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Fine Imported Clocks: Harris & Harrington

Harris & Harrington · 1981 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

New York, Adams Brown Co. 1981. Magazine. A very scarce limited reprint of a catalogue of clocks designed to the highest of standards from J.J. Elliot and Harris & Harrington in 1915. A very scarce limited reprint of Fine Imported Clocks, a catalogue of finely made clocks by Lon…

The Sculptor Caught Napping

Jane Elizabeth Cook · 1895 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, The Autotype Company, 1895. Cloth. A scarce showcase of paper sculptures from a talented artist who wished to raise money for her husband's grammar school. The Sculptor Caught Napping: A Book for the Children's Hour, a showcase of beautifully crafted paper scul…

The Ainu Group at the Saint Louis Exposition

Frederick Starr · 1904 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Chicago , The Open Court Publishing Company, 1904 . First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this illustrated account of the Ainu people at the St. Louis World"s Fair, documenting early ethnographic exhibition and Western perceptions of Indigenous Japan. In the publish…

A Flight of Words

Jean Kenward · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Youth Press, 1966 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful example of this very scarce poetry collection from Jean Kenward, with a signed letter from her publisher loosely inserted. The very scarce first edition, first impression.With a signed letter from the publisher, d…

Childe Harold&Apos;S Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth

Lord Byron · 1818 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Murray, 1818. Hardback. The first edition, third issue of the fourth canto of Lord Byron's influential narrative poem, 'Child Harold's Pilgrimage&apos. The first edition, third issue, according to the following issue points detailed by Wise [p. 61-62]…

English Fairy Tales

Flora Annie Steel · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these retold fairy tales by Flora Annie Steel, complete with striking illustrations by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition. Published same year as a signed limited edition of the work.In the publishe…

Prophecy; Execution; the Dead of Winter: Three Giordino Bruno Novellas

S.J. Parris [Stephanie Merritt] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, HarperCollins, 2011-2020. Cloth. The first editions of three intriguing historical crime thrillers with Italian Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno as the protagonist, with Execution signed by the author. Three first editions within the historical thriller Giordano Br…

500 Cookery Dishes That You Can Make for Sixpence Each

Mary Woodman · 1935 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, W. Foulsham and Co. 1935. Paperback. A very scarce home cookery book designed for easy-to-make budget friendly recipes, written during the fallout of the Great Depression. 500 Cookery Dishes That You can Make for Sixpence Each, a very scarce cookery book, written by cook…

The Shadowy Waters

W. B. Yeats · 1901 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

New York , Dodd, Mead and Company , 1901. First edition. Hardback. The first U.S. edition of this haunting poetic drama from celebrated Irish poet W. B. Yeats. First U.S. edition. In the publisher's paper covered boards, with paper title label to the front board. Several le…

The Story of the Guides

Col. G. J. Younghusband · 1911 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,552)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. Hardback. A lovely half calf prize binding of this illustrated military history. A lovely prize binding of this uncommon shilling edition.Stamped with the gilt crest of St Wilfrid's School, in Seaford. The school taught and housed ar…

Julia Elizabeth: A Comedy in One Act

James Stephens · 1929 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

New York, Crosby Gaige, 1929. First edition. Hardback. The signed limited edition of a domestic comedy written by Irish author James Stephens, a friend of James Joyce. The signed limited edition of Julia Elizabeth: A Comedy in One Act, written by Irish novelist and poet James St…

News from the Invisible World; or, Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead

John Tregortha · 1806 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Burslem, J. Tregortha, c1817 . Leather. A smart improved edition of publisher John Tregortha's very scarce collection of writings on ghosts, apparitions, and the supernatural, intended to prove to the reader the existence of the afterlife. A 'new and improved edition&a…

The Olive Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of this classic fairy tale anthology from Andrew Lang, with a curious signed letter by Lang. Signed letter from Andrew Lang loosely inserted - "Dear Jen [?], I am sorry that I can give you no …

The Rhymed Chronicle of Edward Manlove, Concerning the Liberties and Customs of the Lead Mines Within the Wapentake of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

Edward Manlove; Thomas Tapping [Ed.] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Shaw and Sons , 1851. Cloth. A scarce reissue of Edward Manlove"s rhymed chronicle of the liberties, laws, and customs governing the lead mines of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Rebound in a quarter navy cloth binding with blue cloth boards. Second edition.A scholarly reissue o…

Paris and Its Environs: With Routes from London to Paris, and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland

Karl Baedeker · 1878 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker , 1878. Cloth. The sixth English edition of this classic Baedeker guide to Paris and its environs, illustrated with maps and plans throughout. Sixth edition.In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with eleven maps and eighteen plans, eleven of…

Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

London, Doubleday, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed and inscribed first edition of Paolini"s debut fantasy novel, Eragon, the first book in the fantasy tetralogy The Inheritance Cycle. With the original unclipped dust wrapper and promotional bookmark. In the publisher's…

Double O Seven, James Bond, a Report

O. F. Snelling · 1964 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Neville Spearman, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of the first book-length critique of James Bond, by author and antiquarian book auctioneer O. F. Snelling. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original…

Photograph Album of Renaissance Artwork and Bibliographical Clippings

James S. Dearden · 1980 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Not Stated, None, c1900 -1980. Leather. A handsome Birdsall half morocco binding housing photographic images of Renaissance artworks, and with further text leaves from James S. Dearden's bibliographical writings. An attractive half morocco signed binding by Birdsall, housin…

A Singing Soldier

Tom Skeyhill · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, Knickerbocker Press, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry by Tom Skeyhill, signed by the author below the frontispiece. The first edition. Signed by the author below the frontispiece. Inscribed,…

Songs of a Soldier

William V.V. Stephens · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Emory University, Georgia, Banner Press, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of a retrospective and bitingly satirical anthology on the First World War experiences of a former doughboy. The signed first edition of Songs of a Soldier, a retrospective anthology wr…