Letteratura

Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive and Narrative Poets of Great Britain from Chaucer to the Present Day

John Johnstone (Editor) · 1828 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1828. Leather. A pocket sized poetical anthology. With an illustrated frontispiece and a vignette title page. Edited and with both critical and biographical notes by John Johnstone. With poetry from Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Sir Philip Sydney, S...

Poems of Owen Meredith (the Earl of Lytton).

Owen Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Walter Scott, 1897. Leather. Selected poems from Owen Meredith, in a personalised Hatchard's binding. Owen Meredith was the pen name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the 1st Earl of Lytton. He published his his first volume of poems at the age of twenty five and went on t...

A History of French Literature

Edward Dowden · 1899 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, William Heinemann, 1899. Leather. An historical work regarding French literature. In a prize binding by Relfe Brothers. Their binder's stamp is to the verso of front endpaper. This book was a prize from Thetford Girls' Grammar School as noted by the school cr...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume

Thomas Moore · 1843 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Leather. The complete poetical works of Thomas Moore published in one volume. With an engraved portrait of Moore to frontispiece and a vignette half title. Bound by Maclehose, Glasgow with binder's stamp to verso of front ...

The Adventures of Chippybobbie and His Friend Mr Fieldmouse

Hawley Morgan · 0 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, c1917. Cloth. A charming early twentieth-century children's book, written and illustrated by Hawley Morgan. Compete with its extremely scarce original dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with many coloured plates, and illustrations ...

Simple Tales from Other Lands

C. A. Johns · 1858 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Allman and Son, 1858. Cloth. A scarce illustrated collection of short stories by C. A. Johns. Including the stories: 'The Foster Sister', 'The Blind Horse', 'The Witches' Hut&apos. Copiously illustrated throughout. In a quarter cloth bindi...

The Wizard

Henry Rider Haggard · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Bristol, J Arrowsmith Ltd, c1912. Cloth. An early of Henry Rider Haggard's imperialist novel 'The Wizard', first published in 1896. Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, and a pioneering author of the 'Lost W...

Between the Lines

H M Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1930. Cloth. The first trade edition, first printing of an address given by H M Tomlinson. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With half title and publisher&ap...

Incunabula Xylographica Et Typographica 1455-1500

Various · 1455 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Frankfurt, Jospeh Baer and Co. c1910. Cloth. A work on the illustrated books of Europe, from 1455-1500. Focussing on works of xylographic and typographic interest, the work contains facsimiles throughout, including one fold out, and has text written in German, French and Latin...

Penelope&Apos;S English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

London , Gay and Bird, 1900. Cloth. A very attractive copy of Kate Douglas Wiggin's stories of the adventurous Penelope. Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybr...

The Poems of Edward Edwin Foot, of Her Majesty&Apos;S Customs, London.

Edward Edwin Foot · 1867 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Published by the Author, 1867. Cloth. A scarce copy of Foot's poems; published by Foot himself, and printed by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. With an ink copperplate dedication by Foot: dedicated to a Mr. Tonkin on 21st Jan 1870. In a blue cloth binding with gilt ti...

The White Peacock

D.H. Lawrence · 1911 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Heinemann, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition and first printing copy of D.H. Lawrence's first novel, 'The White Peacock&apos. First UK edition. Preceded by the American edition by one day. With pages 227-230 cancels as is called for. Publisher'...

Easter a Play for Singers

John Masefield · 1929 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London , William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetic play by John Edward Masefield. Masefield (1878 – 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the a...

The Major&Apos;S Big-Talk Stories

Francis Blake Crofton · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1881. Cloth. A collection of stories for children set in Africa, featuring ostriches, lions, buffalo, and more. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings in the text. In a decorative green cloth binding. Externally, smart, though with som...

My Fine Big Book

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Blackie and Son, c1930. Cloth. An anthology of short stories for children. An uncommon collection of children's short stories written by various authors. Contains many large, in text, black and white illustrations, and a coloured frontispiece. Bound in cloth with...

&Apos;Hms Marlborough Will Enter Harbour&Apos;

Nicholas Monsarrat · 1952 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,694)

London , Cassell and Company Ltd, 1952. Cloth. An illustrated naval story by Nicholas Monsarrat. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with many colour illustrations by James Holland. In a decorative navy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, w...

The Comic Adventures of Dame Trot and Her Cat

Will Gibbons · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, c1890. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated children's book from the late nineteenth century. Dated from advertisements. Illustrated by Will Gibbons. In a cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, worn. Heavy bumping and ...

Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 A.D.

Fredk J. Furnivall · 1886 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, N. Trubner and Co, 1886. Cloth. A scarce work, exploring the works of prolific playwright and poet, William Shakespeare. Gathered by the members of the New Shakspere Society, and edited by founder and director, Fredk Furnivall. Originally a supplement to "Shakespeare&a...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin

William Cowper · 1953 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,710)

London , Penguin Books, 1953. Cloth. An illustrated edition of William Cowper's poem The Diverting History of John Galpin. With illustrations to every page by Ronald Searle. Limited to 1,600 copies. The illustrations were originally made for a filmin the 'Poet and Pa...

The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1859 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , W. Kent and Co, 1859. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including the 1858 narrative poem The Courtship of Miles Standish. Set against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war, the tale focuses on a love triangle between three Pilgrims: Miles Sta...