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Poems by Mr. Gray
Thomas Gray · 1768 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, J. Dodsley, 1768 . Leather. An early example of the collected works of celebrated poet Thomas Gray, published in the same year as the first collected edition of his works. A new edition, published in the same year as the first edition collected edition of Grey's wor…
The Path to Caister and Other Poems
Violet Spender · 1922 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Published for Harold Spender by Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A lovely association copy of this rare posthumous book of poetry, gifted to the son of the poet by his father with an endearing letter. The first and only edition of this posthumously …
The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Leather. Charles Lamb's delightful collection of essays, smartly bound in a half calf Bumpus binding. A 'Books of the Verulam Club' edition of this work in a half calf binding with marbled boards and end papers. Binder's stamp of…
The Good-Natured Bear
R. H. Horne · 1874 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Alexander Strahan, [1874]. Paperback. A very scarce edition of this festive moral story, notably illustrated throughout by Ernest Griset. Dated from the advertisements. Very scarce.With two leaves of tipped in advertisements to the front of the work and two to the rear o…
The Song of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1908 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Grant Richards, 1908. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Longfellow's epic poem containing Native American characters, in a decorative binding. 'The Song of Hiawatha' was first penned in 1855, and is an epic relating the fictional adventures of an…
The Book of Nonsense
Edward Lear · 1905 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1905. Cloth. A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense. Collated complete from copac. Profusely illustrated by Lear throughout. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and …
Daughters of the House
Michele Roberts · 1992 · Rooke Books
£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)
London, Virago Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Michele Roberts. 'Daughters of the House' was short listed for the 1992 Man Booker Prize. Michele Roberts is a British writer, novelist and poet. This work is set in an old Normandy ho…
The Princess: A Medley
Alfred Tennyson · 1860 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Edward Moxon, 1860. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Tennyson's poem about a heroic princess, with many engravings and bound in a decorative cloth binding. An illustrated edition. First published in 1847. Illustrated with twenty-six monochrome vignettes, engraved o…
Songs from the Silence
Minnie Ferris Hauenstein · 1909 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
Buffalo, N.Y. The Mathews-Northrup Works, 1909 . First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this anthology of poetry and song in half leather binding from the early twentieth century. First edition of Songs From The Silence by Minnie Ferris Hauenstein in half calf bind…
The Adventures of Ulysses
Charles Lamb · 1827 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Printed For Baldwin, 1827 . Leather. A scarce copy of this new edition of the retelling of the classic Greek myth, by prominent essayist Charles Lamb. A new edition of the work.In quarter red morocco binding with marbled boards.Illustrated with a vignette title page. A …
Love and the Stars
William Blathwayt · 1926 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. Very scarce signed first edition of poetry from William Blathwayt. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presentation copy. Signed by the author with dedication to the front free en…
The Book of Shops
Edward Verrall Lucas · 1899 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Grant Richards, 1899 . First edition. Hardback. A smart example of the scarce first edition of E. V. Lucas's charming children's picture book, illustrated with chromolithographs from Francis D. Bedford. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with a title page and…
The Four-Chambered Heart
Anais Nin · 1959 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Peter Owen Limited, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first U.K. edition of this autobiographical novel by Anais Nin, fictionalising a love affair of the author's. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Anais Nin's…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1855 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London , John Van Voorst , 1855. Cloth. A lovely bound copy of the Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. A lovely bound copy of the Vicar of Wakefield. The Vicar of Wakefield was first published in 1766 and was one of the most popular and widely read novels of the 18th Centur…
The Life of Johnson
James Boswell · 1851 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London, Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1851. Cloth. A lovely illustrated four volume set detailing the life of this important English writer. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English poet, essayist, biographer and literary critic. He published 'A Dictionary of…
The Princess: A Medley
Alfred Tennyson · 1872 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)
London, Strahan and Co. Publishers , 1872. Leather. An attractive morocco-bound copy of Alfred Tennyson's serio-comic poem, 'The Princess&apos. Later edition, published during Tennyson's time as Poet Laureate. In a contemporary full red morocco binding, with deco…
Lays by the Way
R. B. Greaves · 1920 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Erskine Macdonald Ltd , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce book of poems from one R. B. Greaves, being the author's presentation copy gifted to his good friend. Author's presentation copy. A very scarce copy of these verses, with only one copy held in…
Peveril of the Peak
Sir Walter Scott · 1892 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1892. Paperback. A scarce copyright edition of this novel by Sir Walter Scott, originally sold for sixpence. Copyright edition. Scarce edition. Illustrated with a few in-text sketches. The longest of Sir Walter Scott's novels, as part of the Wa…
The Shadow of Cain
Edith Sitwell · 1947 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, John Lehmann, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this work of poetry written by Edith Sitwell. A lovely example of this work of poetry by Edith Sitwell. In the publisher's original binding, this handsome volume is held in the original unclipped d…
The Art of Conserving
Vere Galway · 1905 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, John & Ed. Bumpus, Ltd. 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this exceptionally scarce cookery work on the art of conserving food, written by Lady Vere Galway. First edition.Very scarce work. Author's presentation copy, with "With the…