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Anna Jager · 1900 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Ravensburg, Otto Maier, c1900 . Cloth. An early edition of Anna Jager's charming children's cookery work, in the vanishingly scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the original German, printed in black letter type. A circa 1900 edition of this work, in the...

Casualty Ward

Robert Conquest · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

Lunchtime

Dannie Abse · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

Gold the Man

Joseph Green · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first UK edition of Joseph Green's second novel, a science-fiction tale surrounding aliens from neighbouring planets. The first UK edition, published the same year as the US edition. With the original, un...

The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott, the Corn-Law Rhymer

Ebenezer Elliott · 1840 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Edinburgh; London, William Tait; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1840. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this collected volume of Ebenezer Elliott's poetical works, in which he vehemently fights against the Corn Laws. The first edition of this anthology of the poet...

Valleys Branches; What You Hear

Larry Eigner · 1969 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Edible Magazine; Big Venus, 1969-1972 . First edition. Paperback. Two bright volumes of poetry by Larry Eigner, with one volume featuring two pencil corrections in the hand of the author, and the other being a limited edition work. Two volumes from American poet Larry ...

A Test of Poetry

Louis Zukofsky · 1952 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Louis Zukofsky's comparative study of poetry, from Homer to the mid 20th century. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this work.Zukofsky worked on this volume through...

An American Emperor: The Story of the Fourth Empire of France

Louis Tracy; M. P. Shiel · 1897 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Tracy's thrilling future war science fiction novel, illustrated by E. S. Hope. The first edition of this exciting novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates by E. S. Hope. Col...

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd &Apos;St Michael&Apos; Book of Rupert Favourites

Mary Tourtel · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Purnell Books (for Marks and Spencer), 1978-80. First edition. Hardback. Three volumes of Marks and Spencer's Rupert anthologies, containing colour illustrated short stories about the beloved comic strip character, Rupert Bear. The first edition of the 'St Mi...

Red Ike

J. M. Denwood; S. Fowler Wright; Hugh Walpole · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this classic tale from Denwood and Fowler Wright, with the original pictorial dust wrapper. First edition. In 1883 Cumberland, England, Red Ike and his friend Will Moffatt must persevere through grea...

Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling · 1893 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1893. Cloth. A smart third edition of Kipling's first collection of short stories. Third edition. Kipling's first collection of short stories. A total of forty short stories including the first appearances, in book form, of Mrs. Hau...

Harlequin Phoenix, or, the Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue

Thelma Niklaus · 1956 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this curious history of the Harlequin character, an illustrated volume, including with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Mervyn Peake....

Hawthorne Reading: An Essay

Julian Hawthorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cleveland, The Rowfant Club, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Julian Hawthorne's limited edition guide to the works of his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a loosely inserted signed letter by the author. Loosely inserted is a handwritten signed letter fr...

Bury the Dead

Peter Carter · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel by Peter Carter, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This mystery nove...

Essays in Criticism: First Series

Matthew Arnold · 1905 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1905. Leather. A finely bound copy of the first series of Essays in Criticism from English cultural critic Matthew Arnold, bound by Bickers & Son. Later edition. A collection of essays on criticism which remains a significant authority on cri...

Flowers and Moonshine

Dudu · 1857 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Richardson Brothers, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming collection of whimsical short stories for children, including a group of mischievous fairies who visit a family. Signed and dedicated by the author. The first and only editi...

A Long and Happy Life and a Generous Man

Reynolds Price · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Atheneum , 1962-6. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by Reynolds Price in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, with the second state dust wrapper with the darker green text to the rear for 'A Long and Happy Life', and the ...

The Seven Deadly Sins

Raymond Mortimer [ed]; Angus Wilson; Edith Sitwell; Cyril Connolly; Patrick Leigh Fermor et al. · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Sunday Times Publication Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays on the seven deadly sins, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. An uncommon work. Illustrated with a monochrome illustrated...

Rupert Daily Express Annual

The Daily Express · 1949 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Daily Express, 1949. First edition. Paperback. A charming illustrated Rupert Bear book, with an array of delightful stories and interactive puzzles. In the publisher's original illustrated wraps.A charming contemporary drawing on trace paper tipped in by previous ...

Angels and Earthly Creatures

Elinor Wylie · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York , Alfred A Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Elinor Wylie's last collection of poems, selected by her the day prior to her passing. An uncommon limited copy of the first edition printed on Oland (Swedish) hand made paper.Number 95/200.M...