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The Legendary Ballads of England and Scotland

John S. Roberts [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1890. Leather. A collection of English and Scottish classic ballads in a full calf prize binding. A collection of famous ballads from England and Scotland compiled by John S. Roberts for the "Chandos" classics series. In a full calf Bickers signed b…

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

John Hanning Speke · 1863 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the richly illustrated first edition of John Hanning Speke's first hand account of his discovery of the source of the River Nile. The first edition of Captain John Hanning Speke…

Songs of the Maid and Other Ballads

John Huntley Skrine · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Huntley Skrine's very scarce 1896 volume of ballads and lyrical poets. A presentation copy of the very scare first edition of this collection of poetry from John Huntley Skrine. Wi…

The Dales of the Arcady

Dorothy Una Ratcliffe · 1918 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Erskine Macdonald, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this wonderful collection of short verses from socialite Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. A signed first edition of the first published work from English socialite, heiress and author Dorothy Una Ratcliff…

The Rivulet: A Contribution to Sacred Song

Thomas T. Lynch · 1868 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London , Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer , 1868. Cloth. A collection of hymns for the heart and voice with a signed letter from the author. This is the third, enlarged edition of The Rivulet, a collection of hymns for both the heart and voice. The collection are largely songs …

Tales of an Empty Cabin

Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) · 1936 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Lovat Dickson Limited , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work, one of a limited printing signed by the author and extra illustrated, complete with its scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of this work, limited to two-hundred and fifty cop…

Love in the Ruins

Walker Percy · 1971 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

New York, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this wildly popular novel by noted American author Walker Percy, in the original dust wrapper. Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the W…

Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend and Story

R. H. Bassett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London , Cecil Parker , 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated and humorous take on the legends and tales of Ceylon, or modern day Sri Lanka, signed by the author. This is an interesting volume on the history, legend and story of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka as it is now call…

A Piece of My Heart

Richard Ford · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Harper & Row , 1976. First edition. Cloth. Excellent first impression of Richard Ford's successful first novel, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Mesmerising debut novel by Richard Ford, set on an island in…

Stop-Time

Frank Conroy · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York, The Viking Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Second impression of this remarkable memoir by American author Frank Conroy, a smart copy complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression of this work, published in the same year as the first. An accl…

Second Best

David Cook · 1991 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Faber and Faber , 1991. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this novel by David Cook, signed by the author. Uncommon first edition of this novel by David Cook. The story follows a middle-aged man as he decides to adopt 10-year-old James. The story was made in…

Lowis Merchiston and His Kin

Geoffrey Lyttelton Lowis · 1972 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

Edenbridge, Geoffrey Lowis, 1972. Cloth. A very scarce and completely unique family history of Lowis of Merchiston, illustrated throughout and signed by the author, Geoffrey Lyttelton Lowis. A fascinating and comprehensive work of genealogical and family history of Lowis of Merc…

Rural Improvements: Or, Essays on the Most Rational Methods of Improving Estates

A Land Owner [Joseph Wimpey] · 1775 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, J. Dodsley, 1775. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition Joseph Wimpey's guide to the management of land. With discussions of the political state of England at the time, foreign trade, and the poor. The scarce first edition of land owner Joseph Wimpey&apos…

Symbiography

William Hjortsberg · 1973 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Fremont, The Sumac Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition copy of this work of fiction by William Hjorstberg, signed by the author to the title page and presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, limited to 1026 copies, twenty-six of whi…

Native Notes from the Land of Earthquake and Fire

Thomas Sanchez · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

California, Sandpiper Press, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition memoir by Thomas Sanchez of the Second Great Coyote Fire in Santa Barbara, California, signed by the author. A harrowing and beautifully written short memoir by Thomas Sanchez about the Second Great C…

Examples of San Bernardino of Siena

Ada Harrison; Bernardino of Siena · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Gerald Howe, 1926. First edition. Vellum. A lovely limited edition copy on the life of Bernardino of Siena, containing moral lessons attributed to him, bound in vellum and signed by artist Robert Austin with numerous illustrated engravings. First Limited Edition, being N…

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A fine edition of the collected poetical works of Matthew Arnold, in a full calf binding with a frontispiece of the author. A fine, leather bound, thirteenth impression of this collection of work from Victorian poet and cultural …

A Song of David and Other Poems

Alfred John Hobson · 1933 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Oxford University Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poems by Alfred John Hobson, a bright example of this very scarce work. A very scarce work, the first edition. A collection of poems by Alfred John Hobson, largely concernin…

Poems

Greta Rowell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Oxford, Shakespeare Head Press, 1938. Paperback. A scare collection of twentieth-century poetry by Greta Rowell, inscribed by the author to the title page. A collection of poetry by Greta Rowell, chiefly concerning nature and British topography. Including 'Novemeber 11, 193…

The Vicar of Bullhampton

Anthony Trollope · 1870 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co, 1870 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of this novel from Anthony Trollope, illustrated throughout by Henry Woods. The first edition in book form of this 1870 novel by Anthony Trollope, initially issued in monthly parts …