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Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967. Hardback. An excellent, new edition of Mervyn Peake's first published book. A comical children's tale with whimsical illustrations by the author. An new edition of Mervyn Peake's first published book, Captain Slaughterboard ...

5 Vols Criterion Miscellany

H. Warner Allen; James Joyce; Mulk Raj Anand; George Grosz; James Joyce · 1930 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1930-1931. Brochure/Pamphlet. A collection of five volumes from The Criterion Miscellany series, including works by James Joyce, H. Warner Allen, Mulk Raj Anand, and George Grosz. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps with French fla...

Poãƒâ©Sie 39-45: An Anthology

Pierre Seghers [ed.]; Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Editions Poetry , 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A bilingual anthology compiled by Pierre Seghers, presenting powerful French wartime poetry from 1939–1945 that embodies the spirit of resistance and resilience. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First editio...

A Bibliography of the First Editions of Books by William Butler Yeats

A. J. A. Symons · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The First Edition Club, 1924. Hardback. A limited edition bibliography of W. B. Yeats"s first editions, compiled by A. J. A. Symons, offering detailed records of Yeats"s publications up to the 1920s. Bound in the publisher's original purple paper hardback.This cop...

The Vodi

John Braine · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this "kitchen sink gothic" novel by John Braine, centred on a man bedridden with tuberculosis whose dark reflections give rise to haunting visions. In the publisher's original dark navy cloth bi...

Travels with My Aunt

Graham Greene · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Bodley Head, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Graham Greene"s Travels with My Aunt, a witty and unconventional travel adventure, with the original clipped dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the ori...

Adventures in the Skin Trade

Dylan Thomas · 1955 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Putnam, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the deadpan picaresque comedy by Dylan Thomas, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.In publisher's original black cloth. A delightful ...

Robert Lowell Poems 1938-1949

Robert Lowell · 1964 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Faber and Faber, 1964. Cloth. A lovely collection of poems by famed author Robert Lowell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The third impression of the work, first published in 1950. In publisher's original red cloth binding. With the original unclipped d...

Genevieve; or, the History of a Servant Girl.

Alphonse De Lamartine; trans. by A.R. Scoble · 1850 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Leather. A scarce English translation of this lyrical French novel of romance and betrayal by key Romantic figure Alphonse De Lamartine. The first edition of this translation from French by A.R. Scoble.In half red calf with marbled boards. Writte...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark · 1961 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of Muriel Spark's celebrated work of modern Scottish fiction, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper....

H. Hellier of Didsbury&Apos;S Commonplace Book

H. Hellier of Didsbury, Lancashire · 1846 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Didsbury, Lancashire , None, 1846 . Leather. A delightful mid 19th century handwritten commonplace book from a man named H. Hellier, in which he has copied out pleasing passages from a variety of authors. Inscribed by the compiler of this work, H. Hillier of Didsbury, Lancashi...

Q. Horatii Flacci Operum Pars Prima; Q. Horatii Flacci Sermonum Seu Satyrarum

Horace; Eduardus a Zurck [ed.] · 1696 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Harlemi, Ex typographia Nicolai Braau. Prostant apud eundem, uti & Wilhelmum a Kessel, 1696 . First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound in contemporary panelled calf, present here is the very scarce first edition of Horace's poetry to be edited by Eduard van Zurck, complet...

The Daltons or Three Roads in Life

Charles Lever · 1852 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1852. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Lever's two volume novel depicting nineteenth century society, bound in half calf by Fletcher, with fantastic illustrations by 'Phiz&apos. The first edition in book form. Illustrat...

A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Blackie and Son, Limited, 1896. First edition. Leather. A first edition, first impression historical novel from G. A. Henty, presented here in Bickers half straight-grain morocco. The first edition, first impression, as confirmed in P. Newbolt's bibliography (72.1...

A Book of Verse

Lilian Le Mesurier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Murray, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this very scarce anthology of Lilian Le Mesurier's poetry, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Author's presentation copy, with a signed dedication to the front free endpaper.First editi...

For Your Eyes Only

Ian Fleming · 1960 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's James Bond short-story collection, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This is the ...

Saracinesca

F. Marion Crawford · 1887 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of F. Marion Crawford's rich historical novel set in Rome. Complete in three volumes. The first UK edition. Complete in three volumes. In the publisher's original cloth binding...

Marina and Other Poems

Boscawen Trevor Griffith · 1859 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1859. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from British writer Boscawen Trevor Griffith, with the author's inscription to the front endpaper. First edition. Very scarce. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front fre...

An Essay on Comedy

George Meredith · 1898 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1898 . Leather. The second edition of George Meredith's An Essay on Comedy and the uses of the Comic Spirit in half blue calf with matching blue marbled boards.  The second edition of George Meredith's scarce work An Essay on Co...

The Seekers

H.E. Bates · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John and Edward Bumpus, 1926. First edition. Hardback. The charming first edition of H.E. Bates's children's classic The Seekers in the original paper cover boards. Glassine Wrapper included. The first edition of H.E. Bates's children's classic The ...