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The High Tower
Frances Horovitz · 1970 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)
London, New Departures 6 , 1970. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition book of poems with original dust wrapper cover, and a hand-written poem, signed. A very smart first edition. Signed to front blank, beneath a hand-inscribed additional poem entitled 'Solst…
Eãâ¶Then: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
Alexander William Kinglake, [int. by S.L. Bensusan] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1913. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Kinglake's classic travelogue on the Levant and Near East, with colour plates from celebrated Welsh artist Frank Brangwyn. A charming illustrated edition of Eöthen: or, Traces of Travel Brought Home …
The Pleasure of Your Death
Moris Farhi · 1972 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Constable & Company Ltd, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed, presentation copy of this sharp novel from Moris Farhi. The first edition, first impression of this scarce novel with no other editions or impressions stated. Author's presentation copy, signe…
Le Beguin de Go
J. A. Coulangheon · 1904 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Paris , Societe du Mercure de France, 1904 . Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Coulangheon"s final collection of fin-de-siecle fiction, published only days before his early death, and accompanied by an autograph letter signed by the author. Bound in later colourful pape…
Memoires Du Geant
Nadar [Gaspard-Felix Tournachon] · 1865 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)
Paris, E. Dentu, 1865 . Cloth. The second edition of Nadar"s vivid memoir of "Le Geant," his colossal experimental balloon, a presentation copy, signed by the author. In a contemporary green quarter cloth binding with marbled paper boards, with the original wraps bound in. Ill…
Love"S Widowhood and Other Poems
Alfred Austin · 1889 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1889 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of Alfred Austin"s romantic and pastoral verse, inscribed by the future Poet Laureate to the influential critic Theodore Watts-Dunton. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding.…
Twenty Tropes for Doctor Dark
Christopher Middleton · 2000 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Enitharmon Press, 2000 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce signed limited edition copy of this collection of poetry by British writer and translator, Christopher Middleton. A scarce limited edition, being No. 3/20 copies signed and numbered by the author. In the publish…
Telling Tales
Anthony Thwaite · 1983 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Sidcot, The Gruffyground Press, 1983 . First edition. Paperback. A smart signed limited edition copy of this collection of poetry by Anthony Thwaite, with a wood engraving by Simon Brett. One of a 230 limitation. Signed by the author and the ilustrator to the limitation page. …
Greetings for the Feast of Christmas and for the Coming Year: Ikon
Paul Merchant · 1970 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
Exeter, The Rougemont Press, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce signed limited edition copy of this poem by Paul Merchant, signed by the author. A scarce limited edition, with this copy being No.212/400. Signed by the author. In the publisher's original card wraps. C…
Expo 58; the House of Sleep; Number 11; the Closed Circle
Jonathan Coe · 1997 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Viking, 1997-2015 . First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four first edition novels by English novelist Jonathan Coe, including one signed copy. A four volume set. The first editions. Including one signed copy. In the publisher's original cloth and hardback binding…
Elegy for David Gascoyne
Jeremy Reed · 2002 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Enitharmon Press, 2002 . First edition. Paperback. A smart signed limited edition copy of this elegy dedicated to David Gascoyne by Jersey-born poet, Jeremy Reed. A limited edition copy, one of fifty copies signed by the author. This copy is No. 26. In the publisher&apos…
English Verse Old and New: An Anthology
G.C.F. Mean [ed.]; Rupert C. Clift [ed.] · 1922 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Cambridge , At The University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry from a variety of renowned authors, signed and inscribed by John Drinkwater. The first edition. Signed and inscribed by the English poet and dramatist, John Drinkwa…
The Dramatic Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre
Mrs. Centlivre [Susanna Centlivre] · 1872 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
London, John Pearson, 1872 . Leather. Beautifully bound in a half crushed morocco signed binding, this is a wonderful three volume edition of the works of celebrated poet and actress Susanna Centlivre. A wonderful first edition of the dramatic works of English poet, actress, and…
Black Buildings
Michael Schmidt · 1969 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this early poetry collection from Michael Schmidt. First edition. In the publisher's original soft covers. Signed by the author to the title page. An early poetry collection from Mexican-Briti…
Late Harvest
Greville Cooke · 1986 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Bognor Regis, West Sussex, Printed for Private Circulation, 1986. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this very scarce poetry collection from Greville Cooke. Very scarce. First edition. Printed for private circulation. In the publisher's original soft covers…
Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe
Richard Doyle · 1849 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)
London, Bradbury and Evans , 1849. Leather. Richard Doyle's humorous illustrated collection of 'Punch' articles - a work carried out in collaboration with the magazine's deputy editor, Percival Leigh. Collated, complete with forty full-page black and white pl…
Night Train; Heavy Water and Other Stories
Martin Amis · 1997 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1997-1998. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions by the prolific postmodern author Martin Amis, including a signed copy of a macabre mystery, and a quirky short story anthology. The first editions of Night Train and Heavy Water, the ninth novel and a co…
The Wind Is Rising: The War Diary of H.M. Tomlinson and a Vision of All Our Tomorrows
Henry Major Tomlinson · 1941 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this first edition novel, signed by the author to the artist Vera Spencer. The first edition of this novel. A presentation copy, signed to the half title by the author Henry Major Tomlinson to…
Choice Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants Comprising Descriptions of Upwards of Eleven Hundred Species and Varieties, Accompanied by Instructions for Their Cultivation and Mode of Management
Benjamin Smuel Williams · 1873 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, The Author, 1873. Cloth. A smart second enlarged edition of this nineteenth-century guide to greenhouse plants, wonderfully illustrated with engraved, folding plates. The second edition of this work, first published in 1869 by the author. Rebound in a modern cloth bindin…
Thoughts Moral and Divine; Collected and Intended for the Better Instruction and Conduct of Life.
Wellins Calcott · 1758 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
Birmingham, Printed for the author by T. Warren, jun. 1758. Leather. The scarce expanded second edition of Calcott"s alphabetical collection of moral and religious wisdom, an interesting Birmingham imprint with an extensive regional subscriber list. In a contemporary quarter cal…