Letteratura

Solitudes

Édouard Estaunié · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris , Le Livre Moderne Illustre; J. Ferenczi & Fils, 1924. Leather. A very smart leather-bound copy of this novel from Edouard Estaunie, illustrated with woodcuts. A charming illustrated edition of this 'Solitudes', a novel from French author Edouard Estaunie Boun...

The Life and Adventures of Martin Cuzzlewit; the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Barnaby Rudge; the Personal History of David Copperfield; Sketches by Boz

Charles Dickens · 0 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Chapman and Hall, c1874. Cloth. A smart set of cloth-bound 'Household Edition' Charles Dickens works, illustrated throughout. This set offers five of the twenty-two volumes published of this Household Edition.In the publisher's original decorative green ...

Becassine Alpiniste

Caumery · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Gautier et Languereau, 1925. Hardback. A smart copy of this 'Becassine' album, offering a series of this iconic French comic strip from La Semaine de Suzette. This edition comprising a selection of strips originally published in La Semaine de Suzette. In the ...

The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais: Abstractor of the Quintessence Being an Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua, and of the Heroic Deeds, Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel

Francois Rabelais · 1927 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head , 1927. Cloth. A limited edition set containing the complete works of French writer, Francois Rabelais, strikingly illustrated by Frank C. Pape. This edition, illustrated by Frank C. Pape and complete in two volumes, limited to 4,300 numbered ...

The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore

Rev. Jeremy Taylor; Rev. Reginald Heber · 1828 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell et al , 1828. Leather. A smart leather-bound set of the works of cleric and acclaimed 17th-century English writer, Jeremy Taylor. Comprising thirteen out of the fifteen total volumes published. Lacking vols 10 and 15. Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...

Tennyson (the Penguin Poets) Bound Together with Anthology of Canadian Poetry (Pelican Books) & the Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

Alfred, Lord Tennyson; William Shakespeare · 1941 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Harmondsworth, Middlesex , Allen Lane; Penguin Books , 1941-1942. Leather. A strikingly bound volume offering Tennyson's poems, Canadian poetry and a play by Shakespeare. Three works bound into one volume, in full morocco. Including the following:'Tennyson' (The...

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Rev. Laurence Sterne · 1849 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Leipzig , Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1849. Leather. The Tauchnitz edition of this biographical novel by Laurence Sterne, presented here in one volume. The Tauchnitz edition, being Vol. CLIII from 'Collection of British Authors&apos. First published in nine volumes from 1759-176...

Everybody&Apos;S Lamb: Being a Selection from the Essays of Elia, the Letter, and the Miscellaneous Prose of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb; A. C. Ward [editor] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of writings from English essayist Charles Lamb, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illu...

The Child World

Gabriel Setoun [Thomas Nicoll Hepburn] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry for children from Gabriel Setoun. First edition. The author's first published volume. Illustrated throughout. A charming collection of verses f...

Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet

C. Collodi" [Carlo Lorenzini] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A smart fourth impression of this illustrated edition of the story of Pinocchio the puppet. Fourth impression of this edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. An 1883 children&apos...

Cranford & Our Village

Mrs. Gaskell; Mary Russell Mitford · 1892 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1892-1893. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes of these illustrated novels from English writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Mary Russell Mitford. Two volumes. Both illustrated throughout with in-text images from Hugh Thomson, an Irish illustrat...

Journal Et Pensees de Chaque Jour

Elisabeth Leseur; R. P. Janvier · 1925 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, J. De Gigord, 1925. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the diaries of Elisabeth Leseur, in the original French. French. Eightieth thousand. The dairies and daily thoughts of Elisabeth Arrighi Leseur, a French mystic best known for her spiritual diary and the conversion of...

The Osborne Collection of Early Children&Apos;S Books 1566-1910: A Catalogue

Judith St. John; Edgar Osborne · 1966 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Toronto, Toronto Public Library, 1966. Cloth. A smart corrected edition of this catalogue of The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Printed with minor corrections. Illustrated with twelve colour plates, thirty-eight black-and-white images across twenty-five pla...

The Etonian

[W. M. Praed; W. Blunt.] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Colburn, 1824. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition set of this collection of issues from The Etonian. Complete in three volumes. Fourth edition. The Etonian was a paper containing articles and fictional works, projected and edited by Winthrop Mackworth Praed ...

The Shakespeare Key

William Shakespeare; Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Bickers & Son, 1884 . Leather. A scarce work exploring the style and prowess of William Shakespeare, compiled by husband and wife duo Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, bound in a full calf prize binding. Second edition. First published in 1879. In a full calf prize bindi...

Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens · 1857 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of Charles Dickens' renowned novel set in his classic dreary setting, illustrated by Phiz with all plates present. The first edition of this work, being bound from the parts, wit...

Enoch Arden

Alfred Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1864. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson. The first edition of this work. Bound without the adverts, so the issue is unclear.The titular poem concerns the principle in law that after...

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens · 1848 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Leather. The first edition of one of the popular novels of Charles Dickens, complete with the original illustrations by Phiz, including the first published example of a dark plate. The first edition, first issue, bound from the ...

A Kind of Loving

Stan Barstow · 1960 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the celebrated debut novel of Stan Barstow, following a young man from Yorkshire has he falls in love and gets married. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust ...

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Richard Bentley, 1882 . Leather. The illustrated 'Carmine Edition' of Richard Harris Barham's 'Ingoldsby Legends', in an attractive full morocco binding. Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece, alongside a further sixteen plat...