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Athelney and Other Poems

Eliza Down · 1884 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this volume of poetry. Athelney is located between the villages of Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The area is known as the Isle of Athelney, because ...

The Story of Rosina and Other Verses

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition large paper copy of The Story of Rosina and other Verses by Austin Dobson, an English poet and essayist. A particlularly good example of Thomson's work. Dobson's poetry was...

The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems

George Eliot · 1874 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , James R. Osgood, 1874. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poetry and plays from George Eliot, including The Legend of Jubal. First US Edition. Also including Armgart, Agatha, Brother and Sister and others. In a purple cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, tho...

Winter Count Poems 1934 - 1965

Frederick Manfred · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London , James D. Thueson, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Manfred's Winter Count - Poems 1934 - 1965. With a dedication to English author Robert Graves, including a signed slip of paper addressed to Graves. Frederick Feikema Manfred (1912 – 1994) was a no...

Portrait of a Village

Francis Brett Young · 1937 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. A collection of countryside tales from English novelist Francis Brett Young. First edition. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Joan Hassall. In a black cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, bright...

English Alice a Poem in Five Cantos

Alexander John Evelyn Esq. · 1852 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,825)

London , Pickering, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce Pickering first from Evelyn. This charming poem is set in broad, clear margins, with sharp, easty-to-read text. A welcome addition to any collection of rare Pickering editions. Replete with publisher's catalogue. B...

Essay on Sepulchres or, a Proposal for Erecting Some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in All Ages on the Spot Where Their Remains Have Been Interred

William Godwin · 1809 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , W Miller, 1809. Cloth. The first edition of this essay by William Godwin. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With an illustrated frontispiece, bound without advertisements. Printer's colophon to v...

Coridon&Apos;S Song and Other Verses

Anon · 1894 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London , Macmillan & Co. 1894. Cloth. A limited edition late 19th century collection of light-hearted poetry, illustrated by Hugh Thomson and with an introduction by Austin Dobson As part of the first edition, one hundred and fifty copies of this large paper edition were print...

The Most Delectable Nights of Straparola

Giovanni Francesco Straparola · 1906 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Charles Carrington, 1906. Cloth. A limited edition of this collection of seventy five short stories from the late Medieval period - the work for which Straparola is best known. The title of the work is sometimes translated as 'The Facetious Nights' or 'Th...

The Sirens an Ode

Robert Laurence Binyon · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Macmillan and Co, 1925. Cloth. An ode by Robert Laurence Binyon This is the first trade edition of the poem which was first published in a limited hand printed run from the Stanton Press in 1924. Lacking original dustwrapper, which is not unusual. Robert Laurence Biny...

Yet Again

Max Beerbohm · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of critical essays from English essayist, parodist and caricaturist, Henry Maximilian Beerbohm. First edition. With essays entitled "The Fire", "Whistler's Writing", "The Naming of Streets" and "The Humour o...

A Form of Words

George MacBeth · 1954 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Fantasy Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of MacBeth's A Form of Words. This edition is limited to 150 copies of which this is No. 7. With the original glassine wrap. George Mann MacBeth (1932 – 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist. In a red cl...

The Soul of a Bishop

H.G. Wells · 1917 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Cassell and Company, 1917. First edition. Cloth. 7.5" by 5" Concerning the spiritual crisis of Edward Scrope, Lord Bishop of Princhester, brought about about by the First World War, the book is reflective of Wells' own short-lived religious conversion at the time....

The Chase of the Golden Meteor

Jules Verne · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Grant Richards, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of The Chase of the Golden Meteor by Jules Verne. Illustrated. Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his ...

Genoveva

Richard Chevenix Trench · 1842 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Edward Moxon , 1842. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this poetical work from Richard Chevenix Trench. With notes on the work, and publishers' original catalogue to the rear. First edition In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externall...

The Christmas Box

Francis Brett Young · 1938 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Francis Brett Young's The Christmas Box in original dustwrapper Francis Brett Young (1884 – 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer. With 36 illustrations by Kay Ambrose....

Out of Seir

E. M. Almedingen · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , John Lane, 1943. Cloth. A signed first edition of this poem by E. M. Almedingen. Signed by Almedingen to title page. E. M. Almedingen was a British novelist, biographer and children's author of Russian origin. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwra...

Pure Poetry an Anthology

George Moore · 1924 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London , The Nonesuch Press, 1924. First edition. Vellum. A hardback copy of the now out of print Pure Poetry anthology, edited by George Moore. Pure Poetry features works by Blake, Shakespeare and Poe, amongst many others. George Moore is regarded today as a highly influentia...

Ignoramus: A Fairy Story

E. Todd · 1901 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Manchester , Sherratt and Hughes, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A scarce fairy story about a young girl nicknamed 'Ignoramus' with an illustration to frontispiece, black and white plates and further illustrations integrated with the text. First edition. With decorative...

Marah

Owen Meredith [Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London and New York, Longmans, Green and Co. 1893. Vellum. Marah is a poetry collection by Owen Meredith, a pseudonym for Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831 - 1891) who was an English statesman and poet. Third edition. When Lytton was twenty-five year...