Letteratura

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1821 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Richardson & Co, 1821. Hardback. An early nineteenth century four volume edition of the works of Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. A four volume 'New Edition&apos.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I.Scarce in the original boards. The works of Oliver Golds...

Opere Scelte Di Metastasio

Pietro Metastasio · 1808 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Avignone, Fratelli Seguin, 1808 . Leather. A charming six volume edition of the works of Italian poet and celebrated librettist Pietro Metastasio. In the original Italian.A six volume 'Edizione Portatile', or portable edition, of the works of the poet, who was the mo...

Pippa Passes; & Men & Women; Dramatis Personae; & Dramatic Romances & Lyrics

Robert Browning · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1908-1909 . Cloth. Two beautifully illustrated editions of work from poet Robert Browning, with both volumes featuring colour plates from Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Two volumes of works from English poet and playwright Robert Browning, who was partic...

The Lapse

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, c1930. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet of poetry printed by the 'Shakespeare Head Press' private press, in the original paper covers. The first edition.In the original paper wra...

Miss Hogg Flies High

Austin Lee · 1958 · Rooke Books

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

London, Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce murder mystery novel by Austin Lee which find's Miss Hogg attending a party in a country house where a secret meeting is being held, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. ...

Miss Hogg and the Squash Club Murder

Austin Lee · 1957 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce murder mystery novel by Austin Lee which find's Miss Hogg being asked by a former pupil to investigate the murder of a squash club member, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrap...

King Henry IV: Second Part

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1904. Leather. A charming miniature edition of Shakespeare's historical play, bound in full leather. A miniature edition, measuring only two inches tall. One of forty miniature edition of the works of William Shakespeare, published by David ...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray and William Collins

Thomas Gray; William Collins · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Lockwood & Co. c1890. Cloth. A charming pocket sized edition of the poetical works of the noted Thomas Gray and William Collins. A pocket sized edition from Lockwood's 'Pocket Books' series. A very scarce miniature edition of their works. In the publish...

Cymbeline

William Shakespeare · 1904 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Glasgow , David Bryce and Son, 1904. Hardback. A charming miniature edition of William Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline', bound in suede. This tiny book contains one of William Shakespeare's later plays, 'Cymbeline', set in Ancient Britain and based on le...

A Collection of Science Fiction Novels from Pan Books

Robert Heinlein; Poul Anderson; Clifford Simak; Mark Clifton; Frederik Pohl; Angela Carter; John Burke · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Pan Books Ltd. 1963-1970 . Paperback. A collection of science fiction novels from Pan Books Ltd. Nine volumes. A collection of exciting science fiction novels and novellas. This set contains: The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1963. Written by Robert Anson Heinlein, an America...

Quinti Horatii Facci Opera by Horace & Phaedri Fabulae Et Publii Syri Sententiae

Horace · 1733 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Paris, E Typographia Regia, 1733. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Horace bound with the fables of Phaedrus, in the original Latin. Latin. Two volumes bound in one. With a frontispiece to each volume. This volume contains: Quinti Horatii Facci Opera by Horace, 1733. A co...

Songs of the Sea Nymphs: Scenes in Fairy Land

T. Miller · 1832 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Simpkin and Marshall , 1832. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of fantasy verses from English poet Thomas Miller. Very scarce work. A collection of songs and verses from Fairy Land, being extracts from unpublished poems on the theme of mystical sea creatur...

St. Ronan&Apos;S Well

Sir Walter Scott · 1824 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1824. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel St. Ronan's Well, in three volumes. Complete in three volumes. First edition. Bound with the half titles. From the Waverley Novels. Set in a f...

The Wild Body: A Soldier of Humour and Other Stories

Wyndham Lewis · 1927 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from British writer Wyndham Lewis. First edition. A collection of eleven short stories, including: A Soldier of Humour, The Cornac and His Wife, and The Meaning of th...

Galapagos

Kurt Vonnegut · 1985 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Kurt Vonnegut's thrilling science-fiction novel, set against the backdrop of a fictional Galapagos Island, on which a group of people find themselves shipwrecked. The first UK edition. Published t...

Season of Anomy

Wole Soyinka · 1973 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Rex Collings, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poignant novel from Nobel-winning Nigerian author, Wole Soyinka, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the ...

Self Condemned

Wyndham Lewis · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Methuen & Co. 1954 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition of Wyndham Lewis' popular novel surrounding a Professor's intellectual journey, commencing with his resignation and emigration from England. The first edition, first impression. Bound in th...

The Vision of Don Roderick, and Other Poems

Sir Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co. 1811 . Leather. The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's rousing poem, 'The Vision of Don Roderick', celebrating the Duke of Wellington's military triumphs, alongside other poetry by Scott. The second edition, published in...

Golden Treasury Series: Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1908. Leather. A lovely copy of the selected poems of Matthew Arnold, handsomely bound in half calf by Riviere & Son. A 1908 edition of this work from the Golden Treasury series, in a half calf binding. All edges gilt. Binder's stamp of Riviere &...

The Bankside Shakespeare the Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare As Presented at the Globe and Blackfriars Theatres, Circa 1591-1623

William Shakespeare; Appleton Morgan [ed.]; Albert R. Frey; William Reynolds; B. Rush Field; et al. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)

New York, The Shakespeare Society of New York, 1888-1891. Leather. An attractive fifteen volumes of the limited edition Bankside Shakespeare, edited by Appleton Morgan, and uniformly bound in half calf. One of 500 limited edition copies of the Bankside Shakespeare. Fifteen vol...