Reade, Charles

The Loss of the Agra & the Two Prisoners

G. A. Henty; Charles Reade · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie & Son Limited, c1920. Cloth. Two lovely pictorially bound works from the Happy Home Library by Blackie & Son, each illustrated throughout. 'The Two Prisoners' from 'A Soldier's Daughter' by G. A. Henty', which w...

The Cloister and the Hearth a Tale of the Middle Ages in Four Volumes

Charles Reade · 1861 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London , Trubner and Co. 1861. Cloth. A uniformly bound set of Charles Reade's most famous work, The Cloister and the Hearth. Third edition. Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Reade began his literary career as...

White Lies a Story

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London , Trubner and Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Charles Reade. Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. No half titles required for this work. White Lie...

The Works of Charles Reade

Charles Reade · 1814 · Rooke Books

£890.00 (€1,066.96 | $1,176.01 | ¥187,816)

Boston, Colonial Press Company, c1900. Leather. A very handsome set of the Works of the English novelist and playwright, Charles Reade. Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) fell out of fashion by the turn of the century—"it is unusual to meet anyone who has voluntarily read h...

The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. Leather. The first edition of this romance novel by Charles Reade, in a lovely leather binding. In a half leather binding. Charles Reade, was born in 1814. A novelist and dramatist, Reade's works include 'The Cloister and The Hearth&apo...

&Apos;It Is Never Too Late to Mend&Apos;. A Matter of Fact Romance

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. Leather. A copy of Reade's nineteenth-century novel, and later play, in a half calf binding. New Edition. With the pictorial bookplate of Henry Stuart Maclean Jack to the front pastedown. Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an E...

Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy

Charles Reade · 1866 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of one of the popular yet controversial novels of Charles Reade. The first U.S. edition of this work.'Griffith Gaunt' follows the tensions in the marriage of the eponymous character, whos ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1855 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this historical novel about the Irish actress Peg Woffington. The first American edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking rear free endpaper. This work was written by Britis...

The Cloister and the Hearth or, Maid, Wife, and Widow: A Matter-of-Fact Romance

Charles Reade · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, Rudd & Carleton, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this historical novel from British author Charles Reade, his best known work. First US edition. Set in the 15th century, this novel revolves about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, George Allen, 1899 . Cloth. A beautifully decorated early edition of Charles Reade's book, 'Peg Woffington', with illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with extensive gilt decorations to the front board...

Hard Cash

Charles Reade · 1898 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1898. Cloth. Hard Cash by Charles Reade (originally published as Very Hard Cash in (1863), in which he highlighted the abuses of private lunatic asylums. A new edition. Preface to front by the author is dated 1868. Charles Reade (1814 - 1884) was an...

A Simpleton a Story of the Day

Charles Reade · 1873 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1873. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully bound novel in three volumes by Charles Reade (1814 - 1884) who was an English novelist and dramatist First edition. In three volumes complete. Reade began his literary career as a dramatist, and it was his o...

Trade Malice: A Personal Narrative; and the Wandering Heir a Matter of Fact Romance

Charles Reade · 1875 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London , Samuel French, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this fictional work from prolific victorian writer, Charles Reade. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed in ink "To Edwin Arnold with Charles Read's kind regards, March 19th 1875". From the writer o...

The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming romance story from Charles Reade. In the scarce publishers' lithographed front cover. First edition. This works title is in reference to the famous quotation, taken from the line spoke...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, George Allen, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Charles Reade's novel inspired by the famous 18th century Irish actress Peg Woffington. First thus, the first edition with Hugh Thomson's illustrations. The work was first published in...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , George Allen, 1899. Cloth. An illustrated edition of the novel by Charles Reade inspired by the famous 18th century Irish actress Peg Woffington. The work was first published in 1853. Reade based it on the popular stage play Masks and Faces, which he had co-written wi...

The Cloister and the Hearth a Tale of the Middle Ages

Charles Reade · 1861 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , W. and R. Chambers, Limited, c1915. Cloth. An illustrated copy of this work by Charles Reade Illustrated by Gordon Browne. With twenty coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations. The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) is an historical novel by the English ...

The Cloister and the Hearth

Charles Reade · 1902 · Rooke Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.36 | ¥5,487)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1902. Cloth. An 1902 edition of Charles Reade's The Cloister and The Hearth. Accompanied by illustrative plates and vignettes throughout, the story is set in the Fifteenth Century and revolves around the travels of a young scribe, Gerald Eliass...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, George Allen, 1899. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated edition of 'Peg Woffington' by Charles Reade. With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. In a red cloth binding with gilt decoration. Externally, generally smart. Some light...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.44 | $182.35 | ¥29,122)

London, George Allen , 1899. Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of this novel based on the life of Irish actress and socialite, Peg Woffington, bound in pleasing half crushed morocco. A pleasing illustrated copy of Charles Reade's novel inspired by the popular stag...