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The Wonderful Cure of Naaman

1840 · Rooke Books

£134.00 (€160.64 | $177.06 | ¥28,278)

London, The Religious Tract Society , c1830. Paperback. Charming little chapbook containing the biblical tale of the cleansing of Naaman. A scarce work. Tale of juvenile literature concerned with the healing of Naaman, the Leper. Relating to physical and spiritual salvation, w...

Wishes to a Godson with Other Miscellany Poems

Bernard Mandeville · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Exeter, The Rota, 1975. Paperback. Scarce facsimile edition of Bernard Mandeville's 1712 anthology of poems. Facsimile edition, originally published in 1712. Anthology of verse by Bernard Mandeville with introductory bibliographical note. Including 'Wishes to a Godso...

Nursery Rhymes and Tales: Their Origin and History

Henry Bett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Methuen & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce study of the origin and history of nursery rhymes and tales, with the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origina...

Satires, and Other Poems

Joseph Hall · 1838 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, G. Willis, 1838. Cloth. A scarce edition of the satires of Joseph Hall, explemlifying his popular style of the Elizabethan and Stuart eras. A scarce edition of the collected poetical satires of Joseph Hall.Hall was a noted bishop and moralist of the sixteenth and seven...

Samlede Romaner Og Fortaellinger

Carsten Hauch · 1873 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1873-1874. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce set containing the novels and short stories of Danish writer Johannes Carsten Hauch. The Romances and short stories of Danish writer Carsten Hauch are gathered in these seven leather ...

Poãƒâ©Sies de Francois Coppãƒâ©E 1864-1879

Francois Coppée · 1879 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. Leather. An attractive copy of poetry composed by the nineteenth century writer François Coppée. Published in French, with a frontispiece. A lovely copy of poetry written by the French writer François Edouard Joachim Coppée. Published in Fren...

Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici E Di Altri Suoi Amici E Contemporanei

Lorenzo de' Medici; Angiolo Poliziano; Bernardo, Luca, and Luigi Pulci · 1801 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Londra, L. Nardini, and A. Dulau e co, 1801. Leather. A lovely copy of this scarce edition of the poetry of Lorenzo de Medici, and his friends and contemporaries. In the original Italian.A scarce 1801 edition of Medici's work, with two volumes bound in one.Known as '...

Ouevres de P. Corneille: Theatre Complet

Pierre Corneille · 0 · Rooke Books

£194.00 (€232.57 | $256.34 | ¥40,940)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1875 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated three volume edition of the dramatic works of French tragedian Pierre Corneille. In the original French. Illustrated with twelve hand coloured plates, four to each volume. Collated, complete.In delightful quarte...

A Guide to the Anglo-Saxon Tongue

Edward Johnston Vernon · 1872 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , John Russell Smith , 1872 . Cloth. An interesting guide to the Anglo-Saxon language. A later reprint of this language study volume. This work is a detailed guide to the Anglo-Saxon language with various extracts in prose and verse from the period. The work has been e...

A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse

Carleton Brown · 1916 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.74 | $71.35 | ¥11,396)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1916-1920. First edition. Cloth. Two extensive works on Middle English verse. Complete in two volumes. First edition copies. These works are an interesting reference work on Middle English religious and didactic verse which has been complied...

Les Souffrances Du Jeune Werther

Goethe, Madame Bachellery, Paul Stapfer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1886. Leather. A French translated edition of Les Souffrances du Jeune Werther by Goethe, with illustrations. Translated from the original German into French by Madame Bachellery. With a preface by Paul Stapfer. A new translated edition.  T...

Le Journal de la Jeunesse Nouveau Recueil Hebdomadaire Illustre Premier Semestre

1875 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Paris, Librairie Hachette , 1875 . Leather. A collection of fifty two issues of the French children's magazine Le Journal de La Jeunesse from 1875. A new collection of this weekly illustrated periodical. Le Journal de La Jeunesse was an illustrated French weekly founded ...

Theatre de Regnard

Jean-Francois Regnard; M Louis Moland · 1876 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, [1876]. Hardback. Theatrical works of French dramatist Jean-Francois Regnard. Anthology of dramatical works of Jean-Francois Regnard, one of the most distinguished French dramatiss in the seventeenth century, equally as famous now for his trave...

La Petite Soeur

Hector Malot · 1883 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1883. Leather. An uncommon to see early edition of this charming children's novel by Hector Malot, Volume One only of a total of two volumes. Volume I only of a total of II volumes.In the original French.The twelfth edition. A touching novel by Hector Ma...

Voyages Extraordinaires: Hector Servadac: Voyages Et Aventures a Travers le Monde Solaire

Jules Verne · 1878 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation/ J. Hetzel et Cie, 1878. Leather. A smart early edition of Jules Verne's science fiction novel, also known as Off on a Comet; part of his 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series. An early edition of this work in a q...

Outside the Dog Museum

Jonathan Carroll · 1991 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Macdonald, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. An advance reading copy of this intriguing novel by Jonathan Carroll. A first edition, advance reading copy. With a letter from Caroline Bishop, Press and PR Manager of Macdonald to Mr Sharp of the magazine World Architecture as...

Confessions D&Apos;Un Ouvrier

Emile Souvestre · 1864 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

Paris, Miche Levy Freres, 1864. Leather. A new edition of this French novel by Emile Souvestre. A new edition of this work. In the original French. Novel by Emile Souvestre, Breton novelist of sci-fi and researcher and writer of Breton folklore. He was posthumously awarded th...

Dramatische Werke

A W Iffland · 1798 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1798-02. Leather. Thirteen volumes from the dramatic works of August Wilhelm Iffland in the original German. In the original German. Thirteen of sixteen volumes. No half titles as issued. With frontispieces to each volume. Collated, bound witho...

La Fausse Bourgeoise

Marcel Prevost · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1908. Leather. An exciting work from Marcel Prevost, in the original French language. French language. An exciting novel concerning social hierarchy. Written by Marcel Prevost, a French author and dramatist. Bound in half calf with patterned boards. Ex...

Salome, la Sainte Courtisane, a Florentine Tragedy

Oscar Wilde · 1917 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1917. Leather. The fifth edition of this collection of plays from Oscar Wilde. Fifth edition. A collection of plays from Oscar Wilde, an Irish poet and playwright renowned for his work in the early 1890s. The plays included are: Salome Depicting the ...