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The Liberty of Love

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Opening on a conversation between a General and his wife, sharing their concerns for their daughter Millicent, a se...

The Progress of Love. In Four Eclogues.

[George Lyttelton] · 1732 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, L. Gilliver, 1732 . First edition. Disbound. The first edition of George Lyttelton's poem in four eclogues, exploring the nature of love relating to 'Uncertainty', 'Hope', 'Jealousy' and 'Possession&apos. The first edition. Disbo...

The Kit-Cats, a Poem and St. James&Apos;S Park: A Satyr.

Sir Richard Blackmore; James Browne · 1709 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, H. Hills, 1709 . Paperback. Two very scarce works early eighteenth century works of poetry, from poets and physicians Richard Blackmore and Joseph Browne. Two very scarce works bound together and held in paper wraps.The first of these works is a 1709 edition of Sir Ric...

The Green Mare

Marcel Ayme · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Fortune Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this entertaining novel by Marcel Ayme. A variant of this edition, issued without plates. An unusual issue of the first edition in English of this work.'The Green Mare', originall...

The Persian Adventurer: Being the Sequel of "the Kuzzilbash

J. B. Frazer [James Baillie Fraser] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The scarce three volume first edition of James Baillie Fraser's thrilling romance 'The Persian Adventurer&apos. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in three volumes.The work of Scot...

The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort

Theodore Martin · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1875-6. Cloth. The first two volumes of Theodore Martin's biography on the Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, the husband to Queen Victoria. The fourth edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece to both volumes and four monochrom...

Eva Luna, the Stories of Eva Luna, & Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende; Margaret Sayers Peden [translator] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Flamingo, 1989-1999. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first UK editions of novels from Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. Three volumes. First UK edition. Written by Isabel Angelica Allende Llona, a Chilean-American writer noted for her magical r...

Ben Nevis Goes East & the Lunatic Republic

Compton Mackenzie · 1954 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1954-1959. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these comedic novels from Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histor...

The Death of the Heart

Elizabeth Bowen · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this moving novel from Irish-British writer Elizabeth Bowen. First edition. Following the story of a sixteen-year-old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thom...

The Servitour: A Poem

Anonymous · 1709 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, H. Hills, 1709. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce satirical poem on the society of the University of Oxford, the first edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.'The Servitour: a Poem' is a satirical poem on life at the Universit...

A House for Mr Biswas

V. S. Naipaul · 1961 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel on a man finding success in a postcolonial world by V. S. Naipaul, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. &...

The Glimpses of the Moon: A Novel

Edmund Crispin · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, fourth impression of Edmund Crispin's last novel, featuring the amateur detective Gervase Fen. The first edition, fourth impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, ...

To the Memory of a Lady Lately Deceased. A Monody.

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1747 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, A. Millar, 1747 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's moving poetic tribute to his late wife, Lucy Fortescue. The first edition of a work that is scarce in all contemporary editions.This work of poetry...

Advice to a Lady

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton · 1733 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London [Edinburgh], Lawton Gilliver, 1733 . First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's poem, addressed to Lady Diana Spencer. Lacking the first leaf, which is the title page.The very scarce first edition.This poem, add...

Selected Works of Henry Hart Milman

Rev. H. H. Milman [Henry Hart Milman] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, John Murray, 1818-1823. First edition. Vellum. A wonderful set of five volumes of early and first editions of the poetry of Henry Hart Milman, in full vellum bindings. Five volumes of poetical works from Milman, an accomplished poet and writer was also responsible for ...

Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A very fine first edition, first printing of this fictional "autobiography" of author and character, Lemony Snicket, with the fine dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's fin...

Herself in Love and Other Stories

Marianne Wiggins · 1987 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Collins, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this collection of short stories from American author Marianne Wiggins, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. A collection of nine short storie...

Books One to Four of the Jesse Jameson Series

Sean Wright · 2003 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Paperback. A set of four first paperback edition volumes from the Jesse Jameson fantasy series by British author Sean Wright, signed by the author. Four volumes of a six volume set, lacking volumes five and six. First paperbac...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel in the Icemark Chronicles from British author Stuart Hill, signed by the author. With the original slip case. First edition, first impression. Signed by the...

The Elder Statesman: A Play

T. S. Eliot · 1959 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this play in verse from American writer T. S. Eliot. First UK edition. A play in verse, exploring the late life of Lord Claverton, a retired Cabinet minister who idly fingers the empty pages of hi...