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Victor Cousin

Jules Simon · 1888 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,060)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1888. First edition. Cloth. An examination of the life and works of Victor Cousin. Victor Cousin (28 November 1792 – 14 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was a proponent of Scottish Common Sense Realism and had an important influen...

Formal Poems

Anthony Conran · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,543)

London, Christopher Davies Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of 'Formal Poems' by Anthony Conran. Signed by the author to the title page. First Edition. Tony Conran was an Anglo-Welsh poet and translator of the modernist style and influenced by Welsh poe...

The Hundred and One Harlequins

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Grant Richards, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Sacheverell Sitwell. The first edition. Lacking original dustwrapper. Sacheverell Sitwell was an English writer. He was best known as an art and music critic. He wrote many ar...

New Writing

John Lehmann · 1936 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, John Lane, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this first instalment of this popular literary periodical. 'New Writing' was issued bi-annually, in Spring and Autumn. This is the first issue of the work, published in Spring 1936. First edition. La...

Oeuvres de Pierre Loti Pages Choisies, Un Jeune Officier Pauvre Et Fleurs D&Apos;Ennui

Pierre Loti · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Paris , Calmann-Levy, 1925-1927. Fine Binding. Three volumes of works by Pierre Loti. With original paper wraps bound with the text. In the original French. Collated, each individual volume is complete. Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist. He is best remembered...

A Selection of German Calendars and Annuals

Various · 1900 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

Milwaukee; Leipzig, George Brumder; Ernst Keil's Nachfolder; Belhagen und Klasing, 1900-05. Cloth. A set of five charming illustrated annuals and calendars, German works published from 1900 to 1905, illustrated in colour. A collection of attractive turn-of-the-century Ger...

Raccolta Di Prose Italiane Con Un Discorso Della Maniera D&Apos;Ammaestrare la Gioventu&Apos; Nelle Umane Lettere

Girolamo Tagliazucchi · 1808 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Milan, Dalla Societa Tipografica de'Classici Italiani, 1808-09. Leather. A smartly bound collection of Italian works. Complete in three volumes. A selection of eminent Italian prose collected for the Classici Italiani series. With the armorial crest of the Hon. George Aga...

The Works of Samuel Johnson

Arthur Murphy · 1820 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,917.83 | $2,113.83 | ¥337,445)

London, G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards et al, 1820. Leather. A copy of ' The Works of Samuel Johnson' with 'an Essay on his Life and Genius&apos. Includes a frontispiece to the first Volume. An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. was writte...

Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Unknown, Capt Lemuel Gulliver · 1727 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.95 | $2,972.58 | ¥474,532)

London, N/A, 1727. Leather. A scarce copy of the famous pretended third volume to Gulliver's travels. Two parts, bound as one. Collated: Complete, with frontispiece and half title, and decorative head and tail pieces. Printed the year after the first edition, this volume ...

Saint James&Apos;S or the Court of Queen Anne an Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.07 | $3,831.32 | ¥611,618)

London, John Mortimer, Parry, Blenkarn and Co. 1844. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Ainsworth's romance. A presentation copy, signed by the author and addressed to the illustrator of Ainsworth's portrait frontis, Daniel Maclise. Direct from the library ...

Today and Tomorrow and...

Isaac Asimov · 1976 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Scientific Book Club , 1976. Cloth. An excellent Scientific Book Club edition of this engaging essay collection, from prolific science fiction author Isaac Asimov. Scientific Book Club edition. First published by Doubleday in 1973. With the publisher's unclip...

Nursery Songs from Appalachian Mountains

Cecil J. Sharp · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Novello & Company Ltd. [1921] . First edition. Cloth. An charming early folk-song collection by Cecil Sharp, offering Appalachian nursery songs with elegant silhouette illustrations and piano arrangements. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pic...

Francis & Day&Apos;S Album of Harry Hemsley&Apos;S Songs for Children

None Stated · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Francis Day & Hunter Ltd. [1938]. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming 1930s children"s song album by Harry Hemsley, illustrated with twelve red-tone illustrations. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards. First...

The Wooden Shepherdess

Richard Hughes · 1973 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic two volume set of a proof copy and first edition copy of Richard Hughes' popular sequel to 'The Fox in the Attic', set in prohibition era America. A two volume set of first editions of the novel, w...

Remorse: A Study in Saffron

Oscar Wilde; Majl Ewing [ed.] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1961 . Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this facsimile edition of Oscar Wilde's poem about remorse, with a note offering context from Majl Ewing. A very scarce first edition of this facsimile edition.Consisti...

Little Jill O&Apos;the Hill

Ernest Aris · 1919 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with colour plates by the author, this is the very scarce first edition of Ernest Aris's amusing pastoral tale for children. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiec...

Poemes Et Poesies: Cueille D&Apos;Avril. Joies. Les Cygnes. Fleurs Du Chemin Et Chansons de la Route. La Chevauchee D&Apos;Yeldis. Augmentes de Plusieurs Poemes

Francis Viele-Griffin [Egbert Ludovicus Viele] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Paris , Societe du Mercure de France , 1895. Cloth. A presentation copy of these collected works from French symbolist poet, Egbert Ludovicus Viele. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the half title 'hommage del'Auteur&apos. With author's monogram to...

The Troubadour and Other Poems

Dora Sigerson Shorter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of this scarce anthology from Irish poet Dora Sigerson Shorter. Presentation copy, with blind stamp to the title page. First edition.In the publisher's quarter cloth binding. A scarce early 20...

Echo Round His Bones

Thomas M. Disch · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this haunting depiction of teleportation and its consequences, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A scarce copy of the first UK edition - which also marks the first hardback edition - of this ...

The Novels of Jane Austen in Five Volume Volumes I-III

Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman [ed.]; Mrs. Inchbald · 1933 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1933. Cloth. A scarce volume, collecting 3 of Jane Austen's most popular novels, illustrated, and on fine India paper. An incredibly scarce publication, this title was published as one of two, containing 5 volumes bound within the pa...