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Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1912 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912 . Leather. A beautifully bound, second edition of Rudyard Kipling's celebrated anthology of verse. Second edition. First published in 1907.In an elegant half morocco binding with cloth boards. A charming collection of verses written by En...

Edward Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam

Holbrook Jackson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London; Liverpool, David Nutt; The Liverpool Booksellers' Co Limited, 1899. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this critical work on Edward Fitzgerald by Holbrook Jackson, a touching copy inscribed by the author to his mother. The first edition.Author's p...

A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay

J. Sheridan Le Fanu; Herbert van Thal · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Home and Van Thal, 1947. Cloth. A brilliant gothic ghost story by Sheridan le Fanu, a nice copy in the original dust wrapper, and Felix Kelly frontispiece. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A gripping and darkly romantic story by the master writer of gothic ghost ...

Cuthbert Hartington: A Tale of Two Sieges

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, S. W. Partidge, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first retitled edition of G. A. Henty's thrilling work of historical fiction, in a charming pictorial cloth binding. The very scarce first retitled edition of 'Cuthbert Hartington: A Tale of Two Sieg...

Rhymes of Childhood

James Whitcomb Riley · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of children's verses from American writer James Whitcomb Riley. First edition, second state. The first being in a full maroon cloth binding. With a frontispiece. A col...

A Collection of the Works of William Blake and Thomas Gray

William Blake; Thomas Gray; Irene Tayler · 1964 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London; New Jersey, Trianon Press; Princeton University Press, 1964-1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first edition studies on the works of William Blake and Thomas Gray, with illustrations. Three volumes. A collection of studies on the life and works of Willia...

Poems and Plays

Oliver Goldsmith · 1777 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Dublin, Price, Sleater, W. Watson; et al, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this anthology of the poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith, published only three years after his death. The first edition, with the "Messrs. Price, Sleater" imprint, and no engraved can...

Coniston Tales

W. G. C. [William Gershom Collingwood] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Ulverston, WM. Holmes, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A very scare first edition of this charming collection of short stories featuring the nineteenth century village of Coniston. First edition. Very scarce work. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page. A collection of sho...

A Collection of Novels by Francis Brett Young

Francis Brett Young · 1930 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, William Heinemann, 1930-1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four first edition novels from English writer Francis Brett Young. Four volumes. First editions. Written by Francis Brett Young, an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldie...

The Victorians

Geoffrey Grigson; Various · 1950 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems, collecting the best examples of Victorian writers. The first edition.Finely bound with a cityscape motif in gilt to the front board.An anthology...

The Works of Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson; W. Gifford; F. Cunningham · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.17 | $1,783.43 | ¥284,792)

London, Bickers and Son, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Leather. A handsome example of this nine volume edition of the collected works of influential playwright and poet Ben Jonson, in signed half morocco bindings. This set, with a biographical memoir from W. Gifford and introdu...

Nursery Lyrics

Mrs. Richard Strachey [Jane Maria Strachey] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Lady Strachey's charming children's book, a work of imaginative lyric poetry. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed 'H. A. Huxley from Mrs....

A Collection of Works by Hermann Sudermann

Hermann Sudermann · 1897 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1897-1898. Leather. An attractive set of works by German dramatist Hermann Sudermann, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. A set of five volumes, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco.Hermann Sudermann was o...

Some English Books with Coloured Plates

R. V. Tooley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Ingpen & Grant, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this bibliographical account of English books which have been published with colour plates. The first edition.In a custom dust wrapper.A bibliographical study of English books, produced across history, wh...

The Thieves of Ostia; the Pirates of Pompeii; the Assassins of Rome

Caroline Lawrence · 2001 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2001-2002. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed books from Caroline Lawrence's 'Roman Mysteries' children's series. Signed by the author alongside a Latin quote to each volume. An excellent set of three books from 'R...

The Shy Cousins Story Book

1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short children's stories. First edition. From the Nelson's Picture Books in Coloured Boards series. Very scarce work. Illustrated with two co...

Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

Andrew Becket · 1815 · Rooke Books

£248.00 (€297.26 | $327.62 | ¥52,317)

London, A. J. Valpy, by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Andrew Becket's detailed study of William Shakespeare's language. A scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.In his two volumes, Andrew Becke...

The Battle of Life, a Love Story

Charles Dickens · 1846 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth state of the first edition of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition, fourth state of this work, with the engraved title page showing an angel with a banner, ...

New Poems & It Depends: A Poet&Apos;S Notebook

Eugenio Montale · 1976 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

New York, New Directions, 1976-1980. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first US editions of these collections of poetry from Italian writer Eugenio Montale. Two volumes. First US edition. Written by Eugenio Montale, an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, who was t...

Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain&Apos;D, the Mask of Comus, L&Apos;Allegro, and IL Penseroso.

John Milton · 1804 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, W. Suttaby, 1804-5 . Leather. A charming, pocket-sized edition of John Milton's poetry, comprising his celebrated Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, alongside Comus, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Bound in full calf. A collection of works by celebrated 17...