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Achilles in Scyros

Robert Bridges · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardback. The second edition of Robert Bridges' poem telling of Achilles time on Skyros. The second edition.One of one hundred and fifty six large paper copies. A poetical retelling of the episode of mythology where Achilles goes to Skyros...

Poets & Their Art

Harriet Monroe · 1926 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of literary criticism from Harriet Monroe, an editor and poet who played a major role in the development of modern poetry. In the very scare original dust wrapper. The first edition, f...

Ballyhoo!

Beth Brown · 1927 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

New York, Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Beth Brown's very scarce novel about circus life in 1920s America. The very scarce first edition, first printing.A signed presentation copy, with th...

A London Garland, Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse

W. E. Henley · 1895 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1895. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful anthology of poems devoted to London and the city's surroundings, retaining the very scarce original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout. The deluxe full paper vellum first edition of this work.In t...

The Book of Shops

Edward Verrall Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Grant Richards, 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A smart example of the scarce first edition of E. V. Lucas's charming children's picture book, illustrated with chromolithographs from Francis D. Bedford. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with a title page a...

Vathek

William Beckford · 1815 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

A Londres [London], Chez Clarke, New Bond Street, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first French language edition of William Beckford's classic Gothic novel to be published in England, a work celebrated by figures including Lord Byron and H. P. Lovecraft. In the original...

The Earth for Sale and Other Poems

Harold Monro · 1928 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

New York, Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first US edition of Harold Monro's striking collection of poetry, in the original dust wrapper. The very scarce first US edition, first printing. Published in the same year as...

The Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1904 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904-12. First edition. Leather. Eight volumes of works by the renown author, Rudyard Kipling, including the first edition of 'Traffics and Recreations', all bound by Hatchards in half cloth. The first edition to "Traffics and Disco...

Lord Leclerq, and Other Poems

Henry Righton · 1865 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Righton's scarce collection of poetry, including his lengthy poem 'Lord Leclerg&apos. The first edition. A scarce volume. This volume features a collection of poetry written by Henry...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges' last great work, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of 'The Testament of Beauty', a poem told in four "b...

Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow During the Greater Part of the Last Century

Richard Duncan; The Maitland Club · 1831 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Glasgow, Thomas D. Morison, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition reprint of this publication from the Maitland Club of Glaswegian literature. Limited edition of Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow in the original publisher's h...

The Prometheans

Alec Craig · 1955 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Fortune Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from British poet Alec Craig, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper with a message that reads: "A pre-publication c...

The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, the Arabian Nights&Apos; Entertainments.

Edward William Lane [Trans.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Charles Knight and Co. 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lane's translation of the celebrated Arabian Nights folktales, complete in three volumes and wonderfully illustrated throughout from designs by William Harvey. The first edition of Lane&apo...

Hail and Farewell!

George Moore · 1911 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, William Heinemann, 1911-14. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of George Moore's autobiographical trilogy, set in the picturesque Irish country. The first editions. Volume I is the disputed issue - Gilcher's second, Danielson's first - with ...

Peronnik the Fool

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition copy of this short story from George Moore's 'Heloise and Abelard', designed by Bruce Rogers. One of 785 limited edition copies of this work in the original decorative boards, design...

The Naulahka: A Story of West and East

Rudyard Kipling; Wolcott Balestier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, William Heinemann, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier's novel set in the fictional 'Rahore', a location inspired by Rajputana. The first edition of this work.Kipling collaborate...

Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale

Boris Artzybasheff · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell and Company Limited , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this delightful Russian folktale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. The first UK edition, published simultaneously with the American first edition.With the scarce origina...

Here Lies Holly Springs

MacKinlay Kantor · 1938 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Pynson Printers, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A signed special edition of this novel from MacKinlay Kantor, with the very scarce original glassine dust wrapper. A limited and first edition of this work in book form, signed by the author to the colophon. In the pub...

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Alain Rene Le Sage · 1813 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Paris , A. Belin , 1813 . Leather. A beautifully bound copy of Alain-Rene Lesage's popular picaresque novel, written in the original French, complete in four volumes. Bound in a full calf with gilt tooling. Written in the original French. Stereotype D'Herhan. Complet...

Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; New York, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page, & Co, 1905. Cloth. Arthur Rackham's strikingly illustrated edition of this popular tale by Washington Irving. The second impression of this Rackham edition, published two months after the first impression in November 1...