James, Henry

The Better Sort

Henry James · 1903 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Methuen & Co. 1903. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first issue of this collection of short stories by Anglo-American Henry James. The first edition, first impression, first state, with forty pages of advertisements dated February 1903 to the rear of the work.  With th...

The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End

Henry James · 1898 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. Cloth. One of 1500 copies of the first impression of Henry James' two novellas, including his iconic ghost story 'The Turn of the Screw', in the original cloth. The first edition, first impression consisting of 150...

University of Glasgow Deed of Gift of the Newlands Scholarships 1908

Lord James Henry Cecil Hozier · 1908 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

Glasgow , James Maclehose and Sons, 1908. Cloth. An interesting pair of letters from Lord Newlands to the Principal of the University of Glasgow for the purpose of setting up scholarships in his name. James Henry Cecil Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands (4 April 1851 – 5 September 19...

The Complete Guide to Tyre Repairing; Traffic Driving Technique; Service Station Manual; Good Motoring Maintenance Handbook; the Skilful Driver.

Henry P. Stevens; Oliver Stewart; James S. Blair. · 1920 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Harvey Frost & Co. Ltd; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.; The Penton Publishing Company, Ltd.; Temple Press Limited; Herbert I. Th, 1920-1956. Cloth. London: Harvey Frost & Co. Ltd; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.; The Penton Publishing Company, Ltd.; Temple Press Limited; ...

The American Scene

Henry James; Leon Edel [Intro.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968 . Cloth. A handsome example of Leon Edel's edition of Henry James's informative and entertaining account of his North American travels. First published in 1907, this 1960s edition features contextual notes and an introduction from Leon...

The Complete Tales of Henry James Volume 4; the Complete Tales of Henry James Volume 10; the Complete Tales of Henry James Volume 11.

Henry James; Leon Edel · 1962 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962; 1964; 1964. Cloth. Smart three-volume set of extensive short-story anthologies from literary icon Henry James, edited with introductions by Leon Edel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. With dust wrappers, two clipped, one unclipped.In t...

Washington Square, the Lesson of the Master, the Awkward Age

Henry James · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1921-22. Cloth. A set of three brilliant works by Henry James, including two of his best known novels. Three works by Henry James, collecting together two novels and one anthology.'Washington Square', a reprint of 1921, first published in 18...

A Small Boy and Others

Henry James · 1913 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of novelist Henry James's autobiography of his early life and childhood. The first UK edition, first issue of this work, published the month after the US first edition.Illustrated with a frontispi...

Napoleon Decrees

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. An historical novel, following the tale of the narrator when a French man calls in on his house with a letter from ...

The Sportsman&Apos;S Dictionary

Henry James Pye · 1807 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, John Stockdale, 1807. Leather. An illustrated dictionary on sporting and animals, edited and enlarged by Poet Laureate Henry James Pye. The fifth edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.An expansive dictionary for spo...

A Vindication of the University of Cambridge

Rev. James Henry Monk · 1818 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London , John Murray , 1818. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of this essay by scholar Rev. James Henry Monk. A first edition copy. James Henry Monk was an English divine and classical scholar. This is an essay being A Vindication of the University of Ca...

Port Tarascon

Alphonse Daudet, Henry James · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington , 189. First edition. Cloth. A first English translated edition of this novel by Alphonse Daudet. A first English translated edition of Port Tarascon the Last Adventures of the Illustrious Tartarin by Alphonse Daudet. This work...

Hawthorne

Henry James · 1879 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.27 | $128.14 | ¥20,463)

New York, Harper & Brothers , 1879. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first US edition of this book of this study of the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Henry James. The first US edition of this work, published simultaneously in the UK and US. Henry James's book of litera...

Partial Portraits

Henry James · 1888 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1888. First edition. Vellum. A beautiful first edition of Henry James' literary essays, in a lovely signed binding by Birdsall. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Birdsall.'Partial Portraits' is a collection of litera...

The Wrath of God

James Graham; [Henry Patterson] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York, Doubleday & Company, INC, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Henry Patterson's thrilling novel set in 1920 Mexico, 'The Wrath of God', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first US edition of this work. In the original unclipped ...

The Painter&Apos;S Eye the Sacred Fount Roderick Hudson

Henry James; Leon Edel [intro.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956-1961. Cloth. A collection of three very smart volumes with unclipped dust wrappers, including a first edition anthology. Three very smart volumes in publisher's original binding, with unclipped dust wrappers. Each with a red tinted text blo...

The Month and Catholic Review

Henry James Coleridge · 1874 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Simpkin Marshall and Co, Burns and Oates, 1874-1876. Leather. hree volumes of Jesuit magazine The Month and Catholic Review. The Month was a long running monthly magazine which ran for 139 years from 1864-2001. Two volumes from 1874, May- August and September-December...

The Circle of Sciences

Various [inc. Henry Brougham] [ed. by James Wylde] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, 1868. Cloth. A comprehensive set on upcoming knowledge regarding physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology, with various portraits, diagrams and plates. An early edition of The Circle of the Science: A cyclopaedia ...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. An attractive example of the first edition of this collection of essays, published late in the career of the celebrated novelist Henry James, and concerning the First World War. The first edition of this work. Edel & L...

The Finer Grain

Henry James · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of this collection of five short tales by the celebrated Henry James. The first U.K. edition, first impression, of which 1,500 copies were produced.An anthology of five short stories b...