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Poems 1656

Abraham Cowley · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Yorkshire, Scolar Press, 1971. Cloth. A facsimile edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Abraham Cowley. Facsimile edition. A collection of poetry from Abraham Cowley, an English poet and essayist who was one of the leading English poets of the seventeenth ce...

England&Apos;S Pleasant Land: A Pageant Play

E. M. Forster · 1940 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this moving play from English author Edward Morgan Forster. First edition. A moving play in which Forster depicts the pursuit of personal connections in spite of the restrictions of class, in a country s...

Clemence and Clare

Joan Adeney Easdale · 1932 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1932. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this very scarce poem from Joan Adeney Easdale, from the Hogarth Living Poets series. First edition. Very scarce. From the Hogarth Press Living Poets series, number twenty-three. Addressed to Vi...

Tales from Timbuktu

Constance Smedley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of folk tales from around the world, collected by Constance Smedley, with wonderful accompanying illustrations by Maxwell Armfield. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A scarce collec...

An Elegy Written in a Church Courtyard

Thomas Gray · 1933 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Edward Walters and Geoffrey MIller, 1933. Cloth. A limited edition of Thomas Gray's important poem, including the text variations across three different manuscripts. A limited edition of 250 copies. This copy is unnumbered and out of series. This volume contains ...

Under the Cherry Tree

Peter Traill [Guy Mainwaring Morton] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming novel from Peter Traill, the pseudonym of author Guy Mainwaring Morton. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further illustrations by ...

The Mystery of the Common

James Blyth · 1920 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mystery novel by James Blyth, set during the outbreak of WW1. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. A vanishingly scarce novel. This thrilling mys...

Prince Prigio

Andrew Lang · 1889 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy story by the noted Andrew Lang, with charming illustrations by Gordon Browne. The scarce first trade edition. Also published as a limited edition in the same year. Illustrated by the note...

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Books 1-5); Three Packs of Promotional Trading Cards; &Apos;Their World Is Closer Than You Think&Apos; T-Shirt; Promotional Box with Colouring Sheets and Trivia Cards

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

New York , Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-2004. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of books and merchandise for 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', including signed first editions, a t-shirt and scarce trading cards. A first edition, first pri...

Virginia of the Air Lanes

Herbert Quick · 1909 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Indianapolis , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this romantic novel set along the Gulf Coast during the pioneering days of flight. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with five plates by...

Ramping Cat

Christian Mawson [Christian Augustus Barman] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from British designer Christian Mawson. First edition. Very scarce. An outrageous historical novel, following exciting characters faced with real problems that would seem singula...

A Letter from Italy, Together with the Mourning Muse of Alexis, to Which Is Added the Despairing Lover.

Mr. Joseph Addison; Mr. Congreve · 1695 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.25 | ¥104,635)

London, H. Hills , 1695-1709 . Disbound. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems:...

Irish Melodies, with an Appendix, Containing the Original Advertisements, and the Prefatory Letter on Music.

Thomas Moore · 1821 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, J. Power; Longman, Hurt, Rees, Orme, and Brown , 1821 . First edition. Cloth. The first authorised and complete edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, with the original advertisements and letter on music. The first authorised, complete edition. As explained in ...

Musa Proterva: Love Poems of the Restoration

A. H. Bullen · 1889 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Privately Printed, 1889 . First edition. Leather. A limited edition work comprised of love poetry from the Restoration period, including that of John Dryden, Aphra Behn and Andrew Marvell. Limited edition. Number 202 of 780 printed. Bound in quarter calf with cloth boa...

The Temple of Death

Marquis of Normanby; John Sheffield · 1709 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, H. Hills, 1709. Disbound. An uncommon poem by John Sheffield, a thoughtful piece of death, commemorating Queen Mary II. An uncommon poem, a translated adaptation of P. Habert's French poem 'Le Temple de la Mort&apos. This issue with signature A2 under the &a...

After the Rain

John Bowen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958-67. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Bowen's sci-fi novel about a second flood, alongside a proof copy of the dramatised play of the novel. The novel and play of John Bowen's 'After the Rain&apos.The first edition, fi...

French&Apos;S Acting Edition of Plays, Dramas, Extravaganzas, Farces, Etc.

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London; New York, Samuel French; Samuel French & Son, c1887. Cloth. A very scarce volume of fifteen plays, part of French's series of acting editions of plays. A very scarce volume, being Volume 126 of 'French's Acting Edition of Plays&apos.This volume contains ...

The Works of George Eliot with a Biography

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]; J. W. Cross [ed.] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1878-1885. Cloth. The complete Cabinet Edition of the works of George Eliot, including the three-volume biography edited by her husband. A set of twenty-four books uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding, wi...

Twelve Letters and a Bibliographical Essay from Leonard Clark

Leonard Clark · 1954 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Charlottesville, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1954-1968. Paperback. A bibliographical work by Leonard Clark on the writings of Walter de la Mare, alongside twelve signed letters from Clark. Leonard Clark was an English poet, writer, editor, and educat...

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Flannery O'Connor · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth printing of Flannery O'Connor's posthumously published collection of nine short stories, written in the final decade of her life. The first edition, fourth printing.In the publisher's o...