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Napa Wine Country
Earl Roberge · 1975 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Portland, Charles H. Belding, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this guide to the wines of Napa Valley, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the half-title. Illustrated throughout with over two hundred colour photographs. A major pictor…
The Wine-Ghosts of Bremen
W. Hauff; E. Sadler; C. R. L. Fletcher · 1889 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
Oxford; London, B. H. Blackwell; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, 1889. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first U.K. edition of this comical novella about drinking by German author Wilhelm Hauff, signed by one of the translators. The scarce first U.K. edition in English.Signed by one of…
Vineyard Culture Improved and Cheapened
Alphonse Du Breuil; John A. Warder [ed.]; E. and C. Parker [trans.] · 1867 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)
Cincinnati, Robert Clarke & Co, 1867 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first English language edition of Alphonse Du Breuil's influential viticulture manual, which aimed to make advanced European grape-growing techniques accessible to Americans. A very scarce first En…
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: A Practical and Scientific Encyclopaedia of Horticulture
George Nicholson [editor] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)
London, L. Upcott Gill, 1884-1887. Cloth. A smart eight volume set of this important nineteenth century illustrated encyclopaedia of horticulture. Complete in eight volumes, including the supplement to the rear of volume VIII. A practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticul…
A True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East Towards Cathay and China
Gerrit de Veer; Charles T. Beke [ed.] · 1853 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)
London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first Hakluyt society edition of De Veer's accounts of his late sixteenth century voyages, signed by the editor, Charles Tilstone Beke. A very scarce first edition thus, being the first edi…
Le Petit Nord: Annals of a Labrador Harbour
Anne Grenfell; Katie Spalding · 1920 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1920]. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating account of Anne Grenfell's time as a missionary in Labrador in the early twentieth century, signed and with a charming hand-drawn sketch by the illustrator of the work Wilfred Grenfell, who was also t…
The Eternal Now
Holbrook Jackson · 1900 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)
London, David Nutt, 1900. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the very scarce debut volume of poems by Holbrook Jackson, the author's presentation copy. The first edition.A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "With love from …
Collected Poems
Philip Robinson · 1965 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, The Fortune Press, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of Philip Robinson's poetry collection, divided into such sections as war poems, social poems, and nature poems. Flat signed by the author to the title pageThe first edition, f…
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Arthur Bliss · 1939 · Rooke Books
£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,879)
London, Novello and Company, Limited , 1939. First edition. Paperback. The sheet music for Arthur Bliss' Concerto performed at the 1939 New York World's Fair, signed by British pianist Solomon Cutner. Signed by the Concerto's pianist Solomon Cutner (better known p…
The Salmon Fisheries of England
Thomas Ashworth · 1868 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London; Bath, Longmans, Green, & Co; William Lewis, 1868. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce study of the state of salmon fisheries in England, signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper…
The Poet&Apos;S Cat, an Anthology
Mona Gooden [ed.] · 1946 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)
London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1946 . First edition. Leather. A signed, limited edition anthology of poems about cats. Edited by Mona Gooden, and illustrated by her husband, Stephen Gooden. No. 91 of 110 copies produced, signed by the compiler and the illustrator, Mona Gooden an…
La Noble Et Furieuse Chasse Du Loup
Robert Monthois · 1863 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
Paris, Bouchard-Huzard, 1863. Leather. A scarce limited edition treatise on hunting wolves by Robert Monthois, the true second edition of this work. The true second edition of this scarce work, which had first been printed in 1642.A limited edition of one-hundred and fifty copie…
Newton on Blackstone
A. Edward Newton · 1937 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
Philadelphia , University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing signed limited edition containing A. Edward Newton's address on law and William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2,000 numbered copies of which t…
Doris Lessing: A Bibliography of Her First Editions
Eric T. Brueck · 1984 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Metropolis (Antiquarian Books) Ltd , 1984. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this bibliography, detailing the first editions of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Doris Lessing. The first edition, limited to 255 copies (of which nos. 6-55 are full-bo…
What Happened at Hazelwood
Michael Innes; [John Innes Mackintosh Stewart] · 1946 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant detective novel by Michael Innes, the author's own copy with his signature and pencil corrections. The author's own copy, signed by the author to the recto of the front endpape…
Yes and No, and, for Whom the Bell Chimes
Graham Greene · 1983 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, The Bodley Head, 1983. Cloth. A fine limited edition volume of two plays by Graham Greene, one of seven hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. A limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered four hundred and sixty five.Signed by the…
A Few Flowers for St. George
Brian Burland · 1969 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Barrie and Rockliff, the Cresset Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early novel by Brian Burland, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, "For Paul, with love + admiration, Brian, 26 ii 9…
Knowledge of the Evening: Poems 1950-1960
John Frederick Nims · 1960 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed association copy of this collection of poetry by John Frederick Nims; the first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bin…
Lazarus Laughed
Eugene O'Neill · 1927 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)
New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of Eugene O'Neill's drama subtitled 'A Play for Imaginative Theatre', featuring characters and events following the raising of Lazarus of Bethany from the dead by Jesus. The …
First Symphony, a Sonnet Sequence
Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer · 1935 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed first edition of Harold Trowbridge Pulsifer's sonnet sequence, retaining the original dust wrapper. With a presentation inscription from the author to the front free endpaper, rea…