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Down Under and Other Poems
W. Wright [William Wright] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1926. Hardback. A scarce and signed poem anthology of sonnets and ballads exploring the imperialism and plights of the First World War. A scarce and signed collection of war poetry by Justice of the Peace William Wright. Published by Arthur Stockwell…
Dans la Fosse Aux Lions: Poã¨Me de la Guerre
Jean Suberville · 1927 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Paris, La Renaissance de Livre, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A striking post-WWI poetic cycle, a signed presentation copy from the author, pairing classical and religious imagery with the trauma and rebirth of France after the Great War. In the publisher's original paper…
After Easter
Sibael Tucaig · 1918 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
Dublin; London, The Talbot Press; T. Fisher Unwin, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce Talbot Press booklet of Easter Rising era patriotic verse, inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.Signed and inscribed by the author to t…
A Patriot of Britain: And Other Poems
James Millar · 1918 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, Arthur H. Stockwell, 1918 . Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, author's presentation copy of this colletcion of patriotic and pastoral verse, inscribed in pencil by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original dark blue cloth binding. This co…
The Pageant of Empire: Souvenir Volume
E. V. Lucas; Martin Hardie [Ed]; Rt Hon. J. H. Thomas [Pref.] · 1924 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)
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 Heart&Apos;S Unreason
Edward Davison · 1931 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
London , Victor Gollangz Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poems by Scottish poet Edward Davison. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, to Stanley M. Is…
Shoots in the Stubble
Max Plowman · 1920 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London , C.W. Daniel, Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of twentieth century poetry by Max Plowman. The first edition of the work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated '4th Dec 1920&ap…
The Garden of Sleep and Other Verses: Original and Translated
William Blathwayt · 1924 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London , Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed and inscribed first edition of this collection of poetry by William Blathwayt, with a frontispiece. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free …
A Legend of Liberty and Other Verses
F.C. Palmer · 1916 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Birmingham , Cornish Brothers, LTD. 1916 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Frederick Palmer. The very scarce first edition of the work.A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to front free endpaper,…
Records of an Old Cheshire Family: A History of the Lords of the Manors of Delves Near Uttoxeter in the County of Stafford & Doddington in the County of Chester
Sir Delves L. Broughton · 1908 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
London, Arnold Fairbairns & Company, 1908 . First edition. Leather. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is a very scarce limited edition study of the Delves family and their history, in a handsome quarter calf binding. A very scarce limited edition first edition, with this b…
Macedonian Measures and Others
John Macleod · 1919 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1919 . First edition. Paperback. Scarce signed first-edition poetry collection from John Macleod, Scottish poet and former soldier. Scarce first edition.In publisher's original binding.Signed by the author with dedication to front free…
Japan and the Japanese: A Narrative of the U.S. Government Expedition to Japan, Under Commodore Perry
Robert Tomes · 1859 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)
London, Trubner and Co. 1859. Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce account of Matthew C. Perry's momentous expedition to Japan. Second edition. A very scarce volume. First published in the U.S. under the title 'The Americans in Japan: An Abridgement of the Gov…
Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. To Which Is Added Porsoniana.
Samuel Rogers · 1856 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Edward Moxon, 1856. First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the first edition of Samuel Rogers's conversational recollection, sumptuously bound in half morocco by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this work, handsomely bound in full morocco by Zaehnsd…
A Guide to Modern Cookery (the World&Apos;S Greatest Cookery Book)
G.A. Escoffier [Georges Auguste Escoffier] · 1966 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
London, Heinemann/The Cookery Book Club, 1966. Cloth. A new edition of Georges Augustes Escoffier's A Guide To Modern Cookery, an encyclopaedia of 2,793 recipes from the very best of French cuisine. A new edition of Georges Augustes Escoffier's A Guide To Modern Cooker…
Orders for the Ministration of the Sacraments and of Other Rites According to the Use of the Church of England
None Stated · 1912 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1912 . Leather. This work presents the official liturgies, sacraments, and ceremonies of the Church of England, bound in a smart morocco binding by Oxford. In a smart morocco binding, bound by Oxford. A beautifully printed liturgical volume conta…
Palestine and Syria: Handbook for Travellers
Karl Baedeker [ed.] · 1876 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)
Leipsic , Karl Baedeker , 1876. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this traveller's handbook to Palestine and Syria, from authoritative German publisher Karl Baedeker. An uncommon first edition of this Baedeker guide. Second edition not issued until 1894. I…
Stendhal
Anatole France; J. Lewis May [translator] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Privately Printed for Holbrook Jackson at The Curwen Press , 1926. Paperback. A limited edition translation of Anatole France's biographical study of Stendhal. Privately printed for Holbrook Jackson at The Curwen Press. One of one hundred and ten copies printed for …
The Voyage of the Arctic Tern
Hugh Montgomery · 2002 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Walker Books Ltd, 2002. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Hugh Montgomery's first work of fiction, signed by the author, in the original publisher's binding with the unclipped, bright dust wrapper and illustrations by Nick Poullis throughout. The fi…
A Maze of Death
Philip K. Dick · 1970 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.30 | $1,651.33 | ¥263,696)
New York, Doubleday & Company, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Philip K. Dick's science fiction novel about humanity's capacity for murder, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing, in the vibrant publisher's…
My Sketch Book in the Shiny
Snaffles · 1930 · Rooke Books
£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.58 | ¥75,944)
London, Gale & Polden, Ltd, 1930. Cloth. An excellent signed second edition of Snaffles" collection of sketches of the sporting habits of the British in India, inscribed by the author, and in the original dust wrapper. The second edition. The author's presentation copy, ins…