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Erratics; by a Sailor

[Joshua Larwood] · 1800 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, G. Auld, Greville-Street, for B. Ogilvy and Son, 1800 . First edition. Leather. An eccentric first edition collection of satirical and descriptive letters centred on Norfolk, enhanced with charming contemporary sailor sketches. In a contemporary half calf binding with ma…

The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope · 1717 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1717. First edition. Leather. A large-paper folio first edition of Pope"s Works, an early lifetime collection issued well ahead of convention, bound in a full contemporary calf. In a contemporary full calf binding. Rear board full…

The Masque of Comus: The Poem by John Milton; the Airs by Henry Lawes

John Milton; Henry Lawes; Hubert Foss · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Cambridge , Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. Vellum. A lovely Limited Editions Club edition of Milton's 'Comus' and Henry Lawes 'The Airs', adorned with vivid watercolours by Edmund Dulac. This copy is n…

The Trial of Jeanne D&Apos;Arc and Other Plays

Edward Garnett · 1931 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. First edition. Vellum. One of only one hundred signed special editions of Edward Garnett's plays, in the original handsome quarter vellum. A very scarce signed limited edition, being number 3 of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the limitation …

The Green Ship

Quentin Blake · 1998 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a tale of adventure, imagination and wonder over a garden wall, by the iconic children's illustrator Quentin Blake. The signed first edition of The Green Ship, a tale of joy and imagination, w…

Into the Looking-Glass Wood

Alberto Manguel · 1998 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Bloomsbury, 1998. Cloth. A collection of literary essays analysing Lewis Carroll's classic, written and signed by prestigious Argentine polyglot scholar Alberto Manguel. The first UK edition of Into the Looking-Glass Wood, a collection of essays on Lewis Carroll&apo…

The Song of Bilitis

Pierre Louÿs; Alvah C. Bessie [Trans.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

New York, Macy-Masius, 1926. Cloth. A limited, private press edition of Bessie's translation of The Songs of Bilitis, signed by the illustrator, Willy Pogàny. A limited edition, English translation of Pierre Louÿs's The Songs of Bilitis, a collection of erotic prose po…

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 2001 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Pavilion, 2001. Hardback. The first edition of this Michael Foreman illustrated copy of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel, scarcely signed by the illustrator. The first edition, first impression of the Michael Foreman illustrated edition.A very scarce …

Private Zoo

Georgess McHargue · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Collins, 1975 . First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of this colourfully illustrated children's book by Georgess McHargue, signed by the illustrator Michael Foreman. The first edition.Signed to the half title page by the illustrator, Michael Foreman.I…

A Sense of Danger; Epithets of War; the Winter Man

Vernon Scannell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Putnam; Allison and Busby; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962-1973. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of three signed presentation copies of poetical works from boxer and author Vernon Scannell. Three signed first editions poetry works from Vernon Scannell, the Britis…

Select Sermons from Jean Baptiste Massillon, Bishop of Clermont

Jean Baptiste Massillon, [trans. by Rutton Morris] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, J. Nisbet, 1830. Hardback. The scarce presentation copy of Rutton Morris's translation of the Bishop of Clermont's profound moral sermons, signed by Morris, rebacked in velvet. A scarce translated edition of Select Sermons from Jean Baptiste Massillon, Bishop o…

[1908] Before Adam; (1914) John Barleycorn, or Alcoholic Memoirs; (1915) the Mutiny of the Elsinore; (1915) the Jacket; (1929) the Iron Heel; (1936) Martin Eden; (1939) the Night-Born and Other Stories.

Jack London · 1908 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London; New York, T. Werner Laurie; Mills & Boon, Limited; William Heinemann, Limited; D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, [1908]-1939. Cloth. A lovely variety of fiction from prominent American author Jack London, including two pleasing frontispieces, one of which is in c…

The Novels of Francis Brett Young, Severn Edition: Marching on Tanga; the Black Diamond; the House Under the Water; This Little World; White Ladies; They Seek a Country; the City of Gold

Francis Brett Young · 1935 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, William Heinemann, 1935-1950. Cloth. A scarce set of the Severn edition novels by author of the Mercian novels Francis Brett Young, with City of Gold signed by Young. Seven of the scarce Severn Edition novels, written by English novelist and poet Francis Brett Young, wit…

Sporting Adventure

J. Wentworth Day · 1937 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated sporting classic, with a signed House of Lords letter from close confidant of President Kennedy, Lord Harlech, loosely inserted. In the publisher's original green cl…

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1891-1893. Leather. A complete thirteen volume set of the works of the nineteenth century satirical novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, in signed bindings. Complete in thirteen volumes.In half blue calf bindings, with marbled boards, endpapers, and f…

A New Roman History, by Question and Answer

1759 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, T. Astley; Sold by R. Baldwin , 1759. Leather. A scarce Roman history from John Lockman, taught through question and answer and complete with sixteen copper plates. Fifth edition of this Roman history designed principally for schools, with information given in the form o…

The Annals of Hampstead

Thomas J. Barratt · 1912 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A complete limited edition set of Barratt's beautifully illustrated history of Hampstead, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this three-volume set, one of 550 limited edition copies in the…

Sinbad of the Coast Guard

George F. Foley · 1945 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition recounting the true story of Sinbad, the celebrated canine mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Campbell, illustrated throughout by by official Coast Guard Artist, George Gray.  In the pub…

Novels from the &Apos;Eagles of the Empire&Apos; and &Apos;Gladiator&Apos; Series

Simon Scarrow; T. J. Andrews · 2000 · Rooke Books

£1,290.00 (€1,546.49 | $1,704.56 | ¥272,228)

London, Headline; Puffin, 2000-2020. First edition. Cloth. A superb selection of signed novels from Simon Scarrow, including the first nineteen titles of his epic Roman Empire series, 'Eagles of the Empire&apos. A twenty-eight volume set of historical fiction works from Bri…

Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917 a Personal and Historical Record and Mesopotamia 1917-1920 a Clash of Loyalties a Personal and Historical Record

Lt. Col. Sir Arnold T. Wilson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1930-1931. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, two-volume signed set of Sir Arnold T. Wilson's military memoires from his time serving in Mesopotamia. A scarce, two-volume signed first edition of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson's account of Britis…