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A Discourse Concerning Baptismal and Spiritual Regeneration
Samuel Bradford · 1819 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1819. Disbound. The ninth edition of this very scarce writing on spiritual regeneration through baptism from English churchman Samuel Bradford. Ninth edition. Very scarce work. Designed for the promotion of Christian knowledge, this treatise discu…
Naples Past and Present
Arthur H. Norway · 1905 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1905. Cloth. A smart second edition of this brightly illustrated work on Naples, Italy. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-four colour plates. Collated complete. Designed as a supplementary to a guide of Naples, this work…
A Darkening Green: Notes from the Silent Generation
Peter S. Prescott · 1974 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this book about the end of childhood, from American author Peter S. Prescott. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed to the front endpaper with the inscription: "F…
Wild Wicklow: Nature in the Garden of Ireland
Richard Nairn; Miriam Crowley · 1998 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)
Dublin, Town House, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming work on Wicklow, the "Garden of Ireland" with illustrations, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by Richard Nairn to the title page, dated 1999. Illustrated with numerous figures and p…
Confessions of an Incurable Collector
Desmond Coke · 1928 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Desmond Coke's illustrated account of a life spent collecting. Illustrated throughout, and with a significant number of additional images tipped in by a prior owner. The first edition of this work, …
Hawthorne&Apos;S Faust
William Bysshe Stein · 1953 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work of literary criticism, looking into Hawthorne's use of Faustinan symbols in his works. From the library of Nathaniel Hawthorne specialist, Norman Holmes Pearson.…
Mortal Remains
Margaret Yorke · 1974 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the first edition of Margaret Yorke's very scarce thriller, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with 'from the Author, 1974&apos.The first edition, first …
The Histories and Poems of Shakespeare the Tragedies of Shakespeare the Comedies of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare · 1922 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press , 1922-1924. Leather. An attractive leather bound set of Shakespeare's works in three volumes. This set is bound in signed full calf by Oxford Binding with gilt detailing. A lovely collection of Shakespeare's works in a…
A Member of the Third House, a Story of Political Warfare
Hamlin Garland · 1897 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Cloth. An uncommon novel on American politics by Hamlin Garland, the author's presentation copy. The second edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, "A study of contemporary legislation, Hamlin Garland".Â…
With Double Pipe
Owen Seaman · 1888 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
Oxford; Cambridge; London, Blackwell; Johnson; Simpkin, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this volume of poetry by British writer and poet Owen Seaman. The first edition of this work, inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author with 'To Mr & …
In the High Valley
Susan Coolidge [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey] · 1891 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)
Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1891 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the final entry in Susan Coolidge's 'What Katy Did' series. Works signed by the author are exceptionally scarce. A signed first edition of the fifth and final novel in the authors…
Here Is Einbaum
Wright Morris · 1973 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of Wright Morris's fiction novel about a women and her fake husband as they try to flee Nazi Germany, bound with Earle Gray. Limited edition. Number 172 out of 226. Printed July 1973 in Santa Bar…
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Reynolds Price · 1988 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
North Carolina, Wesleyan College Press, 1988. Paperback. A signed limited edition of this autobiographical work by Reynolds Price about the people who inspired him. A limited edition. Number 25 out of 50 signed copies. The first edition was published in a numbered edition of fiv…
Midnight Oil
V. S. Pritchett · 1972 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
New York , Random House , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiographical work, the second volume of V. S. Pritchett's memoirs. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original un…
The Reverie: And Devotional Poems
J. D. Hull · 1833 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.50 | ¥60,123)
London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co. 1833. Cloth. A very scarce second edition of this collection of religious poetry and hymns from Northern Irish writer and reverend J. D. Hull, signed by the author. Second edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The Reve…
The Rape of Man or the Zoo Let Loose
Donald Cowie · 1947 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)
Malvern, The Tantivy Press, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this science-fiction novel written by Donald Cowie, in the original, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the vanishingly scarce, …
Bad Characters
Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
New York, Farrar, Straus & Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean Staf…
The Promotion of the Admiral and Other Sea Comedies
Morley Roberts · 1903 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)
London, J. Eveleigh Nash, 1903. First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of Morley Roberts' short naval stories, with a lengthy inscription from the author. The very scarce first edition of the work, in the publisher's original clot…
Craigcrook Castle
Gerald Massey · 1856 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, David Bogue, 1856 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Gerald Massey's poetry collection. Including the author's own manuscript corrections, which were made to the second edition, published in the same year. The scar…
The Eye of the Beholder
Marc Behm · 1981 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
New York, Ballantine Books, 1981 . Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first paperback edition of Marc Behm's thrilling detective novel. Inscribed by the author to the verso of the front wrap with 'L.A. 1981, For Ann Migden -Â a credit to us all! Marc …