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The Case of Mr. Crump

Ludwig Lewisohn · 1926 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1926. Paperback. A limited edition copy of this fraught romance novel by Ludwig Lewisohn, signed by the author to the frontispiece. A limited edition, limited to five hundred copies for America, of which this is numbered one hundred and thirty four. Si...

Adamastor

Roy Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cape Town, Paul Koston, 1950. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Roy Campbell's notable poetry collection, with illustrations by the author. The first illustrated edition of this work in a half calf binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated wit...

The Harbourmaster

William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to the United States in 1911.Number 311 ...

Going-to-the-Sun

Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Nicholas Lindsay Vachel's charmingly illustrated volume of poetry. The first edition of this work, flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper.With vignette illu...

Prairie Songs: Being Chants Rhymed and Unrhymed of the Level Lands of the Great West

Hamlin Garland · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Cambridge and Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poems about the Wild West of America by Hamlin Garland. The first edition of this work, with first edition notice to colophon.With vignette illustrations throughout f...

Love&Apos;S Crucifix, Nine Sonnets and a Canzone from Petrarch

Petrarch; Agnes Tobin; Alice Meynell [preface] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, William Heinemann, 1902 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry from Petrarch, illustrated with plates by Graham Robertson. The first edition of this scarce work.Six sonnets and a canzone by Petrarch are translated by Agnes Tobi...

The Verses of John Blewitt Jenkins

John Blewitt Jenkins; Reginald Arthur Blewitt Jenkins [ed] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Swansea, Ernest Davies & Co. Ltd [printers], 1919. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of poetry by John Blewitt Jenkins, collected and published by his son in tribute to his father, bound in full calf. The first edition. A vanishin...

Det Flager I Byen Og Pãƒâ¥ Havnen

Bjornstjerne Bjornson · 1884 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghanels Forlag (F. Hegel and Son), 1884. Cloth. An attractive copy of this scarce novel from acclaimed Norwegian writer Bjornstjerne Bjornson. The second edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding, with gilt.An ear...

The Meistersingers

Wilhelm Richard Wagner · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1907. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this entertaining opera, from J. Cuthbert Hadden's Great Operas Series. Scarce edition. J. Cuthbert Hadden's The Great Operas Series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three colour pl...

The Adventures of Mr. Bumble the Policeman

J. S. Newcombe · 1947 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Allan Wingate, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's book following Mr. Bumble the policeman, signed by the illustrator. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the illustrator to the front endpaper, dated 1947. ...

The Modern Boy&Apos;S Annual

Various · 1932 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

London, The Amalgamated Press, Limited, 1932-1938. Cloth. Seven smart copies of The Modern Boy's Annual, filled with stories and articles for young readers. Seven volumes. A collection of annuals from the Amalgamated Press, featuring the best of the yearly issues of The M...

The Poem of Job Rendered Into English Metre

John Tattersall · 1897 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1897. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce rendition by John Tattersall of the Book of Job into English metre, the first edition of this adaptation. The first edition of this very scarce adaption of the Book of Job, the text of the Bible here rende...

Les Souvenirs de L&Apos;Enfance, Ou, Les Confidences Instructives Et Amusantes

Madame de Flesselles · 1834 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Lehuby; M. Pierre Blanchard, 1834. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's novel by Madame de Flesselles, an illustrated novel, in the original French. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original French.A charm...

The Shadow of the Sword

Robert Buchanan · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1924. Cloth. Robert Buchanan's first novel, a moving romance set during the Napoleon era, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1876.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very sca...

Biggles Sweeps the Desert

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this Biggles adventure novel, with illustrative plates and the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wr...

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer

Charles Lever · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1903. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this humorous work from Irish novelist Charles Lever. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A series of humorous early nineteenth century anecdotes organized into the fictional ...

Mademoiselle de Maupin

Theophile Gautier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1892. Leather. A smartly bound new edition of this historical romance novel, in the original French. French. New edition. A historical romance based on the life of French opera star Mademoiselle Maupin, who was a first-rate swordswoman and ofte...

Werther by Goethe, Les Oies de Noel by M. Champfleury, & Deux Annes a la Bastille by Mme de Staal

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Louis Enault [translator]; Champfleury [Jules Francois Felix Fleury-Husson]; Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay · 1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1855. Leather. Three novels bound in one book, translated into French. French. Three novels bound in one. This volume contains: The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1855. An epistolary novel following a young man's extreme response to unre...

Barbara&Apos;S Three Wishes

Mary Baldwin · 0 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, The Girl's Own Paper" Office, c1930. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce illustrated novel for young girls, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a col...

The Biggles Book of Heroes

Captain W. E. Johns · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Max Parrish , 1960 . Cloth. The second impression of this entertaining book of heroic figures told from the point of view of Biggles, the fictional adventurer created by W. E. Johns. The second impression. Published the year after the first edition. Uncommon work, part...