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The Art of Jane Austen

Samuel Alexander · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Manchester , The University Press, 1928. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of Samuel Alexander's study of Jane Austen's work. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally in six libraries including the British Library and the National Libr...

La Dame Blanche de Blacknels, Divertissement Impromptu En Trois Actes Pour Une Fete de Famille Donnee Par Trois Enfants a Leur Mere

Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally, Baron de Tollendal · 1827 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Paris, Imprimerie de Jules Didot Aine, 1827. Leather. A very scarce play called 'The White Lady of Blacknels', to be acted by three children for the entertainment of their mother, signed by the author Baron Tollendal. A very scarce work in a quarter calf binding. Ins...

Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1824 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Murray, 1824. Hardback. A presentation copy of the fourth edition of Samuel Roger's poem on Italy. The volume contains the first part only. A presentation copy of the first part of Samuel Roger's longest poem. With an ink inscription to the title page th...

Ettrick Verse

William Addison · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Edinburgh and London , The Ettrick Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this poetry collection by William Addison, with the original dust wrapper. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A collection of poems by Wil...

D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus, a Plea for Better Manners

Norman Douglas · 1925 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Privately Printed, 1925. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed. Flat signed to the title page '...

The Navigator

Jules Roy; Mervyn Savill [trans] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this novel by Jules Roy, complete with its scarce dust wrapper. The first American edition of this work, published in English in the UK edition in the same year. Translated from the French by...

Shadowmancer

Graham Peter Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Faber and Faber, 2003 . Cloth. The special hardback edition of G. P. Taylor's best selling novel, signed by the author. Special edition of Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The first impression ...

Elise Venner a Romance of Destiny

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1895 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1895. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Elise Venner, a romance of destiny by Oliver Wendell Holmes. From the series of The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, being volume five of thirteen of the Riverside edition. Elise...

The Visit for the Week; or, Hints on the Improvement of Time. Containing Original Tales, Anecdotes from Natural and Moral History. Designed for the Amusement of Youth

Lucy Peacock · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Carpenter & Co. c1804. Leather. Lucy Peacock's most popular children's work Lucy Peacock's most popular work designed to teach children about life and morality. The late eighteenth century author wrote, adapted, and edited stories for children and young ...

Aspects of Modern Poetry

Edith Sitwell · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Duckworth, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this critique of late 19th century and early 20th century poetry, signed by the author Edith Sitwell. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to ...

A Master of Fortune

Julian Sturgis · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1896. First edition. Leather. An early edition of this novel by Julian Sturgis signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Early edition of A Master of Fortune by Julian Sturgis in Root & Son signed half calf binding. Signed, inscribed and dated 1896 to...

The German Novelists: Tales Selected from Ancient and Modern Authors in That Language: From the Earliest Period Down to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Translated from the Originals: With Critical and Biographical Notices

Thomas Roscoe [ed., trans] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. Leather. A collection of Germany's popular prose fictions compiled, translated and introduced by Thomas Roscoe A four volume collection of Germany's popular prose fictions compiled and translated by Thomas Roscoe. A first e...

View Thy Trespass; Jenny Peters

C. H. Dudley Ward · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Ouseley; T. Fisher Unwin, 1908-9. First edition. Leather. Two scarce first edition novels by Dudley Ward in bright uniform Spottiswoode signed bindings. Two very scarce first edition novels by British author Dudley Ward (1879-1945). Bound in uniform half calf bind...

The Minotaur

Barbara Vine [Ruth Rendell] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, Shaye Areheart Books, 2005 . Cloth. The first US edition, first printing of one of Ruth Rendell's crime novels, signed by the author. The first US edition, first impression of The Minotaur in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper...

Pere Goriot

Honore de Balzac · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York; Toronto, Rinehart & Co. [1950]. Leather. A beautiful copy of Honore de Balzac's famous French novel, in a Maurin signed binding. US edition. Originally published in the original French in 1853, included in the 'Scenes de la vie privée' of Honore de Bal...

Ten Versions from Trilce

Cesar Vallejo; Charles Tomlinson, Henry Gifford (trans.) · 1970 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New Mexico, San Marcos Press, 1970 . Paperback. A translated edition of this collection of versions from Trilce, signed by the translator. Translated edition of Ten Versions from Trilce by Cesar Vellejo in the original publisher's paper wraps. Edited and translated by Cha...

Aristotle Detective

Margaret Doody · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Bodley Head, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this historical detective work by Margaret Doody. First UK edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. In 332BD, Athens is ruled by the barbarian Alexander the Great. In the midst of unrest, an emine...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1904 . Leather. A striking edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular eighteenth century novel, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson, and in a signed full morocco binding. A wonderful copy of Hugh Thomson's illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmi...

Jack and the Beanstalk

None · 1974 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Murrays Sales and Service, 1974. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated animated telling of the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk. With pop-ups. Pop ups with moving figures, edited text. The classic children's tale told through illustration and six pop-up scene...

The Three Dwarfs

None · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Brown Watson, 1984. Paperback. A brightly colourful and animated story of three dwarfs with pop-ups. Originally published in 1973. With six full color pop-up scenes. Five of six scenes include additional movable elements. Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta, a Czech archit...