Letteratura

The Legend of the Silver Cup and Other Stories for Children

Rev. G. Critchley · 1898 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this magical short-story collection for children, with illustrations. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. An imaginative selection...

Chaucer and the City

Various; Ardis Butterfield [ed.] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Cambridge , D. S. Brewer , 2006. Hardback. The bright first edition of this enlightening Geoffrey Chaucer essay collection, illustrating the iconic English poet in his London environment. The first edition. Volume XXXVII of this 'Chaucer Studies' series. In the ori...

Irony in the Medieval Romance

D. H. Green · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this unique analysis of irony in medieval literature, written by a leading authority on the subject, D. H. Green. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's origin...

Vision and Stagecraft in Sophocles

David Seale · 1982 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Croom Helm, 1982. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this interesting examination into Sophocles' underrated use of stagecraft. The uncommon first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In this study of Greek theatre,...

Delusion or the Triumph of Virtue: A Poem in Four Cantos

Unknown · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1852. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce poem from an unknown writer, the original papers of which were found by a sailor. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the original cloth binding. This poem, told in four cantos, acts as...

Codex Hastur

Cardinal Cox · 2013 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Peterborough , Starburker Publications , 2013. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A limited edition Lovecraftian poetry pamphlet from Peterborough's Poet Laureate of 2003, Cardinal Cox. The first edition of one hundred, numbered 32. A vanishingly scarce pamphlet of poems,...

From the French: Pastels in Prose

Various; Stuart Merrill [trans.] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

New York, Harper and Brothers , 1890. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this translated collection of poetry, from the library of British marine biologist, George Parker Bidder. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original decorative cloth b...

The White Stone

Anatole France; Charles E. Roche [trans.] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London , John Lane, The Bodley Head , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first English translation of Anatole France's philosophical rebuttal to the "yellow peril" fever of the time. The first English translation of this work. From a series of English-translated wo...

Lawful Issue

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, Eveleigh Nash Company, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Less than two years married, with a child not yet a year old, Joseph Tyler had moved to a farm with his wife Elsie ...

Romola

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this study of city life from English novelist George Eliot. Stereotyped edition. A historical novel set in the fifteenth century seen as a study of life in the city of Florence during the Italian Renaiss...

Folly&Apos;S Gate

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, John Long, Limited, 1911. Cloth. A second edition copy of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. Second edition. Very scarce work. Dickie Lound, or Lord Richard Lound, was one of those fine specimens of the human race who can still be found in the Uppe...

Winter Nights; or, Fire-Side Lucubrations

Nathan Drake · 1820 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. Leather. A smart two volume set of this collection of writings from English essayist Nathan Drake. Complete in two volumes. A collection of essays on a myriad of subjects, including: the moral and domestic happiness of an En...

Other Seas

Robert Gathorne-Hardy · 1933 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Collins, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce work from British writer Robert Gathorne-Hardy, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Three stori...

The New Crusade

Anthony Gibbs · 1931 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this science fiction novel from British author Anthony Gibbs. First edition. Very scarce work. A near future novel in which society is transformed by a millionaire who believes humans should live as ...

The Pogo Party

Walt Kelly · 1956 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this humorous comic from American animator and cartoonist Walter Kelly Jr. First edition. A comic strip set in the Okefenokee Swamp in the Southeastern United States, following the adventure...

Deborah&Apos;S Life

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Eveleigh Nash Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Following the life of a young woman named Deborah, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Deborah is a strong-wille...

The Irrevocable and Other Stories

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Digby, Long & Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of short stories from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of short stories, including: The Irrevocable, The Craven, The Legend of The Lake, The...

Respectability: A Novel

James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Following a group of Scottish luggers battling a storm towards the end of the second week of November 1911. Disheve...

The Poetical Works of Barry Cornwall

Barry Cornwall [Bryan Procter] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Henry Colburn, 1822 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, complete collection of Bryan Procter's poetical works, writing under his pseudonym Barry Cornwall. The first edition. Complete in three volumes. Volume II and III are bound in half calf with marbled boar...

Sketches from St. George&Apos;S Fields. First and Second Series.

Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso [Peter Bayley] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Stodart and Steuart; R. and M. Stodart , 1820-1 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce pair of first editions containing the poetry of Peter Bayley, writing under his pseudonym, Giorgione di Castel Chiuso. The First and Second series. The first edition. First and Second s...