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Pictures of Travel in Far-Off Lands: A Companion to the Study of Geography. South America

Anonymous · 1871 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Nelson and Sons, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated study of South America, published to excite the interests of the young. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated account of an anonymous author's travels in South A…

Speeches by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

Charles Hardinge · 1913 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.05 | $924.80 | ¥147,632)

Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1913-1916. First edition. Leather. Three very scarce volumes of speeches from Charles Hardinge, during his time as Viceroy of India. Signed by the author. Three delightfully bound volumes of the speeches from Charles Hardinge, 1st Ba…

Poems

Enid Bagnold · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, The Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1978. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of Enid Bagnold's poetry collection, signed by the author. This work consists of the author's own favourite poems to have written and enjoyed throughout her career, which spanne…

The Prince Consort

Roger Fulford · 1949 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1949. First edition. Leather. The second reprint of this work by the historian Roger Fulford, who looks at the life of Albert, Prince Consort. In a charming signed leather binding. The second reprint of the first edition of this work by Roger Fulford. A…

Snaffles, the Life and Work of Charlie Johnson Payne

John Welcome; Rupert Collens; Vincent O'Brien · 1987 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Stanley Paul, 1987. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition presentation copy of this work on the English painter. A signed limited edition presentation copy of this biographical work, with slip case. Signed by the authors Rupert Collens and John Welcome, this i…

Poems from Heine

Philip G. L. Webb · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Nisbet and Co. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce first edition thus to be revised and enlarged of Philip G. L. Webb's collection of poems. The author's signed presentation copy. A revised and enlarged edition of 'Translations from Heint &c.&a…

One Dagger for Two

Philip Lindsay · 1932 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Cassell and Company , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Philip Lindsay's novel regarding Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe; the author's presentation copy, signed. The scarce first edition of this novel, published in 1932. The autho…

Adam & Eve & Us

Hardiman Scott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Sylvan Press, 1946. Cloth. A numbered, signed limited edition of Hardiman Scott's poetry, illustrated by Betty Dougherty. Written by Jack Hardiman Scott (1920-1999), an English broadcaster and writer. He was the BBC's first political editor, serving for five ye…

Arabische Nachte Erzahlungen Aus Tausenduneine Nacht

Anonymous · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.77 | $2,179.89 | ¥347,990)

Weimar, Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1913. Leather. A beautifully bound limited edition German edition of 'Arabian Nights', illustrated in colour vividly by Edmund Dulac. In a near fine binding with original working clasps. A limited edition, limited to one hundred copies, of w…

Jason and the Princess

Kathleen Colvile · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Kathleen Colvile's charming children's novel, illustrated in colour, signed by William Rotherstein. Signed by the illustrator's brother, William Rotherstein, to the recto to the fron…

The Clocks of Japan

Ryuji Yamaguchi · 1942 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Tokyo, Not Stated, 1942. Cloth. A very scarce Japanese work on the history of clockmaking in Japan, the author's presentation copy, illustrated throughout. A very scarce work, written in the original Japanese, reading from top to bottom and right to left.The author's p…

Evaporation a Symposium: Poems and Prose

Mark Turbyfill; Samuel Putnam · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Winchester , Modern Review, 1923. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first impression of this collection of poems and a miscellany of essays by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Signed by Turbyfill. The first edition of this work by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Interestingly…

Aux Pays de Napoleon L&Apos;Egypte

Jean de Metz; Georges Legrain · 1913 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

Grenoble, Jules Rey, 1913. Leather. An illustrated French work looking into the time Napoleon spent in Egypt, signed by the author. In the original French.Signed by the author to the title page, 'A Monsieur A. Defrance, Hommage respectively G. Legrain, 8 Fevrier 1913&apos.A…

Green and Black

J. G. Skemp · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, John Murray , 1932. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce volume of this fictional work by J. G. Skemp. The author's presentation copy, inscribed and signed by him, with a short letter loosely inserted. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, held …

Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare&Apos;S Tempest

Walter Crane · 1893 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)

London, J M Dent, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Tempest&apos. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. Th…

Mr. Paul

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1921. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy, limited to seven hundred and fifty printed for sale, of this work of fiction on rural life by Gertrude Bone. Signed by both the author and the artist, in the unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition of …

The Scenic Railway

Edward Upward · 1997 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Enitharmon Press, 1997. Cloth. A superior limited edition of short story collection 'The Scenic Railway', signed by Edward Upward. Containing five short stories by Upward.Considered to be the UK's oldest living author at the time of his death at the age of…

A Novel of the Twenties

Michael Train · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Situation London, 1973. Hardback. A limited edition of this humorous experimental short story, signed by the author, Michael Train. This short story tells of a protagonist in New York. The text is split, with half comprising of the fiction tale and half of endnotes, whic…

Chronicles of Uganda

R. P. Ashe · 1894 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1894. First edition. Cloth. An interesting association copy of this extensive study on Uganda, signed by the author to his uncle-in-law. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the half-title, 'Haughton E. Jackson, with love from…

The Battaile of Agincourt

Michael Drayton; Michaell Drayton · 1627 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,034.31 | $5,548.81 | ¥885,792)

London, William Lee, 1627. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Michael Drayton's epic poem 'The Battaile of Agincourt&apos. An important poem, here with several other works by Drayton. This work is the only contemporary reference to Shakespeare aside…