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Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Mankato, Minnesota, Creative Education, 1981 . First edition. Hardback. A signed example of the first separate edition of Truman Capote's chilling short story about two woman who share the same name, illustrated by Sandra Higashi. Flat signed by Truman Capote to the title...

Posters by Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, Harmony Books, 1986. First edition. Paperback. A charming first edition, full of 'gallery-quality prints', in rich full colour. A lovely first edition, in original pictorial covers, with complete number line.Featuring a colour frontispiece, and 22 further c...

People of Importance Important People

J. H. Dowd; Brenda E. Spender · 1936 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London; New York, Country Life Ltd; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936; 1933. First edition. Cloth. An enchanting pair of uncommon illustrated works from British artist J. H. Dowd, complemented with text passages by Brenda E. Spender. A pair of uncommon titles, richly illustra...

Lost in a Good Book

Jasper Fforde · 2002 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this popular fantasy title, in original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, first impression of this 2002 title, in excellent condition, with complete number line.The second alternative h...

The Wine of Witchery

John J. Gaynor · 1921 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

New York, James T. White & Co. 1921 . First edition. Hardback. A good copy of the first edition of this rare work of esoteric poetry by John J. Gaynor, signed by the author. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper-covered boards. A rare work of esoteric po...

The Unseen House and Other Poems

Sylvester Baxter · 1917 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Boston , The Four Seas Company, 1917. First edition. Hardback. The author"s own copy of this thoughtful poetry collection, preserved with an exceptional collection of letters and ephemera documenting its creation, reception, and literary milieu. In the publisher's origina...

3 Vols Ourselves a Dream: Verses; Schoolroom Echoes; Postscripts

Giles Dixey · 1947 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Oxford, H. G. Dixey, 1947. Paperback. A very scarce three-volume set of Giles Dixey"s hand-printed poetry pamphlets, each a limitation and signed with the author"s presentation inscription. In the publisher's original paper wraps.A three-volume collection of privately pri...

Skylark and Swallow

R. L. Gales · 1920 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Erskine Macdonald Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of Gales"s post-WWI devotional and nature poetry, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards....

Songs of the Stalwart

Grantland Rice · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York; London, D. Appleton and Company , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this patriotic wartime poetry collection by famed sportswriter Grantland Rice, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original green cloth ...

Verses

L. R. J [Lucy] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

None Stated, Privately Printed, 1923. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce privately printed first edition of L.R.J."s inscribed poetry collection, recounting the experiences and observations of a vivacious upper-class American woman in the early 1920s, issued only fo...

The Hand Organ Man

Elias Lieberman · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Saga Press, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed presentation copy of this work of illustrated poetry by Elias Lieberman, in the scarce unclipped original dust wrapper. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Elias Lieberman.Signed and insc...

A Garden by the Sea and Other Poems

L.A. Lefevre · 1921 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1921 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce signed presentation copy of this captivating collection of poems by L.A. Lefevre. The scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, &apo...

The Trench Lad and Other Poems

Saxe Churchill Stimson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Boston, The Gorham Press, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of wartime poetry by Saxe Churchill Stimson. A very scarce first edition of the work.A signed presentation copy, signed and dedicated by the author to the front fre...

Les Chants Du Bivouac

Theodore Botrel · 1915 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Paris, Librairie Payot et Cle, 1915 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of soldier songs by France's official 'Bard of the Armies', Theodore Botrel. A scarce work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper...

L&Apos;Ombre de la Guerre

Marcel Loumaye · 1920 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Paris, Libraire d'action d'art de la ghilde Les Forgerons, 1920 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Marcel Loumaye's striking epic poem about the Great War. In the original French.The vanishingly sca...

Stone Trees and Other Poems

John Freeman · 1916 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Selwyn and Blount , 1916. First edition. Paperback. A charming association copy of this collection from English poet John Freeman, gifted to his daughter. The first edition. Gifted to the poet's daughter, Joy. Signed to the half title and with a loosely inserted p...

Shadowy Thresholds

Cale Young Rice · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, The Century Co. 1919. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon presentation copy of this volume of poetry from American writer Cale Young Rice. An uncommon presentation copy of this title, signed and inscribed by author Cale Young Rice to the front free endpaper.Cale Young ...

Poems and the Gold of Lestelle: A Tragedy in Three Parts

John Herbert Bell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, c.1929 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart presentation copy of this scarce collection of poetry, along with a play, by John Herbert Bell in the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth.A vanishingly scarce collectio...

Poems Satirical and Miscellaneous

Charles Richard Cammell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Charles Richard Cammell's collection of poetry, signed by the author to the half title page dated 1923.  In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper-covered boards. Limited edi...

Democracy and Other Poems and the Sea Serpent: A Comic Opera in Three Acts

William Mill Butler · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Boston, The Gorham Press, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A quirky anthology, containing entertaining verse and a sea monster themed comic opera, written and signed by American poet and author William Mill Butler. The signed first edition of Democracy and Other Poems and The Sea S...