Søg efter bøger
Søgeresultater
138191 resultater
Quae Scripsi: A Book of Verse
Francis H. Butler · 1902 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Sands and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of verse poems from Francis H. Butler. A very scarce first edition. Present her is copy no. 32 of 50 copies produced.Inscribed 'To Anna from Francis …
The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser; George Gilfillan [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859 . Leather. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross, binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings, with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross, Binde…
The Plundered Forests
John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)
Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very scarc…
Cat O&Apos;Nine Lives
Daisy Eckersley · 1946 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming children's tale about a cat, illustrated by the prominent 20th century poster designer Tom Eckersley. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the …
The Comedies of Shakespeare; the Tragedies of Shakespeare; the Histories of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare · 1911 · Rooke Books
£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)
London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press , 1911-1912. Leather. An attractive leather-bound set of William Shakespeare's works in three volumes. A uniform set of three volumes, offering the Tragedies, Comedies and Histories of eminent English playwright, William Shakesp…
A Manual of the Coniferae
James Veitch; Harry Veitch · 1881 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, James Veitch and Sons, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this in-depth manual to conifers, complete with folding plates. Signed by the publisher. The first edition.Signed by the publisher, Harry J. Veitch, to the half-title.Illustrated with a folding plate…
A Collection of Works by James Purdy
James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
New York , New Directions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956-1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of novels and short-story collections by James Purdy, including a signed new edition of 'Color of Darkness&apos. Including one novel and six short-story/novella collectio…
Round About Calcutta
R. J. Minney · 1922 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)
London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this charming book providing a glimpse of life in Calcutta, written by Calcutta-born author R. J. Minney, with an additional letter from the author loosely inserted. First e…
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning
Robert Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1910-1911. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of the works of Robert Browning. With all seventeen volumes bound in four by Riviere, in half morocco. The complete poetical works of noted Victorian poet Robert Browning, here presented in seventeen volu…
David Dreadnought; or, Nautic Tales and Adventures, in Verse
Samuel Whitchurch · 1813 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Wood and Co, 1813 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce nautical poem, in a sumptuous straight grain morocco binding with gilt detailing. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition, inscribed to a front blank 'Henry an…
Newton on Blackstone
A. Edward Newton · 1937 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)
Philadelphia , University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition printing of A. Edward Newton's address on Sir William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2,000 numbered copies of which this is numbe…
A Christmas Cracker: Being a Commonplace Selection
John Julius Norwich · 1975 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
London, Privately Printed , 1975-2018. First edition. Paperback. A brilliant assortment of John Julius Norwich's 'Christmas Crackers', seven of which are signed. Offering an assortment of thirty-nine volumes, seven of which are signed (1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1990…
Undertow
Brian Burland · 1971 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition novel by Bermudian author Brian Burland, inscribed by the author at length. The first edition, first impression.A vanishingly scarce novel.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author t…
High on the Walls
Tom Pickard · 1967 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Fulcrum Press, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. An advance review copy of this volume of poems from Tom Pickard, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.With a loosely i…
The White Lioness
Henning Mankell; Minette Walters; Laurie Thompson · 2003 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)
Gladestry, Scorpion Press, 2003. Leather. A superb limited edition copy of one of the thrilling Inspector Wallander novels by Henning Mankell, signed by the author. A limited edition of 90 copies, of which this is numbered 74.Signed by the author to the limitation page.In the or…
Twelve More Letters
Dylan Thomas · 1969 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)
London, Turret Books, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of unpublished letters from Dylan Thomas to his friends and associates, with a signed compliments slip from the publisher, Bernard Stone. Copy M of 26 lettered copies.Illustrated with a tipped in fro…
A Dictionary of the English Language
Samuel Johnson · 1852 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Leather. A very scarce mid nineteenth century edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, printed 'verbatim from the author's last folio edition&apos. A very scarce edition of Johnson's important work. In the m…
The Seasons
James Thomson · 1792 · Rooke Books
£138.00 (€165.41 | $182.32 | ¥29,114)
London, A. Paris; J. Strachan, 1792 . Leather. An illustrated edition of James Thomson's popular four part Romantic poem, with engravings from Augustus Birrell. With sixteen illustrations, including a portrait frontispiece, designed by C. Ansell and Engraved by A. Birrell.Â…
Rhodesiana (Publication No. 19) & Heritage of Zimbabwe (Publication No. 10)
Various · 1968 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Salisbury; Harare, The Rhodesiana Society; The History Society of Zimbabwe , 1968-1991. Paperback. Two very scarce journals published for the Rhodesian and Heritage of Zimbabwe Societies. First edition. Both very scarce issues. In the publisher's pictorial wraps. Signed…
A Collection of Volumes by George Moore
George Moore · 1919 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, Privately Printed by Cumann Sean-Eolair Na H-Eirann; Heinemann, 1919-1925. Cloth. A smart collection of signed limited edition volumes from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore. Eight volumes. Limited editions, signed by the author to the limitation page. W…