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Poems of Felicia Hemans

Felicia Hemans · 1808 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Edinburgh and London, Wliiam Blackwood and Sons, c1851. Cloth. A three volume set of the poems of Felicia Hemans. Dated from copac. Appears to be three of six volumes. Felicia Hemans was an English poet. Her first poems were published in 1808 when she was only fourteen, and it...

The Select Works of Lawrence Sterne in Four Volumes

Lawrence Sterne · 1818 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

London , J.Bumpus, 1818. Leather. A four volume set of selected works by Lawrence Sterne. With the life of the author. Lawrence [Laurence] Sterne was an Anglo Irish novelist best known for his novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Sterne was also an Anglican clergyma...

Redgauntlet a Tale of the Eighteenth Century

Sir Walter Scott · 1824 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

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...

Works by Charles Kingsley Including Two Years Ago, Alton Lock (Tailor and Poet), Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face, Yeat: A Problem and Poems

Charles Kingsley · 1900 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1900-1902. Leather. An attractively bound set of novels and poems by Charles Kingsley, published between 1900 and 1902. Containing Two Years Ago, Alton Lock (Tailor and Poet), Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face, Yeat: A Problem and Poems. Charles Ki...

The Red Rover a Tale

James Fenimore Cooper · 1828 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Henry Colburn, 1828. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The Red Rover is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper originally published in Paris on November 27, 1827. It was published in London 3 days later on November 30, ...

Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces by Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth · 1825 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

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 ...

The Plays of William Shakespeare

Isaac Reed · 1809 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London, Vernor, Hood & Sharpe; Taylor & Hessey, 1809. Leather. A twelve volume leather bound set of 'The Plays of William Shakespeare', with illustrations A twelve volume set of 'The Plays of William Shakespeare&apos. Complete set including: The Life of William ...

Preston Fight, or the Insurrection of 1715

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1875 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

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 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

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 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

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 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

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 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

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 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

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 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

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 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

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...

Phantoms

Dean R. Koontz · 1983 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, W. H. Allen, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this thrilling novel from Dean R. Koontz. Featuring the original dustwrapper. Koontz's novels can broadly be described as suspense thrillers, but also frequently incorporate elements of horror, ...

Risk

Dick Francis · 1977 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Michael Joseph, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this crime thriller by Dick Francis. An author's presentation copy, with an ink inscription to front free endpaper: 'Christmas 1977. John, very best wishes, Dick Francis.' In a cloth covered ...

The Wood Beyond

Reginald Hill · 1996 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Harper Collins, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling crime thriller by Reginald HIll. A smart copy of this fast-paced crime thriller, being part of Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the ori...

One Virgin Too Many

Lindsey Davis · 1999 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Century, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Lindsey Davis' historical novel. Signed by the author to the title page. Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime st...

A Game for Heroes

James Graham; Harry Patterson · 1970 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Macmillan, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this thrilling adventure novel from Harry Patterson. The first of Harry Patterson's works to written under his pseudonym James Graham. Pattersone was one of the best-selling authors of thrillers of his time...