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Middleway: Tales of a New England Village
Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of t…
Afternoons of April: A Book of Verse
Grace Hazard Conkling · 1915 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1915. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of American writer Grace Hazard Conkling's first published volume of verses. First edition. Very scarce. The author's first published collection of verses, c…
Middleway: Tales of a New England Village
Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of t…
The Untilled Field
George Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Singed and inscribed by the author to the half title, dated 1922. …
Brier-Patch Philosophy
Peter Rabbit"; William J. Long · 1906 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Boston, Ginn & Company Publishers, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of animal philosophy from American naturalist William Joseph Long. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four plates, and numerous in-te…
The Loves of the Angels, a Poem.
Thomas Moore · 1823 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Moore's somewhat controversial poem about three angels who fall in love with mortal women, this copy being bound in half calf. First edition. Bound in half crushed moro…
Facets: An Anthology of Verse
Various · 1928 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
Nashville, The Calumet Club, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce poetry anthology containing works by the students of The Calumet Club, a literary fraternity at Vanderbilt University, including six poems from American critic and professor Cleanth Brooks. First edition. Boun…
My Pet&Apos;S Gift Book
1877 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1877. Cloth. A scarce volume of poems, short stories, and botany for children, complete with lovely chromolithograph plates. A scarce work.A charming volume for children, comprising: 'The Alphabet of Flowers', 'A Gift for a Pet…
Tales of Three Cities
Henry James · 1884 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. First edition. Leather. The first U.K. edition of three novellas by Henry James, examples of his masterful writing. The first U.K. edition.Three short novellas by Henry James, inspired by his travels. Including 'Lady Barberina', 'A …
Twist of Gold
Michael Morpurgo · 1983 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)
Kingswood, Kaye & Ward, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of one of Michael Morpurgo's popular novels for children, this historical tale set during the potato famine. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the ori…
Dramatic Emancipation, or Strictures on the State of the Theatres
James Lawrence · 1813 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, The Pamphleteer, 1813 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of James Henry Lawrence's essay on 'the state of the theatres and the consequent degeneration of drama&apos. A very scarce first edition.The work of writer James Lawrence, who claimed to be a Kni…
The South Sea Company: An Historical Essay and Bibliographical Finding List
John G. Sperling · 1962 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
Boston, Baker Library, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1962 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of for-profit education pioneer John G. Sperling's detailed bibliographical guide to the South Sea Company. The first edition of this work.Illustrat…
Bertie and the Crime of Passion; Diamond Dust
Peter Lovesey · 1993 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Little, Brown and Company , 1993-2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of signed first edition novels by British detective novelist Peter Lovesey, with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to both books' title pages. The first edition, first i…
Mimff-Robinson
H. J. Kaeser · 1958 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this delightful children's tale inspired by 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This charming adventur…
The Tasking
Siegfried Sassoon · 1954 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
Cambridge , University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited anthology of work by leading English war poet Siegfried Sassoon. A very scarce limited edition of 100 copies. This copy unnumbered and out of series.In the publisher's original quarter cloth,…
Fishing Tackle: A Collector&Apos;S Guide
Graham Turner · 1989 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, Ward Lock Limited, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to collecting fishing tackle. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A complete history and guide to prices for all types of fishing tackle, with a description of the origins o…
A Collection of Thrillers by Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell · 1985 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
New York; London, Pantheon Books; The Mysterious Press; Hutchinson, 1985-2001. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of works from English thriller writer Ruth Rendell. Four volumes. Written by Ruth Barbara Rendell, an English author of thrillers and psychologic…
List of Etonians Who Fought in the Great War MCMXIV-MCMXIX
1921 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Riccardi Press, Medici Society Limited, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A privately printed list of the Etonians who fought and lost their lives in the First World War. First and only edition. Privately printed. A list of the Etonians who fought in the Great War of 1914 to 1…
The Dragon Beards Versus the Blueprints
Hsiao Ch'ien · 1944 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, The Pilot Press Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of essays from Chinese journalist and translator Hsiao Ch'ien. First edition. A collection of essays intending to describe the position of Chinese intellectuals caught between …
Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses
Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A superior example of the first edition of this collection of poetry from Thomas Hardy, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With an exceptional example of the publisher's unclipped …