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Aphorisms on Authors and Their Ways; with Some General Observations on the Humours, Habits, and Methods of Composition of Poets - Good, Bad, and Indifferent
Augustine Birrell; Samuel Johnson · 1917 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Privately Printed , 1917. First edition. Hardback. The first and only edition printed in one hundred copies of this series of aphorisms on authors and their ways by Augustine Birrell. A signed presentation copy, including a letter by the author. A first edition of this b…
New Spring Song: Poems
Hubert Nicholson · 1943 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, The Fortune Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this collection of poems by Hubert Nicholson, signed by the author to the title page. Hubert Nicholson's collection of numerous poems, the first edition of 1943. The poems included discuss …
Almanach Du Bibliophile Pour L&Apos;Annee 1901
Various · 1901 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
Paris, Edouard Pelletan, 1901. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this literature anthology produced by Edouard Pelletan. Scarce in the original wraps, retaining glassine wrap.Limited edition, numbered 26. This particular copy has been signed by the publisher to t…
Report of the Indian Statutory Commission
1930 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1930. First edition. Leather. A smart calf bound copy of this important Commission on the governing of India, with three folding colour maps. The first edition two volume publication of the Indian Statutory Commission, co…
Miss Carter Came with Us
Helen Bradley · 1973 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1973. Cloth. A limited edition of the second work by Helen Bradley following Miss Carter, signed by the artist and complete with a slipcase. A delightful tale following Miss Carter, with beautiful illustrations of Lancashire in the early twentieth century.…
Le the Chez Miranda
Jean Moreas; Paul Adam · 1886 · Rooke Books
£3,250.00 (€3,895.58 | $4,293.45 | ¥685,610)
Paris, Tresse et Stock, 1886. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition copy of this important symbolist novel. This particular copy once belonged to Edmund Gosse, and has been signed by the author. The dedication to the half-title bears the author's inscrip…
Drama: Its Costume & Dãâ©Cor
James Laver · 1951 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
London, The Studio Publications, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A fantastic presentation copy signed by James Laver of this volume exploring the theatrical scene from early Greek and Roman times to the twentieth century. The first edition. James Laver explores the theatrical scene…
Shakespeare&Apos;S Genius Justified: Being Restorations and Illustrations of Seven Hundred Passages in Shakespeare&Apos;S Plays: Which Have Afforded Abundant Scope for Critical Animadversion; and Hitherto Held at Defiance the Penetration of All Shakespeare&Apos;S Commentators
Zachariah Jackson · 1819 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
London, Printed for John Mayor by J Johnson, 1819. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this brilliant discussion on Shakespeare's plays by Zachariah Jackson. An excellent copy. A brilliant discussion on Shakespeare's plays by Zachariah Jackson to jus…
Saul Marks and the Plantin Press
Lillian Marks · 1980 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
Los Angeles, The Plantin Press, 1980. First edition. Hardback. A lovely, signed and limited edition of Lillian Marks' charming and extensive account of the Plantin Press. Lillian Marks' account of her husband and business partner Saul Marks' life and work: the Pla…
Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens
Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)
Rochester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910. First edition. Leather. A signed scarce first edition copy of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place. The scarce first edition of this work.Signed postcard of the author adhered to the vers…
The Plays of J.M. Barrie Quality Street
J. M. Barrie · 1918 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of one of his most popular plays, 'Quality Street', here inscribed by Barrie to an actress, Irenie Russell. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front endpaper, &ap…
Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: With Historical and Traditional Notices Relative to the Manners and Customs of the Peasantry
Robert Hartley Cromek [ed.]; Allan Cunningham · 1810 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1810. First edition. Leather. A collection of Scottish folk ballads, accompanied by humorous accounts of peasant traditions and superstitions. The first edition of this work, edited by and with an engraved title page from Robert Hartley Cromek, an …
Ned Garth; or, Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade
William Henry Giles Kingston · 1878 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1878. First edition. Cloth. A children's adventure novel about the slave trade, from the descendant of an abolitionist who himself owned a plantation. A scarce work, here published 'under the direction of the Committe…
Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal · 1992 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1992. Cloth. A signed first British edition of Gore Vidal's irreverent parody of the New Testament. This work parodies the New Testament, narrating the travels of Saint Timothy and Saint Paul as they encounter a hacker from the future who seeks to &ap…
Selected Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: Soldiers Three, in Black and White, Under the Deodars, Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie
Rudyard Kipling · 1889 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.42 | ¥84,383)
Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler & Co, 1889-90. Leather. A decorative anthology of five of Rudyard Kipling's noted short stories in half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Presenting this collection of short stories by noted English author Rudyard Kipling. This anthology inc…
Sleepy Time Tales Off Cherub Village, Apricot Farm, Playtown, Puddletown, Happy Town, the Little Cherub, Playtime Village, Primrose Wood
Sheila Hodgetts · 1958 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
London, Sampson Low , [1958]. Magazine. A lovely scarce collection of five and fifteen minute sleepy time tales for children, illustrated in colour throughout. By Sheila Hodgetts. A scarce set in eight volumes of these lovely little tales for children. Dated from Copac 1958. A…
The Empire Annual for Girls
Dorothea Moore; Lucy Laing; Doris Pocock; et al. · 0 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Religious Tract Society , c1920. Cloth. A charming magazine with many short stories mostly by women authors, designed for women. Richly embellished with various plates throughout. A charming volume of this magazine for women by Dorothea Moore, Lucy Laing, and others. Co…
The Wild Red Deer of Exmoor
Henry Williamson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Faber and Faber , 1931. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first trade edition of this fascinating discussion on stag hunting in England by Henry Williamson. The first trade edition of this charming study by Henry Williamson, wildlife author. The first true edition wa…
England, England
Julian Barnes · 1998 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this satirical Julian Barnes novel, inscribed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwr…
Illyrion
Adelaide Eden Phillpotts · 1916 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Cecil Palmer and Hayward , 1916. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition inscribed by the author of Adelaide Eden Phillpott's first published book of poems. The first edition of Adelaide Eden Phillpotts-Ross's first published book of poems. A scarce vol…