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Specimens of the Early English Poets
George Ellis; Various · 1811 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. The fourth edition of George Ellis' popular anthology of medieval to seventeenth century lyric poems. The fourth edition.Complete in three volumes.This set collects together an extensive number of early English p…
The Works of George Whyte-Melville
George Whyte-Melville · 0 · Rooke Books
£1,450.00 (€1,738.05 | $1,915.65 | ¥305,905)
London, Ward, Lock and Co; Longmans, Green and Co, c1890. Leather. A twenty-seven volume, complete collection of the works of the Scottish novelist, George Whyte-Melville, bound in half calf. The new edition for most. The ninth edition to 'Roy's Wife&apos. Twenty-seve…
Zones ; a Sleeping Partner ; the Stump
Alexis Lykiard · 1966 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
London , Anthony Blond ; Hart-Davis, MacGibbon ; Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1966-1973. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of three novels in excellent condition by British writer Alexis Lykiard. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrappers. The Stump is signe…
Three Personal Records of the War
R. H. Mottram; John Easton; Eric Partridge · 1929 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, The Scholartis Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this collection of three accounts of the First World War, with maps. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Two bookplates to the front paste down, one…
The Robin&Apos;S Christmas Eve
Mrs. C.E. Bowen [Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen] · 0 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Paperback. A charming Christmas poem in toy book form, printed by German engraver and lithographer Joseph Kronheim. A charming toy book edition of The Robin's Christmas Eve, a children's poem written by children's author and …
The Works of Anacreon and Sappho
Anacreon; Sappho; Edward Burnaby Greene [Ed.] · 1768 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, J. Ridley , 1768 . Leather. The very scarce first edition of Edward Burnaby Greene"s Anacreon and Sappho, offering English lyric translations with notes and classical commentary. In a contemporary full calf binding. The first edition of this anthology of Anacreon and Sap…
The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1906 · Rooke Books
£1,300.00 (€1,558.26 | $1,717.48 | ¥274,260)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1906 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition set of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, in handsome half morocco signed bindings by Riviere. A very scarce large-paper limited edition set, with this being number forty-four of one-hundred sets ava…
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Lord Byron · 1882 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880 . Leather. A handsome, full-morocco edition containing the poetry of the notorious Romantic figure Lord Byron. The "Lansdowne Poets" edition, reprinted from the original editions and including explanatory notes, etc. In a fine red full-moroc…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark · 1961 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Macmillan & Co, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Muriel Spark's celebrated work of modern Scottish fiction. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper with artwork by Victor Reinganum.The best known of…
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde · 1920 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Duckworth & Co. 1920 . Cloth. The new edition of this collection of five popular bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, charmingly illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson. The new edition. In the publisher's original orange cloth binding. With a tipped-in…
The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck
Friedrich von der Trenck; Thomas Holcroft [trans.] · 1788 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, G.G. and J. Robinson, 1788-1793 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce four volume first English language translation of the autobiography of Prussian officer Baron Friedrich von der Trenck. With all four volumes of the very scarce first edition present, including the…
Poetical Works and Other Writings, the
KEATS, John · 1938 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. The Finest Collected Edition of John Keats's Works KEATS, John. The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats. Edited with notes and appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an introducti…
Gods and Heroes of the Greeks.
ROSE, H.J., · 1957 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity
€19.50 ($21.49 | £16.27 | ¥3,432)
Methuen, London, 1957. IX,202p. Bound wrps. Name on half title. Tail spine slightly bumped. This book sets out to tell plainly and unsentimentally, the chief stories which were current in Ancient Greece and have influenced European literature for many centuries. It goes on to g…
The Masculine Dead Poems, 1938-1940
EVERSON, WILLIAM (BROTHER ANTONINUS) · 1942 · S. Howlett-West Books
$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)
Prairie City, IL: Press of James A. Decker, 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable toning as does the title pa…
The Hot Gates; the Scorpion God; Darkness Visible; an Egyptian Journal; Close Quarters; Fire Down Below; the Double Tongue
William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Faber and Faber, 1965-1995. First edition. Cloth. A seven volume collection of first edition works of modern fiction from Nobel Prize winning author, William Golding. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Each volume is a first edition, complete with its origin…
A Collection of Songs and Ballads, Relative to the London Prentices and Trades; and to the Affairs of London Generally. During the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries.
Charles MacKay · 1841 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, The Percy Society, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work, compiling the historic songs and ballads of London, relating to apprentices and tradespeople. The first edition of this very scarce work, rebacked with the original cloth laid down to the boards and the o…
Baubles Bangles and Poetry.
MOWER, JANE. · 2010 · Chilton Books
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Leiston: Leiston Press, 2010. 9780956601223. 1st edition. By "The Sunrise Poet" as heard on Sunday mornings on the Steve Foster and Bob Shelley Happy Hour on BBC Radio Suffolk. Pp.92, signed by the author and illustrator (Jasmine Simmons) to title page. Paperback. VG.
The Crowning Privilege the Clark Lecturers 1954-1955 Also Various Essays on Poetry and Sixteen New Poems
Robert Graves · 1955 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of essays on poetry with sixteen new poems by Robert Graves. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work i…
The Genius of the West. A Monthly Magazine of Western Literature. March, 1856. Vol. 5. No. 3
Martyn, Cyrus; Mead, Jane Maria et al. · 1856 · Mare Booksellers
$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)
Cincinnati, Wm. T. Coggeshall and Geo. True, Editors and perhaps Publishers, 1856. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 65-96. A later issue of this magazine, (only five volumes were published, the last number being July of 1856), devoted to literature and history relating …
The Forge in the Forest, Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart; and How He Crossed the Black Abbe; and of His Adventures in a Strange Fellowship; a Sister to Evangeline, Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and How She Went Into Exile with the Villagers of Grand Pre; by the Marshes of Minas
Charles G. D. Roberts · 1896 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)
Boston , Lamson, Wolffe and Company; Silver, Burdett and Company , 1896-1900. First edition. Cloth. Three handsome works by the prolific Canadian writer, Charles G. D. Roberts. The first editions. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt deta…