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To the Ends of the Earth Trilogy: Rites of Passage; Close Quarters; Fire Down Below
William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Faber & Faber, 1980-1989. First edition. Cloth. The first impressions of the acclaimed nautical trilogy written by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding, including his signature to Fire Down Below. The first impressions, first editions of the acclaimed To the Ends o…
S. Francis of Assisi: The Mirror of Perfection
Sebastian Evans [Trans.]; Leo of Assisi; Paul Sabatier [Ed.] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
London, David Nutt, 1898 . Vellum. The first English edition of "The Mirror of Perfection," signed and dated at Assisi by its editor Paul Sabatier, in a striking contemporary hand-painted vellum binding. In a contemporary hand-painted vellum binding, with a stylised foliate desi…
The High Tower
Frances Horovitz · 1970 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, New Departures, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A limited edition signed copy of this collection of poetry by English poet and broadcaster, Frances Horovitz. A limited edition copy of the first edition, where twenty five were numbered and signed by the author, this copy…
The Iron Chest: A Play; in Three Acts.
George Colman · 1796 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
London, W. Woodfall for Messrs. Cadell and Davies, 1796 . Leather. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of George Colman's scarce melodrama, in a handsome quarter calf binding. The second edition of this scarce work. Inscribed by the author to the half title, &a…
Sectionum Conicarum Elementa Methodo Facilllima Demonstrata. In Usum Juventutis Academicae
L. Trevigar · 1731 · Rooke Books
£349.00 (€418.33 | $461.08 | ¥73,605)
Cantabrigiae, Typis Academicis; Prostant apud N. Prevost, & A. Vandenhoeck , 1731. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce Latin academic textbook on conic sections, complete with folding engraved plates. The first edition of this Latin textbook, designed as a practical study of co…
Roy Fisher Collected Poems 1968
Roy Fisher · 1969 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Fulcrum Press , 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition copy of this collection of poems by noted English poet Roy Fisher. A limited edition, with this copy being No. 90/100. Hand-numbered and signed by the author. Of this first edition, one-hundred …
Canal Dreams
Iain Banks · 1989 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)
London, Macmillan, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of Iain Banks's political thriller about a ship trapped in the Panama Canal, termed 'an action book' by the author. Inscribed by the author to the title page 'To Steve from Iain B…
A Collection of Modern Poems: The Love of Fame; the Last Day; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; Hymn to Adversity; the Grave; the Hermit; the Splendid Shilling
Various [Edward Young; Mr. [Thomas Gray]; Robert Blair; Thomas Parnell; Mr. Philips] · 1762 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)
London, J. James, 1762. Leather. A very scarce and charming collection of great poems from the Enlightenment era, bound in a lovely later quarter calf binding from Bath. A Collection of Modern Poems, a charming selection from Britain's best poets of the era, including Edwar…
Transitional Poem
Cecil Day Lewis · 1929 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Transitional Poem, an abstract exploration of wholeness considered to be the Poet Laureate's first great work. The first edition of Transitional Poem, a reflective piece considered to be the first gr…
Collected Poems 1913-25
Herbert Read · 1926 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this collection of poetry by English art historian and poet, Herbert Read. Limited edition of fifty copies on English hand-made paper, signed by the author. This copy unnumbered and thus out of series.Â…
The World&Apos;S Wife
Carol Ann Duffy · 1999 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
London, Picador, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional signed first edition of this celebrated collection of feminist poems from Carol Ann Duffy, including 'Little Red Cap&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unclipp…
Sonnets Pour Hermes
Septime · 1959 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
Pondichery, l'Ashram Sri Aurobindo, 1959 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition collection of French language poems published in India, inscribed by the author to French poet and art historian Yves Bonnefoy. In the original French. A limited editio…
The Art of Good Living
Andre L. Simon; Maurice Healy [foreword] · 1929 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, Constable & Co, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A bright signed limited edition of Andre L. Simon's exploration of the joys of food and drink, beautifully illustrated with plates. A limited special edition of three hundred copies, of which this is numbered 112. Signe…
Historical Account of the Family of Thynne, Otherwise Botfield
Joseph Morris · 1855 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Westminster, John Bowyer, 1855 . Cloth. A bright example of Joseph Morris's very scarce genealogical account of the Thynne family and its historical origins. A very scarce family genealogy, 'extracted from The Topographer and Genealogist, Vol. III&apos. Joseph Morris t…
Pansies
D. H. Lawrence · 1929 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)
London, Privately Printed, 1929. Disbound. An incredibly scarce set of unbound sheets for the deluxe limited edition of D. H. Lawrence's Pansies, including two poems removed from the first trade edition for obscenity. A very scarce, complete set of the unbound sheets, origi…
Mediolanum: Being a Reprint of Two Letters to the "Athenaeum," and Observations Thereon.
T. Rought Jones · 1881 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, Bemrose & Sons, 1881 . Leather. A very scarce copy examining the location of the Roman town, Mediolanum, a presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In a contemporary red full morocco binding. First edition. A presentation copy…
Seventy Years of an Active Life
Louis Sterne · 1912 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London, Louis Sterne [Chiswick Press], 1912. First edition. Leather. The signed first edition of a fascinating memoir from an American Civil War veteran turned secret agent and later successful businessman. The signed first edition of Seventy Years of an Active Life, the fascina…
Songs of a New Age
Alfred T. Story · 1918 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1918. First edition. Paperback. An author's presentation copy of this very scarce, first-edition poetry work from Alfred Thomas Story. First edition. Very scarce. Â Author's presentation copy. With a signature and the words "with the …
The Juvenile Scrap-Book
Mrs. Ellis [Sarah Stickney Ellis] · 1843 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Fisher, Son & Co. 1843 . Cloth. An uncommon copy of this illustrated educational nineteenth century work for young people by Sarah Stickney Ellis. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Illustrated with a vignette title page, and fourteen plates. Coll…
The Wren
John Clare · 2010 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Not Stated, Andy English, c2010 . Unbound. A very scarce limited edition of John Clare's poem 'The Wren', with a woodcut engraving to the head of the leaf by wood-engraver Andy English, signed by English. A limited edition of this 19th century poem by John Clare, …