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Immortal Names and Other Poems

T. Wilson Parry · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, The Mitre Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this poetry collection from geologist T. Wilson Parry. The uncommon first edition of this work.Signed 'To Fred Edgcombe with the Author's kindest regards...

1913 Conte Sous-Marin. Papillon, Roi de Ruthie. Fanfreluche. Annette Et Doric.

Laure Hovine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

Bruxelles, Industrielle et Financiere, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this very scarce limited edition French children's work, charmingly illustrated throughout. In the original French.A very scarce work, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.Inscribed b...

Five Somewhat Historical Plays

Philip Moeller · 1918 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1918. First edition. Hardback. // The first edition of this scarce work. In a very scarce binding of decorated boards. This book contains five plays by Philip Moeller with often humorous historical ties with its characters and plots. Includes a co...

For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem

G. A. Henty · 1906 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , c1906. Cloth. A thrilling historical fiction set during the Roman Empire from prolific storyteller G. A. Henty, with illustrations by Solomon J. Solomon. An action-packed novel that follows the adventures of John of Gamala during the years of ...

My First Voyage to Southern Seas: A Book for Boys

W. H. G. Kingston · 1896 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1896. Cloth. A bright copy of this richly illustrated adventure novel for young boys, from prolific English author W. H. G. Kingston. A later edition of this gripping children's nautical adventure novel by English author, William Henry Giles K...

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith with the Addition of the Vicar of Wakefield, Memoir, Etc.

Oliver Goldsmith · 1892 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1892. Leather. A smart collection of works from Anglo-Irish writer, Oliver Goldsmith, bound in half calf and beautifully illustrated with plates throughout. A later impression of this 'Lansdowne Poets' work, comprising a wonderful seri...

The Poetical Works of John Dryden with Biographical and Critical Notices

John Dryden; Ludwig Gantter [ed.] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Stuttgart , J. B. Metzler , 1855. Leather. A smart collection of poetical works from England's first Poet Laureate, John Dryden, with very scarce biographical and critical notes by one Ludwig Gantter. A smart series of works from English poet, literary critic and playwrig...

Mrs Perkins&Apos;S Ball

M. A. Titmarsh [William Makepeace Thackeray] · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Chapman and Hall, c1898. Leather. A smart copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's popular Christmas novel, with humorous plates of illustrations by the author. A new edition of this charmingly illustrated Christmas novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. In half moro...

The Beauties of Shakspeare; Selected from His Works, to Which Are Added, the Principal Scenes in the Same Author

William Shakespeare · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, C. and G. Kearsley , c1790. Leather. A scarce series of these "beauties" of Shakespeare, comprising extracted verses specially selected from his works, bound in full tree calf. The fifth edition, corrected, revised and enlarged. Bound in full tree calf.A scarce collec...

Alfred Tennyson Poetical Works Including the Plays

Alfred Tennyson · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this collection of works from English poet, Alfred Tennyson. Later edition. A collection of the poetical works of Alfred Tennyson, an English poet and the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victor...

Main-Travelled Roads: Being Six Stories of the Mississippi Valley

Hamlin Garland · 1894 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Chicago, Stone & Kimball, 1894. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of short stories from American writer Hamlin Garland, with illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text figures. A collection of six short stories set in the Mississippi Valley, with titl...

Meister Karl&Apos;S Sketch-Book

Charles G. Leland · 1872 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1872. Cloth. A smart copy of this humorous work from American writer and folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland. Scarce work. A humorous collection of tales centered around Meister Karl and his adventures on journeys across the world, and wi...

Baxter&Apos;S Second Innings: Specially Reported for the School Team

Henry Drummond · 1893 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

New York, James Pott & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this charming story about cricket. First US edition. A charming story following a young boy named Baxter. Following his first great cricket match, he intends to get better with the help of the t...

The Tale of the Eele and the Magot-a-Pie from "Grimello&Apos;S Fortunes

Nicholas Breton · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art, 1933. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart copy of this scarce reprinting of Breton's charming tale from his prose work Grimello's Fortunes. Very scarce edition. A copy of The Tale of the Eele and the Magot-a-Pie from satirical prose...

Pereklichka

1850 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

St. Petersburg , K. Meyer, 1850 . Paperback. A very scarce short story surrounding morality and a person's duty to fulfil their Christian destiny, written in the original Russian. The sixth edition.Bound in the publisher's original pictorial wraps.A very scarce copy ...

The World and the Artist

John Drinkwater · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, The Bookman's Journal, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition essay on artists by John Drinkwater, signed by the author. A limited edition of 140 copies, of which this is numbered 131, an uncommon work here first published in book form.Signed by t...

1927 the Golden Book, the Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking - Past & Present

Douglas C. McMurtrie · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Chicago, Pascal Covici, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first and limited edition of Douglas McMurtrie's work exploring the history of bookmaking. The first edition, limited to only two thousand copies.A brilliant book about books, exploring fine books and bookmaking acro...

Money Magic

Hamlin Garland · 1907 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A popular novel by Hamlin Garland, an illustrated novel on the American Dream in the Midwest, a smart signed first edition copy. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endp...

Jennie Gerhardt

Theodore Dreiser · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant novel by Theodore Dreiser, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition, first printing, first state, with "is" for "it" to page 22 line 30.'Jennie Gerhardt' i...

The Culprit Fay and Other Poems

Joseph Rodman Drake · 1835 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

New York, George Dearborn, 1835. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this important anthology of poetry by Joseph Rodman Drake, posthumously published. The first edition.In a custom cloth chemise.An anthology of poems by the early American poet Joseph Rodman Drake.Drake...