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Farewell to Poesy

William H. Davies · 1910 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London , A.C. Fifield, 1910 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this poetry anthology by W.H. Davies. Known for spending a significant portiion of his life as a homeless worker (a 'hobo' or 'tramp' in the vernacular of his era) in Britain and the ...

On the Wings of the Wind

Percy F. Westerman · 0 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

London and Glasgow, Blackie and Son Ltd , c1910. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated copy of Percy Westerman's "On the Wings of the Wind". Illustrated throughout by W. Edwrad Wigfull. From the author of "Sea Scouts All", "Captain Blundell's Treasure", "The Junior Cadet" ...

An Irish Gathering

Robin Skelton · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Dublin , The Dolmen Press, 1964. First edition. Hardback. An attractive collection of Skelton's poetry. A first edition of five hundred copies. Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 – 22 August 1997) was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist. Born in Easington,...

Simple Susan and Other Tales

Maria Edgeworth · 1858 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, 1858. Paperback. An uncommon copy of 'Simple Susan and Other Tales' by Maria Edgeworth. With an engraving to frontispiece and vignette title. In original paper wraps with embossed title tipped in to front. Maria Edgeworth (1768 - 1849) wa...

Poems

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this intriguing poetical work by the American author Francis Bret Harte. Francis Bret Harte was an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, ...

The Story of a Feather

Douglas William Jerrold · 1844 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Punch Office, 1844. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Douglas William Jerrold. With a frontispiece and vignette title page. Held in a fine slipcase and a brodart wrap. In the original brown cloth with gilt stamped pictorial boards. Douglas Willia...

Poems

Edward MacLysaght · 1928 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A charming limited edition collection of poetry by Edward MacLysaght. The first edition, limited to 950 copies. Scarce, and held in only three institutions on Copac. Edward MacLysaght was an Irish poet, novelist and fore...

Minnow Among Tritons Mrs S.T. Coleridge&Apos;S Letters to Thomas Poole 1799 - 1834

S. T. Coleridge; Stephen Potter · 1934 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of 'Minnow Among Tritons: Mrs S.T. Coleridge's Letters to Thomas Poole 1799 - 1834&apos. This work details the correspondence between Sara Coleridge, Samuel Coleridge's daughter, and Thom...

The Owl a Miscellany

Various; Robert Graves · 1919 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Martin Secker, 1919. First edition. Hardback. A scarce poetry periodical edited by Robert Graves, illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. The second volume of only two ever published. With contributions by Baring, Beebohn, Bianco, Blunden, de la Mare, Fre...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Methuen and Co, 1904. First edition. Vellum. A first edition of this issue of Oliver Goldsmith's novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. After Goldsmith gained renown as a poet, John Newbery finally published 'The Vicar of Wakefield' in March 1766. The...

The Brushwood Boy

Rudyard Kipling · 1907 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first thus edition copy of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Brushwood Boy'; copiously illustrated throughout with charmingcoloured plates. This story first appeared in 'The Century Magazine' in 1895 and was...

Warp and Woof or, the Reminiscences of Doris Fletcher

Holme Lee [Harriet Parr] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£95.99 (€115.08 | $126.84 | ¥20,257)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1861. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this charming Victorian novel by the renowned British author Harriet Parr, written under the pseudonym Holme Lee. After gaining considerable popularity after publishing her first work &apos...

Poems and Translations

Reginald Heber · 1829 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, John Murray, 1829. Hardback. A selection of poems by the writer of Hymns for the Church of England, Reginald Heber. Uncommon. Reginald Heber (1783 – 1826) was a Church of England bishop, now remembered chiefly as a hymn-writer. Heber was a pious man of profound learni...

Emma a Play Founded on Jane Austen&Apos;S Novel

Marion Morse MacKaye · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this play by Marion MacKaye, based upon the novel by Jane Austen. With a preface by Percy MacKaye. With a portrait frontispiece and three illustrated plates. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye to a ...

The Angel in the House. The Betrothal and the Espousals

Coventry Patmore · 1854 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John W. Parker, 1854-56. Cloth. The first two books of The Angel in the House sequence with The Espousals inscribed by the author Patmore. First editions, and in the original bindings. The half-title of The Espousals is inscribed 'From the Author&apos. With a Stas...

The Tragic Muse

Henry James · 1891 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1891. Cloth. Henry James' broad story of two artistic individuals striving for success and fulfilment in late Victorian England. Miriam Rooth, one of those characters who endeavours to succeed on the stage, is often considered one of James' be...

Poems

Matthew Arnold · 1857 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, George Routledge, c1901. Cloth. An attractively bound collection of poems by Matthew Arnold, a leading poetical figure of the nineteenth century. Matthew Arnold was a poet and critic, who famously served as the headmaster of Rugby School. Ranked among the bets poets of...

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. A Poem, in Four Books to Which Is Added Samson Agonistes: And Poems Upon Several Occasions

John Milton · 1758 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

Birmingham, J. and R. Tonson; Baskerville, 1758. Leather. A beautiful edition of Milton's famous theological poem. The first edition of this work to be printed by John Baskerville, and one of the earliest books to be printed in his innovative transitional typeface. Paradi...

Selected Novels of F. Marion Crawford

F. Marion Crawford · 1895 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

Leipzig; New York, Bernhard Tauchnitz; Macmillan and Co. 1895-1911. Leather. A collection of uniformly bound novels by F. Marion Crawford. Containing: Collection of British Authors: Tauchnitz Edition. Volumes 4253: Uncanny Tales by F. Marion Crawford (Copyright Edition, 1911) ...

Familiar Strangers

Bryan Forbes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. First edition. Leather. An exquisitely bound first edition of this novel by Bryan Forbes. First edition. No impression stated, presumed first printing. With the original dustwrapper bound in. Bryan Forbes was an English film director, screen...