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The Berry Scene

Dornford Yates · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited , 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donford Yates' collection of comic short stories, featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's origi...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts (Altemus&Apos; Edition)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1889 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Philadelphia , Henry Altemus , 1889. Cloth. The publisher's large folio edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's major poem, with many engraved plates by Gustave Dore. The Altemus' Edition of this work. Originally published with Dore's illustrations in 1875 by ...

And Even Now

Max Beerbohm · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, William Heinemann, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's volume of essays, with an inscription from British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work.Inscribed to the front free endpaper &apos...

Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne · 1775 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, T. Becket, 1775-1776. First edition. Cloth. The letters and correspondence of writer Laurence Sterne. With volume III present in the first edition, and volumes I and II in the 'New Edition' of the following year. Complete in three volumes, present here are th...

Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished and Other Prose Works

D. H. Lawrence; Warren Roberts; Harry T. Moore [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the second 'Phoenix' anthology, comprising D. H. Lawrence's previously unpublished and unknown works. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipp...

The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Cloth. A smart collection of fourteen volumes from this set of the complete works of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad. Fourteen volumes of a twenty-five volume set. Lacking volumes 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. Canter...

Focus One

B. Rajan; Andrew Pearse [editors] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of critical analysis of contemporary literature. First edition. An excellent collection of literary criticism with contributions from D.S. Savage, George Woodcock, Peter Yates,...

Christmas at the Mermaid

Theodore Watts-Dunton · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Lane, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce poem from English critic Theodore Watts-Dunton, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Flowers of Parnassus - XI. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous i...

Night and Day

Virginia Woolf · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Duckworth and Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Virginia Woolf's second novel, an Edwardian-set novel on love and happiness. The first edition.One leaf of adverts to the rear.Half-title is present. Collated, complete. Really a candidate fo...

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Sands and Co, 1901. Cloth. This charming edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel Cranford illustrated by T. H. Robinson, in pictorial prize binding. Cranford was first published serially in the magazine Household World between 1851 and 1853. It was then firs...

Tales from Timbuktu

Constance Smedley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of folk tales from around the world, collected by Constance Smedley, with wonderful accompanying illustrations by Maxwell Armfield. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A scarce collec...

Under the Cherry Tree

Peter Traill [Guy Mainwaring Morton] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming novel from Peter Traill, the pseudonym of author Guy Mainwaring Morton. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further illustrations by ...

The Mystery of the Common

James Blyth · 1920 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mystery novel by James Blyth, set during the outbreak of WW1. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. A vanishingly scarce novel. This thrilling mys...

Prince Prigio

Andrew Lang · 1889 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy story by the noted Andrew Lang, with charming illustrations by Gordon Browne. The scarce first trade edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year. Illustrated by the note...

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Books 1-5); Three Packs of Promotional Trading Cards; &Apos;Their World Is Closer Than You Think&Apos; T-Shirt; Promotional Box with Colouring Sheets and Trivia Cards

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

New York , Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-2004. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of books and merchandise for 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', including signed first editions, a t-shirt and scarce trading cards. A first edition, first pri...

Virginia of the Air Lanes

Herbert Quick · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Indianapolis , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this romantic novel set along the Gulf Coast during the pioneering days of flight. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with five plates by...

Ramping Cat

Christian Mawson [Christian Augustus Barman] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from British designer Christian Mawson. First edition. Very scarce. An outrageous historical novel, following exciting characters faced with real problems that would seem singula...

A Letter from Italy, Together with the Mourning Muse of Alexis, to Which Is Added the Despairing Lover.

Mr. Joseph Addison; Mr. Congreve · 1695 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.62 | $655.40 | ¥104,671)

London, H. Hills , 1695-1709 . Disbound. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems:...

Irish Melodies, with an Appendix, Containing the Original Advertisements, and the Prefatory Letter on Music.

Thomas Moore · 1821 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, J. Power; Longman, Hurt, Rees, Orme, and Brown , 1821 . First edition. Cloth. The first authorised and complete edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, with the original advertisements and letter on music. The first authorised, complete edition. As explained in ...

Musa Proterva: Love Poems of the Restoration

A. H. Bullen · 1889 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Privately Printed, 1889 . First edition. Leather. A limited edition work comprised of love poetry from the Restoration period, including that of John Dryden, Aphra Behn and Andrew Marvell. Limited edition. Number 202 of 780 printed. Bound in quarter calf with cloth boa...