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The Gentle Art of Theatre-Going
John Drinkwater · 1927 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Ernest Benn Ltd; Robert Holden & Co. Ltd. 1927-1929. Cloth. A smart set of three volumes by John Drinkwater from the author's personal library, with a signed copy. Three volumes. From the author's personal collection.With a signed copy by the author. In the o…
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest; Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports
[John Ayrton Paris] · 1827 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Leather. A complete three volume set of this illustrated philosophical study of sport bound into one volume, the first edition. Complete in three volumes, bound in one. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A scientific publi…
The Confidential Clerk; the Cocktail Party; Poetry and Drama
T. S. Eliot · 1951 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Faber & Faber, 1951-1954 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition, first impression volumes from leading poet, essayist and playwright T. S. Eliot, each in the original dust wrapper. Three first editions from the celebrated Modernist poet, best known for works such as…
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Ntozake Shange · 1982 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1982. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of this immensely rich novel by the prolific American author Ntozake Shange, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of the work. With the orig…
Wrestling with the Angel: Two Plays
Frank Sargeson · 1964 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of two play scripts published together, once owned by actress Joan Crawford, with the original dust wrapper. A very smart first edition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, with the ori…
Temper, or Domestic Scenes: A Tale, in Three Volumes
[Amelia Opie] · 1812 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. First edition. Leather. A superb, very scarce first edition of this novel by celebrated author and abolitionist Ameli Opie. The scarce, first edition of this work. Rebound in half morocco with marbled paper boards, end paper…
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)
London, Bradbury and Evans , 1848. First edition. Leather. A smart morocco-bound first issue of this major Victorian novel from William Makepeace Thackeray, complete with his illustrations. The first edition, first issue of Thackeray's critically acclaimed Victorian novel, …
Agrippina: Empress-Mother; "Amid the Alien Corn
F. A. Evelyn · 1932 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Heath Cranton Ltd. 1932-1940 . First edition. Leather. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions from F. A. Evelyn, a 20th century translator of Greek tragedies and poetry. Signed presentation copies of two very scarce first editions, being 'Agrip…
Betsey Brown
Ntozake Shange · 1985 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1985. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of this lesser known novel by Ntozake Shange, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of the work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.In …
Peg Woffington
Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, George Allen, 1899 . Cloth. A beautifully decorated early edition of Charles Reade's book, 'Peg Woffington', with illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with extensive gilt decorations to the front board a…
The Works of Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton; G. Gregory · 1803 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this three volume set of works of poetry by Thomas Chatterton in leather bindings. First edition of The Works of Thomas Chatterton in full calf bindings.Containing his life, by G. Gregory, and…
Rhodesian Genesis, the Story of the Early Days of Southern Rhodesia
Neville Jones; Robert Tregold [forward] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Bulwayo, Not States, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this illustrated historical study of Zimbabwe from Neville Jones. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of missionary and archaeologist Neville Jones's study of the 'Rhod…
The Murder at the Vicarage
Agatha Christie · 1930 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)
New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this important Agatha Christie novel. Being the first appearance of Christie's favourite detective creation, Miss Marple. Extremely scarce, with the publisher's original dustwrapper, which is a rar…
Hallowe&Apos;En Party
Agatha Christie · 1969 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, The Crime Club, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of Christie's spooky classic detective tale. A first edition, first impression. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. This work of det…
The Collected Plays of John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater · 1925 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1925. First edition. Leather. John Drinkwater's own personal copies of his collected plays, complete in two volumes. With volume I present in the limited edition, and volume II in the trade edition and signed by Drinkwater. John Drinkwater's…
The Man in the Making; the Years of Peril; the Savour of the Navy
Arthur Bryant · 1933 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1933-1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Arthur Bryant's rigorous biography of diarist Samuel Pepys A rigorous biography of 16th century diarist and naval administrator Samuel Pepys. With maps to the endpapers of The Man in …
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. M.B. And the Professor of Ancient History in the Royal Academy of Arts
Oliver Goldsmith · 1845 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of Oliver Goldsmith's poetical works, complete with many lovely engravings. A collection of the poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith.Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish poet and novelis…
A Letter from a Citizen of Bath
Anon · 1705 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)
Bath, From My Shop in Bath, 1705. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce eighteenth century pamphlet defending the healing properties of the water in Bath to one Dr Radcliffe of Tunbridge Wells. ESTC reference no: T62772.In this letter the anonymous author appeals to Radcliffe w…
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years
Carl Sandburg · 1926 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this important two volume biography of the early life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth American president. The first printing of the first trade edition of this influential biographical stu…
The Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare; Henry Irving; Frank A Marshall · 1922 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1922. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, twelve volumes, in six of William Shakespeare's works. Edited by Henry Irving and Frank A Marshall. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and six plates to volume III-IV; a frontispiece and seven pla…