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Minette Walters · 2001 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, Macmillan, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this gripping crime novel from Minette Walters. Signed by the author to the title page. The novel examines contemporary reactions to pedophilia and resulting urban rioting, and was shortlisted for the Crime Writ...

The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1908 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1908. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of the plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Including The Rivals, The School for Scandal, Pizarro and others. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1751. His most famous works includes &a...

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz

Marie Hay · 1906 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1906. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this semi-fictional account of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz. Wilhelmine von Gravenitz was a German noble as well as the favourite and royal mistress of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Wurttemberg betwee...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, T Cadell et al. 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this poetry collection by Samuel Rogers. In a beautiful red morocco binding with gilt stamped detailing to boards and spine. With illustrations based on engravings by Turner and Stothard. Joseph Mallord...

By the Niger and Other Poems

Michael Thorpe · 1969 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Fortune Press, 1969. Cloth. A scarce signed edition of the poetry of Michael Thorpe. Michael Thorpe is a widely published poet, critic and editor, born and educated in England yet widely travelled, teaching English in Turkey, Nigeria, Singapore and Holland, and finally...

A List of English Tales and Prose Romances Printed Before 1740

Arundell Esdaile · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Bibliographical Society, 1912. Cloth. A catalogue of various pre-1740 English works. Written by Arundell Esdaile, a British librarian, and the Secretary to the British Museum from 1926 to 1940. Dealing with tales and prose romances, the volume contains two parts, b...

News from the Mountain

Richard Church · 1932 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , J. M. Dent and Sons, 1932. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry from Richard Church. Ink inscription to front free-endpaper reads, 'In friendship to Beth Hogg. Richard Church&apos. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externall...

The Voyage of Arundel and Other Rhymes from Cornwall

Henry Sewell Stokes · 1884 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1884. Cloth. A presentation copy, signed by the author, of this charming poetry of South-West England. A New Edition with additions. With a lovely frontispiece. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In a cloth binding. Externally sound, sligh...

Adversaries and Other Poems

Mary Lascelles · 1971 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Cambridge , Rampant Lions Press , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of 'The Adversaries and other Poems' by Mary Lascelles. Includes an ink inscription to the front free-endpaper from the author, simply stating 'Diana, from Mary&apos....

Leisure Moments a Collection of Miscellaneous Poems

James Larkin · 1849 · Rooke Books

£129.99 (€155.84 | $171.76 | ¥27,432)

Woolwich , James Black, 1849. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of James Larkin's Leisure Moments, signed by the author. First Edition. Signed by the author. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper, dated "July 1st '49". James Larkin, of Woolwich...

Les Vieilles Actrices and le Musee Des Antiques

J. Barbey D'Aurevilly · 1884 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

Paris, Librairie des Auteurs Modernes, 1884. First edition. Leather. A scarce first collected edition of these two works by J. Barbey D'Aurevilly. A scarce first collected edition of these two works by J. Barbey D'Aurevilly. In the original French. Jules-Amedee Barbe...

A Flight of Words

Jean Kenward · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Youth Press, 1966 . First edition. Paperback. A wonderful example of this very scarce poetry collection from Jean Kenward, with a signed letter from her publisher loosely inserted. The very scarce first edition, first impression.With a signed letter from the publisher,...

Childe Harold&Apos;S Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth

Lord Byron · 1818 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Murray, 1818. Hardback. The first edition, third issue of the fourth canto of Lord Byron's influential narrative poem, 'Child Harold's Pilgrimage&apos. The first edition, third issue, according to the following issue points detailed by Wise [p. 61-6...

English Fairy Tales

Flora Annie Steel · 1918 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these retold fairy tales by Flora Annie Steel, complete with striking illustrations by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition. Published same year as a signed limited edition of the work.In the publis...

Prophecy; Execution; the Dead of Winter: Three Giordino Bruno Novellas

S.J. Parris [Stephanie Merritt] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, HarperCollins, 2011-2020. Cloth. The first editions of three intriguing historical crime thrillers with Italian Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno as the protagonist, with Execution signed by the author. Three first editions within the historical thriller Giordano ...

The Shadowy Waters

W. B. Yeats · 1901 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

New York , Dodd, Mead and Company , 1901. First edition. Hardback. The first U.S. edition of this haunting poetic drama from celebrated Irish poet W. B. Yeats. First U.S. edition. In the publisher's paper covered boards, with paper title label to the front board. Several ...

The Olive Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of this classic fairy tale anthology from Andrew Lang, with a curious signed letter by Lang. Signed letter from Andrew Lang loosely inserted - "Dear Jen [?], I am sorry that I can give you n...

The Rhymed Chronicle of Edward Manlove, Concerning the Liberties and Customs of the Lead Mines Within the Wapentake of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

Edward Manlove; Thomas Tapping [Ed.] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Shaw and Sons , 1851. Cloth. A scarce reissue of Edward Manlove"s rhymed chronicle of the liberties, laws, and customs governing the lead mines of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Rebound in a quarter navy cloth binding with blue cloth boards. Second edition.A scholarly reissue...

Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, Doubleday, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed and inscribed first edition of Paolini"s debut fantasy novel, Eragon, the first book in the fantasy tetralogy The Inheritance Cycle. With the original unclipped dust wrapper and promotional bookmark. In the publisher&apos...

Double O Seven, James Bond, a Report

O. F. Snelling · 1964 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Neville Spearman, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of the first book-length critique of James Bond, by author and antiquarian book auctioneer O. F. Snelling. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's origin...