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Soft Jobs and Miracles

Marnie Pomeroy · 1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition anthology of poems by Marnie Pomeroy, signed by the author. Limited edition to two hundred and sixty copies. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. This copy inscribed...

Les Nouvelles Drolatiques I-X

Marc de Montifaud [Marie-Amelie Chartroule de Montifaud] · 1880 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, C. Gillet, 1880-1881. Leather. The complete ten volumes of Montifaud's work Les Nouvelles Drolatiques bound into two, in the original French language. French language. Ten volumes bound into two. Scarce collection. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. Co...

The Master-Knot of Human Fate

Ellis Meredith · 1901 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A scarce novel of fate by the suffragist Ellis Meredith, the first edition in the original decorative cloth. The scarce first edition.'The Master-Knot of Human Fate' follows two characters, Adam and Robin...

It Breathed Down My Neck

John Pudney · 1946 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of eighteen brilliant short stories by English author John Pudney. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A selection of entertaining short stories by John Pudney. In...

The Years

Virginia Woolf · 1937 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of one of Virginia Woolf's brilliant novels, a good association copy, from the library of fellow Bloomsbury member Barbara Hiles Bagenal. The first edition.In a striking c...

Galactic Effectuator

Jack Vance · 1980 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science-fiction anthology by Jack Vance, consisting of his novella 'The Dogtown Tourist Agency', and his short story 'Freitzke's Turn&apos. The first edition, first impr...

Peter&Apos;S Pension. A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime Personage

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1788 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, G. Kearsley, 1788. Unbound. The fourth edition of this humorous poem from English satirist John Wolcot, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Peter Pindar&apos. ESTC Citation No. N11837A charming satirical poem by John Wolcot, told in rhyming couplets.In 1780, Wolcot wen...

Die Freunde: Ein Trauerspiel in Fuãƒâoeã‚âˆNf Acten

Dr E Raupach · 1825 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Leipzig, C Cnobloch, 1825. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce German play by E Raupach in the original boards. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce and found institutionally in five libraries only including the library of Oxford University and the University of Leed...

The 1820 Settlers

A. Vine Hall · 1820 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Cape Town, T. Maskew Miller, [c1940]. Paperback. This very scarce poem by Arthur Vine Hall reflects on the colonisation of South Africa in the nineteenth century. A very scarce volume containing a twelve page poem by South African poet Arthur Vine Hall. Entitled The 1820 Settl...

Rosa

Madame E. De Pressense · 1866 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Paris, Librairie de Ch. Mayrueis, 1866. Leather. The uncommon eighth edition of this novel by Swiss social reformer Élise de Pressensé. The uncommon eighth edition of this work in a quarter calf binding. Ink inscription to the verso of the front free end paper, dated 186...

Steamers V. Stages: Or, Andrew and His Spouse

Tom Hood · 1830 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , William Kidd, 1830 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this poem by Tom Hood and Illustraetd by George Cruikshank. A first edition copy. This poem is written by Thomas Hood, or the author of York and Lancaster. Hood was an English poet, author and humoris...

Not Love Perhaps...

A S J Tessimond · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Autolycus , 1978 . First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by A S J Tessimond. A first edition. This anthology of poetry by Tessimond contains the works The advisers, Black Monday love song, Love Speaks to the Lover, Cats and other ...

Burlesque Giants and Dwarfs

1885 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London , J. R. Maxwell, 1885. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet of illusions, with illustrations. A publication on transfiguration and stage tricks for Burlesque theatre. Transfiguration and stage tricks. Vanishingly scarce, not recorded on Copac only on...

Our Four-Footed and Feathered Friends: A Book for Boys and Girls

Albyn Mulloy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Jarrold & Sons, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of writing on animals and birds for children, illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece, four plates, and many in-text sketches. Collate...

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. A first issue of one of the popular novels of Charles Dickens, complete with the original illustrations by Phiz, including the first published example of a dark plate. The first edition, first issue, bound from the parts ...

The Select Works of Mr. John Dennis

John Dennis · 1718 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, John Darby; J.D.; D. Browne; W. Mears; et al, 1718-21. Cloth. A very scarce collection of the works of John Dennis, his dramatical works and essays. A very scarce work.Two title pages to Volume I, dated 1718 and 1721, however without the addition of 'The Invader o...

Histoires D&Apos;Autrefois Les Amours de Gilles

Louis Morin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, Ernest Kolb, 1889. First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition of this uncommon volume written and illustrated by humourist and artist Louis Moron. A first edition of this uncommon work of fiction written and illustrated by French artist Louis Moron. Published i...

Simon Dale; the Intrusions of Peggy; a Servant of the Public

Anthony Hope · 1898 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Methuen & Co.; Smith, Elder, & Co. 1898-1905. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition copies of Anthony Hope's novels Simon Dale, The Intrusions of Peggy, and A Servant of the Public. Three first edition copies of Anthony Hope's novels Simon Dale, The Intru...

Tom Thumb Returns

S. M. Spence · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Thorsons, 1944 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this children's tale, with colour illustrations. A first edition copy of Tom Thumb Returns. A charming children's tale follow Tom Thumb as he return from Fairland, written by S. M. Spence. Wi...

Wordsworth Selected Poems

William Wordsworth · 1987 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Brighton, Snake River Press, 1987 . First edition. Leather. A limited edition copy of this illustrated collection of Wordsworth Selected Poems. A limited edition of thirty copies, with this being number three.William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who was Poet Laureat...