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5 Vols in 1 Miscellaneous Manuals on Health, Religion, Brewing, Horsemanship and Geology

“R. R.”; None Stated · 1839 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, T. M. Cradock; Brittan and Reid, 1839-1841. Leather. A curious sammelband of five exceptionally scarce manuals, offering concise guides to physiology, geology, domestic brewing, religion and horse care. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards and a …

The Spoils

Basil Bunting · 1965 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, The Morden Tower Book Room, 1965 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition in book form of Basil Bunting's celebrated poem, with a signed presentation inscription to fellow poet Denis Goacher. A first edition. With a signed presentation inscription …

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Eton, Eton College Press, 1894 . Leather. A smart Eton prize binding of this illustrated collection of poetry from the renowned Thomas Gray. The Eton College edition. In a full brown calf Eton College prize binding, signed by Spottiswoode & Co, with a gold gilt to fore edge.  A …

La FãªTe de L&Apos;Empire Britannique: "Empire Day

Comite "L'effort de la France et de ses Allies · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris-Barcelone, Bloud & Gay, Editeurs, c1918 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this French First World War work, smartly bound in red quarter morocco. First edition. In a quarter-red-morocco Chivers patent library binding. Undated, dated from the half-title page. A…

Illusion

H. M. Tomlinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of 'Illusion', H. M. Tomlinson's evocative literary reflection of World War I, with the unclipped dust wrapper. One of five hundred and twenty five copies, signed by the author.  T…

The Works of Virgil, Englished

Virgil; Robert Andrews [Trans.] · 1766 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)

Birmingham, John Baskerville for the Author, 1766 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Robert Andrews"s English Virgil, presenting the Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneid in one contemporary calf volume. In a contemporary full calf binding.  The scarce first edition…

I&Apos;LL Mature When I&Apos;M Dead

Dave Barry · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Connecticut, [Easton Press], [2010]. First edition. Leather. A lovely signed first edition memoir in handsome full Morocco, in original sealed shrink wrap. The first signed edition of this 2010 memoir.  Bound in handsome original full morocco binding by Easton Press. With gilt d…

English Poetical Autographs

Desmond Flower [ed.]; A. N. L. Munby [ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Cassell and Company, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this wonderful 1930s collection of facsimiles of handwritten poems and autographs from prominent poets, including Donne, Blake, Byron, and Kipling. The first edition of this work, one of 1500 copies p…

The Search for Good Sense, Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell, Goldsmith

F.L. Lucas [Frank Laurence Lucas] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Cassell & Company, 1958. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a biography on four quintessential figures of the eighteenth century, in a blue crushed morocco signed binding. The first edition of The Search For Good Sense, Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johns…

Songs of Many Seasons

Jemmett Browne · 1876 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of seasonal poems from Jemmett Browne, with plates from Walter Crane and George Du Maurier. The first edition of this vanishingly sc…

Four Hymns on Earthly and Heavenly Love & Beauty

Edmund Spenser · 1912 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts , 1912-13. First edition. Leather. A pleasing first edition of this private press edition of Spenser"s Fwour Hymnes, printed in an elegant, early twentieth-century arts and crafts style. The first edition of this L.…

Erratics; by a Sailor

[Joshua Larwood] · 1800 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, G. Auld, Greville-Street, for B. Ogilvy and Son, 1800 . First edition. Leather. An eccentric first edition collection of satirical and descriptive letters centred on Norfolk, enhanced with charming contemporary sailor sketches. In a contemporary half calf binding with ma…

The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope · 1717 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1717. First edition. Leather. A large-paper folio first edition of Pope"s Works, an early lifetime collection issued well ahead of convention, bound in a full contemporary calf. In a contemporary full calf binding. Rear board full…

The Masque of Comus: The Poem by John Milton; the Airs by Henry Lawes

John Milton; Henry Lawes; Hubert Foss · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Cambridge , Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954. Vellum. A lovely Limited Editions Club edition of Milton's 'Comus' and Henry Lawes 'The Airs', adorned with vivid watercolours by Edmund Dulac. This copy is n…

The Trial of Jeanne D&Apos;Arc and Other Plays

Edward Garnett · 1931 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1931. First edition. Vellum. One of only one hundred signed special editions of Edward Garnett's plays, in the original handsome quarter vellum. A very scarce signed limited edition, being number 3 of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the limitation …

The Green Ship

Quentin Blake · 1998 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a tale of adventure, imagination and wonder over a garden wall, by the iconic children's illustrator Quentin Blake. The signed first edition of The Green Ship, a tale of joy and imagination, w…

Into the Looking-Glass Wood

Alberto Manguel · 1998 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Bloomsbury, 1998. Cloth. A collection of literary essays analysing Lewis Carroll's classic, written and signed by prestigious Argentine polyglot scholar Alberto Manguel. The first UK edition of Into the Looking-Glass Wood, a collection of essays on Lewis Carroll&apo…

The Song of Bilitis

Pierre Louÿs; Alvah C. Bessie [Trans.] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

New York, Macy-Masius, 1926. Cloth. A limited, private press edition of Bessie's translation of The Songs of Bilitis, signed by the illustrator, Willy Pogàny. A limited edition, English translation of Pierre Louÿs's The Songs of Bilitis, a collection of erotic prose po…

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 2001 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Pavilion, 2001. Hardback. The first edition of this Michael Foreman illustrated copy of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's novel, scarcely signed by the illustrator. The first edition, first impression of the Michael Foreman illustrated edition.A very scarce …

Private Zoo

Georgess McHargue · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Collins, 1975 . First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition copy of this colourfully illustrated children's book by Georgess McHargue, signed by the illustrator Michael Foreman. The first edition.Signed to the half title page by the illustrator, Michael Foreman.I…