Letteratura

A Collection of Plays Performed at the Theatre-Royal

Arthur Murphy; Richard Cumberland · 1772 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, W. Griffin; T. Lowndes; John Miller, 1772-1815. Paperback. Four fantastic plays written as they were originally performed at the Theatre-Royal, in modern paper wraps. Four volumes. A collection of plays written as they were originally performed on the West End, at the ...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan; Susan Buchan · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. One of John Buchan's scarcer titles, here in the first US edition, 'The Island of Sheep' presents a fictional discussion of political, economic and social issues of the time. The first ...

Pictures of Life & Character: First, Second, Third and Fourth Series

John Leech · 1862 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1862-64 . Cloth. The first four installments of John Leech's humorous 'Pictures of Life & Character' series, containing a collection of his contributions to Punch magazine. Bound in the publisher's original half calf with cloth b...

The Power-House

John Buchan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1916 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of John Buchan's exciting thriller novel set in London, his first to feature fictional Scottish barrister and MP, Edward Leithen. The first edition in book form. Thi...

Witch Wood

John Buchan · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'Witch Wood', John Buchan's historical fiction novel set during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this wor...

The Nature of a Crime

Joseph Conrad; Ford Madox Ford · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Doubleday, Page and Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collaborative novel by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. The first U.S. edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collaborative novel between the two eminent authors Josep...

The Man and the Book: Sir Walter Scott; Midwinter; Prester John; Sea Life in Literature from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Century; Modern Short Stories; Ten Modern Plays; a Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys

Henry Newbolt [Editor]; John Buchan; John Hampden [Editor]; Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London; Edinburgh; New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. 1925-1928. Cloth. A smart seven-volume set from "The Teaching of English Series" edited by Henry Newbolt, featuring works by John Buchan and others. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.This is a seven volume s...

A Chronicle of Wasted Time: An Eighth Commonplace Book

Ian Rogerson · 2018 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Lancashire, Rossendale, 2018. First edition. Paperback. A smartly bound first edition of this scarce commonplace book from English writer and editor Ian Rogerson. First edition. Very scarce work. With a letter from Rogerson, with both the addressee's name and his own hand...

The Refugees & Rodney Stone

A. Conan-Doyle · 1931 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, John Murray, 1931-34. Leather. A beautiful, Riviere-bound pair of novels from Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, the uniform edition in a prize binding for Grosvenor School. A lovely pair of works by Arthur Conan-Doyle, comprising 'The Refugees' and 'Rodney Stone&a...

A Day in a Child&Apos;S Life

Myles B. Foster · 1881 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge & Sons , 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first and only edition of this charming work on a day in a child's life, colourfully illustrated by Kate Greenaway The first and only edition.A charming musical work taking the reader through a day in the l...

An Equal Music

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Wigston, The Stribling Press, 1999. First edition. Leather. A smart signed limited edition copy of this novel by Vikram Seth, only one of one hundred copies bound in leather and signed by Seth. A limited edition, published simultaneously with the trade edition, limited to one ...

The Years between

Rudyard Kipling · 1919 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1919. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce limited first large paper edition of this poignant collection, providing Kipling"s somber and reflective poetic response to the experience and aftermath of war. In the publisher's original quarter pap...

Plainsong

Freda Downie · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of Freda Downie"s elegant and wistful second collection, Plainsong, signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust...

Poems

Thomas Bailey Aldrich · 1836 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

New York , Carleton , 1836. First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition collection of Poems by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, offering his graceful and finely crafted verse. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with blind stamping. This volume is a first edition. This ...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde, 1893. Leather. A smart edition of Longfellow"s complete poetry, elegantly bound in half red morocco with marbled boards, reflecting his enduring legacy in American and global literature. In a half red morocco binding with marbled paper boards.This is a co...

Tales of My Landlord, Third Series; Quentin Durward

Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Rooke Books

£880.00 (€1,054.97 | $1,162.80 | ¥185,706)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable;, 1819-1823 . First edition. Leather. Two early 19th century works by Walter Scott, uniformly bound in half calf. Present here is the first edition of the third series of 'Tales of My Landlord', and the second edition of 'Quentin D...

Tre Sma Grisar

Walt Disney Studios · 1934 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the vanishingly scarce first Swedish language edition of the Walt Disney Studios novelisation of their 'Three Little Pigs' animated short film. A Swedish langua...

Une Histoire Qui Finit Mal

Edmond Cuenoud · 1905 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Louis-Michaud, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this charming French children's work, illustrated throughout in colour by Charles-Emile Carlegle. In the original French.The uncommon first edition of this delightful early 20th century Frenc...

Friends & Playmates

Mars [Maurice de Bonvoisin] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout in colour, present here is the very scarce first UK edition of Mars's children's work. A very scarce first UK edition.A charming collection of vibrantly illustrated vig...

The Grand Nursery Band

E. F. Manning · 1896 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Misch & Stock, 1896 . First edition. Paperback. Charmingly illustrated throughout in colour, present here is the very scarce first edition of Miss Eliza F. Manning's entertaining children's work. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated throughout in colour.A ...