Letteratura

The Siege of Malta. Part I: St. Elmo

S. Fowler Wright · 1940 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first part of this novel based on an unfinished work by Sir Walter Scott, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part I only of a II part work.The first edition, first impression of part I, ...

Flashman and the Redskins

George MacDonald Fraser · 1982 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Collins, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of George MacDonald Fraser's thrilling Flashman tales, set in the American west during the Gold Rush and Battle of Little Bighorn. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wra...

Letters between Samuel Butler and Miss E.M. A. Savage 1871-1885

Samuel Butler; Miss E. M. A. Savage; edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill. · 1935 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Hardback. The uncommon first edition of this collection of Samuel Butler and Miss E. M. A. Savage's letters in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.Uncommon...

Vanessa a Novel

Hugh Walpole · 1933 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1933. Cloth. The scarce limited edition of Vanessa from the Herries Chronicles by Hugh Walpole, with the author's signature. An early limited edition of the work. Scarce. One of 315 large paper copies printed in September 1933. With auth...

The Taking of Helen

John Masefield · 1923 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Macmillan, 1923. Cloth. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's retelling of the Greek myth about Helen of Troy. The limited 'autographed' edition. Number 458 out of 750 copies. This limited edition work features John Masefield's poetic rete...

The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde · 1993 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.49 | $2,444.12 | ¥390,170)

London, Routledge; Thoemmes Press, 1993. Cloth. A very attractive collection of works from popular Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, edited by his friend and literary executor, Robert Ross. A lovely selection of the plays, poetry and additional prose of Oscar Wilde.Compl...

Portrait of Clare

Francis Brett Young · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Melbourne , William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. Cloth. A signed copy of this James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner, 'Portrait of Clare', with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. With a signed inscription by the author to the half title page. The Severn Edition. With ...

Island Chapters

Anna Adams · 1991 · Rooke Books

£74.00 (€88.70 | $97.76 | ¥15,607)

Lancashire , Littlewood Arc, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this scarce series of poetry and prose concerning the Outer Hebrides, with beautiful paintings in colour. The first edition of this scarce work. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Th...

English Reprints

Various; Edward Arber [ed.] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Not Stated, 1868-1870. Cloth. A uniform five-volume set from Edward Arber's 'English Reprints', containing important works such as Milton's 'Areopagitica' and Tottel's Miscellany. A set of five volumes from Edward Arber's 'E...

Poets&Apos; Country

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A decoratively bound first edition of this charming work which looks at the homes and scenes associated with various poets. The first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Adorned with fifty ...

Philip Bourke Marston

Charles Churchill Osborne · 1926 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, The Times Book Club, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce copy of this touching memoir of English poet, Philip Bourke Marston, being a privately printed work of only 250 copies. A privately printed work limited to 250 copies. In the publisher's original b...

Anthologie Des Poetes Francais Depuis Les Origines Jusqu&Apos;a la Fin Du XVIII Siecle Pecedee D&Apos;Une Etude Sur la Poesie Francaise

Anatole France · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 1905. First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition of this anthology and study of French poetry, from novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Anatole France. The very scarce first edition of this poetical study from French poet, journalist an...

The Works of Thomas Gray; Containing His Poems, and Correspondence, with Several Eminent Literary Characters to Which Are Added, Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray; W. Mason [editor] · 1807 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1807. Leather. A smart complete fourth edition of this collection of works from English poet Thomas Gray, with a memoir of the author. Complete in two volumes. Fourth edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. Containing the poetry an...

The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of the poetical works of American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With a portrait frontispiece. The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet and educator. With some...

The Tragic Bride & the Young Physician

Francis Brett Young · 1921 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd; W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1921-1923. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English writer Francis Brett Young. Two volumes. Written by Francis Brett Young, an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier. This set contains: The Tra...

Oeuvres Complãƒâ¨Tes Du Comte Xavier de Maistre

Comte Xavier de Maistre · 1847 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Leipzig, Brockhaus & Avenarius, 1847. Leather. A collection of the complete works of Xavier de Maistre in a smart half calf binding. A new edition of this work in a half calf binding with marbled boards and gilt detailing to the spine. Previous owner's ink inscription to ...

Lisvart de Grece, Roman de Chevalerie; Ou Suite D&Apos;Amadis de Gaule

Charles Joseph De Mayer · 1788 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

A Amsterdam, Not Stated, 1788 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound, first edition copy of Charles-Joseph Mayer's historical novel surrounding Lisvart de Grece, or Lisvart of Greece, complete in five volumes. The first edition. Complete in five volumes. Uniformly boun...

The Fortress

Hugh Walpole · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A limited large paper edition of this historical fiction novel set in the Lake District, signed by the author. The first and limited large paper edition, limited to three hundred and ten unnumbered copies.Signed by...

Quality Fogg&Apos;S Old Ledger, Tiny Tim, Lays and Legends

Mrs. Prosser; Francis Horner; Alfred Charles Jewitt · 1869 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, The Religious Tract Society; Wesleyan Conference Office; By and for the Author, 1869-80. Leather. A charming volume of three illustrated works bound in one, containing two novellas and one anthology of poetry. Three volumes bound in one, a charming volume containing tw...

Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson; Wilfrid Meynell · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Methuen and Co.; Burns and Oates, 1911. Leather. A very smart collection of poems by Francis Thompson, with a biographical note by his friend, the publisher and editor Wilfrid Meynell. The fifteenth thousand of this work in a quarter vellum binding with paper boards. T...