Letteratura

Oeuvres de Mme la Baronne de Stael

Germaine de Stael · 1820 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

Paris, Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, 1820-21. Leather. The first edition of the complete works of Germaine de Stael in fiften volumes. A fifteen-volume set of the works of Germaine de Stael. First edition of the complete works. 15 volumes of original 17. Volumes include: Volume I- N...

Cours de Litterature Dramatique Traduit de L&Apos;Allemand

A. W. Schlegel · 1814 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

Paris, J J Paschoud, 1814. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the French translation of A W Schlegel's lectures On Dramatic Art and Literature, scarcely found complete in three volumes. The first edition of the French translation of A W Schlegel's lecturesÂ...

Dansk Litteratur Fra Saxo Til Kaj Munk

Svend Norrild · 1949 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1949. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this comprehnsive history of Danish literature. The first edition of this work.In the original Danish.Complete as two volumes bound in one.A fascinating and concise history of Danish literatur...

Jean-Christophe: L&Apos;Aube

Romain Rolland · 1904 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Paris, Paul Ollendorff, c1909. Cloth. The first part of the early twentieth-century novel which won Rolland the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eleventh Edition. Jean-Christophe (1904?1912) is a novel in ten volumes by Romain Rolland, for which he received the Nobel Prize for Lite...

Les Academiciens

Saint Evremont (Saint Evremond) · 1879 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Paris, Charavay Freres, 1879. Paperback. A French comic play in three acts concerning Richelieu's creation of the French Academy. Featuring a hand coloured tissue guarded frontispiece, and a frontispiece to the play. With a preface by Robert de Bonnieres, and notes to the...

Uriel: A Poetical Address to the Right Honourable Lord Byron

Thomas Jones de Powis · 1822 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Published by the author, 1822 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this scarce religious polemic, addressing itself to Lord Byron, and employing the medium of poetry as well as supplying notes on his perceived deficiencies With the even more scarce half title ...

Maud and Other Poems.

Alfred Tennyson · 1855 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Tennyson's first collection of poetry after becoming Poet Laureate in 1850. The second issue, adverts to the front dated August 1855. This is one of the first publications of Maud, a poem inspired by Cha...

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Embellished with Engravings from Designs by Thomas Stothard

Daniel Defoe · 1820 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1820 . Leather. Two beautifully bound volumes of this famous adventure work. Robinson Crusoe is presented to the reader as an autobiography of Robinson, a castaway who spends thirty years on a remote tropical island. The works discusses his encou...

Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London

John Gay · 1716 · Rooke Books

£3,500.00 (€4,195.91 | $4,624.76 | ¥738,603)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition, first issue of John Gay's celebrated work Trivia, in very attractive and expertly rebacked calf binding. One of a mere two hundred and fifty copies to be printed on 'large' paper...

Foundation and Earth

Isaac Asimov · 1986 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Grafton Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of this science fiction novel from Isaac Asimov, the last of the 'Foundation' sequels in the series. First UK edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.'Foundation an...

Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books

Isaac Asimov · 1980 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Isaac Asimov's second 'Opus' collection, comprising samples from an array of his diverse works. An uncommon first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped du...

Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction the Eighty-Minute Hour: A Space Opera Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction Forgotten Life

Brian Aldiss · 1965 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Faber and Faber; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Jonathan Cape Ltd; Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965-1988 . First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of first edition works from British writer Brian Aldiss, in the original unclipped dust wrappers.  All copies in this set are first edit...

Pair of Works on John Betjeman

Bevis Hillier · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Murray, 1984-1988. First edition. Cloth. Two fine, first edition works of literary criticism on English poet, writer, and broadcaster John Betjeman by Bevis Hillier, both in the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Both in the original bright, unclipped dust ...

Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage a Portrait of Jane Austen

B. C. Southam; David Cecil · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul; Constable and Company Ltd. 1968-1978. First edition. Cloth. A fine pair of literary works on Jane Austen, one with a colour frontispiece and fourteen colour plates, both in the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Both works are the first...

Ginger Pye

Eleanor Estes · 1951 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an award-winning children's novel centered on an American family and their new puppy, written with empathy, humour and tenderness. The first edition of Ginger Pye, a children's bo...

The Twins

Edward Shirley · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1904]. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce children's narrative poem of twinhood and mischief by Edward Shirley, charmingly illustrated throughout by John Hassall. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with p...

Rondes Et Chansons (Serie 1)

None Stated · 1934 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Paris, Librairies Imprimeries Réunies, [1934]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming French songbook of rounds and traditional chansons, illustrated with full page colour illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original dark quarter cloth binding wi...

Outward Bound from Liverpool

Edouard Peisson; C. R. Benstead [trans.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Methuen & co, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Inspired by the Titanic, this is the very scarce first English language edition of Edouard Peisson's maritime adventure novel about an ocean liner hell-bent on achieving a speed record on a transatlantic voyage. With a pu...

Around the Fireside, Being Homely Sketches in Prose and Verse

Rev. T. M'William [McWilliam] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Aberdeen, D. Wyllie & Son, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the scarce first edition of this illustrated poetry collection. A presentation copy, with a signed letter from the author. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this poetry collecti...

Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces

Samuel Johnson · 1774 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, T. Davies, 1774 . First edition. Leather. A first and second edition set of this wonderful collection of miscellaneous prose and poetry from early in the career of Samuel Johnson, complete in three volumes. A mixed edition set.Volumes I and II are present in the second...