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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 1898 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1898 . Leather. Beautifully bound in a full calf prize binding, this is a wonderful edition of the 'poetical works' of Milton, including 'Paradise Lost&apos. Illustrated with a frontispiece.In a handsome full calf prize binding with...

Poil de Carotte

Jules Renard · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Librairie Ernest Flammarion , 1935. Leather. An attractively bound copy of Jules Renard's touching autobiographical novel. A new edition of this work. Undated, dated from copies held institutionally. Bound in quarter crushed morocco, with marbled boards and endpa...

Don"T Call Me by My Right Name and Other Stories

James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

New York, The William-Frederick Press, 1956. First edition. Paperback. A very smart signed copy of this short-story collection from James Purdy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's wraps.James Purdy was...

The Waverley Novels, Poetical Works and Life of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1850 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)

Edinburgh , Robert Cadell; Adam and Charles Black, 1850-1868. Leather. An impressive uniformly bound collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetry, prose and Waverley novels. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled boards and endpapers. Each volume is complete wi...

John Halifax, Gentleman

Mrs. Craik [Dinah Maria Mulock Craik] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, James Nisbet & Co. 1899. Leather. A smartly bound illustrated edition of this popular novel from English writer Mrs. Craik. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. Set in the context of Britain's Industrial Revolution, this novel fol...

Bishop Jeremy Taylor: His Predecessors, Contemporaries and Successors

Rev. Robert Aris Willmott · 1847 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, John W. Parker , 1847. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this study of the life and times of Bishop Jeremy Taylor, inscribed by the author. First edition. Very scarce work. With an ink inscription from the author to the front endpaper in presenta...

Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of All Ages and Nations

Jacob Cats; Robert Farlie; Richard Pigot [translator] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1862. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of this illustrated collection of emblems from writers Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie. Second edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and over one hundred in-text engravings. A collectio...

A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present

Richard Chenevix Trench · 1859 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John W. Parker and Son, 1859. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this glossary of English words from Anglican archbishop and poet Richard Chenevix Trench. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive glossary of words and phrases that aims to enrich the reader&a...

An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard & the Pleasures of Memory

Thomas Gray; Samuel Rogers · 1742 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, c1870. Cloth. Two illustrated copies of these important poems from English poets Thomas Gray and Samuel Rogers. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout with contributions from many great artists. This set contains: Elegy Written in a C...

Mrs. Caudle&Apos;S Curtain Lectures

Douglas Jerrold · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Bradbury, Evans & Co. 1866. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated first edition copy of Douglas Jerrold's satirical domestic comedy Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A co...

The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts

H. Belloc · 1896 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1896. Hardback. An illustrated copy of this charming collection of verses for children from French-English writer Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated throughout. A charmingly imaginative and cautionary children's book full of verses aiming to give advice t...

A Collection of Works by Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre; Librairie Hachette et Cie, c1890-1896. Leather. Six smart volumes of works by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, translated into French. French. Six volumes. A collection of works by Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolsto...

The Dial August 1924 Volume LXXVII Number 2

Scofield Thayer [editor] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New Jersey, The Dial Press, 1924. Paperback. A scarce copy of this issue of the political review and literary criticism magazine The Dial. Volume LXXVII, Number 2. Scarce issue. With a colour tipped in plate from Picasso and five black-and-white plates. Collated complete. The ...

The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1806 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. Leather. A leatherbound new edition of this collection of poetry from English author Samuel Rogers. New edition. A collection of poetry from Samuel Rogers, an English poet who, during his lifetime, was one of the most celebrated. Containi...

Young Men Waiting

Chapman Mortimer [William Charles Chapman Mortimer] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

New York, Grove Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this scarce novel from Scottish novelist Chapman Mortimer. First US edition. Scarce work. Following a group of young male artists in Paris during the mid-1920s. This novel explores the drama of thei...

The Farmers Hotel, a Family Party, & and Other Stories

John O'Hara · 1951 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York , Random House, 1951-1968. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition volumes from American writer John Henry O'Hara, with the original dust wrappers. Three volumes. First edition. Written by John Henry O'Hara, an American writer who became one of Ameri...

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby Esq. [Richard Harris Barnham] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the Carmine edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of myths, legends, and ghost stories. The Carmine Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, engraved title page, nineteen plates, and several wo...

Ganymede & Bacchus

Roden Noel · 2010 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Portsmouth, Callum James Books, 2010. First edition. Paperback. A very smart limited edition of these illustrated poems from English writer Roden Noel. First thus, reprinted from Noel's Collected Poems with illustrations. Limited to fifty copies of which this is number se...

Lives of the Poets & City of God

E. L. Doctorow · 1984 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York, Random House, 1984-2000. First edition. Cloth. Two smart copies of novels from American writer Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, one being the first edition second printing and the other being a review copy of the uncorrected proof. Two volumes. Written by Edgar Lawrence Doct...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Heinemann, 1910 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Shakespeare's celebrated comedic play, with colour plates by Hugh Thomson. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth. A wonderfully illustrated edition of Shakespeare's celebrated play, &apo...