Narrativa e romanzi

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. In Two Volumes

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. Wi...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1875 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of Lord Macaulay's works. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively ...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1911 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1911. Leather. A smart copy of this anthology by Rudyard Kipling. Puck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The storie...

Voyage to Atlantis

James W. Mavor · 1969 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Leather. A facsimile copy of the original printed manuscript of Mavor's fascinating work. One-sided pages. Details pages printed: e.g. E6594 11 Baskerville, Vince - Machine 11, McQuillan - Machine 11 etc. Appears to be photocopied...

Epea Pteroenta or, the Diversions of Purley

John Horne Tooke · 1798 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, J Johnson, 1798. Leather. John Horne Tooke's linguistic treatise on English grammar and language. Second edition of the first volume (1798), and first edition of the second (1805). With an engraved frontispiece to the first volume. On his return from Huntingdonshi...

The Young Duke: A Moral Tale, Though Gay. With Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers

Benjamin Disraeli; James Grant · 1861 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,707)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861-4. Leather. Two novels from great nineteenth century writers bound into one. Disraeli turned towards literature after his financial disaster, motivated in part by a desperate need for money, and brought out his first novel, Vivian G...

Primitiae or, Essays and Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, Moral and Entertaining.

Connop Thirlwall · 1809 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, T Plummer, 1809. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of works by the child prodigy, Connop Thirlwall. Connop Thirlwall (11 January 1797 - 27 July 1875) was an English bishop (in Wales) and historian. Thirlwall was born at Stepney, London, ...

The Unequal Match or, Mary of Anjou Queen of Majorca: An Historical Novel

Jean La Chapelle · 1681 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, R. Bentley, 1681-3. First edition. Leather. The extremely rare first edition of the English translation of Jean de la Chapelle's historical novel. The title page lists this as being 'the second and last part', dated 1683 only, however, the pagination and...

At Odds: A Novel

Baroness Jemima Von Tautphoeus · 1863 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,434)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1863. First edition. Leather. A first edition of the final novel from Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus. Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus (née Montgomery) (October 23, 1807 – November 12, 1893) was an English novelist who wrote several stories dea...

The Mirror of Maidens in the Days of Queen Bess

Mrs Sherwood; Mrs Streeton · 1851 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Thomas Hatchard, 1851. Leather. A historical novel by a prolific children's author. Written as a collaboration between Mary Martha Sherwood and her daughter Sophia. With an illustrated frontispiece. The first edition of this novel. This novel is set during the tim...

Lewis Arundel or the Railroad of Life

Frank Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,761)

London, Virtue, Hall and Virtue, 1852. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this fictional work from Frank Smedley. Adorned with many beautifully engraved illustrations by well known illustrator "Phiz". Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, ligh...

Cornelius Nepos, de Vita Excellentium Imperatorum

John Carey, LL.D. · 1820 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

London , Scatchard & Letterman et al. 1820. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Carey's corrected Dauphin Nepos. This scarce work is a corrected edition of the 1765 original quarto edition printed for the use of Dauphin on the order of Louis XIV. This task w...

Leon; or, Old Paul&Apos;S Treasure by 1854- London- Darton &Co. 6. 5" by 4"; IV, 209pp

Onesimus [Pseudonym] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Darton &Co. 1854. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this children's work. Subtitled: 'A guide to young merchant-men seeking goodly pearls' A children's story written to a younger brother under a pseudonym. Copac attributed this to Garn...

A Bibliography of William Cowper to 1837

Norma Russell · 1963 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,761)

Oxford, The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Norma Russell's 'A Bibliography of William Cowper' to 1837. The volume was published as part of the Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications - this edition in particula...

Vagaries

Axel Munthe · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Munthe's 'Vagaries,' later known as 'Memories and Vagaries&apos. Bound with half title and the original title of 'Vagaries&apos. Later editions were published retitled as 'Memor...

The Press Album

Thomas Catling · 1909 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,325)

London , John Murray, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A decorative and illustrated First Edition of this journalistic compendium. First Edition. With seventeen black and white plates and colour frontis, and thirty-four pages of advertisements. Collated complete. With an "Express B...

The Story of Rosina and Other Verses

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition large paper copy of The Story of Rosina and other Verses by Austin Dobson, an English poet and essayist. A particlularly good example of Thomson's work. Dobson's poetry was...

Portrait of a Village

Francis Brett Young · 1937 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,216)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. A collection of countryside tales from English novelist Francis Brett Young. First edition. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Joan Hassall. In a black cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally, bright...

Essay on Sepulchres or, a Proposal for Erecting Some Memorial of the Illustrious Dead in All Ages on the Spot Where Their Remains Have Been Interred

William Godwin · 1809 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London , W Miller, 1809. Cloth. The first edition of this essay by William Godwin. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With an illustrated frontispiece, bound without advertisements. Printer's colophon to v...

The Most Delectable Nights of Straparola

Giovanni Francesco Straparola · 1906 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Paris, Charles Carrington, 1906. Cloth. A limited edition of this collection of seventy five short stories from the late Medieval period - the work for which Straparola is best known. The title of the work is sometimes translated as 'The Facetious Nights' or 'Th...