Letteratura

An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry

John Aikin · 1777 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

Warrington; London, W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study on poetry and what the genre could learn from science, by John Aikin. The first edition.A very scarce work.An essay exploring the question of how scien...

Notre-Dame Des Fleurs

Jean Genet · 1948 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Lyon, L'Arbalete, 1948. First edition. Paperback. The first trade edition of the debut novel of Jean Genet, an autobiographical account of life in Paris. The first trade edition, first published in a limited edition in 1943 and 1944.In the original glassine.In the origina...

With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventur...

The Child&Apos;S Picture Book of Domestic Animals

None stated · 1869 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1869]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce animal picture book for children, with fantastic chromolithograph plates throughout. The first edition.Beautifully illustrated with twelve vibrant chromolithographs plates. C...

More Biography

E. Clerihew Bentley · 1929 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A humorous illustrated series of poetical biographies from inventor of the clerihew, Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first edition. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Each ...

Wheel-Tracks

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated com...

The Kitten&Apos;S Garden of Verses

Oliver Herford · 1911 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Bickers & Son, [1911]. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon anthology of charming cat-themed poems, written and illustrated by Oliver Herford, in the original early unclipped dust wrapper. The first U.K. edition.In the original unclipped dust wra...

Quae Scripsi: A Book of Verse

Francis H. Butler · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sands and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of verse poems from Francis H. Butler. A very scarce first edition. Present her is copy no. 32 of 50 copies produced.Inscribed 'To Anna from Franci...

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser; George Gilfillan [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859 . Leather. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross, binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings, with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross, Bin...

The Guardian

Richard Steele; et al. · 1797 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. Gillet, 1797. Leather. The first collected edition of various articles published in the short-lived, early eighteenth century periodical 'The Guardian', founded by Richard Steele with contributions from Joseph Addison, George Berkeley and others. Bound in ...

Cat O&Apos;Nine Lives

Daisy Eckersley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming children's tale about a cat, illustrated by the prominent 20th century poster designer Tom Eckersley. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in th...

Tales and Historic Scenes, in Verse

Felicia Hemans · 1819 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this poetical collection from leading female poet of her day, Felicia Hemans. The very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from leading female English poet, Felicia Hemans. Bound i...

Love & Early One Morning

Walter De La Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Faber and Faber, 1943-1949. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English poet and novelist Walter de la Mare. Two volumes. Written by Walter John de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. This set contains: Love, 1943. First edition, first i...

Saemmtliche Gedichte Michelangelo&Apos;S in Guasti&Apos;S Text

Michelangelo Buonarroti; Alessandro Guasti [editor]; Sophie Hasenclever [translator] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Leipzig, Verlag Von Alphons Durr, 1875. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this collection of Michelangelo's poems from Guasti's text, translated into German. German. First edition of this translation. A collection of all of the poems of Michelangelo di Lodov...

A Collection of Works by James Purdy

James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York , New Directions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956-1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of novels and short-story collections by James Purdy, including a signed new edition of 'Color of Darkness&apos. Including one novel and six short-story/novella collect...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Robert Browning · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert Browning's poem dedicated to the legendary Pied Piper, adorned with delightful plates by Kate Greenaway. First edition. Mixed issues, meeting the following first issue points: thirty-...

Kirkstead! or the Pleasures of Shooting: A Poem

Richard Ellison · 1837 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Painter, 1837 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of Richard Ellison's anonymously authored poem about the 'pleasures of shooting' in Lancashire. A vanishingly scarce first edition.A delightful poem about the 'pleasures of s...

David Dreadnought; or, Nautic Tales and Adventures, in Verse

Samuel Whitchurch · 1813 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Wood and Co, 1813 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce nautical poem, in a sumptuous straight grain morocco binding with gilt detailing. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition, inscribed to a front blank 'Henry ...

Christmas Poem

Frank Murphy · 1978 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Theo, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition illustrated poem by Frank Murphy. Limited edition of 500 copies. In the publisher's wraps. A surreal poem following a fisherman's spiritual dream, with parallels drawn between the sea, dolphin...

Going Down Fast

Marge Piercy · 1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Trident Press, 1969. Paperback. A very scarce advance uncorrected proof of Marge Piercy's debut novel. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first edition.In the publisher's yellow wraps. 'Going Down Fast' tells the story of four characters...