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Classical Poems

William Entriken Baily · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Cincinnati, Robert Clarke and Co, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first and only edition of this slight volume of poetry by William Entriken Baily. Inspired by 'the animus of a great deal of what constitutes orthodox English poetry' - citing Milton, Shak...

The Love Sonnets of Proteus

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt · 1881 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of noted lothario Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's charming volume of love sonnets. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by the author. Collated, complete.A delightful volume consisting of one-hundred a...

Poems, Chiefly Religious

Henry Francis Lyte · 1833 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, James Nisbet, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of Anglican poems by Anglican divine, hymnodist and poet Henry Francis Lyte. The very scarce first edition of this work, a charming volume of religious poetry, with titles includ...

The Vigil of Venus

Lewis Gielgud · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Frederick Muller , [1952]. First edition. Cloth. First trade edition of the English translation of 'Pervigilium Veneris' by Lewis Gielhud, adorned with lovely wood engravings by George Buday. Translated to English by English scholar Lewis Gielgud from the ori...

The Poems of Francois Villon

Francois Villon; H. B. McCaskie · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, The Cresset Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this illustrated anthology of the poems of François Villon. The first edition of this work. Lovely poetry anthology by François Villon, famous French poet of the Late Middle Ages. Translated by H....

With Kitchener in the Soudan

G. A. Henty · 1903 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Blackie & Son, 1903. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this historical novel by George Alfred Henty, with illustrations by William Rainey. The first edition of this work, published in 1902 at six shillings before being reissued later in a cheaper edition. As usual...

Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama

John Dickson Carr · 1959 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1959. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this mystery novel by John Dickson Carr, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition of this novel by American author John Dickson Carr, first published in the same year in the US and Canada. ...

The Great Train Robbery

Michael Crichton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this historical novel by Michael Crichton, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition of this bestselling historical novel by Michael Crichton, preceded by the true first US edition by Al...

The High Window

Raymond Chandler · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The World Publishing Company, 1946. Cloth. Second impression of this Philip Marlowe novel by Raymond Chandler, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression of this work for the World Publishing Company's 'Tower Mystery Books' ed...

Legends of Connaught, Irish Stories

[Matthew Archdeacon] · 1839 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Dublin, John Cumming, 1839. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce collection of legends from county Connaught, Ireland, collected here by Matthew Archdeacon. The first edition of this very scarce work.Eight pages of list of subscribers to the front.A collec...

A Trip to Mars

Fenton Ash [Francis Henry Atkins] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely first edition of this children's Martian fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by W. H. C. Groome. The first edition of this early twentieth century children's science fiction novel, from B...

The Martian a Novel

George du Maurier · 1898 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London and New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898. First edition. Vellum. A smart large paper limited edition of this autobiographical novel by George du Maurier, with illustrations by the author throughout. A limited edition copy of this work. Only two hundred and fifty copies wer...

Nuptial Ode on the Marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

W. Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1863 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Paperback. Scarce first edition of this ode to the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The first edition of this work. A scarce pamphlet containing an ode by W. Edmondstoune Ayt...

On Zoilism: An Essay Towards Pathological Analysis an Eclogue for Eventide

John Poyer · 1865 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Frederick Pitman, 1865. First edition. Unbound. Bright first edition of this very scarce pamphlet containing an essay and poetry on zoilism. The first edition of this work. A very scarce pamphlet concerning 'Zoilism', opening with an essay titled 'Anti-C...

Giant an Pygmy

Hibbart Gilson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, George Gill and Sons, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this poem written in appreciation to Thomas Hardy by Hibbart Gilson, signed by the author. The first edition of this work, number ninety-five of one-hundred and fifteen copies signed by the autho...

The Works of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1898-1906. Leather. Complete group of twelve volumes containing the collected works of Lord Macaulay, in charming uniform Hatchards binding. Twelve volumes from the Albany edition of the works of Lord Macaulay. A miscellany of impressions: new i...

The Riddle of the Third Mile

Colin Dexter · 1983 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Macmillan, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A striking signed first edition copy of the sixth Inspector Morse novel, an exciting murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Riddl...

The Children and the Pictures

Lady Pamela Tennant · 1907 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Mr. William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this book for children by Lady Pamela Tennant. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 21 plates including the frontispiece, most of which are colour reproductions of famou...

Westward Ho. Yeast Two Years Ago

Charles Kingsley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1889-1890. Leather. A lovely bound collection of the works of Charles Kingsley, three volumes bound in one. Three volumes in one, containing: Westward Ho!, published in 1889. A new edition, first published in 1855. Yeast, A Problem, published in 1889....

Poor Young People

Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Sacheverell Sitwell · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Flueron, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this Limited Edition volume of poetry from the Sitwell siblings, illustrated by Albert Rutherston. The first edition of this work, number two-hundred and fifty-nine of three-hundred and seventy-five co...