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In Memoriam
Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1864. Leather. A leatherbound fifteenth edition of this elegy by English poet Alfred Tennyson. Fifteenth edition. An elegy for the author's Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died of cerebral haemorrhage at the age of twenty-two years, in...
Their First Formal Ball
Grace MacGowan Cooke · 1906 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this scarce short novel from American writer Grace MacGowan Cooke, with illustrations by Peter Newell. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece...
Californian Verses
Chas. Henry Phelps · 1882 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)
San Francisco , The California Publishing Company , 1882 . First edition. Cloth. A very scare collection of poetry from Californian author Charles Henry Phelps, all of which surround his home state of California, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to "Mr...
Corn and Poppies
Cosmo Monkhouse · 1890 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Elkin Mathews , 1890 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of lyrical poetry from British poet and art critic, Cosmo Monkhouse, with a signed letter from the author bound in to the work. First edition. Small paper edition, in a limited run of 350 copies. Bound...
Analekten Oder Blumen Phantasien Und GemaãâoeãâHlde Aus Griechenland
Karl Philipp Conz · 1793 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1793 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of Dr. Karl Conz's selection of writings inspired by Greek authors, bound in half calf. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in half calf with paper-covered boards.A compilation o...
We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses
Edward Moore; [Edwin Muir] · 1918 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this philosophical work by Edwin Muir, from the library of Frank Harris. The first edition.From the library of Frank Harris, with his inscription to the front paste down, and the occasional unde...
Songs and Ballads; Translated from Uhland, Korner, Burger, and Other German Lyric Poets
Charles T. Brooks; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Various · 1842 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Boston, James Munroe and Company, 1842. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of German lyric poems translated into English, including a translation by Longfellow. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. Last seen at auction in 1924.An anthology of be...
The Sacred Band: A Litany of Ingratitude
Guido Bruno · 1921 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
New York, Not Stated, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce volume of writings by Guido Bruno. The first edition of this very scarce work.A collection of writings and sketches originally published in 'The Book Hunter', 'Pearson's...
Poetry Made Familiar and Easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies
John Newbery · 1788 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Thomas Carnan; J. Newbery, 1788. Hardback. A very scarce treatise on poetry, an educational volume on the genre with examples by some of the best poets. A very scarce work.The fifth edition.A charming educational volume on poetry, containing examples of the "most shini...
La Centenaire de Moliere
Jean-Baptiste Artaud · 1773 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1773. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce play written upon the centenary of Moliere, in the original French. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original French. A comical play published upon the centenary of th...
Achilles in Scyros
Robert Bridges · 1892 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardback. The second edition of Robert Bridges' poem telling of Achilles time on Skyros. The second edition.One of one hundred and fifty six large paper copies. A poetical retelling of the episode of mythology where Achilles goes to Skyros...
In Clover and Heather
Wallace Bruce · 1890 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. Vellum. A limited edition anthology of poems by Wallace Bruce, presented by the author to the Colonial Club of New York. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies printed on large paper, of which this is numbered one hundred a...
Poets & Their Art
Harriet Monroe · 1926 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of literary criticism from Harriet Monroe, an editor and poet who played a major role in the development of modern poetry. In the very scare original dust wrapper. The first edition, f...
Ballyhoo!
Beth Brown · 1927 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)
New York, Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Beth Brown's very scarce novel about circus life in 1920s America. The very scarce first edition, first printing.A signed presentation copy, with th...
A London Garland, Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse
W. E. Henley · 1895 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1895. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful anthology of poems devoted to London and the city's surroundings, retaining the very scarce original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout. The deluxe full paper vellum first edition of this work.In t...
The Book of Shops
Edward Verrall Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Grant Richards, 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A smart example of the scarce first edition of E. V. Lucas's charming children's picture book, illustrated with chromolithographs from Francis D. Bedford. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with a title page a...
Vathek
William Beckford · 1815 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
A Londres [London], Chez Clarke, New Bond Street, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first French language edition of William Beckford's classic Gothic novel to be published in England, a work celebrated by figures including Lord Byron and H. P. Lovecraft. In the original...
The Earth for Sale and Other Poems
Harold Monro · 1928 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
New York, Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first US edition of Harold Monro's striking collection of poetry, in the original dust wrapper. The very scarce first US edition, first printing. Published in the same year as...
The Works of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling · 1904 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904-12. First edition. Leather. Eight volumes of works by the renown author, Rudyard Kipling, including the first edition of 'Traffics and Recreations', all bound by Hatchards in half cloth. The first edition to "Traffics and Disco...
Lord Leclerq, and Other Poems
Henry Righton · 1865 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Righton's scarce collection of poetry, including his lengthy poem 'Lord Leclerg&apos. The first edition. A scarce volume. This volume features a collection of poetry written by Henry...