Letteratura

Rhymes on the Road, Fables, Etc.

Thomas Brown, the Younger · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris , A. and W. Galignani, 1823. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first French edition of this poetical collection from Thomas Brown, the Younger. The first French edition of these rhymes published by A. and W. Galignani. In the original English text.  Bound ...

The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson [editor] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1889. Leather. A smartly bound complete set of this collection of poetry and plays from Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Complete in two volumes. The Temple Library. Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies. Each volume is illustrated with a front...

Select Poetry Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, L. B. Seeley and Son, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this selection of religious poetry. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of poetry on religious themes, with contributions from authors including: Burns, Cowper, Kirke White, Mill...

Pick-Me-Up

A. N. Other · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Centaur Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of rhyming recipes with colour illustrations by Ian Fenwick. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with thirteen colour images and borders to each page. Collated comple...

English Literature: An Illustrated Record

Richard Garnett; Edmund Gosse · 1903 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, William Heinemann, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition four volume, complete set of work on English literature by Richard Garnett and Edmund Gosse. Complete in four volumes. First edition. This exhaustive and detailed set traces the history of literature in Eng...

The Eighteen Nineties

Holbrook Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study on society and culture of the 1890s, complete with plates, the author's presentation copy to his brother. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribe...

Nouveaux Souvenirs D&Apos;Une Mere de Famille

Catherine-Therese Rieder Wolliez · 1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Tours, France, Mame et Cie, 1855 . Cloth. A charmingly bound collection of moral tales on virtue, faith and family, by Madame Woillez. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt decoration and blind stamping. With six woodcut illustrated plates, including ...

The Poems of Bishop Henry King

Bishop Henry King; John Sparrow [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925 . Hardback. An understated limited edition collection of the poems of Henry King by The Nonesuch Press, edited by John Sparrow. In the original publisher's full paper Vellum binding. This volume is a limited edition being copy number seven...

Select Poems Divine and Humane

Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Hardback. A limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome, with original slipcase. In the publisher's original white paper Vellum binding. With the original slipcase. This is a limited edition of this work, being copy numb...

Etude de la Nature

A. Fontaine · 1881 · Rooke Books

£129.00 (€154.63 | $170.43 | ¥27,215)

Rouen, Megard, 1881 . Hardback. Beautifully bound in the publisher's decorative cartonnage binding, this is a very scarce work of natural history aimed at the young. In the original French.A very scarce work, with this being the 'nouvelle eÃÂOedition revue et co...

La Providence Des Noirs

L. Jacquard · 1880 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Rouen, Megard, 1880 . Hardback. L. Jacquard's very scarce juvenile novel set in Saint-Domingue, beautifully bound in the publisher's decorative cartonnage binding. In the original French.L. Jacquard's very scarce novel.From the 'Bibliothèque Morale de la J...

Little Peter

Mabel Lucie Attwell · 1922 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Dundee & London, Valentine & Sons, c1913 . First edition. Hardback. A delightful and exceptionally scarce 'Valentine's Dolly Book' from artist and illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell. A very scarce first edition.From the 'Valentine's Dolly Books' seri...

When the World Shook

H. Rider Haggard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling early twentieth century lost world novel, set on the fictional south sea island of Orofena. The first edition of this work, McKay 62. In the correct brown linen bin...

Chronicles of Martin Hewitt

Arthur Morrison · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1898 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this collection of six intriguing short detective stories starring private investigator Martin Hewitt, illustrated throughout. First published in 1895, this is a later printing of this collection from Arthur Morri...

Four G.A. Henty Novels

G. A. Henty · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Blackie, 1903-1908. First edition. Cloth. Four thrilling historical adventure novels by G. A. Henty, three of which are first editions. A collection of four works of historical adventure fiction from prolific author G. A. Henty. Three of these novels are first editions...

The Posthumous Works of Mr Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler · 1732 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Richard Baldwin, 1732 . Leather. A bright example of the illustrated fourth edition of the posthumously published collected works of Samuel Butler. The fourth edition of this work.Including Butler's most famous and renowned work, 'Hudibras&apos.Illustrated wi...

Cider with Rosie

Laurie Lee · 1959 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1959. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of this delightful and popular autobiographical novel by Laurie Lee, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, second impression printed the same month as the first. Retaining the issue p...

The Best of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker; Mervyn Horder · 2009 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Folio Society, 2009. Hardback. A very smart collection of the greatest works from American poet and fiction writer Dorothy Parker. Twelfth printing of the first edition of this collection with the addition of 'Big Blonde&apos. Illustrated with eight plates. Co...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Alexander Moring: The De La More Press, 1902. Cloth. A later edition of this classic work, translated by Edward Fitzgerald with twelve illustrations from Blanche McManus. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Kh...

Distant Homes; or, the Graham Family in New Zealand

Mrs. J. E. Aylmer · 1888 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1888 . Cloth. A lovely example of Mrs. Aylmer's scarce novel about the lives of British settlers adapting to life in colonial New Zealand. First published in 1862, this work is scarce in all editions.Illustrated with a frontispiec...