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Ryder
Djuna Barnes · 1928 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing experimental modernist novel by Djuna Barnes. The first edition, first printing, which was limited to 3,000 copies.'Ryder' is an important modernist novel written in the Rabela…
Falling for a Dolphin
Heathcote Williams · 1988 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The author's presentation copy, inscribed …
Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne
George Barr McCutcheon · 1901 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Chicago, Herbert S. Stone, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, intermediate issue, of George Barr McCutcheon's Ruritanian Romance. The first edition of this work, BALs so-called 'intermediate issue', in Binding A.Intermediate issue: printers imprint at p…
Four Gardens
David Osborne Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New Haven , Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of works from American poet David Osbourne Hamilton, published as the winner of Yale's 'Younger Poets' competition in 1920. The scarce first edition of this poetical collectio…
The Open Air Year: An Anthology of the Seasons Selected from the Times
The Times; Viscount Grey of Fallodon [preface] · 1932 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, The Times Publishing Company Ltd, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A beloved series of articles about nature from 'The Times', curated to complete an entire year of the seasons' changes. With plates of photographs throughout. The first edition thus of these sel…
Sermons and Lectures
Rev. Brooke Lambert; Rev. Ronald Bayne [editor]; J. E. G. Montmorency · 1902 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Greenwich, Henry Richardson, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of sermons from English cleric Brooke Lambert, with a memoir of his life. First edition. Very scarce work. With an ink inscription from a relative of the author that reads "W.…
The Book of Flowers & the Book of Birds
Alice M. Coats; A. M. Lysaght · 1973 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1973-1975. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes with numerous illustrations throughout. Two volumes. First edition. This set contains: The Book of Flowers, 1973. With one hundred and twenty-six illustrations, forty of which ar…
Palmyra
Iain Browning · 1979 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this highly illustrated work on the fascinating ancient site of Palmyra. First edition. Illustrated with four colour plates, four maps, and numerous monochrome in-text figures. Collated complete. …
The History of the League
Louis Maimbourg; John Dryden · 1684 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, M. Flesher; Jacob Tonson, 1684. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Maimbourg's fascinating history of the French Wars of Religion. The first edition of John Dryden's translation of Louis Maimbourg's 'Histoir…
A Practical Treatise on the Law Relating to the Office and Duty of Sheriff
William Henry Watson · 1827 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, S. Sweet; R. Pheney; A. Maxwell; Stevens and Sons, 1827. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce exploration on the profession of sheriffs, an interesting and scarce work, this copy being signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Autho…
Adamastor
Roy Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Cape Town, Paul Koston, 1950. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Roy Campbell's notable poetry collection, with illustrations by the author. The first illustrated edition of this work in a half calf binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with …
The Harbourmaster
William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to the United States in 1911.Number 311 of…
Going-to-the-Sun
Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Nicholas Lindsay Vachel's charmingly illustrated volume of poetry. The first edition of this work, flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper.With vignette illust…
Prairie Songs: Being Chants Rhymed and Unrhymed of the Level Lands of the Great West
Hamlin Garland · 1893 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Cambridge and Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poems about the Wild West of America by Hamlin Garland. The first edition of this work, with first edition notice to colophon.With vignette illustrations throughout fro…
Love&Apos;S Crucifix, Nine Sonnets and a Canzone from Petrarch
Petrarch; Agnes Tobin; Alice Meynell [preface] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London, William Heinemann, 1902 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry from Petrarch, illustrated with plates by Graham Robertson. The first edition of this scarce work.Six sonnets and a canzone by Petrarch are translated by Agnes Tobin,…
The Verses of John Blewitt Jenkins
John Blewitt Jenkins; Reginald Arthur Blewitt Jenkins [ed] · 1919 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Swansea, Ernest Davies & Co. Ltd [printers], 1919. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of poetry by John Blewitt Jenkins, collected and published by his son in tribute to his father, bound in full calf. The first edition. A vanishingl…
Hardy Bulbs for Amateurs
Joseph Jacob · 1924 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Country Life, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce instructional handbook on growing bulbs for beginners by Joseph Jacob, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and signed by the publisher. The first edition.Inscribed by the publishe…
History of Hungarian Literature
Tibor Klaniczay; Jozsef Szauder; Miklos Szabolcsi · 1964 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)
London; Budapest , Collet's Holding Ltd; Corvina Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this impressively compiled history of Hungarian literature, a once scarce area of discussion for English readers. The first edition.In the publisher's brig…
Life of the Rev. William Morgan
John Lloyd Morgan · 1886 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Elliot Stock , 1886. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce biography concerning the life of Welsh evangelical cleric William Morgan, carried out by his son. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original cloth binding. This biographical work…
Report from His Majesty&Apos;S Commissioners for Inquiring Into the Administration and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws
1834 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, B. Fellowes, 1834. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work discussing the Poor Law Amendment Act, which was created to reduce the cost of looking after the poor. First edition. Bound in the original cloth. This work details the Poor Law Commission and …