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London Irish, a Prayer for Fair Weather, & the Rose Tree

John Broderick · 1979 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Barrie & Jenkins; Marion Boyars, 1979-1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of three first edition novels from Irish writer John Broderick, signed and inscribed by the author. Three volumes. First edition. Each volume is signed and inscribed by the author to t...

Dramatic Micellanies

Thomas Davies · 1783 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Printed for the Author, 1783-74. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Thomas Davies. The first edition.An uncommon work.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Thomas Betterton to Volume ...

The Canons of Criticism

Thomas Edwards · 1758 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, C. Bathurst, 1758. Leather. Thomas Edwards' somewhat controversial critical work on William Warbuton's edition of Shakespeare. A volume of literary criticism on Shakespeare.Subtitled as a 'supplement to Mr. Warburton's edition of Shakespear', t...

Judas

Ronald Duncan · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Anthony Blond, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated poem about Judas by Ronald Duncan, illustrated by John Piper. The first edition.Ronald Duncan's allegorical poem on Judas, and his relationship with Jesus, an intriguing exploration o...

Our Lady of the Flowers

Jean Genet; B. Frechtman [trans.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.33 | $759.78 | ¥121,342)

Paris, Editions Paul Morihien, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The scarce, limited edition, first English language edition of Jean Genet's celebrated debut novel, following the lives of drag queens, petty criminals, and prostitutes in the Parisian underworld. The first Englis...

The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Peter Motteux [trans.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

New York, The Illustrated Modern Library, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first Salvador Dali illustrated edition of Cervantes's classic work, illustrated with vibrant colour plates by the Spanish surrealist. The first Salvadore Dali illustrated edition of this work.In t...

A&Apos;S and the K&Apos;S, or Twice Three Is Six

B. Parker [Bessie Parker] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, W. & R. Chambers Limited, [1914]. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon children's book about six warring cats and dogs, written by Bessie Parker and accompanied with brilliant chromolithographs by her sister Nancy Parker. The first edition.Illustrated with monoton...

The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table

Laman Blanchard; Bon Gaultier; et al. · 1844 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1844. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce collection of humorous stories and caricatures from the likes of Alfred Crowquill. The first edition. The work was only published in the years 1843 and 44. Illustrated with a monoc...

A Christmas Miracle Play: Together with an Introductory Note on the Miracle Play, and Some Suggestions for Staging

F. A. Hibbert; A. Rawlinson Wood · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Faith Press , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this Christmas "miracle play" performed at Denstone College during the War. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce play. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative ...

Crowns

Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this story following a group of four young cousins, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A story following four quite nice, but also quite nasty, children. T...

Little Songs of Long Ago

Alfred Moffat · 1912 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London; New York, Augener LTD; A. & C. Black; G. Schirmer, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of children's poems put to music. The first edition of this work.A collection of children's poems and songs set to music...

Pique-Nique Chez Babar

Laurent de Brunhoff · 1949 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Hachette, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the original French of Laurent de Brunhoff's second book in the charming Babar series, started by his father, colourfully illustrated, The first edition.In the original French.A lovely tale from the beloved...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [trans.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, Hodder & Stoughton , c1920. First edition. Cloth. Edward FitzGerald's translation of Omar Khayyam's collection of poetical quatrains, adorned with Edmund Dulac's fantastic colour plates, and in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The Edmund Dulac illu...

The Old Cryes of London

Sir Frederick Bridge · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Novello and Company, Limited , 1921. First edition. Paperback. A scarce volume exploring the origins and contexts of Old Cryes of London, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original wraps. This fascinating work ...

Virgil the Georgics in English Hexameters

C. W. Brodribb · 1928 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Ernest Benn Limited , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this rendition of Virgil's 'Georgics', decorated with woodcuts by Maud Reed-Cooper. The uncommon first edition of this work. With the publisher's scarce unclipped dust wr...

The Edgar Wallace Police Van: Four Complete Police Novels in One Volume; the Four Adventures of Richard Hannay

Edgar Wallace; John Buchan · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930-1935. Cloth. Two smart omnibus volumes offering the works of Edgar Wallace and Richard Hannay, the latter complete with the very scarce dust wrapper. Comprising the first impression of the Edgar Wallace omnibus edition, and the sixth impressi...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1911. Leather. A most charmingly bound collection of Algernon Charles Swinburne's poems. A new impression of this poetical collection. Bound in full tree calf, with decorative gilt to the boards, spine and dentelles. Offering the poems of Eng...

British Dramatists

Graham Greene · 1942 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, William Collins, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated study of British dramatists from English writer Graham Greene. First edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and twenty-six black-and-white images. Collated complete. ...

All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903. Cloth. A third impression of this illustrated collection of Irish sketches from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. Third impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete. A charming c...

Hadrian the Seventh

Fr. Rolfe; Frederick Rolfe · 1904 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.72 | $2,576.65 | ¥411,508)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first issue, of the best known work of Frederick Rolfe, a rumination on the Catholic Church. The first edition, first issue, with the original cloth restored to the endpapers, the original front board wi...