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The London Athrodite

Jack Lindsay [ed]; P. R. Stephensen [ed] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, The Fanfrolico Press , 1928-9. First edition. Paperback. The complete six volume run of Jack Lindsay and P. R. Stephensen's literary magazine, all in their original covers and featuring many fantastic poems, essays and stories. A complete six volume set. Illustra...

A Window in Thrums

J. M. Barrie · 1892 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1892. Leather. A limited edition, press copy of J. M. Barrie's story set in the fictional village of thrums, with beautiful illustrations from William Hole, and bound in full calf with ornate details to the spine by Root & Son. A limited editio...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges' last great work, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of 'The Testament of Beauty', a poem told in four "b...

Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow During the Greater Part of the Last Century

Richard Duncan; The Maitland Club · 1831 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Glasgow, Thomas D. Morison, 1831. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition reprint of this publication from the Maitland Club of Glaswegian literature. Limited edition of Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow in the original publisher's h...

Faust

Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Abraham Hayward [translator] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1908. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this translation of Goethe's tragic play Faust. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifteen colour plates. Collated complete. Considered by many to be Goethe's magnum opus and one of the g...

Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard

Thomas Gray · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, The Heritage Press, 1951. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Gray's popular poem, being a meditation on death. Illustrated with thirty-two wood engravings. Collated complete. First published in 1751, the poem was partly inspired by Gray's th...

The Prometheans

Alec Craig · 1955 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, The Fortune Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from British poet Alec Craig, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper with a message that reads: "A pre-publication c...

Futura 5 "a"-9

Louis Zukofsky · 1966 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Not Stated, Hansjorg Mayer, 1966. Paperback. A smart copy of this edition of part nine of Zukofsky's major work, the long poem "A". Part of Zukofsky's major work, the very long poem "A" - never referred to without the quotation marks. Zukofsky predetermined that the ...

Chansons Et Rondes Enfantines Avec Notices Et Accompagnement de Piano

Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Paris, Garnier Freres, 1885. Cloth. A charming volume of children's songs put to piano by the notable composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, illustrated with chromolithograph plates. In the original French. French. Bound in the publisher's scarce blue floral cloth variant...

A New Song of the Bishop of London and the City Churches

J. C. Squire · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Manning Pike, 1924. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated verse from English writer Sir John Collings Squire, signed by the author. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. Illustrated throughout. A charming poem on the churches of the city of London which referen...

The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, the Arabian Nights&Apos; Entertainments.

Edward William Lane [Trans.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Charles Knight and Co. 1841 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lane's translation of the celebrated Arabian Nights folktales, complete in three volumes and wonderfully illustrated throughout from designs by William Harvey. The first edition of Lane&apo...

Barnabae Itinerarium, or, Barnabee&Apos;S Journal

[Richard Brathwait]; [Joseph Haslewood] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, J. Harding; R. and A. Taylor, 1818. Cloth. The comical poem by Richard Brathwait, signed by the editor, Joseph Haslewood. Signed by the editor, Joseph Haslewood, to the recto of the front free endpaper, "To George Allen ESQ M.A. From the Editor, 13 Feb 1818".Richard Br...

Hail and Farewell!

George Moore · 1911 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, William Heinemann, 1911-14. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of George Moore's autobiographical trilogy, set in the picturesque Irish country. The first editions. Volume I is the disputed issue - Gilcher's second, Danielson's first - with ...

Les Dãƒâ©Liquescences D&Apos;Adorãƒâ© Floupette

Gabriel Vicaire; Henri Beauclair · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris, Les Editions Henri Jonquieres et Cie, 1923. Paperback. A limited edition copy of Gabriel Vicaire and Henri Beauclair's literary spoof, in the original glassine wrapper. One of 800 limited edition copies of this uncommon work, printed on Imperial Japan paper, in the...

The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed with a Memoir

Winthrop Mackworth Praed; Rev. Derwent Coleridge · 1865 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York, W. J. Widdleton, 1865. Cloth. A very smart two-volume set of the poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, with a memoir by the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. A revised and complete US edition of this work in a two-volume set, uniformly bound in the publisher's original blind...

Peronnik the Fool

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, William Edwin Rudge, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition copy of this short story from George Moore's 'Heloise and Abelard', designed by Bruce Rogers. One of 785 limited edition copies of this work in the original decorative boards, design...

The Naulahka: A Story of West and East

Rudyard Kipling; Wolcott Balestier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, William Heinemann, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier's novel set in the fictional 'Rahore', a location inspired by Rajputana. The first edition of this work.Kipling collaborate...

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1855 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, John Murray, 1855-6. Leather. A six volume set of poetical works by the revered Lord Byron, in a decorative full calf binding. A new edition.Illustrated with a monochrome portrait frontispiece to 'Vol I&apos.Bound in full calf with detailed gilt decorations to the...

Seven Simeons: A Russian Tale

Boris Artzybasheff · 1937 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Cassell and Company Limited , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this delightful Russian folktale, retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. The first UK edition, published simultaneously with the American first edition.With the scarce origina...

Here Lies Holly Springs

MacKinlay Kantor · 1938 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York, Pynson Printers, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A signed special edition of this novel from MacKinlay Kantor, with the very scarce original glassine dust wrapper. A limited and first edition of this work in book form, signed by the author to the colophon. In the pub...