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Wheels and Butterflies

W. B. Yeats · 1935 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collection of short dramatic pieces from Irish writer W. B. Yeats. The second volume of his "Plays for Dancers". The first U.S. edition.In the publisher's cloth binding, with gilt …

The Book of Common Prayer; a New Version of the Psalms of David

The Church of England; N. Brady; N. Tate · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Burslem, J. Tregortha, 1814. Leather. A provincial early 19th century edition of two classic works of Anglican prayer - the Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms of David - each with an engraved frontispiece. Both works were published in the civil parish of Burslem, Stoke on Tren…

Davidis Camerarii Scoti de Scotorum Fortitudine, Doctrina, & Pietate: Ac de Ortu & Progressu Haeresis in Regnis Scotiae & Angliae

David Chalmers, Lord Ormond [David Chambre; David Chambers]; Jean Morin [ed.] · 1631 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Parisiis, Petri Baillet, 1631 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of David Chambers's impassioned account of the threat to Catholicism faced by Scotland in the 1500s. In the original Latin.The very scarce first edition of this work.16th century Scottish …

The London Spectacle

D.B. Wyndham Lewis [Notes and Intro.] · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1935. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of The London Spectacle, a witty and entertaining showcase of Polish expressionist Feliks Topolski. The first edition of The London Spectacle, illustrated by Polish expressionist and draughtsman …

Obras de Don Francisco de Quevedo Villegas

Francisco de Quevedo [Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas] · 1699 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Amberes, Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1699. Leather. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is a scarce complete three volume 17th century edition of the collected literary works of Francisco de Quevedo. In the original Spanish.A very scarce complete three volume edi…

The Dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians

John Quincy · 1721 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, W. Bowyer for R. Knaplock, B. Took et al, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of John Quincy's revision of 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis', an important medical reference work. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiec…

Undressing

James O'Neill · 2019 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Short Books, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novella from Irish writer James O'Neill, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, in presentation to Ca…

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres

George Gascoigne · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1926. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of poetry attributed to English writer George Gascoigne, based on the first edition. From the original edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two portrait plates and numerous in-te…

De Elegantiori Latinitate Comparanda Scriptores Selecti

Richardi Ketelii; Richard Ketel · 1713 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Amstelaedami, R. & G. Wetstenios HFF, 1713. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this scarce vellum bound study on the Latin language by Richard Ketel. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original Latin.Printer's woodcut devie to the title page.Coat of arms…

The History of England from the Accession of James the Second

Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1877 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. Leather. A complete five volumes set of this detailed chronicle of the history of England from Thomas Babington Macaulay. Complete in five volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed and comprehensive history of England …

Frederick Edwin Earl of Birkenhead

The Earl of Birkenhead [Frederick Smith] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1933-1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition two volume set of this biographical work on Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead. Complete in two volumes. First edition. The First Phase is illustrated with a colour frontispiece a…

Parliaments of the Empire: The First Meeting of Representatives, 1911

Howard D'Egville · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Office of Empire Parliamentary Association, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this account of the inaugural gathering of parliamentary representatives from across the British Empire. This was the copy of Sir Robin Vanderfelt, head of the Commo…

A Defence of Cosmetics

Max Beerbohm · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of Max Beerbohm's controversial and sensational essay on cosmetics, uncommon to see, especially in the original dust wrapper. The uncommon to see first edition in book form. This e…

The Chapbook (a Yearly Miscellany)

Harold Monro; Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1925. Hardback. An illustrated literary journal edited by Harold Monro, containing a selection of pieces by authors such as Aldous Huxley and Leonard Woolf. A yearly miscellany, this being Number 40, for the year 1925.In the original unclipped dust wrapper…

The Progress of Love. In Four Eclogues.

[George Lyttelton] · 1732 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, L. Gilliver, 1732 . First edition. Disbound. The first edition of George Lyttelton's poem in four eclogues, exploring the nature of love relating to 'Uncertainty', 'Hope', 'Jealousy' and 'Possession&apos. The first edition. Disboun…

The Persian Adventurer: Being the Sequel of "the Kuzzilbash

J. B. Frazer [James Baillie Fraser] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The scarce three volume first edition of James Baillie Fraser's thrilling romance 'The Persian Adventurer&apos. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in three volumes.The work of Scotti…

The Triumph of Drake; or, the Dawn of England&Apos;S Naval Power

R. Grymbald Bigsby · 1839 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London; Nottingham, Hamilton, Adams, and Co; C. Tilt, 1839. First edition. Leather. A very scarce poem by R. Grymbald Bigsby celebrating the triumphs of Francis Drake, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.A poem lauding the triumphs of Francis Drake, and…

Six Novels by Bruce Marshall

Bruce Marshall · 1947 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Collins; Constable, 1947-1960 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of six first edition novels by Bruce Marshall, each in their original, bright and unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of six first edition novels written by prolific Scottish author, Bruce Marshall. Each…

Paley&Apos;S Works; Consisting of Evidences of Christianity, Moral and Political Philosophy, Natural Theology, and Horae Paulinae

William Paley · 1840 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Charles Daly, 1840. Cloth. An early edition of the works of William Paley, complete in one volume, with a brief memoir of the author. An early edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a engraved portrait frontispiece of the au…

Poetry London X

Various; Tambimuttu [ed.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Volume 2, Number 10, of this brightly illustrated and highly regarded literary magazine Poetry London. The first edition of this work, Volume 2, Number 10, of Poetry London, in the publisher's …