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The Pageant of Empire: Souvenir Volume
E. V. Lucas; Martin Hardie [Ed]; Rt Hon. J. H. Thomas [Pref.] · 1924 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)
London, Fleetway Press Ltd. 1924. First edition. Leather. A striking commemorative volume for the British Empire Exhibition, pairing E. V. Lucas"s lyric tribute to empire with Elgar"s celebrated Pageant songs, illustrated in full colour. Bound in a smart red half morocco with cl…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark · 1961 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Macmillan, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Muriel Spark's celebrated work of modern Scottish fiction. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The best known of Muriel Sparks' work…
The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem.
[Mark Akenside] · 1744 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, R. Dodsley, 1744. Disbound. The second edition of Mark Akenside's popular didactic poem pondering on imagination, illustrated here with a detailed engraved vignette to the title page. The second edition of this work. Without the notes to the tail of page nine that i…
The Poetical Works of James Thomson
James Thomson · 1784 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
Glasgow, Printed by Andrew Foulis, Printer to the University , 1784. Leather. The complete Foulis folio edition of James Thomson's poems, including his popular 'Seasons' cycle. Foulis' edition of James Thomson's poetical collection, complete in two folio…
A Revelation of the True Minerva
Thomas Blenerhasset; Josephine Waters Bennett [ed.] · 1941 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
New York, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1941. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon facsimile reprint of Thomas Blenerhasset's Revelation of the True Minerva. The first edition of this facsimile in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with the original u…
The Rising Village with Other Poems
Oliver Goldsmith · 1834 · Rooke Books
£940.00 (€1,126.74 | $1,241.87 | ¥198,311)
Saint John, N. B. Published for the author, by John McMillan, 1834. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition thus of this collection of poems from Canadian poet Oliver Goldsmith, in the publisher's original moire binding. Best known for the titular poem, 'The Ris…
Three Letters from the Andes [Signed]
FERMOR, Patrick Leigh (1915-2011) · 1991 · Fine Editions Ltd
$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)
London John Murray First Edition First Printing, with drawings and illustrated dust jacket by John Craxton. 8vo: [10],118pp, with four black and white illustrations and a map of Peru. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in gold, jacket priced £10.95. Signed by the author to f…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1868 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 Â 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetical works from Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott. With preface from the first edition. The Chandos Poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection of…
The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis
George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copies…
The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1919 · Rooke Books
£84.99 (€101.87 | $112.28 | ¥17,930)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1919. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Bound by Bickers and Son (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper). Heavily influenced by his poetic predecessors, in particular John Keats and the …
The Wanderer of Switzerland and Other Poems
James Montgomery · 1813 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , 1813. Leather. A collection of lyrical work by the prolific poet James Montgomery. Includes poems such as The Pillow, A field Flower, The Ocean, To the Memory of Joseph Browne, and Ode to the Volunteers. James Montgomery was par…
The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867
Matthew Arnold; A. T. Quiller-Couch [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Humphrey Milford, 1913 . Leather. A handsomely bound volume of the poetry of Matthew Arnold, with an introduction from literary critic and writer A. T. Quiller-Couch. In a signed half morocco binding by Riviere. The poetical works of Matthew Arnold, the son of English ed…
Beyond the Bedroom Wall: A Family Album
Larry Woiwode · 1975 · Rooke Books
£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)
New York , Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A perceptive and unconventional epic novel following a family in North Dakota in a lovely first edition copy. This epic novel follows four generations of the Neumiller family in North Dakota and Illinois, presente…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books
£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)
London, Griffith and Faran, c1895. Leather. An illustrated edition of the ever-popular poetical works of Scotland's famous Scott. Bound in leather with gilt lettering. With Twelve photographs of drawings and paintings relating to the works of Scott. Dated from the ink inscr…
Sarchedon a Legend of the Great Queen
G. J. Whytre Melville · 1871 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London , Chapman and Hall, 1871. Cloth. A novel by Scottish novelist and poet George John Whyte- Melville (1821-1878) Major George John Whyte-Melville was born in 1821, at Mount Melville near St Andrews. He was a son of Major John Whyte-Melville and Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osb…
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1893 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. [1893]. Leather. A smart collection of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, handsomely bound in a full morocco prize binding. In a full navy morocco prize binding for New College, Eastbourne.This edition of Longfellow's works is the Albi…
The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell; William Michael Rossetti [editor] · 1880 · Rooke Books
£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1880. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetical works of American writer James Russell Lowell, with a critical preface by William Rossetti. Moxon's Popular Poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. …
The Pleasures of Hope with Other Poems
Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825 . Leather. A charming edition of Thomas Cambell's best known work, in a lovely full calf binding, illustrated with four engraved plates. Illustrated with an engraved title page and three further plates. Collated, com…
The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake
David Bindman · 1978 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Thames and Hudson, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An exhaustive annotated catalogue of the engravings and illustrations of William Blake, with reproductions of his illustrations throughout. The first edition of this comprehensive study of the graphic art of Romantic poet an…