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Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1924 . Leather. A delightful collection of this Victorian poets' works, in a signed full calf Bumpus binding. A lovely full calf edition of Matthew Arnold's poetic works, in a signed Bumpus binding.Arnold's works are presented in seven s…

Egyptian Government: Gebel Aulia Dam and Other Subsidiary Works on the White Nile, Sudan. General Conditions of Contract, Specification, Schedule of Prices and Sundry Other Schedules, Bond, Formal Contract, Tender and Instructions to Persons Tendering.

1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Westminster, Wightman & Co, 1926. Cloth. A very scarce printing of a contract composed buy the Egyptian government for the construction of the White Nile's Gebel Aulia dam. A fascinating and very scarce publication from the Egyptian Government consisting of the contract int…

Country Life: The Journal for All Interested in Country Life and Country Pursuits

1946 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.90 | $5,945.16 | ¥949,063)

London, The Offices of Country Life; George Newnes, 1946-54. First edition. Leather. A collection of eleven volumes of the Country Life magazine, uniformly bound in an attractive Sangorski and Sutcliffe signed quarter morocco. A sumptuous collection of eleven large paper volumes…

Queen Victoria

Richard R. Holmes · 1897 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A striking first edition biography on Queen Victoria, written by her librarian Richard R. Holmes. A lovely work from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf.A charmin…

And Then What?

Paul James; [James Warburg] · 1931 · Rooke Books

£940.00 (€1,126.73 | $1,241.88 | ¥198,249)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Leather. A nicely bound first edition of these wonderful poems by James Warburg, from the library of and bound by the Bright Young Thing Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A lovely collection of the poetry of …

Cinderella

1940 · Rooke Books

£835.00 (€1,000.87 | $1,103.16 | ¥176,104)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1900. Hardback. A very unique and vanishingly scarce panorama of 'Cinderella' containing colourful figures from the fairy tale, intended to be played with. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A very scarce copy of the 'Cinde…

Deux Fatrasies

Robert D Valette · 1963 · Rooke Books

£8,800.00 (€10,548.08 | $11,626.08 | ¥1,855,946)

Cannes, Presses Ryp, 1963. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition poem by Robert D Valette. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. 'Deux Fatrasies' is a revival of a medieval nonsense verse-form written by Robert Dreyfus Valette. Valette is best known for his w…

The Phoenix

Lawrence Bachmann · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Collins, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this Laurence Bachmann novel, set in Berlin after the Second World War. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Lawrence Paul Bachmann, American film producer who also served i…

Half Hours with the Best Authors

Charles Knight (Ed) · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1890. Leather. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best authors, confined to those to be read in half an hour, in a charming Bickers and Son binding. Two volumes of Charles Knight's selection of works by the best au…

Tideline, the Ebb and Flow of Memory and Experience

Edward Seago · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Collins, 1948. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of Edward Seago, signed and personalised by the author. A part analytical, part biographical work by Edward Seago that examines his paintings and art. Edward Seago (1910-1974) was an English artist who painted in oils …

The M.F. H. Who Ran Riot

H. M. Bateman · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Moss Bros & Co. 1934. Paperback. A witty booklet produced to promote the brand Moss Bros. with illustrations in colour by H. M. Bateman. This work was produced as advertising for Moss Bros. a menswear company started in 1851 at Covent Garden known for specialising in sma…

Papirove Divadelko

Jitka Bodlakova · 1960 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Praha [Prague], Statni Nakladatelstevi Detske Knihy, 1960. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce paper theatre, complete with folding scenes and characters, published in the Czech Republic in the 1960s. An extremely scarce toy theatre published in 1960 by the state publishing h…

Forlorn Sunset

Michael Sadleir · 1947 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Constable, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Sadleir's gritty work of historical fiction, complete with the unclipped Piper dust wrapper. Set in Victorian London, this work explores the underworld of London.Written by Michael Sadleir (1888…

Sammelband of Five Pamphlets on the Catholic Religion

Peter Augustin Baines · 1829 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London; Birmingham, Bradbury & Dent; W. E. Andrews; Keating and Brown; R. P. Stone, 1829-35. Leather. A nicely bound sammelband of five scarce Catholic related pamphlets, an interesting work discussing the religion at the beginning of the nineteenth century. A sammelband of five…

Medical and Chemical Observations Upon Antimony

Doctor Huxham · 1756 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, John hinton, 1756. Leather. The first edition of this work on the uses of antimony by the noted English surgeon John Huxham. With one leaf of publisher's adverts to the rear. Interleaved with blanks for the contemporary owner's notations. However, the leaves re…

Satin City Sunlight

Anthony Healy · 1985 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Oxford, Printed at Oxford Printmaker's Co-operative, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and lovely volume containing various poems regarding life in the city by Anthony Healy, and illustrated with charming coloured screenprints by Brendan McGrath. The first limited e…

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£3,950.00 (€4,734.65 | $5,218.53 | ¥833,067)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Stuart Dodgson Collingwood's work on the life and letters of Lewis Carroll. A family association copy with this volume being presented by Dodgson's sister. This work was written by Lewis Carrol…

Mongolia Hunter

Patrick J Steward · 1986 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Santa Fe , Shikar Publishing Company, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, limited and signed, of this volume containing the history and customs in Mongolia, the complete story of hunting. The first edition of this work, limited to one thousand and five hundred c…

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1892 · Rooke Books

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

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1892-4. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of the satirical works of William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated throughout, including with Thackeray's own illustrations. Complete in twenty-six volumesIn a half morocco signed binding by G. MacD…

The Red Danube

Bruce Marshall · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous first edition copy of this novel on war and life by Bruce Marshall. The first edition of this work by Bruce Marshall. A story set in Austria right after the war, when the Danube is still flushing from blue to …