Narrativa e romanzi

The Brook Kerith a Syrian Story

George Moore · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Edinburgh, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1921. Leather. A limited fifth-edition of George Moore's novel, first published 1916. With an ink dedication, consistent with other examples of the author's handwriting, under which is written in pencil "in George Moore's hand". ...

My Official Wife

Richard Henry Savage · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1892. Leather. A scarce copy of Richard Henry Savage's My Official Wife. In an attractive leather binding. Known for adventure books which were in keeping with his own somewhat daring and glamorous life as a military officer and writer i...

The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copi...

Reveries of a Bachelor

Ik Marvel [Donald Grant Mitchell] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, C. H. Clarke, c1853. Leather. A interesting work by the american author and essayist, Donald Grant Mitchell, illustrated throughout. Binder's label of Pring and Price to rear pastedown. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates. A work from American author, Dona...

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£38.99 (€46.74 | $51.51 | ¥8,226)

London, George Allen, 1901. Leather. An attractively bound pair of essays by critic and philanthropist, John Ruskin. Containing two lectures: Of King's Treasuries and Of Queen's Gardens. Fifty-fourth thousand in original form, with new preface. In an Allman's an...

The Gaberlunzie&Apos;S Wallet

James Ballantine · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, John Menzies, 1843. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of 'The Gaberlunzie's Wallet' by James Ballantine. Inscribed by the author James Ballantine, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Jot.' With numerous illustrations on steel and woo...

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 | ¥31,645)

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...

William and His Uncle Ben a Tale Designed for the Use of Young People

Mrs. Hofland · 1770 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, A. J. Newman and Co. C1826. Leather. 'William and his Uncle Ben A Tale Designed for the Use of Young People' by Mrs. Hofland. With half title, illustrated second title and engraved frontispiece but with title absent. Barbara Hofland (1770 - 1844) was an Engli...

The Linhay on the Downs

Henry Williamson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1929. Cloth. A limited first edition of this short story by Henry Williamson. Number 473 of 500 copies initialled by the author. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear ...

The Devil&Apos;S Motor a Fantasy

Marie Corelli · 1910 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Cloth. A very scarce, beautifully illustrated copy of this fantasy work by Marie Corelli Illustrated throughout with tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Severn. Designed to smell of motor oil -quite successfully. Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 2...

Esther Waters

George Moore · 1920 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London , Cumann Sean-Eolais Na H-Eireann [privately printed], 1920. Cloth. A limited edition, privately printed copy of Esther Waters by George Moore. This is number 296 of 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. Set in England from the early 1870s onward, the novel is a...

Passages from Modern Authors for Class-Reading

John Downie · 0 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Blackie and Son Limited, c1907. Cloth. A scarce copy of this Talwin Morris designed book of Passages From Modern Authors for Class-Reading. Compiled and edited by John Downie. "This book aims at providing, within a reasonable space, a large and interesting selection o...

Ulick and Soracha

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Moore's novel Ulick and Soracha. Limited edition, number 637 of 1250 copies printed on japon vellum for the Nonesuch Press. With scarce original dustwrapper in a complete and fine condition. ...

A Modern Comedy

John Galsworthy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Heinemann, 1929. Vellum. A signed limited edition of Galsworthy's 'Modern Comedy&apos. With an illustrated plate of the Forsyte Family Tree. This is the 69th copy of 1030 printed which are signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription to this copy is a ...

The Professor at the Breakfast Table the Poet at the Breakfast Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J M Dent and Co, 1905. Leather. Two finely bound volumes of Oliver Wendell Holmes' popular prose works. In a beautiful half calf binding by Bayntun of Bath. These are both the third edition of J M Dent and Co's publication of the 'Breakfast-Table' s...

Champions Du Monde

Paul Morand · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. Leather. A fine copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. A copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. Paul Morand (1888 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas we...

Le Passe Plus Qu&Apos;Imparfait

Aldo Guetta · 1986 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Paris, Aldo Guetta, 1986. Cloth. A very scarce collection of monetary pastiches by Aldo Guetta, the former director of the Paris International Monetary Fund office. With an inscription to title page, presumably by the author. In English and French In a half cloth binding with ...

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Charles Dickens · 1850 · Rooke Books

£680.00 (€815.09 | $898.38 | ¥143,459)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound first edition of Charles Dickens's celebrated Victorian bildungsroman, with illustrations throughout from Phiz. The first edition in book form of this work.A mixed issue, with the following first ...

Pere Goriot: Scenes from Parisian Life

Honore de Balzac · 1887 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Leather. A handsome limited edition of Balzac"s Père Goriot, the great Parisian novel of ambition, sacrifice, and social climbing, bound in a half morocco binding by Geo. Winstanley. Bound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper b...

Jane Austen

E.J Sheppard; J.B.E. Turner; Susannah Fullerton [ed.]; Anne Harbers [ed.]; Frederick Bussby; Deirdre le Faye; John Hubback; et. al · 1952 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London; Bath; Australia; Winchester; Bristol; , Longmans; James Brodie Ltd.; Wellington Lane Press; The Friends of Winchester Cathedral; The Jane Austen Society; John Hubback; , 1952-2007. Cloth. London; Bath; Australia; Winchester; Bristol; : Longmans; James Brodie Ltd.; Well...