Letteratura

Drawing-Room Duologues

Fred M. Simpson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short drawing room plays by Fred M. Simpson, smartly bound in modern half calf. The first edition.A very scarce work. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen wi...

The Paisley Wallet and Literary Album

Various · 1856 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Pailsey, J. and R. Parlane, 1856. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of issues from The Paisley Wallet and Literary Album for the year 1856. Very scarce work. Being a collection of issues from The Paisley Wallet and Literary Album for the year 1856, running from No...

Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore · 1817 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh in full straight-grained green morocco with decorative blind stamping, marbled endpapers and a gilt fore edge. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rook...

Uncle Remus or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin

Joel Chandler Harris · 1902 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London, Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated volumes of Uncle Remus stories from Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. First edition, second impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, ten black-and-w...

A Collection from the Oxford Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, c1905. Leather. A leather bound collection of six volumes from The Oxford Thackeray, with illustrations throughout. Six volumes of a seventeen volume set. The Oxford Thackeray with illustrations. A collection of the works of Willia...

A Collection from the Library of Old Authors

Various · 1876 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, John Russell Smith; Reeves and Turner, 1876-1897. Cloth. A smart collection of thirteen volumes from The Library of Old Authors series. Thirteen volumes. The Library of Old Authors series. This set contains: The Complete Works of Michael Drayton, 1876. Complete in thre...

La Couleur Des Emotions: Un Livre Tout Anime

Anna Llenas · 2014 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Paris, Editions Quatre Fleuves, 2014. Hardback. A very smart copy of this delightful pop up book for children exploring the colour of emotions, in French. French. Illustrated with nine full colour pop-up scenes and five pull-out tabs. Collated complete, in excellent working co...

Pindari Olympia Pythia, Nemeo, Isthmia.

Pindar · 1626 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Geneve , Oliua Pauli Stephani [Paul Stephan], 1626 . Leather. A charming and vanishingly scarce, seventeenth-century edition of Pindar's victory odes, bound in full calf. An early seventeenth century edition. Bound in full calf. Written in Greek and Latin, with text in pa...

Under-Woods. Consisting of Divers Poems

Ben Johnson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Cambridge, University Press, 1905. Leather. A limited edition facsimile of Ben Jonson's seventeenth century poetical work, bound in full reversed calf. A limited edition facsimile of the original 1640 edition, being one of only two hundred and fifty copies printed, of whi...

The Pie and the Patty-Pan

Beatrix Potter · 1905 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Frederick Warne and Co , 1905. Cloth. A fantastic early edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Potter, complete with her brilliant colour plates. An early edition, with the circular illustration to the front cover, ribbon endpapers, and dedication for Joan without ...

The Animal Shelf Series

Ivy L. Wallace · 1948 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Collins, 1948-1951. First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of seven volumes from The Animal Shelf Series by British author and illustrator Ivy Lilian Wallace. Seven volumes. First editions. Illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text colour ima...

La Chartreuse de Parme

M. De Stendhal [Henri Beyle] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)

Paris, Librairie L. Conquet , 1883 . Leather. A stunning, Ramage-bound limited edition copy of Stendhal's popular historical novel, La Chartreuse de Parme, signed by the publisher. Limited edition.Number 73 out of 500 copies, the first 150 of which were printed on Japanes...

Les Chef-D&Apos;Oeuvres de P. Corneille

P. Corneille [Pierre Corneille] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Oxford , Jacques Fletcher , 1746 . Leather. A collection of the key theatrical masterpieces of seventeenth-century French tragedian, Pierre Corneille, written in the original French. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Nouvelle Edition. A collection of the Chef-D'Oeuvres, or ma...

The Nursery "Alice

Lewis Carroll · 1890 · Rooke Books

£8,950.00 (€10,727.84 | $11,823.49 | ¥1,888,064)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscribed to a personal friend of Carrol...

Five Sermons Preached by John Sharpe

John Sharpe [John Sharp] · 1679 · Rooke Books

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

London, Walter Kettilby , 1679-91. First edition. Paperback. A collection of very scarce seventeenth century sermons by the English divine and Archbishop of York, John Sharp. A five volume set of very scarce works, including: "A Sermon Preached Before the Right Honourable the ...

My Kalulu Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa

Henry M. Stanley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889. Cloth. The new and cheaper edition of this illustrated historical novel based in Central Africa from Welsh-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven pl...

Struwwelpeter or, Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Heinrich Hoffmann · 1845 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, c1905. Cloth. An English edition of this popular German children's book written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann. Illustrated with twenty-four pages of colour images. An English edition of Der Struwwelpeter or 'Shock-Headed Peter&ap...

Where the Blue Begins

Christopher Morley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London [New York], William Heinemann [Doubleday], 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of Christopher Morley's illustrated fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham and with the original dust wrapper. The first US trade edition, first print...

The Child&Apos;S Guide to Knowledge: Being a Collection of Useful and Familiar Questions and Answers on Every-Day Subjects, Adapted for Young Persons, and Arranged in the Most Simple and Easy Language

A Lady [Fanny Umphelby] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862. Leather. A scarce edition of this popular primer by British author Fanny Umphelby, credited here as "A Lady". The twenty-third edition of this work. Scarce to find copies as early as this. In the original quarter calf binding, with mar...

Farm Life in Animal-Land

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, c1900. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce Father Tuck 'Natural History' volume, a charming work illustrated with eight chromolithographs. A vanishingly scarce work, with no record of it being held institutionally.This work offers a brief ...