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1897 Good Words

Edna Lyall; Donald Macleod [ed] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Isbister and Company Limited, 1897. Cloth. The 1897 edition of the literary periodical 'Good Words', featuring Edna Lyall's 'Wayfaring Men&apos. A scarce volume of the 'Good Words' periodical from 1897. Illustrated with a monochrome front...

The Collected Poetry of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry by Francis Thompson, previously owned by author Helen de Guerry Simpson. The 'Royal Octavo' edition, limited to two thousand five hundred copies. Previously owned by Helen de Guerry Si...

Collected Poems

Anna De Bary · 1947 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Mitre Press, [1947]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Anna De Bary. The first edition. A very scarce collection of poetry. This collection of poetry was written by Anne De Bary, and is her last volume of poetry. ...

Mountains and Molehills

Frances Cornford · 1934 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

Cambridge, University Press, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Frances Cornford, with illustrations by Gwen Raverat and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original...

Four Tales

Philip Pullman · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Doubleday, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A collection of fairy tales by the popular author of the 'His Dark Materials' series, in the original dust wrapper and illustrated by Peter Bailey. The first edition of this omnibus edition. First published separately be...

The Golden Arrow

Mary Webb · 1930 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated edition of 'The Golden Arrow' from underrated English romantic writer, Mary Webb. An illustrated edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With four coloured plates including a ...

Night Cargoes: A Smuggling Story

Nicholas Cavanagh · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Peter Lunn , 1946. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling smuggling story set in the 18th century. A very scarce first edition of this work. With the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper.An exciting young adult fiction ab...

Reconstruction: Six Poems

Randall Swingler · 1933 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry from English writer Randall Swingler. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of six poems, including: New Year, Ode to a Plane Above the City, Sunse...

Briggflatts

Basil Bunting · 1966 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)

London, Fulcrum Press, 1966. Paperback. A smart second edition of this long poem from British modernist writer Basil Bunting. Second edition, entirely reset. Published the same year as the first edition. Subtitled "An Autobiography", this long poem is noted for its use of soun...

Modern Love and Other Poems

George Meredith; C. Day Lewis [intro.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. Cloth. A delightful mid twentieth century edition of Meredith's celebrated sonnet sequence. A lovely 1948 edition of Meredith's 'novella in verse' about the failure of a marriage. The tale is told in a sequence of fifty sonn...

Essays: Ancient and Modern

T. S. Eliot · 1945 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. Cloth. A smart third impression of this collection of essays from American-English writer Thomas Stearns Eliot. A collection of ten essays on subjects such as: The Humanism of Irving Babbitt, Religion and Literature, Catholicism and International...

Sir Thomas Wyatt: A Literary Portrait

Sir Thomas Wyatt; H. A. Mason · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Bristol, Bristol Classical Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this literary portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt with notes and commentaries by Harold Andrew Mason, the author's own copy. First edition. Scarce work. The author's corrected copy. A lit...

Playhours and Half-Holidays or Further Experiences of Two Schoolboys

Rev. J. C. Atkinson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories following the adventures of two schoolboys, from English author and priest John Christopher Atkinson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven pla...

The Dream and the Business

John Oliver Hobbes [Pearl Mary Teresa Richards] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brilliant novel from Anglo-American novelist John Oliver Hobbes. First edition. A brilliant novel exploring the distinctive personalities found in Society life and life on the stage. Following two fas...

Celandine & Winter Wood

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition from the Touchstone Trilogy by British author and artist Steve Augarde, Celandine is signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Volumes two and three of the Touchsto...

Dragon Rider

Cornelia Funke; Anthea Bell [translator] · 2004 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first translated English edition of this illustrated children's adventure story from German author Cornelia Funke. First UK edition. Illustrated throughout with a colour pop-up/fold out map. Collated co...

Grimm&Apos;S Fairy Tales

Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1922. Cloth. A scarce edition of this illustrated collection of fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. Scarce edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A collection of fairy tales from The Br...

Tales from the Arabian Nights

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1920. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Middle Eastern folktales, designed for younger readers. Illustrated with forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in ...

The Year&Apos;S Poetry 1936: A Representative Selection

Denys Kilham Roberts; John Lehmann · 1936 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this third annual publication of the poems of the year, compiled by Denys Kilham Roberts and John Lehmann. First edition. Third annual publication. An anthology containing a representati...

Carmen Saeculare, for the Year 1700. To the King.

[Matthew Prior] · 1700 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1700 . First edition. Disbound. An extremely scarce, first edition of Matthew Prior's verse in celebration of the arrival of King William III from Holland. The first edition. Vanishingly scarce. Written anonymously, although attributed to eighteenth-...