Letteratura

Easy Lessons; or, Leading Strings to Knowledge

Mrs. Sarah Trimmer · 1831 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Harris, 1831 . Cloth. Delightfully illustrated with engraved plates, this is a charming and scarce children's educational work from educational reformer Sarah Trimmer. A scarce work, which was first published in 1825.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fiftee...

Rienzi the Last of the Roman Tribunes

Edward Bulwer Lytton · 1874 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1874. First edition. Leather. Edward Bulwer-Lytton's important historical novel, bound in half calf with gilt tooling to the spine. The Lord Lytton Edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards, and gilt tooling to the ...

Familiar Studies of Men and Books

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. Leather. A collection of literary criticisms from the renowned Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson, bound in full crushed morocco. A collection of critical essays, first published in monthly periodicals, then published as a collected edition ...

Books and Bidders, the Adventures of a Bibliophile

A. S. W. Rosenbach · 1927 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1927. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated ode to bibliophiles by the leading bookdealer A. S. W. Rosenbach. The first trade edition.A wonderful ode to book collectors and collecting as a hobby, penned by a leading de...

A Little Book of Western Verse

Eugene Field · 1890 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890 . First edition. Leather. Attractively bound in half morocco, present here is the first trade edition of this delightful collection of verse from Eugene Field. The first trade edition of this work, which was first published as a lim...

Fox in Socks

Dr. Seuss · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Beginner Books; Random House , Inc, 1965. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of this popular Dr. Seuss tongue twister book for children, aimed to improve reading ability, in the first state original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printin...

Count Karlstein

Philip Pullman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this first newly illustrated edition of 'Count Karlstein', Philip Pullman's first children's novel. Signed by the author to the title page.First Doubleday edition, newly illustrated. Originally...

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Andrew Lang · 1981 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Faber and Faber, 1981. First edition. Hardback. A brightly illustrated version of Andrew Lang's retelling of this classic folktale, with artwork from British-Singaporean illustrator Errol Le Cain. First edition with illustrations from Le Cain. Illustrated with col...

The Peacock Party & the Lion&Apos;S Cavalcade

Alan Aldridge; Ted Walker · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979-1980. First edition. Hardback. Two charming and exciting first edition copies of these illustrated children's works by Alan Aldridge and co. Two volumes. First edition. Illustrated throughout with full-page colour images. Written and illustrate...

Sonetti Di Anton Maria Salvini Accademico Della Crusca

Anton Maria Salvini · 1728 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

Firenze, Nella Stamperia di sua Altezza Reale, 1728. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this anthology of the sonnets of Anton Maria Salvini, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition.In the original Italian.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a portrait f...

Selections from the Works of the British Classical Poets, from Shakespeare to Shelley

Maria Mary Marinack; Various · 1861 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of the best works of British poets across history, "from Shakespeare to Shelley". The first edition of this very scarce work.A lovely anthology collecting together the poeti...

English Books 1475-1900, a Signpost for Collectors

Charles J. Sawyer; F. J. Harvey Darton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd, 1927. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition work on collecting English books published across the centuries of the country's history, illustrated throughout. The first edition, limited to two thousand copies.Complete in two volumes.A l...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl · 1978 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1978 . First edition. Hardback. The seventh impression of Roald Dahl's important and much beloved children's novel, with the original Faith Jacques illustrations. The seventh impression of the first UK edition of this work, which was fir...

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood · 1898 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, T Fisher Unwin, 1898. First edition. Leather. A first edition account of the life of celebrated writer Lewis Carroll. Composed by Carroll's own nephew, and in a handsome half morocco binding. The first edition of this work.A biography of the renowned children&apos...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The second impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, the first of his Richard Hannay novels. The second impression of the first edition of this work.Originally serialised in Bl...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£1,995.00 (€2,391.67 | $2,636.12 | ¥421,004)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine, &...

Injury Time

Beryl Bainbridge · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Duckworth, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Beryl Bainbridge's award winning novel, in the original dust wrapper and the vanishingly scarce wrap around band. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Human Shows Far Phantasies, and Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922-5. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition collections of poetry from the renowned Thomas Hardy. The first editions. A two volume set. Two collections of poetry from Thomas Hardy Thomas an English novelist and poet who wrote ...

Faerie Wars

Herbie Brennan · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A signed first impression of 'Faerie Wars', the first book in James Brennan's gripping young adult fantasy series. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publishe...

Shadowmancer; Wormwood

G. P. Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set of G. P. Taylor's popular fantasy adventure novels, including both the paperback and hardback first editions. The first trade edition, first impression of 'Shadowmancer', preceded by ...