Letteratura

Dalziels&Apos; Illustrated Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1865 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Ward and Lock, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this decorative and fully illustrated compendium of Goldsmith's work, including the seminal 'Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt and blind-stamped decorat...

The Shipwreck, a Poem by

William Falconer · 1818 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cadell and Davies;, 1818. Paperback. An illustrated New Edition of William Falconer's poem 'The Shipwreck&apos. In the publishers' original boards. William Falconer was a Scottish epic poet concerned mainly with life at sea. Whilst he also compiled a dic...

Wild Berries

Yevgeny Yevtushenko · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko's first novel. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was one of the most famous post-Stalin generation of Russian poets, as well as a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, pu...

Anglo-American First Editions Part Two: West to East

I.R. Brussel · 1936 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Constable and Co Ltd, 1936. Hardback. A lovely copy of the second part of J. T. Brussel's extensive catalogue of British and American first editions. Comprehensively detailing the first editions of American authors whose books were published in England before in A...

The Shadow of Arvor: Legendary Romances and Folk-Tales of Brittany

Edith Wingate Rinder · 1896 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

Edinburgh, Patrick Geddes, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition collection of short folk tales and romances taken from Brittany. Includes stories such as 'Ronan the Silent' and 'Gwennolaik', translated and retold by Edith Wingate Rinder. In ...

Latterday Symphony

Romer Wilson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Romer Wilson. With a decorative title page. Bound with publisher's advertisements to the rear of the text. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book c...

Astrophel and Other Poems

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1894 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London , Chatto & Windus, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne. Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He invented the roundel form, wro...

The Orphan of Pimlico and Other Sketches, Fragments and Drawings

William Makepeace Thackeray; Edited by Anne Isabella Thackeray · 1876 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Smith Elder and Co. 1876. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of writings and drawings by William Makepeace Thackeray Copiously illustrated throughout with many plates by Thackeray. With some notes by Anne Isabella Thackeray, the author's da...

The Signature of Pain and Other Poems

Alan Porter · 1930 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London , Cobden-Sanderson, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this book of poetry by Alan Porter. Most of the poems included here have appeared in The Spectator, The Observer, The New Age, G. K.'s Weekly, Oxford Poetry, The London Mercury and other periodicals...

Nonesuch Books for Christmas 1925 for the Spring 1926 with a Hand-List of Books Hitherto Published by the Press

Nonesuch Press · 1925 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London , Nonesuch Press, 1925. Cloth. A publishers' catalogue A catalogue of book published by the Nonesuch Press. Nonesuch Press was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera Mendel, and David Garnett. Their first book, a volume of John ...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Oxford , The Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, sixth impression, of The Testament of Beauty by former Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. For this long philosophical poem Bridges received the Order of Merit. With publisher's note bound to the rear of...

Lapsus Calami

J.K.S. [James Kenneth Stephens] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1891. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this collection of poetry. James Kenneth Stephen was an english poet and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales In a blue cloth binding. Externally, sound with some r...

Chatterbox Weekly One Halfpenny

Various · 1903 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Wells Gardner Darnton & Co, 1903. Cloth. The complete collection of the "Chatterbox" halfpenny weekly paper, for the year 1903. New series, No. 1 through to No. 52. Illustrated throughout, featuring several coloured plates. Founded and edited by John Erskine Clarke, w...

Restoration Love Songs

John Hadfield · 1950 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Preston , Cupid Press, 1950. Cloth. A charming anthology comprising of lyrics dedicated to love from the period of 1660 to 1714. Limited first edition of 650 copies of which this is number 586. Illustrated throughout, featuring decorative head and tail pieces by Rex Whistler, ...

Tom Catapus and Potiphar a Tale of Ancient Egypt

Lily Schofield · 1903 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A children's story set in Egypt, written in verse and illustrated throughout. First edition. In a gutta-percha, or caoutchouc binding with a yap edge to front board. This is an early form of adhesive...

A Treat a Treat with Verses Good and Sweet

Dean and Son · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Dean and Son, c1882. Hardback. The third book from Dean's new series of Cheap Chromo Toy Books. Dated 1882 to the rear board. A scarce work, with none on Copac. An advertisement to the rear board notes the Dean's Chromo Toy Books 'are acknowledged. to b...

Ancient Metrical Tales: Printed Chiefly from Original Sources

Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne · 1829 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London , William Pickering, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poems written in Middle English, edited by Charles Henry Hartshorne. First edition. Bookplate of Bernard Warrington to front pastedown. Rebacked in cloth with the original boards and backstrip preserved. E...

The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten Books

Robert Pollok, A. M. · 1840 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1840. Cloth. The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827, the year of Pollok's death. With an author's portrait with facsimile signature to frontispiece. Fifteenth Edition The last published and...

The Holy Rose Etc

Walter Besant · 1890 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Walter Besant. With a frontispiece by Fred Barnard. Publisher's catalogue to rear, dated October 1889. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian In a cloth covered binding. Exter...

Mark Twain a to Z the Essential Reference to His Life and Writings

R. Kent Rasmussen · 1995 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

The United States of America, Facts on File, Inc. 1995. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Mark Twain A to Z: The Essential Reference to his Life and Writings. As written in the synopsis, "Until now, tracking down information on Mark Twain's complex life a...