Letteratura

Meriden; or, Memoirs of Matilda

Mrs. [Ann] Brettell · 1819 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Richard Edwards , 1819. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this moral memoir from Mrs. Ann Brettell. The first edition of this very scarce title. One previous record of it in auction in 2011.Bound in half faux leather, with paper covered boards. Bound with contemporary endpa...

Comic Songs

Thomas Hudson · 1818 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Gold and Walton; Brown for T. Hudson , 1818-1824. Leather. An uncommon selection of six 'Comic Song' collections from Thomas Hudson, credited as one of the earliest music hall songwriters. Comprising six collections of comic songs from English writer and perf...

Poetry: A Magazine of Verse (Vol. VII, No. V)

Harriet Monroe [ed.]; W. B. Yeats; F. S. Flint; William Laird et. al. · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Chicago , Ralph Fletcher Seymour , 1916. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce issue from the influential 'Magazine of Verse', including contributions from W. B. Yeats, F. S. Flint and others. Volume VII, No. V (February, 1916) of this leading monthly poetry journa...

Plays and Controversies; Essays; the Collected Plays of W.B. Yeats; Wheels and Butterflies; the Herne&Apos;S Egg and Other Plays

W. B. Yeats · 1923 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London; New York , Macmillan and Co. 1923-1938. First edition. Cloth. Five works from renowned Irish poet and dramatist, W. B. Yeats, including one true first and three U.S. firsts. This set offers one true first edition, three first US editions and one new and revised US edit...

3vols the Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales; the Love Books of Ovid; Ten Droll Tales

Richard Garnett; T. E. Lawrence [Intro.]; Ovid; J. Lewis May [Trans.]; Honoré de Balzac; André Maurois [Intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head Limited , 1924-1926. Cloth. A uniform trio of lavishly illustrated 1920s classics of Garnett, Ovid, and Balzac in first and limited editions, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers and vibrant Art-Deco era plates. In the publisher...

Letters to the New Island

William Butler Yeats; Horace Reynolds [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely association copy of the first collected edition of these essays by W. B. Yeats. From the library of Yeats scholar Marion Witt, and with contextual annotations throughout. The first ...

The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Rev. John Fleetwood · 1814 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Burslem, John Tregortha, 1814. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates, this is Rev. John Fleetwood's popular account of the lives of Jesus Christ and his apostles. An early nineteenth-century example of Rev. John Fleetwood's famous book on the life of Jes...

The Green Helmet, a Heroic Farce

W. B. Yeats · 1911 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head Press, 1911 . First edition. Paperback. An attractive example of the first theatre edition of W. B. Yeats's entertaining short play in which three Irish heroes complete for the titular 'Green Helmet&apos. The 'first theatre ...

The Tables of the Law; & the Adoration of the Magi

William Butler Yeats · 1914 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1914. Cloth. A fine example of the second published edition of these two interlinked tales from Yeats. A limited edition work. Wadw 26. The second published edition of this work, following a privately printed edition and the fir...

Erasmi Roterodami: Silva Carminum, Antehac Nunquam Impressorum. Gouda, 1513

Erasmi Roterodami [Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus; H. CH. Buelens · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Bruxelles , T. -J. I. Arnold , 1864. Leather. A very scarce limited reproduction of these poems from Erasmus, this being a gift copy signed by the author and publisher. This work was printed in an edition of 100 numbered copies, as well as a "very small number of copies" print...

The Brown Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this captivating Fairy Book from Andrew Lang, adorned with colour plates and engravings by H. J. Ford. The first edition of this enchanting anthology of fairy tales.In the publisher's origin...

The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White · 1830 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, William Pickering , 1830. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of Henry Kirke White's poems - the first Aldine edition. The first Aldine edition, issued as part of the Aldine Edition of the British Poets series.Beautifully bound in full red crushed morocco and ...

Callipaediae, or an Art How to Have Handsome Children; Callipaedia: Or, the Art of Getting Beautiful Children, a Poem, in Four Books

Claude Quillet; Nicholas Rowe [trans.] · 1718 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, J. T.; W. Feales , 1718-1733. Leather. The scarce second and third English editions of Claude Quillet's popular poem about child rearing, bound together. The second English edition (1718) and third English edition (1733) bound together. Though the second edition&a...

The Victim

Saul Bellow · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, John Lehmann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Saul Bellow's second novel, 'The Victim', with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The thoug...

Crooked House

Agatha Christie · 1949 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.36 | $634.15 | ¥101,265)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling familial murder-mystery - a standalone from Agatha Christie. First edition. Preceded by the U.S. first published two months prior.Complete with the publisher's unclipped du...

At Bertram&Apos;S Hotel

Agatha Christie · 1965 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.74 | ¥33,333)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Christie's intriguing Miss Marple mystery set at Bertram's Hotel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original...

French and English, and Other Poems Life Among the Mountains

Mary Howitt · 1836 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Darton & Co. c.1836 (undated, dated approxima. Paperback. London: Darton & Co. c.1836 (undated, dated approximately from copy of the compiled title held by the Society of Friends. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 5". Not Stated. An incredibly scarce pair of poetic titles by...

Round the World in Eighty Days and the Tanglewood Tales

Jules Verne; Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1900 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hutchinson; A. & C. Black, 1900-1935. Cloth. Two scarce and illustrated editions of classic children's books by French author Jules Verne and American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Two scarce editions of beloved children's books: Round the World in Eighty Days ...

Norman Mailer Works: Barbary Shore, the Deer Park, an American Dream

Norman Mailer · 1952 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Jonathan Cape; Wingate; Andre Deutsch, 1952-1965. Cloth. The early novels written by the prolific American author and pioneer of New Journalism, commenting on the ideals and politics of Cold War America. The first UK editions of three early novels written by prolific t...

3 Vols the Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners

[James Fenimore Cooper] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1823. Leather. A complete three-volume second edition of Cooper"s popular Revolutionary War novel, inspired by John Jay"s espionage experiences in Westchester"s "Neutral Ground". In a half calf binding with marbled paper boards.Second edition. ...