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Fables D&Apos;Esope

Aesop · 1913 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of this signed limited edition of the fables of Aesop, the first French language edition of these fables to feature the illustrations of Arthur Rackham. A signed limited edition, with this being number 15...

Poems of Sentiment

Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1910 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Gay and Hancock, 1910. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from American author Ella Wheeler Wilcox, signed by the author. Signed by the author to the half title. A collection of sentimental poetry with titles including: Never Mind, A Warning, Sw...

Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1797 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London; [York], A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1797. Leather. A finely bound and washed edition of the fables of Aesop, a lovely copy complete with detailed engravings. Smartly rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned cloth to the boards, with renewed endpaper...

Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield · 1882 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1882 . Leather. The complete Hughenden editions of the works of the former Prime Minister of the UK, Benjamin Disraeli, sumptuously bound in half morocco by Sotheran. The Hughenden Edition of Disraeli's works, complete in eleven volumes.Un...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1896. Leather. A lovely anthology of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, charmingly presented in signed calf by Bumpus. The sixth edition of this collection. In full signed calf by Bumpus, with handsome decorative gilt to the boards and spine....

A Group of Noble Dames

Thomas Hardy · 1891 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, James R. Osgood, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's anthology of short stories following ten historic noble dames. The first edition, first impression, in the original cloth binding designed by Charles Ricketts. An anthology of storie...

In Search of Elsie Piddock: An Echo of Eleanor Farjeon

Denys Blakelock · 1967 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Favil Press, 1967 . First edition. Hardback. An inscribed, first edition of this delightful account of the author's quest exploring the places and references of Eleanor Farjeon's work, with a sketch by Edward Ardizzone. First edition. Bound in the publish...

City, Sea & Countryside

Arthur L. Salmon · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this charming collection of poetry, in the scarce original 1925 dust wrapper. The uncommon first edition of this work, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper ...

Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of essays from Baldwin, following on from his first collection Notes of a Native Son, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the dedic...

London Irish, a Prayer for Fair Weather, & the Rose Tree

John Broderick · 1979 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Barrie & Jenkins; Marion Boyars, 1979-1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of three first edition novels from Irish writer John Broderick, signed and inscribed by the author. Three volumes. First edition. Each volume is signed and inscribed by the author to t...

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann; H. T. Lowe-Porter · 1962 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, The Members of the Limited Edition Club, 1962. Cloth. A fine limited edition of this important German novel by Thomas Mann, signed by the illustrator. A limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is numbered 28.Signed by the illustrator, Felix Hoffmann, to the li...

Soames and the Flag

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition novella, part of the 'Forsyte Saga', by John Galsworthy. A limited edition of one thousand and twenty-five copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and thirty-eight.Signed by the artist to the...

The Works of John Galsworthy (Manaton Edition)

John Galsworthy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1923-1936. Vellum. A limited Manaton edition of this collection of John Galsworthy's works, signed by him to Vol I. A Manaton limited edition set (No. 172 out of 500) of the works of John Galsworthy. Comprising 25 out of the 30 total volumes...

There Is a Valley

John H. F. McEwen · 1950 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, C. J. Cousland and Sons, Ltd. 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from British author John H. F. McEwen, signed by the author in presentation to a friend. First edition. Scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to th...

The Works of Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock; Lord Houghton [preface]; Edith Nicolls [ed.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875 . Leather. A scarce complete three volume edition of the works of Thomas Love Peacock, in half morocco signed bindings by Maclehose. Complete in three volumes, this is a scarce set.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I, by Henry Cole.A ...

Solitudes

Édouard Estaunié · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris , Le Livre Moderne Illustre; J. Ferenczi & Fils, 1924. Leather. A very smart leather-bound copy of this novel from Edouard Estaunie, illustrated with woodcuts. A charming illustrated edition of this 'Solitudes', a novel from French author Edouard Estaunie Boun...

The Etonian

[W. M. Praed; W. Blunt.] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Colburn, 1824. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition set of this collection of issues from The Etonian. Complete in three volumes. Fourth edition. The Etonian was a paper containing articles and fictional works, projected and edited by Winthrop Mackworth Praed ...

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...

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1907 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1907 . Fine Binding. An elegantly bound collection of poetry from English poet and professor, Matthew Arnold, in a signed binding by Spottiswoode & Co. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in half crushed morocco with cloth boards.Illustrated with a f...

The Sheltering Sky

Paul Bowles · 1949 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, John Lehmann, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, second impression of Paul Bowles' compelling novel set in North Africa following World War Two, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression of t...