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Keramos and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1878 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Boston, Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the poetry and translation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the first edition of this work. The first edition, in the first state binding, with 'Houghton, Osgood, & Co' to the tail of the...

Poems and Ballads by Hermann Hagedorn

Hermann Hagedorn · 1912 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Hagedorn's poetry collection, once owned by the American poet and publisher Scofield Thayer. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's origin...

The Funny Bone

J. Maclaren-Ross [Julian Maclaren-Ross] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Elek Books, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this collection of stories, sketches and essays by British author and famous dandy Julian Maclaren-Ross. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's origina...

Horace Walpole: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1960, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis · 1960 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this biography of Horace Walpole, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, one of an unspecified number produced for private distribution....

Five Nights

Victoria Cross [Annie Sophie Cory] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, John Long, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of Victoria Cross's charming adventure romance, set in Alaska, London and San Francisco. The uncommon first edition.Set in contemporary Alaska, London and San Francisco, this work is narrated in th...

Wayside Courtship

Hamlin Garland · 1897 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hamlin Garland's novel about courtship between classes in late nineteenth century America. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author in two locat...

The New Gulliver

Wendell Phillips Garrison · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Jamaica, Queensborough, New York, The Marion Press, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Wendell Phillips Garrison's satirical lost race satire, with an additional signed dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this work, one of three hundred copies...

The Quest of Heracles and Other Poems

Hugh McCulloch Jr. · 1894 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Cambridge; Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry from Hugh McCulloch Jr, published when he was only twenty-five years old. The first edition of this limited edition, with notice reading 'this first edition, on smal...

Phil-O-Rum&Apos;S Canoe and Madeleine Vercheres: Two Poems

William Henry Drummond · 1898 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Toronto; London, The Musson Book Co, 1898 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first Canadian edition of this attractive volume of two poems by William Henry Drummond. The very scarce first Canadian edition of this work, published in the same year in the US.Illustrated wi...

Who Was Paul Grayson?

John Habberton · 1881 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. A smart example of the first edition of John Habberton's novel about small-town life in America, from the library of renowned book collector Estelle Doheny. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontis...

The Slippers of Cinderella and Two Other Plays

W. Graham Robertson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of three children's plays by W. Graham Robertson, retaining the original dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition of this work, in the publisher's original pri...

Pinkie and the Fairies

W. Graham Robertson · 1909 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, William Heinemann, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this fairy play in three acts, written by W. Graham Robertson. First performed in 1908 at His Majesty's Theatre, London, starring Ellen Terry. With an illustrated title page, six plates, a...

Poems of Bygone Years

Elizabeth Missing Sewell [ed] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of poetry edited by the English religious author, Elizabeth Missing Sewell. The first edition of this collection of poetry. In the publisher's original cloth. Library lab...

Historical Odes and Other Poems

Richard Watson Dixon · 1864 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of Richard Watson Dixon's historical poems, bound using the first edition sheets and in the very scarce original glassine dust wrapper. Bound using the first edition sheets with the publisher's...

The Market

Rosemary Lowndes; Claude Kailer · 1987 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Crocodile Books Ltd, 1987. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce children's pop-up book created by Rosemary Lowndes and Claude Kailer, with a pop-up market stall and paper dolls and accessories. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial hardb...

Who&Apos;S Who at the Zoo

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Stockport, Romiley Productions , c1940. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce children's book with illustrations that were created using a carbon offset production method which allows the reader to transfer the images to paper. The first edition. A vanishingly sc...

La Vie En Famille

Mlle Zenaide Fleuriot · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Paris , Ambroise Bray , 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this French novel aimed at young women which follows the lives of a Christian family. The very scarce first edition of this French novel.In half crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing t...

Walter Stephen&Apos;S Crown

A. L. Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this very scarce children's book, with religious themes throughout the heart warming story. The first edition of this very scarce children's book. In the publisher's original d...

The Complete Alice

Lewis Carroll · 2008 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2008. Paperback. Two charming editions of the Alice stories from English author Lewis Carroll, with the original slip case. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated throughout with full colour pages and numerous in-text colour and monochrome images. Writt...

Friendly Leaves: The Girls&Apos; Friendly Magazine for 1879

M. E. Townsend [editor] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Hatchards, 1879. Cloth. A scarce edition of Friendly Leaves: The Girls' Friendly Magazine for the year 1879, with various stories and illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. Friendly Leaves: The Girls' Friendly Magazine was a quarterly magazine fo...