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Songs Unsung

Lewis Morris · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884. Leather. A wonderful example of the fourth edition of Morris's poetry collection, in a tree calf signed binding by Riviere. First published in 1883, this is the fourth edition of Lewis Morris's poetry collection.In a tree calf sig…

A Collection of Natural History Studies from T & a D Poyser

Nigel Dunstone; Nigel Reeve; Ernest Neal; Chris Cheeseman; Richard A. Griffiths; Mark Young · 1993 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, T & A D Poyser, 1993-1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition natural history studies from T & A D Poyser, with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. First edition. Newts and Salamanders of Europe is signed by the illustrator Bas Teunis to t…

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth edition…

The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa

David Livingstone; Horace Waller · 1880 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray, 1880 . First edition. Leather. The collected final journals of explorer David Livingstone, edited by his close friend, and illustrated with plates and folding maps. The tenth thousand of this work.Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In a full calf signed …

Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary June 1944 - April 1945

Robert Boscawen · 2001 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Yorkshire, Leo Cooper, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated war diary from British Conservative politician, Robert Thomas Boscawen, signed by the author with a letter. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With a handwritten lett…

The Rockingdown Mystery

Enid Blyton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Collins, 1950. Cloth. A signed adventure novel for children by Enid Blyton, complete with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop. Signed by the author to the half-title.The third impression, published one year after the first.'The Rockingdown Mystery' is the first boo…

Annals of Scottish Printing

Robert Dickson; John Philip Edmond · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Cambridge, Macmillan & Bowes, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this limited edition study of historical Scottish printing, signed by the co-author and editor John Philip Edmond. A limited edition work, with this copy being number 344 of 500 copies printed on sma…

Ordeal by Battle

Frederick Scott Oliver · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1915. Leather. Frederick Scott Oliver's political essay about the beginning of the First World War, in a handsome half morocco signed binding by Hatchards. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.In a half m…

Quae Scripsi: A Book of Verse

Francis H. Butler · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sands and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of verse poems from Francis H. Butler. A very scarce first edition. Present her is copy no. 32 of 50 copies produced.Inscribed 'To Anna from Francis …

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser; George Gilfillan [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859 . Leather. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross, binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings, with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross, Binde…

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very scarc…

Cat O&Apos;Nine Lives

Daisy Eckersley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming children's tale about a cat, illustrated by the prominent 20th century poster designer Tom Eckersley. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the …

The Comedies of Shakespeare; the Tragedies of Shakespeare; the Histories of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1911 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press , 1911-1912. Leather. An attractive leather-bound set of William Shakespeare's works in three volumes. A uniform set of three volumes, offering the Tragedies, Comedies and Histories of eminent English playwright, William Shakesp…

A Manual of the Coniferae

James Veitch; Harry Veitch · 1881 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, James Veitch and Sons, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth manual to conifers, complete with folding plates. Signed by the publisher. The first edition.Signed by the publisher, Harry J. Veitch, to the half-title.Illustrated with a folding plate…

A Collection of Works by James Purdy

James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York , New Directions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956-1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of novels and short-story collections by James Purdy, including a signed new edition of 'Color of Darkness&apos. Including one novel and six short-story/novella collectio…

Round About Calcutta

R. J. Minney · 1922 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming book providing a glimpse of life in Calcutta, written by Calcutta-born author R. J. Minney, with an additional letter from the author loosely inserted. First e…

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1910-1911. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of the works of Robert Browning. With all seventeen volumes bound in four by Riviere, in half morocco. The complete poetical works of noted Victorian poet Robert Browning, here presented in seventeen volu…

David Dreadnought; or, Nautic Tales and Adventures, in Verse

Samuel Whitchurch · 1813 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Wood and Co, 1813 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce nautical poem, in a sumptuous straight grain morocco binding with gilt detailing. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition, inscribed to a front blank 'Henry an…

Newton on Blackstone

A. Edward Newton · 1937 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

Philadelphia , University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition printing of A. Edward Newton's address on Sir William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2,000 numbered copies of which this is numbe…

A Christmas Cracker: Being a Commonplace Selection

John Julius Norwich · 1975 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Privately Printed , 1975-2018. First edition. Paperback. A brilliant assortment of John Julius Norwich's 'Christmas Crackers', seven of which are signed. Offering an assortment of thirty-nine volumes, seven of which are signed (1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1990…