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The Crack-Up

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York , New Directions, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's posthumously published collection of essays. The first UK edition of this posthumous collection of essays by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The second state, with bl...

The Darkening Sea

Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Heinemann, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this gripping nautical war novel from the author's 'Bolitho' series, in the bright unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher&a...

The Perils of Josephine

Lord Ernest Hamilton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Chicago & New York, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fictional tale from British politician and author Lord Ernest William Hamilton. First edition. Opening in Chelmsford, this novel follows the life of a young woman named Jo...

New Poems

John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of new poetry from English writer John Drinkwater, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1926. A collection of ne...

Two Stories

John Hampson · 1931 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, E. Lahr, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of these two stories from English novelist John Hampson, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two hundred and forty-one. Signed by the author t...

The Boss

J. W. McConaughy; Edward Sheldon · 1911 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

New York, The H. K. Fly Company, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated novel from American writers J. W. McConaughy and Edward Sheldon. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. An action-packed novel op...

Poems

Alice Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Burns & Oates, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition collection of poetry from British suffragist Alice Meynell. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number two hundred and fourteen. With a portrait frontispiece. A colle...

A Jackdaw in Georgia

William Kean Seymour · 1923 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, John G. Wilson , 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of William Kean Seymour's amusing collection of poetry and "polite parodies". The first edition. Signed by the author to the half title. A clever and amusing anthology of poems, written by William K. Seym...

The Romantic

Ludwig Lewisohn · 1931 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this short novel written by Ludwig Lewisohn, with the original glassine wrap and slipcase. The first edition, limited to 500 copies. This is number 122. Signed by the author to the limitation pag...

Reflexions

Bryan Guinness · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Bryan Guinness, signed by Guinness to Van Wyck Brooks. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Van Wyck Br...

Moods: Cadenced and Declaimed

Theodore Dreiser · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first, limited edition of this anthology of poetry by Theodore Dreiser, signed by Dreiser. The first edition, limited to 550 copies, this being number 342.Signed by the author to the limitation page.An anthology of ...

The Furrowed Earth

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition anthology of nature themed poems by Gertrude Bone, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely anthology of poems by Gertrude Bon...

Poems by Patrik Fitzgerald

Patrik Fitzgerald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Thap Publishing, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this collection of poetry and prose by folk-punk singer-songwriter Patrik Fitzgerald. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A collection ...

Two Lives: A Poem

William Ellery Leonard · 1925 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

New York, B. W. Huebsch, 1925 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this poetry volume from William Ellery Leonard. A first edition, limited edition work.Number 55 of 135 signed numbered copies produced, inscribed by the author.The work of American poet, play...

Persephone

John Drinkwater · 1926 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The limited edition, first edition of John Drinkwater's retelling of the Persephone myth, signed by typographer Bruce Rogers. The first edition of this work. One of five-hundred and fifty copies produced.Designe...

The Modern Drama: An Essay in Interpretation

Ludwig Lewisohn · 1915 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York , B. W. Huebsch , 1915. First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this fantastically comprised literary criticism of the 'modern drama&apos. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A literary study on the foundations and development of t...

Kuloskap the Master and Other Algonkin Poems

Charles Godfrey Leland; John Dyneley Prince · 1902 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York; London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition anthology of tales about the Algonquin people. The first edition.A brilliant anthology of short stories, revolving around the Algonquin people, an Indigenous group of Canada.Ill...

Voss

Patrick White · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode LTD and The Book Society LTD, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Patrick White's novelisation of the life and disappearance of the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. The first Book Society edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&apo...

A Year of Songs for a Baby in a Garden

W. Graham Robertson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1906. First edition. Cloth. W. Graham Robertson's very scarce collection of songs for children; a first edition with lovely illustrations. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindi...

The Newcomes

William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of this novel from William Makepeace Thackery, illustrated with plates by Richard Doyle. The first edition in book form, with volume I published in 1854, and volume II in 1855. The tr...