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Maxims of Books and Reading

Holbrook Jackson · 1834 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, The First Edition Club, 1834 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of Holbrook Jackson's essay on the pleasure of reading. A limited edition work, inscribed to the author's brother. A scarce limited edition of four hundred unnumbe...

Romance and Reality, Essays and Studies

Holbrook Jackson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this scarce series of essays by Holbrook Jackson, inscribed to Jackson's own brother. The first edition of this uncommon work.An association copy inscribed...

Lanterns in Gethsemane

Willard Wattles · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Very scarce signed first edition of biblical and mystical poems from Willard Wattles. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presentation copy. Signed by the author to Donald Davis to ...

Poems

Vernon Knowles · 1925 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.43 | $195.56 | ¥31,232)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of this volume of poetry, signed by the author to the front endpapers. An incredibly scarce, signed presentation copy of this book of poems from Australian author Vernon...

The Stranger and Other Poems

Bryce McMaster · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of an already uncommon title, in original binding. A very scarce presentation copy of post-war poetry by Bryce McMasters.Bound in original blue cloth, with gilt decoration to spine.Signed a...

Twittingpan

Edgell Rickword · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Glasgow, Wishart, 1931. Paperback. A scarce anthology, written an signed by English poet and intellectual Edgell Rickword to famous bookseller Martin Woolf Orskey. Twittingpan and Some Others, a scarce anthology written and signed by poet and intellectual Edgell Rickwood. Publ...

Les ã‰Pines Ont Des Roses

Madame Vasset [pseud. Louis Marcel] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Librarie Clavreuil, 1920. Paperback. A scarce and curious anthology by the mysterious Louis Marcel, a pseudonym for Madame Vasset, with a signed inscription from the author. The scarce anthology Les Épines ont des Roses (Thorns Have Roses), written and signed by French ...

Les Flã¨Ches D&Apos;or

Maurice Heim · 1920 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Edward Sansot, 1920. Paperback. A very scarce and signed poetry anthology from the romantic tradition, written by early twentieth century French writer Maurice Heim. Les Flèches D'or (The Golden Arrows), a very scarce poetry anthology, written and signed by French ...

Down Under and Other Poems

W. Wright [William Wright] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1926. Hardback. A scarce and signed poem anthology of sonnets and ballads exploring the imperialism and plights of the First World War. A scarce and signed collection of war poetry by Justice of the Peace William Wright. Published by Arthur Stockwe...

Dans la Fosse Aux Lions: Poã¨Me de la Guerre

Jean Suberville · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, La Renaissance de Livre, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A striking post-WWI poetic cycle, a signed presentation copy from the author, pairing classical and religious imagery with the trauma and rebirth of France after the Great War. In the publisher's original pap...

After Easter

Sibael Tucaig · 1918 · Rooke Books

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

Dublin; London, The Talbot Press; T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Talbot Press booklet of Easter Rising era patriotic verse, inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.Signed and inscribed by the author to...

A Patriot of Britain: And Other Poems

James Millar · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1918 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, author's presentation copy of this colletcion of patriotic and pastoral verse, inscribed in pencil by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original dark blue cloth binding. This ...

The Heart&Apos;S Unreason

Edward Davison · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , Victor Gollangz Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poems by Scottish poet Edward Davison. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, to Stanley M. ...

Shoots in the Stubble

Max Plowman · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , C.W. Daniel, Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Max Plowman. The first edition of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated '4th Dec 1920&...

The Garden of Sleep and Other Verses: Original and Translated

William Blathwayt · 1924 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry by William Blathwayt, with a frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front fre...

A Legend of Liberty and Other Verses

F.C. Palmer · 1916 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Birmingham , Cornish Brothers, LTD. 1916 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Frederick Palmer. The very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to front free endpape...

Macedonian Measures and Others

John Macleod · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1919 . First edition. Paperback. Scarce signed first-edition poetry collection from John Macleod, Scottish poet and former soldier. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original binding.Signed by the author with dedication to front fr...

Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. To Which Is Added Porsoniana.

Samuel Rogers · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Edward Moxon, 1856. First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the first edition of Samuel Rogers's conversational recollection, sumptuously bound in half morocco by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this work, handsomely bound in full morocco by Zaehn...

The Voyage of the Arctic Tern

Hugh Montgomery · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2002. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Hugh Montgomery's first work of fiction, signed by the author, in the original publisher's binding with the unclipped, bright dust wrapper and illustrations by Nick Poullis throughout. The ...

A Maze of Death

Philip K. Dick · 1970 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel about humanity's capacity for murder, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing, in the vibrant publisher&apos...