Letteratura

The Desultory Man

G. P. R. James · 1836 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

New York , Harper and Brothers, 1836. Cloth. A very scarce early American edition of The Desultory Man a novel by George Payne Rainsford James. In two volumes complete. George Payne Rainsford James (1799 - 1860), was an English novelist and historical writer. He was for many y...

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding · 1925 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , George G Harrap & Co. 1925. Cloth. A limited edition print of Fielding's comic novel Tom Jones. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With sixteen colour plate illustrations by Rowland Wheelwright. L...

The Scarlet Herring and Other Stories

His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry · 1899 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London , Smith, Elder & Co, 1899. Cloth. Limited edition, signed copy of The Scarlet Herring and other stories. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Number six of 50 copies printed on to Japanese vellum, and sign...

Madonna Pia, and Other Poems. Volume One.

James Gregor Grant · 1848 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London , Smith, Elder, and Co. 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry, one of James Gregor Grant's chief literary works, Madonna Pia, signed by the author. Volume One of Two only. Very scarce in any state. The only presentation copy we ...

The Man from Blankley&Apos;S (a Comedy of the Early Nineties)

F. Anstey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London , Hodder and Stoughton, 1927. Cloth. A signed copy of The Man from Blankley's (A Comedy of the Early Nineties) by F. Anstey in unclipped dustwrapper. With an ink inscription to front free endpaper 'To Alban Dobson With Best Wishes from F. Anstey Dec. 1927&apos...

Dramatic Idyls

Robert Browning · 1879 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1879. Cloth. A well-preserved volume from that foremost of Victorian poets. First edition. In this edition, Browning presents his first series of dramatic idyls on Martin Relph, Pheidippides, Halbert and Hob, Ivan Ivanovitch, Tray, and Ned Bratts. R...

Songs in the Night

Beatrice Ethel Charles · 1894 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited. 1894. Cloth. A collection of songs by Beatrice Ethel Charles. Dedicated to 'the sorrowful.' From the Dedication: "To all bereaved hearts by suffering rent, My woe-begotten verses I present ; Bound in the sacre...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin Shewing How He Went Father Than He Intended and Came Safe Home Again

William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Longmans Green and Co. c1880. Cloth. William Cowper's comic ballad. llustrated throughout, with numerous vignettes and several plates designed by H Fitz-Cook and engraved by J C Whymper. Undated, dated using Copac. William Cowper was an English poet and hymndosit...

Poems

Russell George Alexander · 1928 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Oxford, John and Edward Bumpus, Ltd. 1928. Cloth. A scarce limited edition and signed volume of poetry by Russell George Alexander. Limited edition, number 204 of 255 copies. The work is also signed by the author. Published by Bumpus. Contained is a collection of Alexander&apo...

En Marge Des Vieux Livres

Jules Lemaitre · 1905 · Rooke Books

£83.99 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,724)

London , Societe Francaise d'Imprimerie et de Librairie, 1905. First edition. Leather. An attractively bound copy of this work by Jules Lemaitre François Élie Jules Lemaître (April 27, 1853 - August 4, 1914), was a French critic and dramatist. He was born at Vennecy (L...

Sensualite

Andre David · 1930 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, Les Editions de France, 1930. Leather. A copy of Sensualite by Andre David. A copy of Sensualite by Andre David. In French. Seventeen Thousand. "Chaque baiser appelle un autre baiser." - Marcel Proust. Signed by the author to the half-title page. Re-bound in red quarter...

1927 Les Idees Morales Et Religieuses de George Eliot

E. J. Pond · 1927 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Paris, Les Presses Universitaires de France, 1927. Leather. A signed copy of this French biography of George Eliot. A signed copy of this French biography of George Eliot. With an ink inscription by the author to the second blank reading: 'W. A. Aldwinckle Esq: With compl...

The Red Thumb Mark

R Austin Freeman · 1907 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,757.31 | $3,039.13 | ¥485,368)

London, Collingwood Bros, 1907. First edition. Hardback. A scarce, signed first edition of R Austin Freeman"s first Dr Thorndyke novel. Thorndyke was the world"s first ever fictional forensic scientist and his methods of solving crimes were based on collecting data and making ...

The Works of Alexander Pope in Verse and Prose

Alexander Pope · 1806 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, J. Johnson et al, 1806. Leather. A handsomely bound complete set of the Works of Alexander Pope. Edited by Rev. William Lisle Bowles. Pope (1688 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his ...

A Muse at Sea

E. Hilton Young [Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. Hilton Young's delightful poetry collection inspired by his wartime experiences, with four handwritten letters from Jennings to one of his schoolmasters. A si...

The Wine Drop and Other Poems

W. Murray Marsden · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Alexander Moring Ltd, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of W. Murray Marsden's very scarce only collection of poetry, with seven original poems from the author loosely inserted, alongside a signed postcard. A signed pr...

Poems

Dugald Sutherland MacColl · 1940 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Oxford , Basil Blackwell, 1940. First edition. Cloth. An excellent presentation copy of these poems from Scottish painter, critic and writer, Dugald Sutherland MacColl. Presentation copy, signed by the author to the front endpaper.First edition.In the original cloth binding. W...

Friends in Solitude

Percy Withers · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce collection of prose from Percy Withers. A signed presentation copy of these writings from Percy Withers. With a personal letter from the author loosely inserted.In the publisher'...

From the Eastern Sea

Yone Noguchi · 1903 · Rooke Books

£2,850.00 (€3,416.67 | $3,765.88 | ¥601,434)

London , The Unicorn , 1903. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce first edition with autograph inscriptions by Yone Noguchi, including a dated presentation to Elkin Mathews and a loosely inserted signed photographic portrait, an evocative early modernist poetry collec...

Apostate

Forrest Reid · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

London, Constable & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first trade edition of award-winning Irish novelist Forrest Reid's tender autobiography, in which he writes of his youth in Ireland. The first trade edition, first impression of this scarce work.Flat signed by ...