James, Henry

Vain Flirtation

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, John Long, Limited, c1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce work from British author James Blyth. First edition, second state. Very scarce. Opening after a good day's sport in Norfolk, on a cloudy December afternoon, with the Hon. Al...

Thrift

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1912. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Beginning at a meeting of the H. & S. S. F. P. N. T. T. I. P. (Holmhithe and Southcliff Charity for Providing Nurse...

Brumblingham Hall: The Story of a Strange Death

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. When Ivy Crosse brings her companion home to meet her family, he believes they will not accept him while Ivy naivel...

Daisy Miller, Pandora, the Patagonia and Other Tales

Henry James · 1913 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1913. Cloth. A volume of interesting short stories by writer Henry James. From the series the novels and tales of Henry James, the New York Edition volume XVIII. Henry James was an American-British author who is regarded as a key transitional figure ...

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame

Henry Kirke White; James Grahame; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1856 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York , D. Appleton and Company , 1856. Leather. A lovely leather bound volume of poems by James Grahame and Henry Kirke White. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White and James Grahame. Henry Kirke White was an English poet and hymn writer and James Grahame was a Scottish ...

The Golden Bowl

Henry James · 1905 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.40 | $587.87 | ¥93,876)

London, Methuen & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to see first U.K. edition of 'The Golden Bowl', published only a few months after the first U.S. edition. The scarce first U.K. edition of this work, first impression, this UK first edition is complete in one...

The Odd Number, Thirteen Tales

Guy de Maupassant; Jonathan Sturges [trans.]; Henry James [intro.] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Jonathan Sturges's English language translation of this collection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant. The first edition of this work to be translated from the original French into Englis...

Advanced (Third Grade) Perspective: Comprising Angular and Oblique Perspective, Shadows and Reflections. Specially Prepared for the Use of Art Students. In Two Volumes

Henry James Dennis · 1896 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.57 | ¥41,769)

London , Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, 1896. Cloth. A scarce late Victorian technical drawing manual for art students, concerning perspective. The seventh edition. Volume I concerns 'Angular and Oblique Perspective', and Volume II 'Shadows and Reflections&apos. F...

The Novels and Tales of Henry James

Henry James · 1908 · Rooke Books

£2,750.00 (€3,296.26 | $3,632.92 | ¥580,131)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1908-1909 . Cloth. A scarce and strikingly attractive collection of the novels and short stories of celebrated literary figure Henry James. Macmillan's scarce New York Edition of The Novels and Tales of Henry James, in the publisher's origin...

Breakfasts, Luncheons, and Ball Suppers

Major L. (James Henry Landon) · 1887 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A smart, scarce, first edition of Major Landon's recipe collection offering refined menus and recipes for breakfasts, luncheons, and lavish ball suppers from the Victorian era. In the publisher's original...

Notes of a Son and Brother

Henry James · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this illustrated autobiography by Henry James. The first edition of this work, first printing. A fascinating autobiography by Henry James, one of the greatest novelists in the English langu...

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James Graham; [Jack Higgins]; [Henry Patterson] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, Double & Company, Inc, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of Henry Patterson's exciting World War II espionage novel, 'A Game for Heroes&apos. The first American edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'A Game f...

The Run to Morning

James Graham; [Henry Patterson] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

New York, Stein and Day, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Patterson's exciting espionage novel about the American Oliver Grant, 'The Run to Morning&apos. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Run to Mor...

The Last of the Valerii

Henry James Jr. · 1971 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Ipswich, The Boydell Press, 1971. Cloth. A scarce charming limited edition copy of this work by noted author Henry James. Limited edition of one hundred copies for sale and twenty for private circulation. This copy is unnumbered. With a charming frontispiece by Julia Trevelyan...

The Finer Grain

Henry James · 1910 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.21 | ¥42,191)

London, Methuen & Co, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. An attractive example of the first UK edition of this collection of five short stories from celebrated novelist Henry James. The first UK edition of this work, of which 1,500 copies were produced.The first issue, with thirty-o...

Verses by the Way

James Henry Darlington · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, Brentano's, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Signed first-edition poetry collection from the first bishop of Harrisburg, presented to paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn. First edition.In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding with blue boards.Presentatio...

The Awkward Age

Henry James · 1899 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, William Heinemann, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first issue of this largely reflective turn-of-the-century novel from Henry James. The first issue of the first edition in book form. In the original cloth binding, with four irises blind-stamped to the front boar...

Essays in London and Elsewhere

Henry James · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, James R. Osgood & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of literary criticism from American-British author Henry James. First edition. With a description of the author pasted to the title page and a portrait pasted to page one. No fur...

Within the Rim and Other Essays

Henry James · 1918 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. 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.A collection of five essays from J...

Celibate Sarah

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Grant Richards, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. A follow-up to his well-received book of a similar character, 'Juicy Joe', this story follows the success of a g...