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Letters and More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright · 1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902-1910. Cloth. A lovely set of this collection of letters of the nineteenth century British poet. Letters of Edward Fitzgerald in two volumes and and More Letters of Edward Fitzgerald. With prefaces by William Aldis Wright. A lovely set of…

Lilian Gray: A Poem

Cecil Home [Julia Augusta Webster] · 1864 · Rooke Books

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

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1864. Cloth. An extremely scarce copy of Lilian Gray by Julia Augusta Webster, under the pen name of Cecil Home. A very scarce volume by Cecil Home, the pen name for Julia Augusta Webster. Julia Augusta Webster was an English poet, dramatist, essayis…

London Town Past and Present

W. W. Hutchings; Ford Madox Heuffer · 1909 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1909. Leather. A smart first edition set of this detailed history of London, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Each volume is is illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and numerous in-text images.C…

La Mort D&Apos;Abel, Poeme in Cinq Chants, Suivie Du Premier Navigateur

Salomon Gessner · 1808 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Paris, Le Prieur, 1808. Leather. A French volume of two poems by Swiss artist Salomon Gessner, a nicely illustrated edition. Translated into French.Two poems by Salomon Gessner in one volume, 'La Mort d'Abel' and 'Du Premier Navigateur&apos.Illustrated with a…

Merry Drollery Compleat; Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, &C.

W. N.; C. B.; R. S.; J. G.; J. Woodfall Ebsworth [ed.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Boston, Robert Roberts, 1875. Cloth. A large paper limited edition copy of this scarce collection of songs and poems by "lovers of wit", introduced and edited by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth. No. 34 of 50 copies of this large paper limited edition printed for subscribers, in the pub…

Epistle to a Godson and Other Poems

W. H. Auden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber & Faber, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. H. Auden's final poetry collection, a touching collection, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The final collection of poetry by W. H. Auden publish…

Death Comes to Pemberley

JAMES, P. D. (PHYLLIS DOROTHY JAMES, BARONESS JAMES OF HOLLAND PARK) · 2011 · S. Howlett-West Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0307959856. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket i…

Prince Charming: A Memoir

Louge, Christopher · 1999 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Faber & Faber. First edition-first printing. Book. Near fine condition.Faber & Faber,1999.First edition-first printing(2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1).Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick/dent on the edge of the front cover) with Dj(some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj…

A memoir of Thomas Ebenezer Taylor, (who died, aged 21 years.) by his father. With selections from his literary remains.

GILFILLAN, George, Rev. (Editor). · 1864 · John Turton

£162.40 (€194.69 | $214.59 | ¥34,271)

London: H J Tresidder; Ulverston: J. Stanyan Bigg, printer. 1864. 8vo. [ii], iii[i], 162pp, real photo frontis. Original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt, peach endpapers, uncut. Spine and edges of boards browned; extremes lightly rubbed; very slight spotting to title and last pa…

Lyrics & Ballads

Margaret L. Woods · 1889 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1889 . Cloth. An excellent copy of Margaret L. Wood's anthology of poetry, inscribed by the publisher to fellow author Lucy Clifford. The first edition. Inscribed by the publisher, George Bentley of Richard Bentley & Son, to English novelist a…

Red Ike

J. M. Denwood; S. Fowler Wright; Hugh Walpole · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this classic tale from Denwood and Fowler Wright, with the original pictorial dust wrapper. First edition. In 1883 Cumberland, England, Red Ike and his friend Will Moffatt must persevere through great …

My Enemy&Apos;S Enemy

Kingsley Amis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by popular humorous novelist Kingsley Amis. The first edition of this short story collection. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, critic …

Poems

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Bret Harte's first poetical collection. First edition, second issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in the…

Two Suffolk Friends

Francis Hindes Groome · 1895 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated paper on Suffolk and the people there from writer and commentator Francis Hindes Groome. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collate…

Greenland and Other Poems

James Montgomery · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of this brilliant anthology of poems by James Montgomery. The first edition of this work.An anthology of the poems of James Montgomery, leading with his epic 'Gre…

Opus Posthumous

Wallace Stevens · 1959 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of this posthumous collection from one of America's most respected poets, Wallace Stevens. The first UK thus, with about one third of the material appearing here for the first time. With the p…

Private Correspondence of William Cowper with Several of His Most Intimate Friends

William Cowper · 1824 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Henry Colburn , 1824. Leather. A uniformly leather-bound early edition of these charming letters written by William Cowper. The second edition of set of works, complete in two volumes. Published in the same year as the first edition.In full calf binding. Both volumes il…

Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1850 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 . Leather. An early edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies in beautiful morocco binding with gilt. Early edition of Irish Melodies by Thomas Moore in full morocco binding. With beautiful gilt detail to the boards and spine…

Pippa Passes

Robert Browning · 1841 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Barse and Hopkins , c1910. Leather. A charming Barse & Hopkins edition of 'Pippa Passes', presented here in full suede binding in the original card box. A Barse & Kopkins printing of this verse drama by English poet Robert Browning, first published in 1841 as…

Thyme and Bergamot

Christopher Sandeman · 1947 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, The Dropmore Press , 1947. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition first issue of this account of a travelling botanist, with illustrations by John O'Connor. A Limited Edition, first issue. This is number 139 of 550 copies printed. In full blue cloth binding with th…