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Crauss, · 2011 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Erstausgabe, Berlin, Verlagshaus J. Frank (= Quartheft 29 / Edition Polyphon), 2011, 8°. 175 S., illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), schönes, sauberes Exemplar. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. ...

Voyage Ou IL Vous Plaira

Alfred de Musset; P. -J. Stahl · 1843 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, J. Hetzel, 1843 . First edition. Leather. Handsomely bound and beautifully illustrated with plates from Tony Johannot, this is the first edition of Musset and Stahl's work of romantic fantasy fiction. In the original French.  A first edition. Illustrated with a fro...

Studies in Two Literatures

Arthur Symons · 1897 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart and uncommon first edition, in which poet, critic, editor and translator Arthur Symons attempts to encapsulate some of the most prominent writers throughout history. An uncommon first edition. Bound in publisher&apo...

Flora&Apos;S Feast: A Masque of Flowers

Walter Crane · 1889 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Cassell & Company Limited, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this whimsical fairy story, beautifully illustrated and set in verse by Walter Crane. The first edition of this children's fairy story, penned and pictured by Walter Crane.  In the ...

A Memoir of William Bagshawe (of Ford Hall)

William H. G. Bagshawe · 1887 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Mitchell and Hughes, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition biography of writer and minister William Bagshawe or Bagshaw, illustrated, and once owned by a member of Abney Hall's Watts family. A very scarce first edition biography. Bound in publish...

Poems

John Wilson · 1825 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1825. First edition. Leather. A new and complete edition of the poems of the Edinburgh Romantic poet John Wilson, bound in full decorative contemporary calf. A new edition of Poems, the scarce anthology of a complete collection by the prolific Edi...

The Works of Samuel Foote, with Remarks on Each Play and an Essay on the Life, Genius and Writings of the Author

Samuel Foote [ed. by John Bee] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of collection of comical plays by the witty Cornish playwright, known as the 'English Aristophanes&apos. The first edition of The Works of Samuel Foote, a very scarce literar...

Too Strange Not to be True

Fullerton Lady Georgiana · 1864 · George Jeffery Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Richard Bentley VOLUMES 2 & 3 ONLY. Books measure, 20.5x13.5.cm.[4],266pp, [4],296pp. Bound in original publishers embossed green cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth very lightly rubbed, slight lean on spines. Both bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, possible peri...

Dartomoor a Descriptive Poem

Carrington N. T. · 1826 · George Jeffery Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Hatchard and Son Book measures 24.5x16.5.cm. cv,[2],[3],4-204pp, 4pp subscribers, 4pp catalogue, 12 full page plates. Bound in full period calf, raised bands, leather label. Calf rubbed, worn on edges, top board deatched. Internally, previous owners bookplate, minor spotting. ...

Hilary St. Ives a Novel

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1870 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. Cloth. Hilary St. Ives is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth first published in 1870. First edition in book form. In three volumes complete. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) was an English historical novelist. Ainswort...

Redgauntlet a Tale of the Eighteenth Century

Sir Walter Scott · 1824 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Edinburgh and London, Archibald Constable and Co and Hurst, Robinson and Co, 1824. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, in the publisher's original boards. Complete in three volumes with all three half title present. Two l...

Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth · 1825 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London , Printed for R. Hunter et al, 1825. Leather. An uncommon complete set of Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth with vignette title pages to each volumes. In fourteen volumes complete. Contents are as follows: Volume I: Castle Rackrent; Essay on Irish Bulls ...

Preston Fight, or the Insurrection of 1715

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1875 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1875. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this historical novel, which tells the story of the Jacobite uprising and the siege of Preston. This is a late novel by William Ainsworth, who published his first work in 1834. He had intended to b...

History of English Literature

H. A. Taine, H. van Laun (translator) · 1873 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1873. Leather. A study of the history of English literature from French author and critic H. A. Taine. Hippolyte Taine was one of the first practitioners of 'historicist criticism', a literary approach that utilises the historical pe...

The British Classics

Various · 1804 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, John Sharpe , 1804. Leather. A wonderful collection of these classic works. Containing articles from great British newspapers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and compiled by John Sharpe. Fourteen volumes of the original thirty-four within The British Classi...

The Caterpillar Cop

James McClure · 1972 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof edition of this crime novel by James McClure. A second thriller set in South Africa by the author whose first 'The Steam Pig' won the Crime Writers' Award for the best crime novel of 1971....

Rostnikov&Apos;S Corpse

Stuart M. Kaminsky · 1981 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A first edition crime novel by Stuart M. Kaminsky. Stuart M. Kaminsky (September 29, 1934 – October 9, 2009) was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring...

Livia or Buried Alive

Lawrence Durrell · 1978 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Faber and Faber, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of 'Livia or Buried Alive' by Lawrence Durrell. 'Livia', published in 1978 and sub-titled Buried Alive, is the second volume in Lawrence Durrell's 'The Avignon Quintet&apos. The ...

Bolt

Dick Francis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Michael Joseph, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this thriller by Dick Francis. An author's presentation copy, with an ink inscription to a label on front free endpaper reading, 'John, Best wishes, Dick Francis. 1986&apos. In a cloth covered bin...

The Spire

William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Faber and Faber, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of William Golding's sixth novel, 'The Spire&apos. Utilising a stream of consciousness style, the book deals with the construction of a spire and its creator Dean Jocelin. As well as its style of wr...