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Invocations to Angels and the Happy New Year
Edgell Rickword · 1928 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Wishart & Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Rickword"s early modernist poetry, signed and inscribed by the author, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with patterned pap…
On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts
W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood · 1938 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Faber and Faber, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play, telling of an outbreak of war. First edition, first impression. A melodrama in three acts telling the story of the outbreak of the war be…
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber · 1756 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, R. and J. Dodsley, 1756 . Leather. The fourth edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. The complete two volume fourth edition of t…
Words for the Wind and Landmarks and Voyages
Theodore Roethke; Ted Hughes · 1957 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Secker and Warburg and the Poetry Book Society, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Theodore Roethke, with a supplement pamphlet of collected poems of the Poetry Book Society. Both volumes are first editions. This edition of Words for the Wind preceded …
Frank Hilton, or, "the Queen&Apos;S Own
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1890. Leather. A military fiction novel by the author of fifty-six novels, James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, inclu…
The Hour of God: Selections from His Writings
Sri Aurobindo · 1996 · Denton Island Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Sahitya Akademi, 1996. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages; creasing to jacket edges and some writing imprints. Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), a pioneer of India's freedom movement, poet, seer and the exponent of Integral Yoga, visualises the poss…
THE LIFE OF MERLIN, Surnamed Ambrosius; His Prophecies and Predictions Interpreted, And the Truth made Good by our English Annals: Being a Chronological History of all the Kings and memorable Passages of this Kingdom, from Brute to the Reign of King Charles. A Subject never published in this kind before, and deserves to be observed and known by all Men.
[Heywood, Thomas]. · 1812 · Francis Edwards Booksellers
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Camarthen: Printed and Sold by J. Evans .... 1812. [2nd Ed]. viii + 324pp. With viiipp. Subscribers. Light age toning, modern e.ps., rebound in modern gilt lettered faux leather. Thomas Heywood (c.1573–1641), playwright and poet. First published in 1641.
Black Roses; the Ship&Apos;S Surgeon&Apos;S Yarn and Other Stories, the Iron Age, Sea Horses
Francis Brett Young · 1929 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London; New York, William Heinemann; Reynal & Hitchcock; C. Combridge Ltd, 1929-1962. Cloth. A smart collection of novels by English novelist Francis Brett Young, in the original dust wrappers. A four volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original du…
Lyrists of the Restoration for Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve
John & Constance Masefield · 1905 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, E Grant Richards, 1905. Vellum. A charming edition of 'Lyrists of The Restoration' selected and edited by John and Constance Masefield A collection of poetic works, selected and edited by John and Constance Masefield. This particular collection features the wor…
Blow Away the Morning Dew: An Autobiography of a Childhood in the Australian Bush
Ernest Briggs · 1967 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
A$605.00 (€371.89 | $409.89 | £310.25 | ¥65,454)
Manuscript Ernest Briggs Brisbane Very Good Condition 26cm x 21cm. Mimeogrpahed typescript, approximately 270 leaves of text (printed recto only) and with the occasional manuscript correction, 12 mounted photographs. Post bound wrappers with manuscript title. The unpublished chi…
Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq. Written by Himself and Never Before Published. With an Appendix, Containing Some Interesting Letters, and Other Authentic Documents, Illustrative of the Memoir.
William Cowper · 1817 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, R. Edwards, 1817. Cloth. The third edition of this autobiography by the celebrated English poet, William Cowper. The third edition. First published in 1816. In the publisher's original quarter cloth over original publisher's boards.Illustrated with a monochrom…
The Trial of Mrs Harriet Errington, Wife of George Errington Esq. Of the Adelphi in the Bishop of London&Apos;S Court.
Various · 1785 · Rooke Books
£990.00 (€1,186.67 | $1,307.93 | ¥208,859)
London, [R Randall], c1785 . Leather. The divorce proceedings of Mrs Harriet Errington and her Husband George Errington. An incomplete copy of this work, starting at page 9 and ending at page 107. An extremely scarce work. The issue of this work is unknown and is possibly spurio…
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. Written by Himself. The Second Edition.
CIBBER (Colley): · 1740 · John Price Antiquarian Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London: Printed by John Watts for the Author..., 1740. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 488, title-page in red and black, with last gathering containing Contents leaves misfolded, contemporary calf, new crude morocco label; lacks portrait, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, top and base …
Lunchtime
Dannie Abse · 1974 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
Orpheus
Donald Davie · 1973 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
The History of England by Hume and Smollett with a Continuation to the Present Time
David Hume and Tobias Smollett · 1754 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)
London , Virtue and Co. c1878. Cloth. An illustrated History of England with steel engravings and colour maps. The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the end of the Reign of James II By David Hume; continued From the Reign of William and Mary to the Death o…
Great Morning Being the Third Volume of Left Hand Right Hand
Osbert Sitwell · 1948 · Rooke Books
£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1948. Hardback. A volume from the autobiographical series by Osbert Sitwell. This is the third volume from his four volume autobiography. Illustrated with many photographs of Sitwell's life and family. This is the first reprint of this work, reprin…
An Essay on English Poetry; with Notices of the British Poets
Thomas Campbell · 1848 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, John Murray, 1848. Leather. A resourceful, half-calf, pocket edition of Campbell's critical work on the most significant British poets. Pocket edition. Without the specimens, as issued. Â In contemporary half-calf binding. Â The influential, critical essay on the …
Sixteen Prints [Electronic File]. Reproduced from Fine Prints of the Year
Heintzelman, Arthur W. · 2010 · Wittenborn Art Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)
San Francisco, Calif.: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2010. Orig. From Fine Prints of the Year. London and New York, 1923-1938. PDF file containing high-resolution images of the following prints, originally reproduced in Fine Prints of the Year: La Grand-mère Forain; Merci!; Mother and C…
A Letter from Italy, to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Hallifax.
ADDISON, JOSEPH · 1703 · Tinakori Books
$240.00 (€217.75 | £181.66 | ¥38,325)
London, 1703, First Edition. Full-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 616 pages and 8 content pages. Front and rear covers detached, pages 25-28 and 119-124 ripped out, some passages on pages 24, 29 and 118 crossed out, wormholing on pages 37-84 and 234 to 273, old bookpla…