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Cinq Mars Ou Une Conjuration Sous Louis XIII

Alfred de Vigny · 1838 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris, H. Delloye; V. Lecou, 1838. Leather. A leather bound copy of Alfred de Vigny's novel inspired by the seventeenth century Marquis of Cinq-Mars. An early edition of Alfred de Vigny's novel inspired by Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars. Published in F...

Maitre Pierre

Edmond About · 1858 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Paris, Hachette, 1858. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Edmond About's novel, signed by the author. A first edition of Edmond About's novel, signed by the author. Published in French. With the author's ink inscription to the half title, 'Mons...

Le Roi Des Montagnes

Edmond About · 1884 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1884. Leather. A novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin About, with illustrations by Gustave Doré. A new edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. All edges gilt. An adventure novel concerning brigands and...

La Sonate a Kreutzer Suivi D&Apos;Un Essai Sur la Question Sexuelle

Comte Léon Tolstoï [Leo Tolstoy]; Wladimir Bienstock [trans.] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Paris, Georges Cres et Cie, 1922. Leather. A limited edition copy of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, translated from Russian to French. No. 216 of 1,955 limited edition copies, in a quarter morocco binding with marbled boards, with paper manufactured by Rives. ...

Mugby Junction, the Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round

Charles Dickens; Charles Collins; Amelia B. Edwards; Andrew Halliday; Hesba Stretton · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1866. First edition. Paperback. A collection of short stories for the Christmas edition of the magazine All the Year Round, bound in contemporary paper wraps. The first edition of this work in contemporary paper wraps. Mugby Junction is a collection o...

The Day After to-Morrow

Cora Minnett [Minnie Warren Jones] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, F. V. White & Co, 1911 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century work of feminist utopian science fiction. The first edition of this very scarce novel, which depicts a utopian America in 1975. In the novel - an example of ear...

The Languages of Pao

Jack Vance · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the Limited Edition first 'restored' edition of Jack Vance's science-fiction novel, set in the distant future and celebrated for exploring the relationship between language and cultur...

Halidon Hill; a Dramatic Sketch, from Scottish History

Sir Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Edinburgh; London, Archibald Constable and Co; Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1822. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this dramatic play by Sir Walter Scott, looking at the 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill. The first edition.Title page is watermarked 1821. Rare in the original ...

Edward Fitzgerald and Omar Khayyam. An Essay and Bibliography.

Holbrook Jackson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, David Nutt, 1899. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of Holbrook Jackson's first work of literary criticism on Edward Fitzgerald's English translation of the The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. A first edition of the first work published by leading twentieth...

Fables de Florian

Jean Pierre Claris de Florian · 1842 · Rooke Books

£335.00 (€401.55 | $442.58 | ¥70,675)

Paris, J. J. Dubochet , 1842. First edition. Leather. A French first edition copy of the fables of Florian. Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was a French poet, novelist and fabulist. This volume is a collection of his fables which have been illustrated by J.J. Granville. Some of...

Eudoxie Ou L&Apos;Orgueil Permis Suivie de la Pauvre Francou, Edouard Et Eugenie, Ou le Sac Brode Et L&Apos;Habit Neuf

Mrs Guizot · 1840 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Librairie D'Education de Didier, 1840. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French collection of children's tales. In the original French. A first edition copy. This volume is a collection of French tales dedicated to the youth, written by Mr...

Mollen Paa Floden

Riccardo Bacchelli · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Kobenhavn, Det Schonbergske Forlag , 1942-1943 . Leather. The first two parts of this extensive novel by Riccardo Bacchelli, translated into Dutch. A Dutch translated edition of Il Mulino del Po, being Mollen Paa Floden. The first two volumes from 1812-1848 and 1849-1872. Ri...

La Legende Du Cid Campeador D&Apos;Apres Les Textes de L&Apos;Espagne Ancienne

Alexandre Arnoux · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, L'Edition d'Art, 1922. First edition. Leather. Alexandre Arnoux's rendition of the legend of Spanish military leader Cid Campeador in charming calf binding. The legend of Cid Campeador rendered into French from the original Spanish texts by Alexandre Arno...

Salammbo

Gustave Flaubert · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Editions de Cluny , 1937. Leather. A lovely copy of Flaubert's incendiary historical novel in charming half morocco binding. A violent and sensual novel set in Carthage during the third century BC, before and during the Mercenary Revolt shortly after the First Puni...

Nouvelles Pieces Sur Moliere Et Sur Quelques Comediens de Sa Troupe

Emile Campardon · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1876. First edition. Leather. French study of Moliere's plays with essays concerned with his actors by Emile Campardon, a limited edition. The first edition of this work. In the original French. One of three hundred copies printed on Holland ...

To Call Her Mine Etc.

Sir Walter Besant · 1889 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of three stories from Sir Walter Besant. First edition. Illustrated with vignette, frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A collection of three novels: To Call Her ...

The Jamadar

Karim Fazli; Rafiq Khawar [translator] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Cassell, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Originally written in Urdu, this novel by Karim Fazli describes a Jamadar's experiences in Pakistan during the Second World War. An uncommon translation of Karim Fazli's novel. Found in the price clipped dust wrapper. Firs...

Mr. Hervey&Apos;S Contemplations on a Flower-Garden, Done Into Blank Verse

T. Newcomb; James Hervey · 1757 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, J. Rivington and J. Fletcher, 1757 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce blank verse poem by English clergyman and teacher Thomas Newcomb. A charming and very scarce mid eighteenth century blank verse poem, constructed by Thomas Newcomb from...

Children of the Sun Poems for the Young

Caroline M. Gremmer · 1869 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1869 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this charming volume of nature poems by Caroline M. Grenner. A scarce first edition volume. A charming poetry anthology for children by Caroline M. Grenner with the aim of entertainin...

The People&Apos;S Palace

Sacheverell Sitwell · 1918 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Oxford, B. H. Blackwell, 1918. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of The People's Place by Sacheverell Sitwell. A first edition copy of Sacheverell Sitwell's first published work. The People's Palace is a collection of poems which are number twenty ...