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Sleepless Nights: A Versification by Antice Evans
Antice Evans · 1989 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)
Not Stated, Not Stated, c1989. First edition. Leather. A unique manuscript containing the poetry of Welsh scientist and author, Antice Evans, signed by the author and with a handwritten letter loosely inserted. An exceptionally scarce work, containing a manuscript of poetry from…
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. An early issue of the first edition of Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Illustrated throughout by the author himself. A first edition in book form, early issue; without the suppressed woodcut …
Dissertations by the Celebrated Abbots de Vertot and Anselm
Rene-Aubert Vertot; Antoine Anselme; M. Paschoud · 1726 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)
London, F. Clay, 1726. Leather. A very scarce volume of three insightful essays by the Abbes Vertot and Anselme. A very scarce work.A volume of three essays written by Rene-Aubert Vertot and Antoine Anselme, translated into English.The three essays are titled: 'An Enquiry w…
Newhaven Dieppe
Frank Martin · 1996 · Rooke Books
£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)
Witney, Previous Parrot Press, 1996. Cloth. A hand-coloured limited edition volume on the history and scenery of Dieppe, signed by the author. A limited edition of a total of three-hundred and twenty copies, this being one of eighty-six numbered copies, in roman numerals, of the…
The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)
London, David Fickling Books/ Scholastic, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the third impression of the final work in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. The first edition, third impression. With a postcard taped to the verso of …
The Daydreamer
Ian McEwan · 1994 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Ian McEwan's children's work, illustrated by Anthony Browne. The first edition, first impression.Signed to the title page 'to Shirley with very best wishes Ian McEwan&apos.Inscribed …
Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
H. G. Wells · 1928 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells' novel about a shipwreck on Rampole Island. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Sir William Orpen, depictin…
The Sabbath School Class Book: Comprising Copious Exercises on the Sacred Scriptures
E. Lincoln · 1831 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
Boston , Lincoln and Edmands, 1831. Hardback. A very scarce Sabbath school exercise book with questions and prompts for learning the scriptures, signed by the author. With a signed inscription by the author to the front free endpaper, dedicated to Rev. John Dyer.The very scarce …
The Saturday Book No. 22
ed. John Hadfield · 1962 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Hutchinson, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The twenty-second book of this annual miscellany, published from 1941 to 1975, covering a range of arts. A signed first edition in publisher's original binding, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.A smart copy, signed 'g…
Grimsby Methodism (1743 - 1889) and the Wesleys in Lincolnshire
George Lester; Dr. Rigg · 1890 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Wesleyan-Methodist Book-Room, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce history of Methodism in the Lincolnshire town Grimsby, by George Lester, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this very scarce work.Author's inscription to the head of th…
Exultation of Skylarks
John Paddy Carstairs · 1952 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Hutchinson, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Paddy Carstairs's scarce comic novel. Signed by the author with the inscription 'for Julia, some LRM (light reading matter!) for between 'takes&apos. John Padd…
Le Souper Interrompu: Avec Cinq Dessins Rehausses D&Apos;Aquarelle
Pierre-Jean Toulet · 1922 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
Paris, Le Divan, 1922. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition play by the French poet and writer Paul-Jean Toulet, signed and beautifully illustrated with hand enhanced watercolour paintings by Louis Suire, and in the original, very scarce glassine dust wrapper. A limited e…
John Masefield, O.M. The Queen&Apos;S Poet Laureate: A Bibliography and Eighty-First Birthday Tribute
Geoffrey Handley-Taylor · 1960 · Rooke Books
£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)
London, The Cranbook Tower Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first limited edition of this work of reference concerning the works by John Masefield. The first edition of this work, an out-of-series book of a limited edition of 999 signed copies - this unsigned. With illu…
The Sight of Blood
John Hampson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
Bloomsbury , Ulysses Bookshop, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this vanishingly scarce short story, published due to interest shown by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, housed in the original slipcase. The first edition in book form. Originally published in Desmond MacCa…
Two Stories by John Hampson
John Hampson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, E. Lahr, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A pair of stories written by John Hampson, comprised of 'The Mare's Nest' and 'The Long Shadow', signed by the author in this neat limited edition work. Limited edition. This is No. 129 out of 250 copies prin…
The Bomb
Frank Harris · 1920 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
New York, Published By The Author, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of the first illustrated edition of his novel on the Haymarket Affair. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, dated 1920. The first illustrated edition, complete…
Selected Poems of Robert Haven Schauffler
Robert Haven Schauffler · 1922 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poems by Robert Haven Schauffler, signed by the author. The first edition.Inscribed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Lady Sykes, with greetings from Robert Haven S…
With the Living Voice
John Masefield · 1925 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, William Heinemann, 1925 . First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's thought provoking speech on voice and poetry, in the original binding with unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition work, limited to two hundred and sixty five numbered co…
Eight Songs
1943 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
Copenhagen , Anker Kysters , 1943 . First edition. Paperback. A limited edition of this delightful collection of songs and musical accompaniment, with a signed note from the publisher. A limited edition, with six hundred copies printed, the first one hundred of which were printe…
Vestigia Pulchra Quaerentis
Charles Francis Mason · 1940 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Framingham, Mass, Lakeview Press, 1940 . Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of poetry from the bursar of Harvard College, Charles F. Mason. The second printing, enlarged. A limited print run of fifty copies, with this one being number forty-eight.A collection of…