Letteratura

Old Mortality

Sir Walter Scott · 1901 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1901. Leather. A historical novel of southern Scotland, which forms part of the 'Tales of My Landlord' subset of Scott's 'Waverley' novels, in an armorial fine binding from The Duke's School, Alnwick. Large Type Border Ed...

Familiar Strangers

Bryan Forbes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1979. First edition. Leather. An exquisitely bound first edition of this novel by Bryan Forbes. First edition. No impression stated, presumed first printing. With the original dustwrapper bound in. Bryan Forbes was an English film director, screen...

Maria Chapdelaine Recit Du Canada Francais

Louis Hemon · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Paris , La Renaissance du Livre, 1922. Cloth. A tale of French Canada from Louis Hemon. Illustrated with many plates, and a red vignette to the title page. Limited to 1155 copies, of which this is numbered 742. In a half-morocco binding. Externally, sound, though front joint i...

Pindari Carmina Ad Fidem Textus Bockhiani Pars Prima Continens Odas Olympicas

Pindar and W. G. Cookesley · 1842 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Eton, E. P. Williams, 1842. Hardback. 9" by 5" Divided into two parts with the original Greek, and Cookesley's notes in Latin and English. Author's presentation copy "With W. G. Cookesley's Kind Regards." In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the fron...

Lucrece Tragedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers

M Francois Posard · 1843 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Furne et Cie, 1843. Leather. An early edition 'Lucrece' written by the dramatic poet Francois Posard Francois Posard (1814-1867), was the head of the school of common sense which held the balance between classic and romantic. His first play Lucrece, played i...

Atala Rene

Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Editions Ferdinand Roches, 1930. Leather. A smart copy of these two stories from Chateaubriand. Atala is an early novella by Francois-René de Chateaubriand, first published on 12 germinal IX (2 April 1801). Along with René, it began as a discarded fragment from a long...

Le Livre de Mon Ami

Anatole France · 1924 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Paris , Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1924. Leather. A copy of France's Le Livre de Mon Ami. With original paper cover. Anatole France (1844 – 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist...

Oeuvres de Alphonse Daudet: Sapho

Alphonse Daudet · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, c1926. Leather. A smartly-bound copy of this work by Alphonse Daudet. The novel focuses on Dechelette, Jean Gaussin, and Fanny Legrand. In a half-morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with just some sunning to the spine. Internally, f...

L&Apos;Apostolat Positiviste Au Bresil.

Miguel Lemos · 1895 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Rio-De-Janeiro, Au Siege Central De L'Eglise Positiviste Du Bresil, 1895. Leather. A scarce edition of the fourth annual circular of the Brazilian Positivist Church of Humanity. The author, Miguel Lemos, was the founder of the Positivist Church of Brazil and a Humanity Ap...

Noirs Et Rouges

Victor Cherbuliez · 1884 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Paris, Hachette, 1884. Leather. A very handsome little edition of this Belle Epoque novel. Victor Cherbuliez was a French novelist and member of the Academie Francaise. The son of a Classics professor, Cherbuliez had a life-long attraction to teaching and writing. In 1870 he r...

Histoire de Germaine

Albert Quantin · 0 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

Paris, A. Quantin, c1885. Cloth. A charming late nineteenth century story from Quantin's 'Library of Maternal Education', about a young girl named Germaine. Featuring numerous illustrations by Kauffmann. With the pictorial bookplate of Ronald Cuttell to the fron...

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

Horace; Michel Mattaire (translator) · 1715 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1715. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of Latin language poetry by Horace, translated by Michel Mattaire. A very scarce edition of this collection of Latin language poetry by Horace. An Ancient Roman lyric poet, Horace's work has been inf...

Contes de J. Bocace

Jean Bocace (Giovanni Boccaccio) · 1779 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Londres [Paris], Chez les principaux Libraires de France & des pays Etrangers, 1779. Hardback. A complete ten volume set of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, the French edition. A ten-volume set of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio. Complete in ten volumes with ten engravings and...

Oeuvres de Mme la Baronne de Stael

Germaine de Stael · 1820 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

Paris, Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, 1820-21. Leather. The first edition of the complete works of Germaine de Stael in fiften volumes. A fifteen-volume set of the works of Germaine de Stael. First edition of the complete works. 15 volumes of original 17. Volumes include: Volume I- N...

Cours de Litterature Dramatique Traduit de L&Apos;Allemand

A. W. Schlegel · 1814 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Paris, J J Paschoud, 1814. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the French translation of A W Schlegel's lectures On Dramatic Art and Literature, scarcely found complete in three volumes. The first edition of the French translation of A W Schlegel's lecturesÂ...

Lettres de Madame de Sevigne: De Sa Famille, Et de Ses Amis

Madame de Sevigne · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Chez Dalibon, 1823. Leather. A selection of the correspondences of Madame de Sevigne, her family, and friends. A selection of the correspondences of Madame de Sevigne, her family, and friends. In French. 'Edition ornee de vingt-cinq portraits dessines par deveria, ...

Maria Chapdelaine

Louis Hemon · 1880 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Paris, Rombaldi, c1939. Leather. A fantastic copy of Louis Hemon's novel Maria Chapdelaine. A copy of Louis Hemon's novel Maria Chapdelaine. With original compositions in colour by Eugene Corneau. Louis Hemon (12 October 1880 8 July 1913), was a French writer best kn...

Le Tapis de Jasmins

Franz Toussaint · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Paris, Librairie Ferreyrol, c1918. Leather. A copy of Le Tapis de Jasmins by Franz Toussaint. A copy of Le Tapis de Jasmins by Franz Toussaint. Second edition. Translated into French from the Persian. Re-bound in a red half morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered bo...

M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammatum Libri XIV

Marcus Valerius Martialis · 1701 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Benj. Motte and Harper, 1701. Leather. An uncommon collection of Marcus Valerius Martialis' short, witty poems, where he cheerfully satirises city life and the scandalous activities of his acquaintances. An uncommon collection of Marcus Valerius Martialis' sh...

Champions Du Monde

Paul Morand · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930. Leather. A fine copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. A copy of Morand's Champions du Monde. With a dedication by the author. Paul Morand (1888 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas we...