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A Woman of Honor

H. C. Bunner · 1883 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company , 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce debut novel from American writer Henry Cuyler Bunner. A very scarce first edition of this novel. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. An early novel fr…

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope; Edith Sitwell · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A smart second impression of Edith Sitwell"s 1930 critical study of Alexander Pope, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original yellow cloth, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. First publi…

Unpopular Opinions

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating collection of essays from Dorothy Sayers, examining her Christian faith, and the contemporary politics of England. The first edition, first impression of this collection of essays from tw…

Poems on Several Subjects

John Ogilvie · 1771 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, George Pearch , 1771 . Leather. The third edition of this collection of poetry by John Ogilvie, complete in two volumes. Bound in full calf.Scarce work. The third edition. First published in 1764. Complete in two volumes. This collection features poetry written by Scotti…

Heritage

Vita Sackville-West · 1919 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1919. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Vita Sackville-West's first novel, Heritage. The first edition of the work. Scarce. The author's first novel, telling the story of Ruth Pennistan, a farmer's daughter born i…

Was Willst Du Werden?

Oscar Pletsch; Julius Lohmeyer · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Leipzig, Verlag von Alphons DuÃÂOeˆrr, c1875 . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated book of children's verse, in the original German and featuring the designs of Oscar Pletsch. Fourth edition.   In the publisher's original half-cloth binding with pictorial paper-back…

Coelebs in Search of a Wife

Hannah More · 1837 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Charles Tilt, 1837. Cloth. A smart pocket-sized edition of this moral novel from British Christian author Hannah More. Complete in two volumes. Tilt's Miniature Classics Library series. With a frontispiece to each volume. A moral novel focusing on a well-to-do young…

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1751 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper; T. Longman; et al, 1751. Leather. Milton's influential blank verse poem 'Paradise Lost', illustrated with lovely detailed engraved plates for each book of the poem. 'Paradise Lost' is an epic blank verse poem, concer…

Le Roman Comique de Mr. Scarron

Mr. Scarron [Paul Scarron] · 1700 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Paris , Par la Compagnie, des Libraires , [1700]. Leather. An early edition of Paul Scarron's humorous novel surrounding a troupe of actors, written in the original French. An early edition. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Dated using Jisc, from a copy of the work held at the…

Life of Robert Burns

J. G. Lockhart · 1828 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, Constable and Co; Hurst, Chance and Co, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. English novelist Sir Hugh Walpole's own copy of the first edition of J. G. Lockhart's biography of Robert Burns. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with an engraved title page.A det…

Selected and New Poems 1935-1989

Edward Lowbury · 1990 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Frome, Hippopotamus Press, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this anthology of the works of Edward Lowbury from throughout his career, with a signed letter from the author. With a signed letter from the author loosely inserted, dated…

Donne&Apos;S Sermon of Valediction

John Donne; Evelyn Mary Simpson · 1932 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1932. Hardback. A smart Nonesuch limited edition copy of this sermon by John Donne, preached in 1619 at Lincoln's Inn. A limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies, of which this numbered two hundred and sixty-nine.In the original glassine…

Plays for an Irish Theatre

W. B. Yeats · 1911 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this significant collection of Irish plays for the theatre, from Nobel Prize-winning poet and dramatist W. B. Yeats. A first edition. Illustrated by Gordon Craig with a frontispiece and three plates. Col…

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

1886 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1886. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work about the fictional character Sir Roger de Coverley. Reprinted from The Spectator, a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele lasting from 1711 to 1712. It was develo…

Porte-Feuille Vole

Evariste de Parny · 1805 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

Paris, Au Magazin de Librairie, 1805. First edition. Leather. A presumed first edition of 'The Stolen Wallet', a collection of three of Parny's poems. A first edition.Evariste de Parny was a French poet, well known in the nineteenth century for his lyric poems, es…

Clausentum

John Arlott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of sonnets by John Arlott, accompanied with drawings by Michael Ayrton. Inspired by the poet and artist's visit to Clausentum, a Roman settlement situated in modern-day Southampton, this collection att…

Grand bal du printemps

Izis Bidermanas, Jacques Prévert · 1951 · Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books

€80.00 ($88.17 | £66.74 | ¥14,080)

Lausanne, Suisse: La Guilde du Livre. First edition, first printing. 144 pp., 28,5 x 22,5. Condition: Very Good (VG). Very nice copy, glassine paper jacket missing. Inside: first title page has a fold, last title page has a small stain on the bottom, else nice and clean. Cover h…

Muhammad Speaks. October 25, 1968. Vol. 8 No. 6

Brooks, Gwendolyn; Muhammad, Elijah et al. · 1968 · Mare Booksellers

$59.00 (€53.53 | £44.66 | ¥9,422)

Chicago, Muhammad's Mosque No. 2, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 40 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Muhammad Speaks was a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam, founded by Elijah Muhammad and providing coverage of current events and …

Griffin and Sabine : An Extraordinary Correspondence

BANTOCK, NICK · 1991 · Kalamos Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books / Raincoast Books. 1991, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0877017883) Hardcover. Book, Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were right -- the wine glass has more impact than the cup. --Sabi…

Until That Dawn (Lyrics)

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1949 · Richard Thornton Books

£14.75 (€17.68 | $19.49 | ¥3,112)

University of London Press This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in original black cloth with gilt title lettering to upper cover,in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket with just a little modest rubbing to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and the book has one small previ…