Letteratura

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1820 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, Arch. Constable and Co. 1820. Leather. A finely bound set of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, being the first collected edition of the works. The first collected edition of his works. Complete in twelve volumes. With a frontispiece portrait to volume one after Raeburn.S...

The Wayfaring Tree

B.B. [Denys Watkins Pitchford] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hollis & Carter Ltd. 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical work from Denys Watkins Pitchford, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven full-page images and many in-text sketches. Collated comp...

Beeton&Apos;S Annual; a Book for the Young

Various · 1866 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1866. Cloth. A smart illustrated annual for children, containing a variety of exciting stories, including one by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The fourth edition.A charming Victorian annual for children, containing a variety of stories by eminent authors...

The English Illustrated Magazine

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€923.10 | $1,017.45 | ¥162,493)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884-96. First edition. Cloth. A scarce group of fourteen volumes from 'The English Illustrated Magazine&apos. Fourteen volumes from 'The English Illustrated Magazine', the first edition. Scarcely seen in larger sets. In the original pu...

All of a Piece: New Essays

E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from humorist E. V. Lucas, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of essays including: Oil&ap...

Life and Works of William Blake

Alexander Gilchrist · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,875.00 (€2,247.81 | $2,477.55 | ¥395,680)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880 . Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the preferable second edition of Alexander Gilchrist's richly illustrated biography of William Blake. The two volume second edition of this work. First published in 1863, this second edition is expanded...

Visions of the Western Railways

R.E.A. Townsend [Richard Edward Austin Townsend] · 1838 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Samuel Bagster [Printed for Private Circulation], 1838 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce privately circulated volume of poetry by Richard Edward Austin Townsend. A lovely copy of this very scarce privately published collection of poems, de...

Nursery Rhymes and Tales: Their Origin and History

Henry Bett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Methuen & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce study of the origin and history of nursery rhymes and tales, with the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origina...

Samlede Romaner Og Fortaellinger

Carsten Hauch · 1873 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1873-1874. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce set containing the novels and short stories of Danish writer Johannes Carsten Hauch. The Romances and short stories of Danish writer Carsten Hauch are gathered in these seven leather ...

Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici E Di Altri Suoi Amici E Contemporanei

Lorenzo de' Medici; Angiolo Poliziano; Bernardo, Luca, and Luigi Pulci · 1801 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Londra, L. Nardini, and A. Dulau e co, 1801. Leather. A lovely copy of this scarce edition of the poetry of Lorenzo de Medici, and his friends and contemporaries. In the original Italian.A scarce 1801 edition of Medici's work, with two volumes bound in one.Known as '...

A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse

Carleton Brown · 1916 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.74 | $71.35 | ¥11,396)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1916-1920. First edition. Cloth. Two extensive works on Middle English verse. Complete in two volumes. First edition copies. These works are an interesting reference work on Middle English religious and didactic verse which has been complied...

Voyages Extraordinaires: Hector Servadac: Voyages Et Aventures a Travers le Monde Solaire

Jules Verne · 1878 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Paris, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation/ J. Hetzel et Cie, 1878. Leather. A smart early edition of Jules Verne's science fiction novel, also known as Off on a Comet; part of his 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series. An early edition of this work in a q...

Outside the Dog Museum

Jonathan Carroll · 1991 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Macdonald, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. An advance reading copy of this intriguing novel by Jonathan Carroll. A first edition, advance reading copy. With a letter from Caroline Bishop, Press and PR Manager of Macdonald to Mr Sharp of the magazine World Architecture as...

Through the Sun in an Airship

John Mastin · 1909 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Charles Griffin & Company, 1909 [c1930]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second issue of John Mastin's thrilling science fiction novel, detailing a tour through the undiscovered planets of the solar system. A Selfridge's remainder copy of this work, ...

Just Passing Through

Philip Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed, limited edition copy of this poetry collection by Philip Roberts. Limited edition, ten copies of this work were numbered and signed with this being number five. Signed by the author to the editions...

IL Mattino IL Mezzogiorno E la Sera

[Giuseppe Parini] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Roma, Giuseppe Nave, 1793. Leather. The collected edition of Giuseppe Parini's ironic poem in three parts. Giuseppe Parini's poem consisting of ironic instructions to a young nobleman as to the best method of spending his days. I was published in the three parts incl...

The Last Adam

Ronald Duncan · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Dennis Dobson Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant 'Last Man' science fiction novel by Ronald Duncan, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 'Last Man' ge...

Lelia

George Sand · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Paris, Henri Dupuy; L. Tenre, 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete two volume second printing of George Sand's philosophical French novel. In the original French.While each title page refers to these as a fictional second edition, the true second edition w...

Light and Shade

Maida Stanier · 1953 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Abingdon-on-Thames, The Abbey Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry with the author's presentation slip. First edition. Scarce work. With author's presentation slip, inscription reads: With Christmas Greetings A collec...

La Nouvelle Paysanne Parvenue, Ou, L&Apos;Histoire de Jeannette

Pierre-Alexandre Gaillard de la Bataille · 1759 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

La Haye, Henri Scheurleer, 1759. Leather. An uncommon novel set in provincial France by Pierre-Alexandre Gaillard de la Bataille. An uncommon novel.In the original French.Complete with three parts bound in one.Following a farmer as he arrives in a new area in provincial France...