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An Arkansas Planter

Opie Read · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Chicago , Rand, McNally & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fiction novel set along the Arkansas river, in the original pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated w...

Chita: A Memory of the Last Island

Lafcadio Hearn · 1889 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fiction novel about the 1856 Louisiana hurricane. The first edition, in the first state binding. First published serially in 'Harper's Monthly' magazine in 1888.Â...

Picture Posies; Poems Chiefly by Living Authors

Dora Greenwell; Jen Ingelow et al. · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, George Routledge, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry and plates engraved by the brothers Dalziel. The first edition of this collection of poems. All of the poems had appeared before with many of them being published i...

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Tama Janowitz · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Picador, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this satirical novel about the uncivilised world of New York City by Tama Janowitz, illustrated by Tony Wright. The first UK edition, first impression with a complete numberline. First published in American i...

Essays and Stories from the Chap-Book Being a Miscellany of Curious and Interesting Tales, Histories &C; Newly Composed by Many Celebrated Writers and Very Delightful to Read.

Katherine Bates; H. H. Boyesen; Edmund Gosse; John Burroughs et al. · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition collections of stories and essays from Stone and Kimball's literary magazine, written by a host of noted authors and with a lithographical cover. The first edition, with the eight page publ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1855 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this historical novel about the Irish actress Peg Woffington. The first American edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking rear free endpaper. This work was written by Britis...

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza

Bernard Shaw · 1930 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1930. Cloth. A smart first edition of this satirical comedy from Irish writer Bernard Shaw, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A satirical comedy about political philosophies which are represented by the characters. This...

Studies in Jocular Literature: A Popular Subject More Closely Considered

W. Carew Hazlitt · 1890 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York, A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A smart scarce first US edition of this detailed commentary on Jocular literature from English writer William Carew Hazlitt. First US edition. Scarce edition. A collection of writings on the study and criticism of Jo...

The Cloister and the Hearth or, Maid, Wife, and Widow: A Matter-of-Fact Romance

Charles Reade · 1861 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Rudd & Carleton, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this historical novel from British author Charles Reade, his best known work. First US edition. Set in the 15th century, this novel revolves about the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, ...

Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle and Little Breeches

John Hay · 1871 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Boston, James R. Osgood & Co. 1871. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of these illustrated tales in verse by American statesman John Hay. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full-page images. Collated complete. Two charming tales in verse. Th...

Kim

Rudyard Kipling · 1901 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this classic novel from Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations. First edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, with a gilt elephant to the fr...

Selecta Poemata Anglorum Latina

Eduardo Popham [Edward Popham] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

Bathoniae [Bath], J. Salmon, 1774-76 . First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this collection of Latin poetry written by English authors, compiled by Edward Popham. The first edition, complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in full calf.Very scarce w...

Oeuvres de Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762 · Rooke Books

£2,900.00 (€3,476.11 | $3,831.31 | ¥611,810)

Paris; Amsterdam, Neuchatel; Marc Michel Rey; Jean Neaulme, 1762-64. First edition. Leather. The collected works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an illustrated set which includes the first edition of 'Emile&apos. Sixteen volumes of the collected works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ...

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1908 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

New York, The Grolier Club, 1908. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated limited edition copy of one of the most important American novels ever written. A limited edition of 300 unnumbered copies, published by the Grolier Club, a private club and society of bibliophiles based in New...

The Poetical Works of Sir John Davies

Sir John Davies · 1773 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, T. Davies, 1773. Leather. A very scarce collection of the poetical works of Elizabethan and Stuart poet Sir John Davies. A very scarce work.An anthology of the poetical works of Sir John Davies.This volume includes his three best known works; 'Immortality of the S...

Hawthorne&Apos;S Faust

William Bysshe Stein · 1953 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work of literary criticism, looking into Hawthorne's use of Faustinan symbols in his works. From the library of Nathaniel Hawthorne specialist, Norman Holmes Pearso...

Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1962 . Cloth. A beautiful early 1960s edition of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, one of the most important works of American literature ever published. First published in 1936, this is a 1962 edition of Mitchell's novel, en...

Mortal Remains

Margaret Yorke · 1974 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the first edition of Margaret Yorke's very scarce thriller, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with 'from the Author, 1974&apos.The first edition, firs...

Exit the Disguiser

Sydney Horler · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sydney Horler's thrilling 'Tiger Standish' adventure novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped du...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Esq.

William Cowper · 1787 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Dublin, John Jones, 1787 . Leather. The two volume, attractively bound, fourth Dublin edition of William Cowper's poems. The fourth edition of this work, published in Dublin. Complete in two volumes.A wealth of poetry by the Romantic poet William Cowper. These volumes inc...