Letteratura

Paul and Virginia; Elizabeth; or, the Exiles of Sibera; and the Indian Cottage

St. Pierre; Madame Cottin · 1836 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Charles Daly , 1836. Cloth. A very smart miniature volume containing three classic French works, translated into English. A charming miniature comprising three works: Paul and Virginia and The Indian Cottage by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and Elizabeth by ...

Persian Letters

Montesquieu; John Davidson [translator] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart three volume set of this literary work from French judge and man of letters Montesquieu. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and one plate. Volume two is illustrated with a ...

Letters Written to and for Particular Friends, on the Most Important Occasions

[Samuel Richardson] · 1752 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, T. Longman and C. Hitch, 1752. Leather. A very scarce guide to letter writing by the master of the epistolary novel, Samuel Richardson. A very scarce work.The fifth edition.A guide to letter writing by Samuel Richardson, in which he presents examples for letters to be ...

Le Bachelier de Salamanque

[Alain-Rene Lesage] · 1817 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, L'Imprimerie d'a Egron, 1817. Leather. A French edition of one of the work of Lesage set in Spain, an entertaining novel following a young man adventure through Spain. In the original French.Complete in two volumes.A brilliant novel by Alain-Rene Lesage, in wh...

Southern Cross to Pole Star, Tschiffely&Apos;S Ride

A. F. Tschiffely [Aime Felix Tschiffely] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1933. Cloth. A presentation copy of A. F. Tschiffely's fascinating account of his three year journey upon two legendary horses, with an inscription and charming Christmas card from the author. The third edition, published the same year as th...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper; Rev. Thomas Dale · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of English writer William Cowper, with illustrations. Illustrated with an engraved title page and numerous in-text images. A collection of the poetry of William Cowper, an English poet ...

The Book and the Brotherhood

Iris Murdoch · 1987 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel from Irish and British novelist Iris Murdoch, considered to be among her best work. First edition. The story of a circle of Oxford University graduates in 1980s England. The eponymous...

The Cabinet of Poetry, Containing the Best Entire Pieces to Be Found in the Works of the British Poets

Various · 1808 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Richard Phillips, 1808. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce complete set collecting the poetical works of some of the best British authors. The first edition.Scarce as a complete set.Complete in six volumes.A striking set collecting together some o...

Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae

Publius Terentius Afer; Terence · 1772 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Birmingham, Johannis Baskerville; John Baskerville, 1772. First edition. Leather. The first John Baskerville edition of this volume of Terence's six surviving classical plays. The first John Baskerville edition. In the original Latin.This volume includes Terence's s...

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. A Poem. In Four Books.

John Milton · 1713 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, J. Tonson, 1713 . Leather. An attractive example of the fifth edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Regain'd', illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The fifth edition of this work, which was first published in 1671.Illustrated with a frontispiec...

Fables of Aesop and Others. Newly Done Into English with an Application to Each Fable Illustrated with Cutts.

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1747 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, J. and R. Tonson, and J. Watts, 1747. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the very scarce fifth edition of Samuel Croxall's renowned edition of Aesop's fables, adorned with wood engravings and bound by Eric Sweet in half crushed morocco with a clamshell casi...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1828 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Joseph Booker; et al. 1828. Cloth. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, adorned with over one hundred wood engravings. An early nineteenth century copy of Samuel Croxall's edition.Illustrated with upwards of one hun...

A Child&Apos;S Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. Cloth. A pleasing illustrated edition of this influential volume of children's poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, with colour plates. The first large paper edition with colour plates. This illustrated edition first published in 1895....

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Louis Untermeyer · 1967 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.54 | $70.03 | ¥11,185)

London, Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Hardback. An uncommon edition of these classic fables, vividly illustrated throughout, with stories adapted by American poet, Louis Untermeyer. The second impression of the scarce UK edition. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.Â...

Fables from Aesop and Others

Aesop · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Transatlantic Arts, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop and others. First edition illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illu...

Three Aesop Fox Fables

Aesop; Paul Galdone · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Surrey, World's Work Ltd. 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of fox fables from Aesop. First UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of three charming fables attributed to Aesop, ...

A Selection of Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Gordon S. Maxwell [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, James Brodie Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this collection of fables attributed to Aesop from the Brodie Books series. The Brodie Books. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storytelle...

The Lesson of the Master, the Spoils of Poynton, the Finer Grain, the Ivory Tower, the Aspern Papers

Henry James · 1892 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Macmillan and Co; William Heinemann; Methuen & Co, LTD; W. Collins Sons & Co LTD, 1892-1922. First edition. Cloth. A set collecting together five titles by Henry James, including two novels and three volumes of novellas. A nice set of five works by the eminent Anglo-Am...

The History of Reynard the Fox

William J. Thoms · 1844 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Percy Society; T. Richards, 1844. Leather. A smart Ramage bound edition of this medieval German fable, published for the Percy Society. Bound by Ramage. An English translation of this medieval German fable following an anthropomorphic trickster red fox. The classic fa...

Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books

R. Dodsley [Richard Dodsley]; Esop [Aesop] · 1761 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761. First edition. Leather. The renowned first Robert Dodsley edition of Aesop's fables, published by Baskerville, adorned with wood engravings, and beautifully bound in vellum and crushed morocco, with a uniform cloth slipcase and chemise....