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The Fleece: A Poem. In Four Books.

John Dyer · 1757 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. First edition. Leather. A scarce and sought after first edition of John Dyer's popular pastoral and georgic poem about sheep and the wool industry. The scarce first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T35610.Half-title is present.Ill...

Sylvia, or the May Queen

George Darley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, J. M. Dent, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The Limited Edition, first edition thus, of George Darley's 1827 play about the May Queen. The Limited Edition large paper copy of the first edition thus of this 'lyrical drama' from Irish novelist, critic and pla...

Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg : A Golden Legend

Thomas Hood · 1870 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, E. Moxon and Son, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Thomas Hood's humorous poem about a golden prosthetic leg. In the publisher's decorative cloth, illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. The first illustrated edition of this rather unusua...

The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

Various; Aubrey Beardsley (Ed); Henry Harland (Ed) · 1894 · Rooke Books

£3,300.00 (€3,955.57 | $4,359.76 | ¥696,198)

London, Elkin Mathews & John Lane; John Lane The Bodley Head; The Bodley Head, 1894-1949. Cloth. A lovely set of all thirteen volumes of 'The Yellow Book' literary quarterly, published at the end of the nineteenth century, with numerous plates throughout each volume....

The Forgotten Smile

Margaret Kennedy · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1961. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this novel by Margaret Kennedy, complete with its original dust wrapper. Following Kate and her journey to the mysterious and beautiful Keritha island to find herself. First edition of this charmin...

The Kellys and the O&Apos;Kellys

Anthony Trollope · 1859 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1859. Cloth. The first edition in one volume of this novel by Anthony Trollope. The second edition of this novel, originally published in three volumes in 1848, first thus complete in one. An unusual early impression of this edition, with publisher&apos...

Ramuntcho

Pierre Loti · 1897 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, c1910. Fine Binding. A new edition of this adventurous French novel by Pierre Loti, handsomely bound in half morocco by Bickers & Son. A very smart copy of this French novel about adventure, romance, and crime in the Basque region of France.First published...

The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg

Louis Bromfield · 1928 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1928. Cloth. A very scarce second UK impression of this Pulitzer Prize winning American novelists tale of the discovery of stigmata on the body of an elderly woman. The second impression of the first UK edition of this novel from American writer and envi...

Ask Mamma, Handley Cross, and &Apos;Plain or Ringlets?&Apos;

Robert Smith Surtees · 1875 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1875-80. Cloth. A lovely three volume set containing the 'Subscription Editions' of Robert Smith Surtees' novels, illustrated with hand-coloured plates and in-text illustrations by John Leech. Two volumes are part of the 'Subsc...

Under the Wolf&Apos;S Fell: A Story of the &Apos;Fifteen&Apos;

Dorothea Moore · 1912 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, S. W. Partridge & Co. LTD, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's novel by Dorothea Moore, which follows the adventures of a group of friends in a Northumberland village, illustrated with several colour plates. Very scarce first and only edition. Il...

The Young Visiters, or, Mr. Salteena&Apos;S Plan

Daisy Ashford; J. M. Barrie · 1919 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. Cloth. An early impression of this children's novel written by a nine-year-old Daisy Ashford, with a frontispiece, facsimile plates, and a preface from J. M. Barrie. First edition, fourteenth impression.Illustrations include a frontispiece p...

South Wales Echo

Geradus Cambrensis · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Edinburgh, Enitharmon Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart edition of this insightful poem from Geradus Cambrensis, signed by the author. A first edition, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Geradus Cambrensis" moving poem "South Wales Echo". Focusing on an experien...

A Book of Ballads and Etchings

Alice Sargant · 1898 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Elkin Matthews, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A charming edition of this scarce work from Alice Sargant and William Strang. A very smart edition of this scarce collection of Ballads from British writer Alice Sargant, accompanied by fine etchings by Scottish artist Willia...

The Cosmological Eye

Henry Miller · 1939 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Norfolk , New Directions, 1939. First edition. Paperback. The first softcover edition of this notable short story collection by Henry Miller. First edition thus, the uncommon softcover edition of this popular collection of short stories by Henry Miller, containing some of his ...

Teitlebaum&Apos;S Window

Wallace Markfield · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Alfred A. Knopf , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this novel by Wallace Markfield. The first edition, first impression of this work. A comic novel by Wallace Markfield following the life of Simon Sloan, from aspiring artist's youth to his ind...

Water, Rock and Sand

Peter Levi S. J. · 1962 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this poetry anthology by Peter Levi, presentation copy inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. The first edition of this work. Second volume of poetry by Peter Levi, containing many poems d...

Messrs Bat and Ball

Norman Gale · 1930 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Old Bilton, Rugby , Privately Printed by Norman Gale , 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce copy of this first edition of this anthology of poems concerning cricket by Norman Gale, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a very scarce copy,...

Boys&Apos; Adventure Book

1935 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John F. Shaw , [1935]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this anthology of adventure stories, illustrated with colourful plates. A scarce copy of this John F. Shaw's anthology of juvenile adventure stories, featuring a number of complete short stories on unpa...

An Old Man&Apos;S Love

Anthony Trollope · 1884 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Anthony Trollope's touching and restrained posthumously published final novel. The two volume first edition of Anthony Trollope's posthumously published final novel....

Love Story, a Novel

Thelma Woodhill · 1929 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Thelma Woodhill's very scarce and 'outspoken' debut novel. The very scarce first edition of Thelma Woodhill's first and only novel, 'Love Story&apos. In the pub...