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Robert Graves · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Martin Secker , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by the popular author Robert Graves. The first edition of this work by Robert Graves, a very popular British poet and novelist whose works never went out of print.A collection…

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R.S. Thomas · 1978 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan, 1978 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy this collection of twentieth century poetry by Welsh poet R.S. Thomas, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. In the oriignal uncli…

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; a Satire

Lord Byron · 1810 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)

London, James Crawthorn, 1810. Leather. A third edition of English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; a Satire by Lord Byron. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers is a satirical poem written by Lord Byron. It was first published, anonymously, in March 1809; the opening parodies the firs…

Red Blades of Black Cathay

Robert E. Howard; Tevis Clyde Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Rhode Island , Donald M. Grant , 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this fantasy short-story collection by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of…

Blue Denim

James Leo Herlihy; William Noble · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Random House, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Random House play from Herlihy and Noble, with photographs of performances. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and two plates. Collated complete. During the 195…

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill · 2011 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Profile Books, 2011 . Cloth. A signed copy of Susan Hill's acclaimed ghost story, the first edition to contain illustrations by Andy English. The first edition to contain illustrations by Andy English. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original,…

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , William Heinemann, 1910. Cloth. A illustrated edition of Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. With partially adhered colour plates throughout, this decorative edition titles each plate with segments of the play, and is illustrated by Hugh Thomson, noted elsewh…

Poems and the Gold of Lestelle: A Tragedy in Three Parts

John Herbert Bell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Herbert Jenkins Ltd, c.1929 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart presentation copy of this scarce collection of poetry, along with a play, by John Herbert Bell in the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth.A vanishingly scarce collection …

Oeuvres de Crebillon

Crebillon Pere · 1831 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Librairie de Lecointe, 1831. Leather. A smart three volume set of the works of Crebillon Pere, a French writer, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. Volume one contains: Idomenee, Atree et Thyeste, and Electre. Volume two contains: Rhadamiste et Zeno…

The Spanish Story of the Armada and Other Essays

James Anthony Froude · 1904 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York , Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. Leather. A new impression of James Anthony Froude's historical essays in half leather binding. A new impression of this work. A scarce edition in half calf binding with illustrative gilt stamp. A collection of six historical essays…

The Eclogues and the Georgics: Translated Into English Verse

Virgil; R. C. Trevelyan [trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Robert Trevelyan's translation of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher&apo…

Alonzo. A Tragedy in Five Acts

John Home · 1773 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, T. Beckett, 1773 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this tragic play by Scottish minister John Home. The first edition of this tragedy, which was first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, in 1773.ESTC reference T32933. With the final epilogue leaf, as…

L&Apos;Etrangere: Comedie En Cinq Actes

Alexandre Dumas Fils · 1879 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1879. Leather. A leather bound copy of this uncommon play by Alexandre Dumas Fils. The seventh edition of Alexandre Dumas Fils five-act comedy, L'Etrangere. Published in French. Dumas was the son of the author of classic works such as The Three Mu…

The Minor, a Comedy

Samuel Foote · 1764 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, J. Coote; G. Kearsley; T. Davies, 1764. Disbound. The sixth edition of Samuel Foote's eighteenth century comedy The Minor. The sixth edition of Samuel Foote's comedy, The Minor, as it was performed at Drury Lane Theatre. With an illustration to the verso of the…

If I Were You

P. G. Wodehouse · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of P. G. Wodehouse's romance novel. First edition, second printing of If I Were You by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's cloth binding. The novel is based on a…

The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway; in Three Volumes

Thomas Otway · 1757 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, C. Hitch and L. Hawes et al, 1757 . Leather. A handsome three volume edition of the collected works of Restoration dramatist Thomas Otway, including his plays, poems and correspondences. Complete in three volumes, and uniformly bound in full calf. Illustrated with a fron…

The Study of Man

Alfred C. Haddon · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated anthropological study from Alfred Cort Haddon. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates and forty in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed anthropological study of man, with chapters o…

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.44 | $182.35 | ¥29,122)

London, George Allen , 1899. Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of this novel based on the life of Irish actress and socialite, Peg Woffington, bound in pleasing half crushed morocco. A pleasing illustrated copy of Charles Reade's novel inspired by the popular stage …

The Views of Christopher

Elkin Mathews; Coulson Kernahan · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1904. Vellum. A smart very scarce copy of this novella from Charles Elkin Mathews, with a preface by Coulson Kernahan. Very scarce work. A novella following the young Christopher as he navigates Feudalism, money, and learning to play the game. Written by C…

Abel Drake Prince of Wales Theatre Glasgow

W. H. Sleigh · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Glasgow, Nisbet, 1875 . Paperback. A very scarce theatre programme from 1875 for a performance of Abel Drake. Theatre Programme and advertisement from 1875 for the performance of Abel Drake at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Glasgow. A very scarce publication. Written by the lessee…