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Lisvart de Grece, Roman de Chevalerie; Ou Suite D&Apos;Amadis de Gaule

Charles Joseph De Mayer · 1788 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

A Amsterdam, Not Stated, 1788 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition copy of Charles-Joseph Mayer's historical novel surrounding Lisvart de Grece, or Lisvart of Greece, complete in five volumes. The first edition. Complete in five volumes. Uniformly boun...

The Fortress

Hugh Walpole · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A limited large paper edition of this historical fiction novel set in the Lake District, signed by the author. The first and limited large paper edition, limited to three hundred and ten unnumbered copies.Signed by...

Pippa Passes; & Men & Women; Dramatis Personae; & Dramatic Romances & Lyrics

Robert Browning · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1908-1909 . Cloth. Two beautifully illustrated editions of work from poet Robert Browning, with both volumes featuring colour plates from Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Two volumes of works from English poet and playwright Robert Browning, who was partic...

The Lapse

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, c1930. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet of poetry printed by the 'Shakespeare Head Press' private press, in the original paper covers. The first edition.In the original paper wra...

Miss Hogg Flies High

Austin Lee · 1958 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce murder mystery novel by Austin Lee which find's Miss Hogg attending a party in a country house where a secret meeting is being held, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. ...

Miss Hogg and the Squash Club Murder

Austin Lee · 1957 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce murder mystery novel by Austin Lee which find's Miss Hogg being asked by a former pupil to investigate the murder of a squash club member, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrap...

Cymbeline

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Glasgow , David Bryce and Son, 1904. Hardback. A charming miniature edition of William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline', bound in suede. This tiny book contains one of William Shakespeare's later plays, 'Cymbeline', set in Ancient Britain and based on le...

A Collection of Science Fiction Novels from Pan Books

Robert Heinlein; Poul Anderson; Clifford Simak; Mark Clifton; Frederik Pohl; Angela Carter; John Burke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Pan Books Ltd. 1963-1970 . Paperback. A collection of science fiction novels from Pan Books Ltd. Nine volumes. A collection of exciting science fiction novels and novellas. This set contains: The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1963. Written by Robert Anson Heinlein, an America...

Songs of the Sea Nymphs: Scenes in Fairy Land

T. Miller · 1832 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Simpkin and Marshall , 1832. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of fantasy verses from English poet Thomas Miller. Very scarce work. A collection of songs and verses from Fairy Land, being extracts from unpublished poems on the theme of mystical sea creatur...

St. Ronan&Apos;S Well

Sir Walter Scott · 1824 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1824. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel St. Ronan's Well, in three volumes. Complete in three volumes. First edition. Bound with the half titles. From the Waverley Novels. Set in a f...

The Wild Body: A Soldier of Humour and Other Stories

Wyndham Lewis · 1927 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from British writer Wyndham Lewis. First edition. A collection of eleven short stories, including: A Soldier of Humour, The Cornac and His Wife, and The Meaning of th...

Galapagos

Kurt Vonnegut · 1985 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Kurt Vonnegut's thrilling science-fiction novel, set against the backdrop of a fictional Galapagos Island, on which a group of people find themselves shipwrecked. The first UK edition. Published t...

Season of Anomy

Wole Soyinka · 1973 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Rex Collings, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poignant novel from Nobel-winning Nigerian author, Wole Soyinka, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the ...

Self Condemned

Wyndham Lewis · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Methuen & Co. 1954 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of Wyndham Lewis' popular novel surrounding a Professor's intellectual journey, commencing with his resignation and emigration from England. The first edition, first impression. Bound in th...

The Bankside Shakespeare the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare As Presented at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres, Circa 1591-1623

William Shakespeare; Appleton Morgan [ed.]; Albert R. Frey; William Reynolds; B. Rush Field; et al. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)

New York, The Shakespeare Society of New York, 1888-1891. Leather. An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf. One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bankside Shakespeare. Fifteen vol...

Peeps Into Fairyland

Horace J. Knowles · 1924 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Thornton Butterworth, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Horace J. Knowles' magnum opus, a beautifully illustrated work depicting the magical world of fairyland. The scarce first edition.Beautifully illustrated with a colour frontispiece, an i...

The Jaded Hero

Douglas Garman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Wishart and Co, 1927. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce book of poetry from Douglas Garman, a socialist and editor of the quarterly literary review, 'Calendar of Modern Letters&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the original quarter cloth b...

Poems

Michael Heseltine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Elkin Mathews , 1913. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce pocket book of poetry from Michael Heseltine, with personal depictions of London and Oxford. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In the original boards. A poetical pocket book, with a ...

Dissolution

C. J. Sansom · 2003 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Macmillan, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of C. J. Sansom's opening instalment to his 'Shardlake' series, with the scarce original wrap-around band. The first edition, first printing of this work. In the publisher's unclipp...

Lovel the Widower

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1861 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this touching novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, complete with his plates. The first edition.Bound by J. Larkins.A poignant novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, following a middle-aged man, Lov...