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Celibates

George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, dated June 13th 1895. ...

The Spy; a Tale of Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Portraying American Scenery and Manners.

[James Fenimore Cooper] · 1825 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Paris , A. And W. Galignani, 1825. Leather. A complete, three volume set of James Fenimore Cooper's successful novel inspired by true events from the time of the American Revolution, this being the scarce first Paris edition. Early edition. Complete in three volumes, unif...

The Spoils of Poynton

Henry James · 1897 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Henry James, following the fate of a family and their country house, in the scarce first state binding. The first edition in the first state binding, with four irises to the fro...

The Bone People

Keri Hulme · 1983 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Wellington, Spiral, 1983. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the first New Zealand novel to win the Booker Prize. The first edition, first impression, with the author's name in a white band to the front wrap, and no eratta to the verso of the contents.'Th...

The Triumphs of Divine Grace

Samuel M. Phelps · 1835 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

New York, Craighead and Allen, 1835. First edition. Cloth. A scarce father-daughter volume of poetry, a religious volume by a Presbyterian minister, the first and only edition. The first and only edition of this scarce work.A religious poem by Samuel Merrick Phelps, divided in...

A Fragment. Martin, Who Loved Oddities, Procured for Himself a Strait Waistcoat, with 20 Buttons and 19 Button-Holes

Anonymous · 1775 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Anonymous, Anonymous, 1775 . First edition. Unbound. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this unusual short piece of humorous late eighteenth century fiction. A very scarce first edition.An unusual, anonymously authored, short piece of humorous fiction about a man named ma...

The Club; or, a Gray Cap for a Green Head. A Dialogue between a Father and Son

James Puckle · 1834 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chiswick Press; Charles Tilt, 1834 . Leather. An attractively bound and charmingly illustrated example of James Puckle's moral dialogue between a father and son. First published in 1713, this is Puckle's best known work.The author, James Puckle, is best known...

The Glass Tower

Nicholas Moore · 1944 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, PL [Editions Poetry London]; Nicholson and Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful selection of Nicholas Moore's poetry, decorated with drawings by Lucian Freud. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher...

Parnassian Molehill: An Anthology of Suffolk Verse Written between 1327 and 1864, with Some Account of the Authors

Various; The Earl of Cranbrook [ed.] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Ipswich, W. S. Cowell Limited , 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition collection of Suffolk poetry collected by the Earl of Cranbrook. A limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 94. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With an illu...

Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of Walter De La Mare's exploration of the trope of desert islands in fiction, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which t...

Leaves from the Garland

Max Beerbohm · 1926 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

New York , Privately Printed, 1926 . First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce collection of five parodies and one short story "woven by" Max Beerbohm in the spirit of Christmas, this copy being number 26 of only 72 copies printed. Limited edition. An exceptionally scarce ...

Echoes of the War

J. M. Barrie · 1918 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of four plays by J. M. Barrie, all taking place within the context of the First World War. In the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the very ...

Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli · 1881 · Rooke Books

£485.00 (€581.34 | $640.76 | ¥102,288)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1881. Leather. The Hughenden editions of the works of the former Prime Minister of the UK, Benjamin Disraeli, all bound in half calf by John Dale. The Hughenden edition.In a half calf binding by John Dale with their binder's stamp to the fr...

Beethoven: A Memoir

Elliott Graeme · 1870 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Charles Griffin and Co, 1870. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this biographical work by Elliott Graeme on the revered German composer, Beethoven, bound in full calf with gilt decorations. The very scarce first edition.Bound in full calf with gi...

The XII Propertees or Condicyons of a Lover by Johan Picus, Erle of Myrandula, a Grete Lord of Italy

Sir Thomas More · 1928 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Ditchling Common, Saint Dominic's Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited printing containing Sir Thomas More's ballade, offering an extended expression of Pico della Mirandola's 'Twelve Properties of a Lover&apos. Number 131 of 250 copies printed on a Stanhope Hand-...

Orley Farm

Anthony Trollope · 1862 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Leather. A first edition, first issue, of Anthony Trollope's novel 'Orley Farm', illustrated here by the Pre-Raphaelite John Millais. The first edition, both volumes are first issues, bound from the parts. Volume I:...

Ode to France

Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London; Edinburgh, Macmillan & Co. Ltd; R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to France, signed by the author, with the original envelope. A signed limited edition of this work in the publisher&apos...

The Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Peter Davies, 1926-7. Cloth. An excellent Bradenham edition set of the works of Benjamin Disraeli, featuring twelve volumes of novels from this former British Prime Minister. The "Bradenham Edition" of the novels and tales of Benjamin Disraeli.A twelve volume, complete...

The Sirens of Surrentum & the Code of Romulus

Caroline Lawrence · 2006 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2006-2007. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed pair of ancient Roman children's books by Caroline Lawrence, including a very scarce copy of 'The Code of Romulus&apos. Signed by the author alongside an inscribed quote to each ...

Peeps Into Fairyland

F. E. Weatherly · 1896 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London; New York, Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co, [1896]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful and uncommon volume of fairy tale pop-up scenes by Ernest Nister. The first edition of this uncommon work.Complete with six pop-up chromolithograph scenes, all...