Letteratura

The Diddakoi

Rumer Godden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, Macmillan, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this children's novel about a Romani child from British author Rumer Godden. The first edition, first impression of this children's novel from English author Rumer Godden, in the publisher&apos...

Great-Uncle Hoot-Toot

Mary Louisa Molesworth · 1889 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1889. First edition. Cloth. the very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's work from Mrs. Molesworth, an author termed 'the Jane Austen of the nursery&apos. The very scarce first edition of ...

The Arrow of Gold

Joseph Conrad · 1919 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joseph Conrad's lesser known novel concerning a love triangle during the Third Carlist War. The first UK edition of this novel from Joseph Conrad, the influential proto-modernist author of 'He...

The Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Rudolf Erich Raspe · 1840 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, The Booksellers, 1840. Cloth. A very smart, uncommon edition of Rudolf Erich Raspe's notable eighteenth century novel on the fictional Baron Munchausen. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This edition is undated, dated using the copies at the British l...

Esprit Du P. Faber: Extraits de Ses Oeuvres Classãƒâ©S Mãƒâ©Thodiquement Et Prãƒâ©Sentant Un Exposãƒâ© de Sa Doctrine

Leon Gautier · 1873 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Bray et Retaux , 1873. First edition. Leather. Leon Gautier proposes an analysis of the works of Frederick William Faber in this scarce first edition. French literary historian Leon Gautier presents extracts from the works of William Frederick Faber that best represent ...

La Fille Pauvre: La Compagne

Maxence Van der Meersch · 1955 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris , Editions Albin Michel , 1955 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in the original French of this novel by Maxence Van der Meersch, in a very attractive quarter calf binding. The third volume in the trilogy of La Fille Pauvre by Maxence Van der Meersch. In the o...

Poems

George Hughes · 1850 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Longman, Brown, green, and Longmans, 1850. Cloth. A very scarce collection of the wonderful poetry by George Hughes, complete here in two volumes. A very scarce work, the second edition of  'Rhymes by a Poetaster&apos. All editions are difficult to find. Complet...

Famous Plays of to-Day

R. C. Sherriff; John van Druten; Monckton Hoffe; Reginald Berkeley; Ashely Dukes; Benn W. Levy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1929. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound anthology of popular plays, by the likes of R. C. Sherriff and Reginald Berkeley. The first edition of this anthology.In a Hatchards binding.An anthology volume of six popular plays of the early twent...

Marianne

Rhys Davies · 1951 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, William Heinemann, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this unusual mystery novel about two young girls, set on the Welsh coast. The first edition of this novel from Welsh author Rhys Davies, in the publisher's original illustrated price unclipped du...

Dwell Deep

Amy le Feuvre · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this delightfully bound children's novel. With full plate illustrations throughout. The first edition of this illustrated children's novel from Victorian era writer Amy le Feuvre...

Illustrations of Scottish History, Life and Superstition: From Song and Ballad

William Gunnyon · 1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Glasgow, Robert Forrester, 1879 . Cloth. A smartly bound collection of traditional Scottish songs and ballads, with accompanying explanatory notes. An early edition of this anthology of Scottish historical songs and ballads, first published in 1877.Chapters on both Jacobite an...

Letters to His Mother 1920-1924

Ronald Firbank · 2001 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Verone, Maggs Brothers, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of these entertaining letters written by Ronald Firbank to his mother, illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selection of the letters wri...

Down-Adown-Derry, a Book of Fairy Poems

Walter De La Mare · 1922 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of this book of fairy poems by Walter De La Mare. Charming collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare featuring more than 60 illustrations by Caldecott Medal winning artist Dorothy Lathro...

On Her Majesty&Apos;S Secret Service

Ian Fleming · 1963 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Book Club , 1963. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first book club edition of Ian Fleming's acclaimed Bond novel, published in the same year as the true first. The first Book Club edition of 1963, published in the same year as the true first. An acclaimed Bond ...

Felicite Etude Sur la Poesie de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Robert De Montesquiou-Fezensac · 1894 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, A Lemerre Editeur, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert de Montesquiou's essay on the poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. The first edition, with the original wraps bound in. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Marceline Desbordes-Valm...

Miss Browne, the Story of a Superior Mouse

Madeline Hall · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Ernest Nister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of this illustrated work by Madeline Hall. A retelling of Aesop's classic fable about the town mouse country mouse. A first edition copy of this classic Aesop fable about the town mouse and c...

The Secret of Flodden: With &Apos;the Rout of the Scots&Apos;. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem &Apos;la Rotta de Scocesi&Apos;.

W. Mackay Mackenzie · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh, Grant and Murray, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work on the Battle of Flodden Field, with illustrations and very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original pric...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Boston; Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of John Betjeman's autobiography, naturally written in verse. Complete with an unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The autobiographical poetry of Sir John ...

Junius

Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. A smart, early edition of Junius' satirical and scathing letters, attacking the government of George III. Illustrated throughout. An early edition of this selection of letters from Junius, complete in two volumes. Each volume features th...

Sensualite Amoureuse

Jean Lourrain · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Corbeil , 1901. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition novel by symbolist poet Jean Lourrain. The first edition of this work.Scarce in the original wraps. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations depicting romantic scenes. Jean Lorrain was a Frenc...