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16 Vols a Collection of the Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1899–1937. Cloth. A substantial sixteen-volume collection of Rudyard Kipling"s works, including several first editions and illustrated volumes, charting his literary career. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original red cloth binding...

Poems of Thomas Hood Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1871 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London , E. Moxon, Son & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this decoratively bound volume of Thomas Hood's poetry, with 22 beautiful plates by Birket Foster. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding. Includes...

A Universal Prayer; Death; a Vision of Heaven; and a Vision of Hell;

Robert Montgomery · 1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Printed for Samuel Maunder, 1829. Leather. The very scarce second edition of this volume of religious poetry, in half green calf with marbled boards. The very scarce second edition of the work, originally published the year prior.In half green calf with marbled boards...

One of Them

Charles Lever · 1861 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Charles Lever's novel set in Italy, beautifully bound in half calf with gilt details to the spine, and illustrated throughout by the renowned 'Phiz&apos. The first edition. Illustrated with...

Charles O&Apos;Malley, the Irish Dragoon

Harry Lorrequer [Charles James Lever] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1841. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Irish novelist Charles Lever's rollicking military adventure with fantastic illustrations from 'Phiz', bound in full calf. The first two volume edition, only published pr...

A Dane&Apos;S Excursions in Britain

J. A. Andersen [Andreas Andersen Feldborg] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Mathews & Leigh, Strand, 1809 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Andreas Andersen Feldborg's very scarce account of his time in Britain, with both volumes bound together in quarter calf. The first edition. A very scarce work. A complete set with two ...

Faust

Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Abraham Hayward [translator] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, c1908. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this translation of Goethe's tragic play Faust, illustrated with colour plates by the renowned art nouveau illustrator Willy Pogany. The Willy Pogany illustrated edition.Illustrated with a colour...

Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, or the Traditional History of Cromarty

Hugh Miller · 1835 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1835. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Hugh Miller's fantastic account of the legends, folklore, histories and traditions found in the Cromarty region of Scotland. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth....

Barrington; Luttrell of Arran

Charles Lever · 1863 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1863-1865. First edition. Leather. A uniformly bound pair of first edition novels from Anglo-Irish author Charles Lever, illustrated throughout by 'Phiz&apos. This set offers two first edition titles by Charles Lever, an Irish novelist and racont...

Japan (Madame Chrysantheme)

Pierre Loti · 1887 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York , Frederick A. Stokes Company , c1930. Cloth. An uncommon illustrated translation of Pierre Loti's influential novel, with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. An undated US edition of this novel published by Frederick A. Stokes. With the very scarce original...

A Collection of London Theatre Programmes Bound Together

Various · 1935 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Whitehall Theatre; Theatre Royal; Shaftesbury Theatre et. al. 1935-1936. Cloth. A generous collection of mid-20th-century London theatre programmes, presented here in a single volume. Twenty-five programmes bound together in one volume. This unique volume offers a fan...

Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1883 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Edinburgh , William Paterson, 1883. Leather. A very scarce complete limited edition set of William Shakespeare's works, illustrated with etched plates and presented here in half morocco. One of five hundred and fifty copies printed, of which this is number 404. Very scar...

La Gerusalemme Liberata

Torquato Tasso · 1823 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Firenze, Presso Il Magheri, 1823. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes containing the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata from Italian poet Torquato Tasso, in the original Italian. Italian. Complete in two volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. An epic poem first publis...

Wilson&Apos;S Tales of the Borders and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative

John Mackay Wilson; Alexander Leighton [editor] · 0 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, c1857. Leather. A complete twenty-four volume collection of these traditional and imaginative tales from John Mackay Wilson, bound in twelve volumes. Complete in twenty-four volumes, bound in twelve. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A co...

Le Chalet Des Hautes-Alpes Suivi de Deux Feuillets Du Journal de Mon Ami Gustave; Et de Amour Et Silence

Isabelle de Montolieu · 1829 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1829. Leather. A very scarce copy of these short novels from Swiss writer and translator Isabelle de Montolieu, in the original French. French. Very scarce work. With an engraved frontispiece. Three novels bound in one volume, being Le chalet des Hautes...

Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, J. Power et al. 1829. Leather. The ninth edition of Thomas Moore's most beloved collection of writings in full dark green morocco, and complete with intricate gilt detailing and a gilt fore edge. The ninth edition of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies in full dark...

Accepted Addresses

George Augustus Sala · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1862. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a scarce collection of The Telegraph journalist George Augustus Sala's writings, in the publisher's original green embossed cloth binding. The first edition of George Augustus Sala's Acce...

Perlycross. A Tale of the Western Hills

R. D. Blackmore · 1894 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1894. First edition. Cloth. First edition set of Blackmore's penultimate novel complete in three volumes in the publisher's original blue cloth binding stamped with gilt lettering. The first edition set complete in three volume...

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1887 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. Leather. A full morocco edition of William Edmonstoune Aytoun's beloved Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, with subtle gilt decoration to the corners of the boards and along the spine, complete with a gilt fore edge.  A full morocco...

6 Vols Obras Completas de Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente; Marques Braga [Foreword, Notes] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Lisbon, Livraria Sá da Costa, 1955-1963 . Leather. A six-volume set of scholarly editions of Gil Vicente"s Obras Completas, authenticated by the editor and richly annotated by Prof. Marques Braga, bound in a handsome full red calf. Bound in full red calf bindings, with gilt d...