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Works of Francois Rabelais

Francois Rabelais' Louis Moland · 0 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Paris, Garnier Freres Libraires-Editeurs, c1930. Leather. A collection of works by the French author Francois Rabelais. A fascinating book containing the works of the Francois Rabelais compiled by Louis Moland. Includes a publishers advertisement to the front and a section on ...

Samlede Dikt

Herman Wildenvey · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oslo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1936-37. Leather. A five volume set of the poems of Herman Wildenvey. Five volumes of six. Herman Wildenvey was one foremost prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. He was a prolific author of his own poetry and also noted for translat...

Poemes Et Reveries D&Apos;Un Paien Mistiqe

Louis Menard · 1895 · Rooke Books

£159.99 (€191.80 | $211.40 | ¥33,763)

Paris, Librairie de L'Art Independant, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the French man of letters Louis-Nicolas Menard. The first edition of this work. In the original French. A collection of interesting poetry. Written by Lo...

Le Chansonnier Des Graces Pour 1825

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Paris, F. Louis, 1825. Leather. A French collection of poems and songs, collected from the early nineteenth century. Illustrated throughout, and with sheet music. A collection of French songs from the early nineteenth century, with sheet music to the rear. In French. With engr...

Les Chansons Des Rues Et Des Bois

Victor Hugo · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris, Librairie International, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie, 1866. First edition. Leather. The first Parisian edition of 'Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois', from Victor Hugo, in a decorative calf binding. Whilst the Brussel's edition is stated 1865, it see...

The Constable de Bourbon

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1866 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel by the prolific William Ainsworth Not seen at auction since 1978. In the publisher's original cloth. Ainsworth had intended to be a lawyer, but found that it held no attraction for hi...

The Wallypug in London

G. E. Farrow · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen & Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this 'Wallypug' book, a whimsical story in the tradition of Lewis Carroll which follows the King of Why on a trip to London. The first edition of this uncommon children's fantasy novel. ...

Fables

Walter Brown · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, S. Grosvenor , 1884. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Walter Brown's fables, with Thomas Bewick's delightful woodcut embellishments. First edition. Bound in full burgundy cloth. Bound with the original blanks, half title, and renewed endpapers....

Das Buch Vom Weihnachtsfest

Irmgard Kerkhoff · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Mainz, Scholz , c1900 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this charming children's book on Christmas, illustrated in colour throughout. A very scarce work.In the original quarter cloth binding, with pictorial boards.A work by Irmgard Kerkhoff.Illustrated in colour throughout b...

London Dead, and Other Verses

C. Kennett Burrow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Alston River Ltd , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet of poems from C. Kennett Burrow. The first edition of this very scarce collection of verses by C. Kennett Burrow. In the original wraps. "Of these numbers many appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette...

The Sorrows of Jupiter

Julius · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Greening & Co. Limited , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A curious volume of spoof lectures, blending fantasy and science fiction to narrate tales of ancient Greek gods. "Two addresses delivered at the British Society for Mythological Research".First edition. Uncommon.In ...

Empedocles on Etna: A Dramatic Poem

Matthew Arnold · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Portland , Thomas B. Mosher , 1900. First edition. Paperback. One of fifty copies printed by Thomas B. Mosher of Matthew Arnold's closet drama, 'Empedocles on Etna&apos. Limited edition of 50 copies. Another limited edition of 450 copies by Mosher was published the s...

One Hundred Poems from the Japanese

Kenneth Rexroth · 1959 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

New York, New Directions , 1959. Cloth. A lovely signed copy of these translated Japanese poems from Kenneth Rexroth, dubbed "Father of the Beats". Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Third printing. In the publisher's quarter cloth and decorative boards. ...

Trouble with Lichen

John Wyndham · 1960 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Wyndham's science fiction novel about the slowing of the ageing process, and the consequences this has on society, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's orig...

So Here Then Cometh Pig-Pen Pete or Some Chums of Mine

Elbert Hubbard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Roycrofters, 1914 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this charming tale of the author's sheepdog, with 4 plates. The first edition.In a full brown soft leather binding.With 4 plates, an illustrated title page, and in text illustrations. A work by...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Toy-Maker; a Practical Guide to the Useful Employment of Leisure Hours

E. Landells · 1860 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1860 . Cloth. An abundantly illustrated Victorian children's guide to toys and games during play hours. The scarce fourth edition of the work.In publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two hundred in t...

The Lovely Lady; a Modern Lover; the Woman Who Rode Away; St. Mawr

D. H. Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Martin Secker, 1925-1934 . First edition. Cloth. Each in the original dust wrapper, this is a wonderful collection of four first edition short story and novella collections from D. H. Lawrence, author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover&apos. A wonderful set of the f...

Ivory Palaces

Wilfred Rowland Childe · 1925 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this volume of fantastical poems by English writer Wilfred Rowland Childe. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original cloth.A collection of poems fr...

Between Sun and Moon

Cecil French · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Favil Press, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce signed first edition of this limited edition collection of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with tipped in initialled woodcuts. A very scarce limited edition. Number 101 out of 35...

Poems

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Bret Harte's first poetical collection. First edition, second issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in t...