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Miscellaneous Correspondence in Prose and Verse

Benjamin Martin · 1755 · Rooke Books

£1,820.00 (€2,181.53 | $2,404.49 | ¥383,843)

London, Not Stated, c1764 . Leather. A scarce copy of Benjamin Martin's Miscellaneous Correspondence. Bound in calf with gilt lettering. Scarce. With fifteen plates in volume one and eighteen in volume two, including five folding plates. Volume I & II only of three. Part of…

The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence

Horace Twiss · 1844 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, John Murray, 1844. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition of this illustrated biography of British barrister and politician, Lord Chancellor Eldon. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in signed full straight-grain morocco, with "White 24 …

Around the Fireside, Being Homely Sketches in Prose and Verse

Rev. T. M'William [McWilliam] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Aberdeen, D. Wyllie & Son, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the scarce first edition of this illustrated poetry collection. A presentation copy, with a signed letter from the author. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this poetry collection…

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Charles Dickens · 1850 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.08 | $898.38 | ¥143,414)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound first edition of Charles Dickens's celebrated Victorian bildungsroman, with illustrations throughout from Phiz. The first edition in book form of this work.A mixed issue, with the following first is…

Poems on Several Occasions with Some Other Compositions

Nathaniel Evans · 1772 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Philadelphia, Printed by John Dunlap, 1772. First edition. Leather. The first and only edition of the works of early American poet, Nathaniel Evans. The first edition of Nathaniel Evan's only work. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf. Bound with the half title page &a…

Poems

Romilly John · 1931 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1931. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of these scarce poems from Romilly John, the son of important Welsh painter Augustus John. Signed presentation inscription from the author to the front free endpaper, "With love to Katie".The first edition…

Le Thãƒâ©ãƒâ¢Tre Des Ombres Chinoises. Nouveau Sãƒâ©Raphin Des Enfants: Recueil de Jolies Piãƒâ¨Ces Amusantes Et Faciles ãƒâ  Monter, Illustrãƒâ©Es de Gravures Reprãƒâ©Sentant Les Principales Scãƒâ¨Nes.

Guignollet · 1871 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Paris, Le Bailly, [1871]. First edition. Paperback. A charming illustrated French collection of shadow-puppet plays for children, demonstrating the rising interest in Chinese shadow theatre and domestic performance. In the publisher's original paper wraps.Undated. Dated her…

Pere Goriot: Scenes from Parisian Life

Honore de Balzac · 1887 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Leather. A handsome limited edition of Balzac"s Père Goriot, the great Parisian novel of ambition, sacrifice, and social climbing, bound in a half morocco binding by Geo. Winstanley. Bound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper boa…

Jane Austen

E.J Sheppard; J.B.E. Turner; Susannah Fullerton [ed.]; Anne Harbers [ed.]; Frederick Bussby; Deirdre le Faye; John Hubback; et. al · 1952 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London; Bath; Australia; Winchester; Bristol; , Longmans; James Brodie Ltd.; Wellington Lane Press; The Friends of Winchester Cathedral; The Jane Austen Society; John Hubback; , 1952-2007. Cloth. London; Bath; Australia; Winchester; Bristol; : Longmans; James Brodie Ltd.; Wellin…

The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse; a New Version of an Old Story Arranged As a Play for Mummers

Thomas Hardy · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this this play for amateurs in one act by Thomas Hardy. A one-act play by Thomas Hardy, one of the only two pieces of drama written by this author.The first edition.In the original green clot…

Rain: A Volume of Poems

Jean Kenward · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, W. H. Allen & Co, 1946 . First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author, this is a bright example of the very scarce first edition of Jean Kenwards' illustrated poetry collection. A very scarce first edition, first impression, flat signed by the author to a front bl…

Selected Bab Ballads

W. S. Gilbert; Hesketh Pearson [Intro.]; Philip James [A Note on the Illustrator] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford, Allen Lane/University Press, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of W. S. Gilbert's delightful 'Bab Ballads', with a handwritten letter from Hilary Jenkinson to Philip James, contesting James's interpretations of Gilbert's il…

Our Own Pompeii: A Romance of to-Morrow

Samuel Middleton Fox · 1887 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to his own mother, this is the very scarce first edition of Samuel Middleton Fox's entertaining science fiction novel about a society's failure to run a futuristic pleasure city…

Merope. A Tragedy

Matthew Arnold · 1858 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts , 1858. First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of Matthew Arnold's epic poem of Greek mythology, rarely found signed. The author's presentation copy, with a signed inscription to the half title: "with the au…

Stanley Morison

Nicolas Barker · 1972 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Hardback. A signed, illustrated first edition biography of typographer Stanley Morison, penned by printing historian Nicolas Barker. A lovely first edition biography of British typographer Stanley Arthur Morison, who was responsible for ma…

Lamentation and Tombland: Shardlake Series

C.J. Sansom · 2014 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Mantle/Pan Macmillan, 2014-2018. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of the final two novels within Sansom's bestselling Tudor detective Shardlake series, with Tombland being a signed limited edition. The first editions of Lamentation and Tombland, the final tw…

Food without Fuss and Cook-Happy

Josephine Terry · 1944 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Faber and Faber, 1944-1945. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce first editions of two cookery books written by traditional English cookery writer in the closing years of the Second World War, aimed to put a smile on the reader's face. The scarce first editions of Food …

The Scarlet Impostor

Dennis Wheatley · 1940 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition Gregory Sallust thriller by Dennis Wheatley, in which the lead character collaborates with an anti-Nazi organisation. The scarce first edition, first impression. In the…

De Ivsticia Pingenda

Battista Fiera; James Wardrop · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1957 . First edition. Leather. Lovely limited first edition reprint of Battista Fiera's 1515 Latin text, with an English translation, introduction and notes by James Wardrop. First edition of the limited contemporary reprint of the 1515 text.…

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Faber & Faber Ltd. 2021 . First edition. Cloth. Pristine signed first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 science fiction novel. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to half-title page.Klara and the …