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Nine Little Poems

Richard Harris · 1877 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London , E. J. Francis and Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Nine Little Poems by Richard Harris. An author's presentation copy with an ink dedication to verso of front free endpaper. With decorative pieces and capitals throughout. First edition…

The Masque of Poets

Edward J. O'Brien (Ed) · 1918 · Rooke Books

£86.00 (€103.08 | $113.62 | ¥18,138)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work collating a large collection of works by numerous poets, and signed by the editor. First edition. Signed by the editor, Edward O'Brien and dated March 25 1918. An important anthology of poetr…

Lord Strafford: A Lecture

Rev. Arthur Cazenove · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , David Batten, 1860. Cloth. A scarce lecture on Lord Strafford given by Arthur Cazenove of Exeter College, Oxford Very scarce, originally printed by request. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was an English statesman and a major figure in the period leading up to t…

The English-Speaking Brotherhood and the League of Nations

Sir Charles Walston · 1919 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,979)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1919. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Sir Charles Walston's The English-Speaking Brotherhood and the League of Nations, scarce with dustwrapper. Bound in quarter cloth, with an unclipped dustwrapper. Unopened pages throughout. T…

Martin&Apos;S World Fair Album Atlas and Family Souvenir Chicago

[J F Martin] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Illionois, [C Ropp and Sons], c1892. Cloth. An illustrated guide of the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. This work focuses on Chicago and many other locations of the World's Fair. The World's fair is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievemen…

Royo

Royo · 1997 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,707)

Valencia , Editorial La Mascara, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A truly stunning signed example of Royo's exquisite paintings, graphic works and golden collection. First edition, signed neatly to the title page by Royo. With a biographical introduction, entitled; "Royo: Worlds…

A Modern Comedy

John Galsworthy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Heinemann, 1929. Vellum. A signed limited edition of Galsworthy's 'Modern Comedy&apos. With an illustrated plate of the Forsyte Family Tree. This is the 69th copy of 1030 printed which are signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription to this copy is a qu…

Dogs Bodies

Ralph Steadman · 1970 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, Abelard Schulman, 1970. First edition. Paperback. A unique signed first edition copy of this amusing pictorial work by Ralph Steadman. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books; 'Dog's Bodies' is one of his e…

A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus; Containing Animated Strictures on the Great Political Characters of the Present Time.

Samuel Parr · 1788 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Stafford and Davenport, 1788. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first English translation of Samuel Parr's Preface to Bellendenus. First Edition. Uncommon. Of the Preface to Bellendenus controversy, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography writes, "Henry Homer…

Emma a Play Founded on Jane Austen&Apos;S Novel

Marion Morse MacKaye · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this play by Marion MacKaye, based upon the novel by Jane Austen. With a preface by Percy MacKaye. With a portrait frontispiece and three illustrated plates. Inscribed by Percy MacKaye to a fr…

Christian Lyrics Chiefly Selected from Modern Authors

Various · 1868 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1868. Cloth. A lyrical anthology of songs and hymns praising the Christian faith. Illustrated throughout with engravings, and decorative head and tail pieces designed by T. Kennedy. Authors include S. J. Crispin, W. J. Allen, A. W. Bayes and…

Les Marionnettes de Justin Et Les Droits de Coeur

Charles Narrey; Leopole Laluye · 1869 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1869 - 1873. Leather. Two uniformly bound plays by eminent French playwrights. 'Les Marionnettes de Justin' by Charles Narrey and 'Les Droits de Coeur' by Leopold Laluye. Both volumes are in the original French. Both volumes appear …

The Professor at the Breakfast Table the Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, J M Dent and Co, 1905. Leather. Two finely bound volumes of Oliver Wendell Holmes' popular prose works. In a beautiful half calf binding by Bayntun of Bath. These are both the third edition of J M Dent and Co's publication of the 'Breakfast-Table' ser…

Random Recollections of the Midland Circuit

Robert Walton · 1869 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, Chiswick Press, 1869-73. First edition. Leather. A scare two volume set of Robert Walton's Random Recollections. First editions. The first series was published in 1869 and achieved such success that a second series was issued in 1873. In attractive bindings by J Ast…

Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Ecrits Par Lui-Meme

Jacques Casanova De Seingalt · 1871 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Bruxelles, J Rozez, 1871. Leather. The intriguing memoirs of Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, the original French edition complete in eight volumes. The intriguing memoirs of Italian adventurer and author Giacomo Girolamo Casanova. No collation available,…

Champions Du Monde

Paul Morand · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. Leather. A fine copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. A copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. Paul Morand (1888 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were…

L&Apos;Histoire Comique de Francion

Charles Sorel · 1925 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Paris, Jean Fort, 1925. Leather. An illustrated French novel that translates as 'The History Of Comic Francion' described as one of the first and most important comic stories. An illustrated French novel that translates as 'The History Of Comic Francion' desc…

Le Chant D&Apos;Ilse

L. Gautier Vignal · 1930 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1930. Leather. An attractive copy of this work by L. Gautier Vignal. An attractive copy of this work by L. Gautier Vignal. Signed by the author to the half title. Ex libris William Tyrell. Tyrrell served in the Foreign Office from 1889 to 1928. He was privat…

Les Arts Mãƒâ©Connus

Emile Soldi · 1881 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1881. Leather. A beautiful second edition of anthropological exhibition pieces in the Trocadero Museum. With four-hundred illustrations. Housed in the Trocadero Palace in Paris, the Museum Ethnographique des Missions Scientifiques was founded in 1878. The l…

Le Passe Plus Qu&Apos;Imparfait

Aldo Guetta · 1986 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

Paris, Aldo Guetta, 1986. Cloth. A very scarce collection of monetary pastiches by Aldo Guetta, the former director of the Paris International Monetary Fund office. With an inscription to title page, presumably by the author. In English and French In a half cloth binding with ma…