chronicle, signed by the author and complete with the original unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Complete with the original…
White Death
Robbie Morrison · 1998 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Paris, Les Cartoonistes Dangereux, 1998 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this uncommon graphic novel about soldiers stationed in the Italian Alps during the First World War. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work.I…