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Far Eastern Approaches H.M. S. Newcastle Magazine 1954-55

Various · 1954 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Hong Kong, Ye Olde Printerie, 1954-55. First edition. Magazine. This is a lovely magazine documenting the H.M.S' eighteen month expedition to the Far East. A very scarce edition of the 'H.M.S. Newcastle Magazine, 1954-55', celebrating the return of the crew and sh…

White Lies a Story

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London , Trubner and Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Charles Reade. Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. No half titles required for this work. White Lies …

Versatile Verse

John de Witt · 1915 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Spokane, McEachern Bishop Printing Co. 1915 . First edition. Paperback. Very scarce first edition of John de Witt's charming poetry collection, profusely illustrated with photographs from Frank Palmer. Very scarce first edition.Publisher's original paperback.Profusely …

A Kind of Loving

Stan Barstow · 1960 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the celebrated debut novel of Stan Barstow, following a young man from Yorkshire has he falls in love and gets married. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wr…

The Circular Staircase

Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1908 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart example of the first edition of Mary Roberts Rinehart's popular and thrilling mystery novel, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first printing, with the September statement of publica…

Ridiculous Fancies: An Allegory. Being the Lucubrations of a Madman

J. S*****R · 1872 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Frederick Arnold, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this comical and nonsensical novel, written by an anonymous author. The first edition of this scarce work.'Ridiculous Fancies' is a comical novel, a nonsensical tale which features app…

The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces

Various · 1826 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jones & Company, 1826-1828. Leather. Two scarce volumes of this collection of British works of theatre. Complete in two volumes. Scarce editions. A collection of British theatrical works, including comedies, tragedies, operas, and farces, with titles such as: The Mournin…

Memoirs of Richard Cumberland

Richard Cumberland · 1806 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Lackington, Allen, & Co. 1806 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Richard Cumberland's autobiography with illustrations. First edition of Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by himself.In half calf binding and marbled board. The front board is detached. Contai…

Works by John M. Synge

John M. Synge · 1912 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Dublin and London , Maunsel and Company, 1912. Vellum. Three uniform volumes of works by John M. Synge, with vellum spines. Three volumes of work by John M. Synge, including The Playboy of the Western World, A Comedy in Three Acts and The Aran Islands across two volumes. John M…

Childrens Pop-Up Books

1978 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London , Dean & Son, 1978-1979. Hardback. Two charming young children's pop-up books, with colourful pop-up elements. Two charming pop up booksToddlers 1st Pop-Up Books (1978) follows children at school and playing. With three pop-up pages which are in lovely in condition.Â…

The Brotherton Collection University of Leeds

D. Cox [Intro.] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Leeds, University Library, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition study of fifty of the most exciting works held by the University of Leeds's Brotherton Collection. The first edition of this work celebrating the 50th anniversary of the University of Leeds being…

Shadows

Charles Henry Bennett · 1857 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)

London, D. Bogue, [1857]. Cloth. A very scarce collection of twenty four charming coloured lithographs by illustrator Charles Henry Bennett. A charming collection of coloured lithographs by prolific Victorian illustrator Charles Henry Bennett, contributor to the Punch magazine. …

Housemaster, a Novel

Ian Hay · 1936 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd, 1936. Cloth. A smart comedy novel by Ian Hay, complete with the well-preserved dust wrapper. This work follows a housemaster, a middle-aged bachelor who finds himself in conflict with the new Headmaster, who doesn't seem to understand the in…

Angel Pavement

J. B. Priestley · 1930 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. Leather. A rebound new impression edition of 'Angel Pavement&apos. Rebound in a blue crushed calf binding, with gilt detailing to the front board and spine. Featuring an ink inscription to free-endpaper: 'To Mabel, With Devoted Love, Fr…

Circe and Ulysses, the Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen There January 13, 1614

William Browne; Gwyn Jones [ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954 . Leather. Illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Mark Saverin, this is a scarce limited edition printing of an early seventeenth century drama by William Browne. A Limited Edition work, this is one of one-hundred specially bound copie…

The Ascent of F6

W H Auden; Christopher Isherwood · 1953 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber, 1953. Cloth. A parable about leadership and the nature of power, this marks the second dramatic collaboration between Auden and Isherwood. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. This is the ninth impression of the first edition of this work, which was fi…

On Baile&Apos;S Strand

W. B. Yeats · 1907 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.32 | $95.14 | ¥15,194)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1907 . First edition. Paperback. The first separate edition of W. B. Yeats's drama based on the early Irish folk story Aided Óenfhir Aífe. The first theatre edition, first separate edition of this work, based on the revised…

The Birthday Party; No Man&Apos;S Land; Mountain Language; Celebration

Harold Pinter · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Faber and Faber, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A collection of four plays by Harold Pinter, re-issued in celebration of his 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, in the original slipcase. A first thus edition of this three-volume set, comprising four plays, uniformly bound in t…

A Survey

Max Beerbohm · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's humorous caricature series, satirising various eminent men of the day. The first trade edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Collated, complete with a …

The St. James&Apos;S Beauties; or, the Real Toast

1744 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

[London], [J. Robinson], [1744]. Unbound. A very scarce satirical poem, discussing the upper-class women of London society. A very scarce satirical poem on the society of London during the Georgian era, in particular the upper-class women who frequented St. James's Park. An…