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The Works of Monsieur de Moliere, Volume the Fifth

Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]; John Ozell [trans.] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1714 . First edition. Leather. The fifth volume only of John Ozell's six volume prose translation of the works of French playwright Moliere. A smart single volume of the first collected English translation of Moliere's works. This fifth volum...

A Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage

Jeremy Collier · 1738 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Samuel Birt; Thomas Trye, 1738 . Leather. A very smart copy of Jeremy Collier's influential argument against the English stage, which he believed undermined public morality and promoted vice. Theatre critic Jeremy Collier argues against the immorality and lack of ...

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,080)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this poetry anthology by Thomas Hardy. A first edition copy of Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses by Thomas Hardy. This anthology of poetry contains the works Weathers, Summer Sc...

The Tales of Grampa Cat

Lee Wardlaw · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Pavilion, 1996. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this illustrated children's book by Lee Wardlaw. A first edition copy. This charming children's tale by Lee Wardlaw is illustrated by Ronald Searle. Lee Wardlaw is the author of several child...

Hedda Gabler

Henrick Ibsen; John Osborne · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this play, adapted by John Osborne. A first edition of this edition, adapted by John Osborne. Hedda Gabler is a play by Henrik Ibsen, which premiered in 1891. The play has been described as a master...

Bertie on the Beach

Jane Johnson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London and Tonbridge, Ernest Benn, 1981 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce presentation copy of this children's book, signed by the author and from the library of Tom Maschler. A beautiful and near fine first edition copy of this uncommon children's book by Jane Joh...

Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first illustrated edition of this classic story of an African childhood in the years before the First World War. First illustrated edition. Illustrated in colour throughout with frontispiece, twenty-eight full p...

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Allen Lane Penguin Books LTD, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular novel by RIchard Adams, inscribed by the author to the title page. The first edition, second state of this novel, with the female protagonist being named 'Karin Fo...

Cora the Rook and Zig-Zag the Bee

Mirabel Cecil · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Methuen/Walker Books, 1980. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition children's works, colourfully illustrated throughout by Christina Gascoigne. Both volumes inscribed by the illustrator to the publisher Tom Mascler. First editions.Presentation copy, insc...

The Old Men at the Zoo

Angus Wilson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Secker & Warburg , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this apocalyptic novel The Old Men at the Zoo.  A first edition copy of Angus Wilson's The Old Men at the Zoo. Intensely exciting, this novel deals with the events before a nuclear att...

A Certain Smile

Francoise Sagan; Anne Green · 1956 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York , E. P. Dutton & Company , 1956. Cloth. A translated edition of A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan. A second printing of the English translated edition of Francoise Sagan's A Certain Smile. Translated from the original French into English by Anne Green. This is...

The Haunted School

Edwy Searles Brooks · 1974 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Howard Baker , 1974. Cloth. Bright omnibus edition of eight St Frank's haunted stories by Edwy Searles Brooks, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Omnibus edition containing the entire Ezra Quirke collection in eight novels, each with unique pagination. First ed...

Works of Arthur Christopher Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1906 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906-1915. Cloth. Five very smart volumes of essays and long form works by Arthur Christopher Benson. Five volumes. Written by Arthur Christopher Benson, an English essayist, poet and academic, whose literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays ...

Four Comedy Plays by Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele · 1730 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Linton, Tonson, Draper; Tonson; Lintot, 1730-1751. Leather. Five mid eighteenth century editions of humorous plays by Sir Richard Steele, bound together in a single volume. Four plays by Sir Richard Steele, the Irish writer, playwright, and politician who co-founded th...

Novels of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding · 1886 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1886. Leather. Five illustrated volumes of novels by Henry Fielding. A collection of five novels by Henry Fielding including The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great and A Journey fro...

Novels by Len Deighton

Len Deighton · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Hutchinson; Jonathan Cape, 1970-1989. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition copies of novels by Len Deighton. Four novels by Len Deighton. Len Deighton is a British author who is best known for his spy books. This collection includes his works XPD, Spy Line, Londo...

Maiwa&Apos;S Revenge

H. Rider Haggard · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1891. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of this short adventure novel by H Rider Haggard. The first illustrated edition of this work. A short novel concerned with the hunter Allan Quatermain on a hunting expedition to rescue a captured Engli...

The Ancient Allan

H. Rider Haggard · 1971 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Tom Stacey, 1971. Hardback. This novel by Henry Rider Haggard delves into the past lives of his recurring protagonist Allan Quartermain. Found in the price clipped dust wrapper. Featuring Henry Rider Haggard's recurring hero, this novel centres around the paste li...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1906 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1906. First edition. Cloth. Rudyard Kipling's anthology of historical fantasy tales, the illustrated first impression. The first edition, first impression of this work. With four leaves of advertisements to rear, dated 15.08.06 as called for.A Ru...

The Death of Christopher Marlowe

J. Leslie Hotson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Cloth. The second impression of this exploration into the death of playwright Christopher Marlowe. Second impression published 1925, originally published earlier the same year. Illustrated with a fold out plate to the front, and four plates. C...