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Works of Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Victor Gollangz Limited; Allan Wingate; Peter Owen; Colin Smythe Limited, 1946-1973. Cloth. A fantastically illustrated set of works by British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator Mervyn Peake. A fantastic four volume set of works by Mervyn Peake.Peake was a British wr…

"Puis-je compter lire l'Ermitage à Biarritz où le soleil et la mer s'unissent en un rythme parfait ?" • Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté à propos de la nièce de Julia Daudet qu'il souhaite faire publier dans l'Ermitage

Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN · 1900 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.14 | ¥26,401)

S. n. | Biarritz 7 Mai 1900 | 13 x 20.50 cm | une page | Lettre autographe signée de Francis Viélé-Griffin (19 lignes à l'encre noire à en-tête de l'hôtel continental B. Peyta à Biarritz) adressée à Edouard Ducoté, poète, bibliophile et directeur de la revue l'Ermitage depuis 18…

Lothaw

Mr Benjamins (Bret Harte) · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, John Camden Hotten, c1871. Paperback. A smart early edition of Bret Harte's illustrated parody of Disraeli"s Lothair. In the publisher's original soft covers.   Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library and the advertiser's catalogue to the r…

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1928 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Privately Printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1928. Leather. Privately printed collection of credited writer and scholar Thomas Gray's poetry for Eton College. In full vellum, signed by headmaster Cyril Alington. Bound…

Collected Poems

T.W.H. Crosland · 1917 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Martin Secker, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of World War One poetry by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front fr…

Portraits of Wordsworth

Frances Blanshard · 1959 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.54 | $43.58 | ¥6,960)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Publisher's blue cloth binding with silver titles to spine. In original dust jacket. A first ediiton with 48 plates depicting 63 individual portraits. "Here is a new kind of book about Wordsworth, a study ofthe…

Typed letter, signed

DELAND (Margaret) · 1904 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Boston 35 Newbury Street 1904. A typed letter - \"Dictated\" - on a bifolium, dated and located, 35 Newbury St., Boston, February 3, 1904, the leaf measuring 240 x 194 mms. unfolded, the text on the recto of the first folded leaf, reading, \"My dear Mr. Johnson: - If it is perm…

A Selection of Irish Melodies, with Symphonies and Accompaniments

Sir John Stevenson; Thomas Moore · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Dublin, Henry Bussell, c1850. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of Irish melodies with accompaniments from Thomas Moore and Sir John Stevenson, volume one only. Volume one of two only. Very scarce. A charming collection of Irish melodies written by Thomas Moore, an …

Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc.

John Milton · 1823 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Chiswick, 1823. Leather. A miniature leather bound copy of John Milton's connected work to his earlier tragic poem 'Paradise Lost' as well as closet drama Samson Agonistes. Very scarce to find this work under the publisher.In full crushed morocco binding.…

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1879. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of George Eliot's last published writing, Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Eliot's last published writing and arguably t…

Mr de Pochas

Jean Lorrain · 1922 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, G. & A. Mornay , 1922. Leather. A lovely limited edition of this novel by Jean Lorrain, in the original French. Decorated with woodcuts by Chapront. Jean Lorrain was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school, known for his numerous contributions to the satirical …

Wraiths and Realities

Cale Young Rice · 1918 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, The Century Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this scarce early 20th century volume of poetry by Cale Young Rice, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. The scarce first edition of this work from America…

A Greene Forest

John Maplet [int. by W.H. Davies] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Hesperides Press, 1930. Cloth. An intriguing edition of A Greene Forest, a varied record of rocks, animals and plants originally written in the seventeenth century. A Greene Forest, a natural history compiled by physician to Charles II, John Maplet. An introduction i…

Old Chester Tales

Margaret Deland · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Harper and Brothers Publishers , 1899. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Margaret Deland's short-story collection set in an old New England town. The first edition, later issue with "Upper Chester" instead of "Upper Chelsea" to page 5.In the publisher's orig…

As I Walked out One Midsummer Morning

Laurie Lee · 1969 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Laurie Lee's second instalment of his widely popular autobiographical trilogy, embellished with illustrations. The first edition, first impression of this autobiography by Laurie Lee. In the o…

Don Juan: A Play in Three Acts

James Elroy Flecker · 1925 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. The true first edition of this charming play by James Elroy Flecker, encased in its original dust wrapper. True first edition.   In the publisher's original green cloth binding, accompanied by the increasingly scar…

First and Last Loves

John Betjeman · 1952 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of Betjeman's essays on architecture, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the original …

Departmental Ditties and Other Verses & Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, George Newnes, Limited; Methuen and Co. 1899-1900. Leather. A smartly bound set of volumes from English writer, Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and poet, known for his work…

Love

Walter De La Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A fourth impression of this anthology on Love by Walter de la Mare, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, fourth impression. Illustrated throughout. An anthology on the theme of Love, here revealed and r…

[POSTER] 'ABCDEF'

Delaunay, S. · 1970 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€4,000.00 ($4,408.73 | £3,337.06 | ¥704,017)

[Paris], [1970]. Single leaf (65.0 x 50.0 cm). Pochoir on wove paper. Signed in pencil by the artist. = A very large copy of Sonia Delaunay's 'alphabet' design. Signed by the artist and annotated 'EA" [Épreuve d'artiste]. A similar design, on a much smaller format, was published…