Letteratura

The Clock Winder a Novel

Anne Tyler · 1941 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Chatto and Windus, c1973. First edition. Hardback. A scarce edition of this novel by Anne Tyler. Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. "This novel, Miss Tyler's fourth, is beautifully literate, a deft triumph in a diffic...

The Open Mind

Georges Bernanos · 1945 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Georges Bernanos. Bernanos (1888 – 1948) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thoug...

Copper, Gold and Treasure

David Williams · 1982 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,217)

London, Collins, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detective novel David Williams. David Williams (8 June 1926 – 26 September 2003) was an advertising executive who became a crime writer after suffering a stroke. In a red cloth binding. Externally, smart. ...

The Death of Daddy-O a Marty Land Mystery

David Alexander · 1960 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, T. V. Boardman and Company Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this mystery novel from David Alexander. 'When the body that had been lying in the street had been carried away, the fat old many, carrying a bible, a parrot and an old phonogr...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1837 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Charles Tilt, 1837. Cloth. A pocket sized copy of the complete poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. The complete poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. With an illustrated frontispiece. Pocket-sized and published by Charles Tilt. Prior owner's signature to recto of fr...

Sacred Dramas the Search After Happiness

Hannah More · 1827 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Jones and Company, 1827. Leather. A pocket sized illustrated collection of poetry and plays by Hannah More. A collection of plays and poetry by Hannah More. Pocket sized 4 inch book. With a portrait frontispiece of Moore and a vignette title page. The 'University ...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of George Moore's Aphrodite in Aulis. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration and bevelled. A nice clean copy. First edition. Signed. Limited edition, number 305 of 1825. George Au...

The Brigand: Or Corse de Leon

George Payne Rainsford James · 1846 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Smith, Elder and co. 1846. Leather. An uncommon copy of George James' fictional romance The Brigand: Or Corse De Leon. George Payne Rainsford James was an English novelist and historical writer. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United ...

Poems

William Mason · 1774 · Rooke Books

£159.99 (€191.77 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

York, A Ward, 1774. Leather. A collection of William Mason's poetry. Leatherbound volume with gilt title to the spine. William Mason (1724 – 1797) was an English poet, editor and gardener. He was born in Hull and studied at St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordai...

The Garden of Kama and Other Love Lyrics from India

Laurence Hope · 1919 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. Leather. A later edition of The Garden of Kama by Laurence Hope. Bound in half leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Bound by Hatchards, with a bookbinders ink stamp to the front pastedown. Adela Florence Nicolson, 1865 – 1904, was an En...

The Playfellow the Crofton Boys. A Tale

Harrier Martineau · 1841 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Charles Knight, 1841. Leather. A scarce edition of The Crofton Boys. A Tale by Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist. First edition. Martineau wrote thirty-five books and a multitude of e...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1731 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Charles Daly, c1860. Leather. A copy of Cowper's Poetical Works. William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and ...

The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber · 1842 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Murray, 1842. Leather. A scarce copy of this collection of poetry by Reginald Heber. Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was an English bishop, traveller and writer of hymns and poems. With a frontispiece. In a black morocco binding. Externally, sound with some minor shelf...

Samuel Johnson and Neoclassical Dramatic Theory an Intellectual Context of the Preface to Shakespeare

R D Stock · 1973 · Rooke Books

£21.99 (€26.36 | $29.05 | ¥4,639)

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1973. Leather. This is a study of the currents in neoclassical criticism with specific reference to Johnson's 'Preface to Shakespeare&apos. "Johnson's Preface to Shakespeare has been long established as a classic.. Little e...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John&Apos;S College, Cambridge

Henry Kirke White; edited by Robert Southey · 1823 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A collection of poetic fragments from Henry Kirke White. With an account of White's life by Robert Southey. Including a frontispiece of White to the first volume. Tenth edition. Complete in two volumes. In deco...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1857 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1857. Leather. Thomas Babington Macaulay's essays submitted to the Edinburgh Review. Including his essays on Boswell's Life of Johnson, The Succession in Spain, Sir William Temple, Machiavelli and much more. Two v...

The Essays of Elia Edited by Alfred Ainger

Charles Lamb; Alfred Ainger · 1910 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1910. Fine Binding. A smart copy of Lamb's famous essays, in a Bumpus binding. Reprint of 1883 First Edition. Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Las...

Field and Hedgerow Bein the Last Essays of Richard Jeffries

Richard Jeffries · 1900 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1900. Leather. An assortment of the essays of Richard Jeffries, collected by his widow. With engraved frontispiece. John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rura...

Two Years Ago

Charles Kingsley · 1880 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880. Leather. A nicely bound copy of Charles Kingsley's novel. 'Two Years Ago' was written at the peak of Kingsley's career as an author. The novel features Kingsley's famed descriptive abilities. Kingsley had a skill for viv...

London Society Volumes XXVII and XXVIII

Various Authors · 1875 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Crown Buildings, 1875. Leather. A scarce two volume set of London Society, in attractive leather binding. Described as a "illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation", the volumes contain plates throughout, with serialised stories a...