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The Captain Hates the Sea

Wallace Smith · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William Heinemann, 1935. Cloth. A very scarce copy of Wallace Smith's comedic novel in the original dust wrapper. The first Cheap Edition. First published in the UK in 1934 and the true first in the US in 1933. Very scarce in all editions. Novel by Wallace Smith,...

Don&Apos;T Go Near the Water

William Brinkley · 1956 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

New York, Random House, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comedic war novel by William Brinkley in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, seventh impression of this work. Parody of wartime US Navy, particularly of Navy public relations, propaganda, w...

Have a New Master

Dacre Balsdon · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Dacre Balsdon's satirical novel. The first edition of this work. A scarce novel seen institutionally only at the National Library of Scotland, of Wales, the British Library, and the Unive...

To-Morrow: A Romance of the Future

Alfred Ollivant · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Alston Rivers LTD , 1927. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this novel by Alfred Ollivant. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. The true first edition. Also published in the same year in the US. A novel by Alfred Ollivant, English novelist...

Scottish Song: A Selection of the Choicest Lyrics of Scotland

Mary Carlyle Aitken · 1874 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this collection of Scottish lyrics and verses, compiled by Mary Carlyle Aitken. First edition. A collection of Scottish songs, lyrics, and verses, including: O Gin my Love, The Lass of Ballochmyle...

A Small Town in Germany

John Le Carre [David Cornwell] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Heinemann, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British author, John le Carre. First edition. An espionage novel set in Bonn during the 1960s where there are growing concerns that former Nazis may be returning to positions of p...

Old Fashioned Tales

Thomas Day; Charles Lamb; Maria Edgeworth; E. V. Lucas [ed.]; et al. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of children's tales, selected and arranged by E. V. Lucas, with illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial clo...

Literary Sessions

Eric Partridge · 1932 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this scarce collection of articles of literary criticism by Eric Partridge. One of 650 limited edition copies of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribe...

Tire a L&Apos;Arc

Alain Jouffroy · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Milan, Galerie Schwarz, 1962. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by the French writer Alain Jouffroy, with illustrations by Victor Brauner. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original card wraps, with a glassine wrapp...

Stories from the Arabian Nights

Anonymous; Laurence Housman · 1923 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Nottingham, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1923. Cloth. The Boots edition of the tales of Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman, illustrated with lovely colour plates by Edmund Dulac. The Boots edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictor...

The Chase; a Poem

William Somervile · 1802 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1802 . Leather. The second Bewick edition of William Somervile's most popular poem, delightfully illustrated throughout by Thomas Bewick, after the designs of his brother. The second edition of this work to feature the Bewick illustrations.'...

Bob Norberry; or, Sketches from the Note Book of an Irish Reporter

Captain Prout [ed.] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Dublin, James Duffy , 1844 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of mid nineteenth century Irish fiction, illustrated throughout by Henry Macmanus. Edited by 'Captain Prout', this is the first edition of a hugely entertaining novel about 'luckle...

Sir Guy de Guy: A Stirring Romaunt. Showing How a Briton Drilled for His Fatherland; Won a Heiress; Got a Pedigree; and Caught the Rheumatism

Rattlebrain [George Halse] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1864. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this verse romance by the author "Rattlebrain." First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, five plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A humorous and charming narr...

Last Poems

A. E. Housman · 1937 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Richards Press Ltd. 1937. Cloth. A later edition of this charming collection of the last poems of the beloved A. E. Housman. A later edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Alfred Edward Housman, the notable classical scholar and poet, ...

Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography

Michael Holroyd · 1968 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Michael Holroyd's illustrated critical biography of Lytton Strachey in two volumes. The complete two-volume-set of Lytton Strachey's critical biography by Michael Holroyd.Michae...

The Passionate Pilgrim; Shakespeare&Apos;S Pericles; Shakespeare&Apos;S Lucrece

William Shakespeare; Sidney Lee [ed] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1905. Leather. Limited edition of three works by William Shakespeare, first quarto editions reproduced in facsmile bound in uniform Bumpus bindings. With half titles. Number 673 of one thousand copies, originally released in a set of five volume...

To the Adventurous

Edith Nesbit · 1923 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishindly scarce and sought after collection of short stories for adults by beloved author Edith Nesbit. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Only two records of this work being sold...

Wallace; or, the Fight of Falkirk; a Metrical Romance

Margaret Holford [Margaret Hodson] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies by J. M'Creery, 1809 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Margaret Holford's historical verse Romance about Scottish hero William Wallace, and his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. The scarce first edition of this ...

The Banquet of Wit, Being a Varied Selection of Anecdotes, Bon Mots Et Cetera

James Gray; J. J. B. Maidment · 1882 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Pickering and co, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this charming collection of assorted anecdotes and humorous sayings. Edited by James Gray and J. J. B. Maidment.An uncommon first edition in which hundreds of humorous and entertaining aphoris...

The Fleeters

Walter Wood · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the scarce first edition of this children's novel, illustrated by Alfred Bestall, the author and illustrator of the beloved Rupert Bear comic strip. The first edition, first impression of ...