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Love Story of the Blue Lizard

Edwin Cerio · 1944 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.22 | $766.26 | ¥122,362)

Napoli, Le Pagine Dell'Isola, 1944 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of a very scarce Limited Edition short story by Edwin Cerio. Illustrated by the author. An author's presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce limited edition wor...

Satyrs and Sunlight, Being the Collected Poetry of Hugh Mccrae

Hugh McCrae · 1928 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)

London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1928 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound Limited Edition of the poetry of Hugh McCrae, illustrated throughout by Norman Lindsay. A Limited Edition work this is number four-hundred and fifty-seven of five-hundred and fifty copies printed on h...

The Man Who Died

D. H. Lawrence · 1935 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, William Heinemann, 1935 . Cloth. With wood engravings from John Farleigh, this is an exceptionally smart copy of D. H. Lawrence's novella about Christ's resurrection. Originally published as 'The Escaped Cock' in 1929, and first published under this...

The Human Inheritance, the New Hope, Motherhood

William Sharp · 1882 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Elliot Stock, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition collection of poetry by Scottish poet and writer William Sharp. A first edition copy of this work. This is a wonderful poetry anthology of William Sharp, including the poems within the title as well as ...

Lays of Middle Age: And Other Poems

James Hedderwick · 1859 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1859. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed edition of this charming collection of poems from the Middle Ages. A scarce, first edition copy of this collection of poems by James Hedderwick. Signed by the author to the half title page, gifted to the R...

Lyrical Poems by Pierre-Jean de Beranger

Piere-Jean de Beranger; William Anderson · 1847 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Edinburgh , Sutherland & Knox, 1847. First edition. Cloth. A smart first English translated copy of this collection of lyrical poems by Pierre-Jean de Baranger. This volume has been translated from the original French by William Anderson with a biographical notice and is a sca...

Gypsy Dorelia

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1932 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this story play by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, with illustrations throughout. A first edition copy of Gypsy Dorelia, which is a story-play in three acts by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe.  Dorothy Una Ratcli...

The Vigil of Venus

Lewis Gielgud · 1952 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Frederick Muller , [1952]. First edition. Cloth. First translated edition of this Latin poem, one of 250 copies signed by Lewis Gielhud and George Buday who decorated the volume with lovely wood engravings. Translated to English by English scholar Lewis Gielgud from th...

New Rhymes on Old Lines: A Collection of Poems

Edwin Edridge · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Birmingham, The Templar Printing Works, 1904. First edition. Cloth. Bright copy of this very scarce anthology of the poems of Edwin Edridge of Birmingham. A very scarce book of poetry by Edwin Edridge. An interesting volume containing an author's confession, with preface,...

Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect

William Barnes · 1866 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, John Russell Smith , 1866. Cloth. Collection of poems by William Barnes, the fourth edition. First collection of poems in the Dorset dialect by William Barnes, English poet and author. The fourth edition. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally ...

Dylan Thomas: &Apos;Dog Among the Fairies&Apos;

Henry Treece · 1949 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Lindsay Drummond LTD, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Bright critical work on the poetry of Dylan Thomas, the first edition in unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A critical work on the poetry of famous author Dylan Thomas, written by Henry Treece. Comp...

Stray Leaves from an Old Tree

Richard Lower of Chiddingly · 1862 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Lewes, Geo. P. Bacon, 1862. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce copy of this collection of verses by Richard Lower, the first edition. A small book of poetry by Richard Lower, English dialect poet. A very scarce volume, containing poems as well as meditations, reflections, and s...

Wordsworth and the Worth of Words

Hugh Sykes Davies · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this scrace study into William Wordsworth's poetry. In this book, Hugh Sykes Davies proposes a study of William Wordsworth's major poetry. A beautiful and stimulating survey i...

Ridicula Rediviva

J. E. Rogers · 1869 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1869. First edition. Hardback. Charmingly illustrated collection of nursery rhymes by J. E. Rogers, an uncommon work. Containing a series of nursery rhymes, written and fully illustrated in colour by artist and illustrator J. E. Rogers. The first edit...

The Long Flight

Terence Horsley · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Country Life Limited, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories about wildlife migration with illustrations. First edition, first impression of The Long Flight by Terence Horsley in the original publisher'...

Virginia Woolf a Writer&Apos;S Life

Lyndall Gordon · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1984 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this biography of Virginia Woolf in the original publisher's binding and dust wrapper with illustrations. First edition, first impression of Virginia Woolf: A Writer'...

The Secret Drama of Shakspeare&Apos;S Sonnets

Gerald Massey; Shakespeare · 1888 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London and Bungay, Richard Clay & Sons, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first limited edition of this collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets, one of only one hundred copies. The first limited edition of The Secret Drama of Shakspeare's Sonnets by Gerald Masse...

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1935 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1935. Cloth. An uncommon early edition of Dorothy L. Sayers' detective novel, in the original cloth. The first 2/6 edition. First published in 1923. Whose Body was Sayers' debut novel, and the first to feature her much loved protagonist, Lord...

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1935. Cloth. A scarce early edition of Sayers' fourth Lord Peter Wimsey novel. The 2/6 edition. First published in 1928. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is Sayers' fourth novel to feature her protagonist Lord Peter Wimsey, and is set a...

The Documents in the Case

Dorothy L. Sayers; Robert Eustace · 1930 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this early Sayers novel, written with Robert Eustace. The first edition of the work. Lacking the scarce original dust wrapper. The Documents in the Case is the only one of Sayers' twelve major ...