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The Secret Agent

Joseph Conrad · 1907 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Methuen & Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joseph Conrad's celebrated and influential work of anarchist spy fiction, following a terrorist in Victorian era London. The first edition, first impression. The first issue, with "be be" on page 117,...

Almayer&Apos;S Folly

Joseph Conrad · 1895 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,785.98 | $1,968.38 | ¥314,326)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition, first state of Joseph Conrad's thrilling debut novel, set in the Borneo jungle and including pirates and gun-running. The first edition, first impression, first state of this work...

The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows

Joseph Conrad · 1920 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The first impression of one of Joseph Conrad's final published novels, part of his touching semi-autobiographical 'Lingard' trilogy. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the first issue orig...

(1927) Chroniques; (1928) de Loti ãƒâ  Proust by Louis de Robert;ã‚â  (1929) Du Cãƒâ´Tãƒâ© de Marcel Proust by Benjamin Crãƒâ©Mieux; (1930) Marcel Proust: Sa Rãƒâ©Vãƒâ©Lation Psychologique by Arnaud Dandieu; (1930) Correspondance Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Rale de Marcel Proust: Volume 1: Lettres a Robert de Montesquiou; (1931) Correspondance Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Rale de Marcel Proust: Volume 2: Lettres a la Comtesse de Noailles; (1932) Correspondance Gãƒâ©Nãƒâ©Rale de Marcel Proust: Volume 3; (1933) Correspondance Gãƒâ©Nã

Marcel Proust; Benjamin Crémieux; Léon Pierre-Quint; Philip Kobb; Edmond Buchet; Gaëtan Picon; Arnaud Dandieu; Jacques Nathan; André Maurois; Louis de Robert; · 1927 · Rooke Books

£875.00 (€1,048.81 | $1,155.93 | ¥184,587)

Paris, Éditions Lemarget; Éditions du Sagittaire; Gallimard; Librarie Plon; Amiot Dumont; J. B. Janin; Corrêa Éditions; Mercvre de , 1927-2013. Paperback. Paris: Éditions Lemarget; Éditions du Sagittaire; Gallimard; Librarie Plon; Amiot Dumont; J. B. Janin; Corrêa Édit...

Cyder. A Poem in Two Books

[John Philips] · 1708 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1708. First edition. Leather. A calf-bound first edition of this charming pastoral poem on cider, published anonymously by John Philips. First Jacob Tonson edition, published the same year as the H. Hills edition.In full embossed calf. Rebacked, with orig...

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1909 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, The Temple Press, 1909. Cloth. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's children's retelling of Shakespeare. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of 'Tales from Shakespeare', a delightful children's book w...

Nicholas Nickleby

Alice F. Jackson; Charles Dickens · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London; Edinburgh , T. C. & E. C. Jack, [1912] . Cloth. A scarce copy of this children"s retelling of Dickens"s Nicholas Nickleby, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and eight colour plates by F. M. B. Blaikie. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Co...

1895 the Story of Rosina and Other Verses

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first trade edition copy of this book of verses by Austin Dobson, illustrated byHugh Thomson. The first trade edition of this work. A delightful collection of poems by English poet and essayist Henry ...

The Browns: A Book of Bears

B. Parker · 1906 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1906 . First edition. Hardback. Beautifully illustrated throughout with drawings of a family of bears, this is the first edition of this delightful children's work by B. and N. Parker. The first edition of this charming children's tale about...

Le Pays Des Fourrures

Jules Verne · 1873 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, J. Hetzel, c1880 . Leather. Illustrated throughout by Ferat and de Beurepaire, this is an early edition of Jules Verne's thrilling Arctic adventure, in which a team from the Hudson's Bay Company finds themselves marooned on an iceberg. In the original French.F...

Schoolgirl Kitty

Angela Brazil · 1923 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Blackie and Son, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Angela Brazil's entertaining school story, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in a very scarce publi...

Early Poems and Stories

W. B. Yeats · 1925 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this W. B. Yeats anthology comprising his early poems and stories, with the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.A classic collection of W. ...

Kingston Black

Roger East · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Collins Crime Club mystery in which a supposedly settled murder is reopened, leading from France back to rural Somerset, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher&a...

The Sharpe Novel Series by Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell · 1981 · Rooke Books

£5,800.00 (€6,952.12 | $7,662.15 | ¥1,223,550)

London, Collins; HarperCollins, 1981-2006 . First edition. Cloth. A truly impressive set featuring signed first editions of the first twenty-one novels in Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' series, and with two signed short stories from the author. This wonderful colle...

Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1953 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, The Grey Walls Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of the revised text of 'Tender Is the Night', the final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, this revision favoured by him. The first UK edition of the revised text, wit...

The Duke of Guise. A Tragedy. Acted by Their Majesties Servants

John Dryden; Nathaniel Lee · 1687 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, R. Bentley , 1687 . Cloth. An early book edition of 'The Duke of Guise', a controversial tragedy by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. An early book edition of The Duke of Guise. First printed in 1683.In a later quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered b...

The Curious Girl: A Drama in One Act

[Mary Jane Godwin]; [Louis-Francois Jauffret] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

[London], [Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co.], [1817] (Undated, as lacking titl. Leather. [London]: [Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co.], [1817] (Undated, as lacking title page. Dated from copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries). Leather. Good. 6" by 4". Not Stated. A...

Tutte le Opere Di Dante Alighieri

Dr. E. Moore; Dr. Paget Toynbee; Dante Alighieri · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Oxford, Nella Stamperia Dell' Università, 1904 . Leather. Smart half-calf collection of the works of Dante, published in the original Italian. Bound in red half calf with cloth boards.Published in the original Italian.A collection of the works of Dante with revisions by ...

The Wisdom of the Sands

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Hollis and Carter , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of this powerful posthumous novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Th...

The Lay of the Nibelung Men Translated from the Old German Text

Arthur S. Way · 1911 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Cambridge, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1911. Cloth. A very smart and uncommon first edition of this translation from the original German, in lovely original binding. An uncommon first edition of this translated work. A poetic and engaging work, penned by Arthur S. Way...