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Twentieth-Century Verse: The Poet and the Public

Julian Symons [ed.]; et al. · 1939 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Julian Symons, 1939. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition of No.18 special issue of Twentieth Century Verse: The Poet and the Public. The first edition of this scarce pamphlet, being no. 18 of the a special number of bimonthly magazine Twentieth Century Ver...

The Marionettes

William Faulkner; Noel Polk · 1977 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A charming first facsimile edition of William Faulkner's play, handwritten and illustrated by the author. A very charming first full facsimile edition published in 1977 of a play written by Willia...

Drama: Its Costume & Dãƒâ©Cor

James Laver · 1951 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, The Studio Publications, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A fantastic presentation copy signed by James Laver of this volume exploring the theatrical scene from early Greek and Roman times to the twentieth century. The first edition. James Laver explores the theatrical sce...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Genius Justified: Being Restorations and Illustrations of Seven Hundred Passages in Shakespeare&Apos;S Plays: Which Have Afforded Abundant Scope for Critical Animadversion; and Hitherto Held at Defiance the Penetration of All Shakespeare&Apos;S Commentators

Zachariah Jackson · 1819 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Printed for John Mayor by J Johnson, 1819. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this brilliant discussion on Shakespeare's plays by Zachariah Jackson. An excellent copy. A brilliant discussion on Shakespeare's plays by Zachariah Jackson to j...

Machine, Metaphor, and the Writer: A Jungian View

Bettina L Knapp · 1989 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

University Park, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant comparative work by Bettina L Knapp, exploring the impact of the machine on the literary mind and its ramifications. The first edition, in the original dust wrapper. A fascinating...

The Nonesuch Dickens

Arthur Waugh; Thomas Hatton; Charles Dickens · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An excellent and complete, informative prospectus on the Nonesuch Dickensiana. The first edition, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this volume comprising bibliographical information on the Nonesuch Dickensiana...

Uncle Tom&Apos;S Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1852 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

Boston, John P Jewett and Company , 1852. First edition. Leather. A first edition, early printing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel. Originally published in two volumes, this is a one volume edition printed the same year as the first edition. To the title page...

The Phoenix and the Carpet

E. Nesbit [Edith Nesbit] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. Cloth. An early edition of this illustrated children's fantasy novel from popular Edwardian children's author Edith Nesbit. Scarcely found in this impression, complete with numerous illustrated plates from prolific Scottish graphic arti...

Underneath the Bough

Francine Pyle Robinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Boston, Harold Vinal, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce volume of short poems containing a verse dedicated to Arctic explorer Captain Scott. From the library of his son. A very scarce first edition of this small volume of poems from Francine Pyle Robinson.Loosely inserted i...

Vaticanism: An Answer to Replies and Reproofs

William Ewart Gladstone · 1875 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, John Murray , 1875. First edition. Disbound. The uncommon first edition of this charming and controversial pamphlet of its time by William Ewart Gladstone. William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman and Liberal politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the U...

Samuel Rogers and William Gilpin Their Friendship and Correspondence

Carl Paul Barbier · 1959 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Oxford University Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition work by Carl Paul Barbier, studying the friendship and correspondence between Samuel Rogers and William Gilpin, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition of this work.In the original pri...

The Fairy Bower, or, the History of a Month

[Harriet Elizabeth Mozley] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, James Burn, 1841. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming novel by Harriet Elizabeth Mozley, illustrated with a frontispiece. The scarce first edition of this work.A charming moralising children's novel by Harriet Elizabeth Mozley, a wonder...

Sidney&Apos;S Comet

Brian Herbert · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, W. H. Allen, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first novel by Brian Herbert, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. Earth has spent centuries discarding their litter across the galaxy; but now, a comet of garbage is hurtling towards the Earth. ...

Old Jack & the Two Supercargoes

W. H. G. Kingston · 1814 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1907. Cloth. Two smart pictorially bound pieces of juvenile adventure fiction by W. H. G Kingston, illustrated with plates in colour. 'The Two Supercargoes' is set in the depths of Africa, and 'Old Jack' tells of a seafaring...

Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: With Historical and Traditional Notices Relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry

Robert Hartley Cromek [ed.]; Allan Cunningham · 1810 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1810. First edition. Leather. A collection of Scottish folk ballads, accompanied by humorous accounts of peasant traditions and superstitions. The first edition of this work, edited by and with an engraved title page from Robert Hartley Cromek, a...

Ned Garth; or, Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade

William Henry Giles Kingston · 1878 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1878. First edition. Cloth. A children's adventure novel about the slave trade, from the descendant of an abolitionist who himself owned a plantation. A scarce work, here published 'under the direction of the Commit...

Phantoms

Dean R. Koontz · 1983 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, W H Allen, 1983. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of best selling author Dean R Koontz's thrilling novel 'Phantoms.' A fantastic first UK edition of this thrilling novel by Den R. Koontz. Originally published in the US in the same year...

The Savage Mountains: A Hoserclans Novel

Robert Adams · 1985 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Macdonald , 1985. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this exciting sci-fi novel by American author Robert Adams. A scarce first UK edition of 1985, only found in one library institutionally. The first true American edition was published in 1979. The ...

Soul Catcher

Frank Herbert · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, New English Library, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Frank Herbert's novel 'Soul Catcher.' The first UK edition of 1973, published a year after the true first American edition. Frank Herbert narrates the story of a Native American wh...

Oeuvres D&Apos;Horace En Latin Et En Francois

Horace · 1803 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, A. Hambourg, 1803. Leather. A scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French and the original Latin, bound in contemporary leather. Horace (65-8BC) was a Roman lyric poet writing during Augustus' reign. He wrote plentiful works, including his Odes, ...