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The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb · 1923 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1923. Leather. A leatherbound copy of Lamb's popular collection of essays from the Harrap Library. The Harrap Library. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of essays that first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and cont…
Poems in the Porch
John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, S.P.C.K, 1954. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this collection of poetry by John Betjeman with illustrations by John Piper. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers. Illustrated throughout with vignettes by John Piper. This colle…
The Three Mulla-Mulgars
Walter De La Mare · 1924 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd. 1924. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of the popular edition of Walter de la Mere's The Three Mulla-Mulgars. Popular edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and ten full-page images. Collated complete. The story of three royal monk…
Lobsters on the Agenda
Naomi Mitchison · 1952 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Victor Gollancz, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this contemporary novel by Naomi Mitchison. A first edition copy of this novel. Naomi Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet who wrote over 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writi…
The Vigil of Venus
Lewis Gielgud · 1952 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Frederick Muller , [1952]. First edition. Cloth. First trade edition of the English translation of 'Pervigilium Veneris' by Lewis Gielhud, adorned with lovely wood engravings by George Buday. Translated to English by English scholar Lewis Gielgud from the origi…
The Vigil of Venus
Lewis Gielgud · 1952 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Frederick Muller , [1952]. First edition. Cloth. First translated edition of this Latin poem, one of 250 copies signed by Lewis Gielhud and George Buday who decorated the volume with lovely wood engravings. Translated to English by English scholar Lewis Gielgud from the …
The Vicar of Wakefield
Doctor Goldsmith · 1904 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Methuen & Co. 1904 . Leather. A new edition of Goldsmith's popular eighteenth century novel with colour plates and leather binding. New edition of The Vicar of Wakefield by Doctor (Oliver) Goldsmith in half morocco binding and cloth boards.With twenty-four colour pl…
The Apostle a Drama
George Moore · 1923 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London , William Heinemann , 1923. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of George Moore's religious play The Apostle. A limited edition of this work. This edition was limited to one thousand and thirty copies printed from hand-set type on Van Gelder paper…
The Bead-Eyed Man
Michael Glover · 1999 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
West Bromwich, Dagger Press, 1999. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this collection of poetry by Michael Glover, signed by the author and with a holograph fragment by Ruth Dupre. Very scarce. Limited edition of 26 numbered copies, of which this is 'C&apos. Signed by …
The Glugs of Gosh
C J Dennis · 1919 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Angus & Robertson, 1919. Cloth. A collection of poetry by humorous Australian poet, C J Dennis. Along with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, Dennis is often regarded as one of Australia's three most famous poets. This is an early edition of this collection, which was…
Summoned by the Bells
John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London , John Murray , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this intimate poetry collection by John Betjeman. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by John Betjeman. Betjeman's poetry within this volume acts as a sort of autobiography of the English…
Glenaveril; or, the Metamorphoses
The Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith) [Robert Bulwer-Lytton] · 1885 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, John Murray, 1885. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition of this poem by Robert Bulwer-Lytton. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Robert Bulwer-Lytton, who wrote under the pseudonym Owen Meredith, was an English Statesman and Poet. The son of novelist Ed…
The Georgics of Virgil
Virgil; James Rhoades (Trans) · 1891 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1891. Cloth. A English edition of the Georgics of Virgil, translated by James Rhoades. Second edition. The Georgics is a poem in four books, likely published in 29 BC. It is the second major work by the Latin poet Virgil, following his…
The Crock of Gold
James Stephens · 1943 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1943. Leather. A smartly bound illustrated edition of this comic novel from Irish writer James Stephens. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A comic novel being a mixture o…
Desert of the Lions
Michael Schmidt · 1972 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)
Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this poetical collection from Michael Schmidt. First edition. With a dedicated signed inscription by the author to the front endpaper, with a quote, "Deep in wild, with beasts one meet…
The Fables of Flora
Dr. Langhorne [John Langhorne] · 1794 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, T. Rickaby, for E. and S. Harding, 1794. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of Langhorne's poetry collection, illustrated by Thomas Stothard. First published in 1771, this is a charmingly illustrated edition of the poetry collection.Described as consisting o…
The Shipwreck, a Poem
William Falconer · 1811 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London , William Miller, 1811. Leather. A smart leather bound copy of The Shipwreck by William Falconer, with illustrations. A third edition copy. William Falconer was a Scottish epic poet concerned with life at sea. The Shipwreck recounts the final voyage of the merchant ship …
Swords of the Grass
Dora Hagemeyer · 1927 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
Carmel, Seven Arts Press, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of this signed volume of twenty-one short poems by Dora Hagemeyer. A scarce work. A signed, first edition copy of this scarce volume of poetry by Dora Hagemeyer, a respected early twentieth century American poe…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1910 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Chapman & Hall, [1910]. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Goldsmith's classic sentimental novel, widely read in Victorian England, with coloured plates. A later ediiton, originally published in 1766. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindi…
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling · 1897 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Cloth. A smart third impression of the sequel to The Jungle Book, featuring more stories about Mowgli the "man-cub." Third impression, originally published 1895. Illustrated throughout. The sequel to The Jungle Book, this work includes fi…