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The Greek Myths Volume 1 and 2 of 2
GRAVES, ROBERT · 1957 · S. Howlett-West Books
$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)
Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1957. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set in hardback. The set is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good cardboard slipcase. The books are in clean, bright condition. Both volumes have a previous owner's bookpla…
The Years between
Rudyard Kipling · 1919 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1919. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce limited first large paper edition of this poignant collection, providing Kipling"s somber and reflective poetic response to the experience and aftermath of war. In the publisher's original quarter paper…
The Fisher Village
Anne Beale · 1894 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, The Religious Tract Society , 1894. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this English novel by popular author Anne Beale, set in a quaint but efficiently run fictional fishing village. First edition. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. In the publ…
Under the Tree
Elizabeth Madox Roberts · 1922 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc, 1922. First edition. Hardback. Elizabeth Madox Roberts' first commercially publisher work, the first edition of this anthology of poems. The first edition.An anthology of fifty-two poems by Elizabeth Madox Roberts.Including 'The Sky&apos…
The Waverley Novels
Sir Walter Scott · 1831 · Rooke Books
£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)
Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1831-1838. Leather. A handsome library set of the Waverley novels, in a handsome half calf binding. An uncommon Baudry's European Library edition of the works of Sir Walter Scott. With the bookplate of Thomas Gilbert to the front paste…
On the Boiler
W. B. Yeats · 1938 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1938 . First edition. Paperback. A bright example of the first trade edition - the second edition produced - of Yeats's final published prose work, in which he discusses what he sees as the degeneration of Ireland. While by convention referred to as…
The Comic Annual
Thomas Hood · 1834 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Charles Tilt, 1834. Leather. An early edition of this scarce comedic work by Thomas Hood in the original quarter crushed morocco, with many illustrations throughout. An early edition of this scarce comedic work by Thomas Hood in the original quarter crushed morocco.Ill…
The Lavender Dragon
Eden Phillpotts · 1923 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Grant Richards, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart very scarce first edition of this fantastical novel from English writer Eden Phillpotts. First edition. Very scarce. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Set in "the middle of the Dark Ages, when ignorance, greed, …
Behind the Shutters
R. H. Mottram · 1968 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Hutchinson of London, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel exploring life in Britain and France after the Second World War, by R. H. Mottram. First edition, signed by the author to the contents page. Bound in the publisher's original cl…
The Charted Mirror
John Holloway · 1960 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the essays of John Holloway, presented by himself to fellow literary critic Lionel Charles Knights. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, &apos…
The Biglow Papers
James Russell Lowell · 1890 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Walter Scott, Ltd. c1890. Leather. An attractively bound copy of Russell Lowell's satirical classic on the Mexican-American War, particularly praised for his use of dialects. A very smart edition of the satirical classic The Biglow Papers, written by American firesi…
THE LONDON MERCURY
SQUIRE, J. C. (editor) · 1919 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB
CA$121.87 (€77.50 | $85.42 | £64.64 | ¥13,642)
London 1st edition pp. 768. Thick 4to. Bound in brown cloth, top edge gilt with leather spine label. Boards bumped, scuffed, & moderately soiled; contents slightly age-toned; else binding tight and contents clean. Overall, very good condition. Sir John Collings Squires (1884-195…
The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author
Christopher Anstey; John Anstey · 1808 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of the poetical works of Christopher Anstey, complete with plates, the presentation copy of his youngest son Arthur Anstey. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, f…
The Ages of Man
Charles Sayle · 1916 · Rooke Books
£335.00 (€401.61 | $442.66 | ¥70,695)
London, John Murray, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of quotations from Charles Sayle, with the publisher's compliments. First edition. With the publisher's blind stamp "With Mr. Murray's Compliments" to the title page. With a …
The Thirtyfirst of February
Julian Symons · 1950 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this crime novel featuring by Julian Symons, in the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the original cloth with the original unclipped scarce dust wrapper. This crime novel…
The Complete Stalky & Co.
Rudyard Kipling · 1929 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of school stories from English writer Rudyard Kipling. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen plates. Collated complete. A novel about adolesce…
The Tale of Balen
Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. First edition. Leather. A fine first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's Arthurian poem, in a fine morocco binding with a custom marbled paper slipcase. The first edition of this work. In a beautiful fine full morocco binding, in a custom…
The Ogilvies a Novel
Dinah Maria Craik · 1826 · Rooke Books
£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London , Richard Edward King, c1880. Cloth. The Ogilvies is a novel by Dinah Maria Craik, with a black and white plate to frontispiece and decorative head and tail pieces. Dinah Maria Craik (1826 - 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was determined to obtain a livelihood…
The Satires of Juvenal
Juvenal · 1807 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London , T. Bensley, 1807. Cloth. Francis Hodgson's translation of the satirical poems of Roman poet, Juvenal. The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD. Francis Hodgson (1781 Â 1852), (al…
The Chace, a Poem
William Somervile; J. Aikin · 1796 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies , 1796. Leather. A morocco-bound illustrated new edition of Somervile's popular hunting poem, with critical notes by J. Aikin. New edition, to which is prefixed a critical essay by J. Aikin.Bound in full straight grain morocco. Renewed …