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Library of English Prose: Volume Two Last Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1905. Hardback. A smart copy of the second volume of Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia, the Last Essays of Elia. Volume two only. Library of English prose. A collection of essays first published in 1833, with titles including: Poor Relations, The Old ...

Rupert Classic Calendars for the Years 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, and 2020

None · 2010 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Classic Media for Express Newspapers, 2010-2020. First edition. Paperback. Five scarce, very smart first edition calendars with images of Rupert Bear titles for each month of the year. Five volumes. Very scarce. First editions. The Rupert Bear calendars for the years 2...

Nutwood Newsletter No. 1 to No. 16

Various · 1990 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Leicester, Nelson Press Ltd. 1990-1995. Paperback. Sixteen very smart issues from the Nutwood Newsletter, for followers of Rupert Bear. Sixteen volumes. First editions. Scarce. Number 1 to 16 only. A collection of sixteen issues of the Nutwood Newsletter, a periodical reportin...

The Seasons, by James Thomson, with His Life, and a Complete Index and Glossary

James Thomson · 1795 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, T. Chapman, 1795 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated copy of James Thomson's seasonal poetry, bound in full calf. Bound in full calf with the original boards rebacked. Comprised of the poetical work following the seasons written by Scottish writer James Thomson. W...

Three Thriller Book Club Novels

Georgette Heyer; John Creasey; Manning Coles · 1952 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, The Thriller Book Club, 1952. Cloth. An intriguing set of three gripping and tense thrillers, published by the Thriller Book Club. Three volumes published by the 'Thriller Book Club', each being an exciting and gripping thriller by leading novelists.Each volu...

Victorian Lady Novelists

M. L. Parrish · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Mansfield, Maurizo Martino, 1995. Cloth. A fine facsimile documenting the impressive library of American collector Morris L. Parrish, this facsimile limited to one-hundred and fifty copies. A limited edition facsimile, limited to only one-hundred and fifty copies.A bibliograph...

In Quest of the Perfect Book

William Dana Orcutt · 1926 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, John Murray, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this illustrated exploration of the 'perfect book', by William Dana Orcutt. The first trade edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'In Quest of the Perfect Book&apos...

Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy

Charles Reade · 1866 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of one of the popular yet controversial novels of Charles Reade. The first U.S. edition of this work.'Griffith Gaunt' follows the tensions in the marriage of the eponymous character, whos ...

Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1863 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Nathaniel Hawthorne's collection of sketches describing his time in England between 1853 and 1857. The first edition, first printing. With advertisement leaf to page 399, and wi...

The Golden Touch

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, 1927 . Hardback. A charmingly illustrated limited edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short tale about the failings of King Midas. A limited edition work, one of only 240 copies produced.With vignette illustrations by Valentini Angelo.A cha...

Seasons in Flight

Brian Aldiss · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of celebrated science fiction author Brian Aldiss's 1980s collection, including eight short stories, and a novelette. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price unclipped...

Melanie and Other Poems

N. P. Willis [Nathaniel Parker Willis] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Nathaniel Parker Willis. The first U.S edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original embossed cloth. This poetical work was written by...

An Arkansas Planter

Opie Read · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Chicago , Rand, McNally & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fiction novel set along the Arkansas river, in the original pictorial cloth and illustrated throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated w...

Chita: A Memory of the Last Island

Lafcadio Hearn · 1889 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

New York, Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fiction novel about the 1856 Louisiana hurricane. The first edition, in the first state binding. First published serially in 'Harper's Monthly' magazine in 1888.Â...

Milton&Apos;S L&Apos;Allegro and IL Penseroso

John Milton · 1858 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, W. Kent & Co. 1858. Leather. Two poems by the celebrated John Milton, illustrated by Birket Foster and bound in half straight grain morocco. A later edition. First published in Milton's 1645 work 'Poems&apos. First published with Birket Foster's illustra...

Picture Posies; Poems Chiefly by Living Authors

Dora Greenwell; Jen Ingelow et al. · 1874 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, George Routledge, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry and plates engraved by the brothers Dalziel. The first edition of this collection of poems. All of the poems had appeared before with many of them being published i...

More "Bab" Balllads, Much Sound and Little Sense.

W. S. Gilbert · 1872 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1872]. Cloth. A humorous collection of children's poetry with illustrations throughout, illustrated and written by W. S. Gilbert. An early edition. Illustrated by the author with a monochrome frontispiece and monochrome vignettes.In th...

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Tama Janowitz · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Picador, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this satirical novel about the uncivilised world of New York City by Tama Janowitz, illustrated by Tony Wright. The first UK edition, first impression with a complete numberline. First published in American i...

Essays and Stories from the Chap-Book Being a Miscellany of Curious and Interesting Tales, Histories &C; Newly Composed by Many Celebrated Writers and Very Delightful to Read.

Katherine Bates; H. H. Boyesen; Edmund Gosse; John Burroughs et al. · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition collections of stories and essays from Stone and Kimball's literary magazine, written by a host of noted authors and with a lithographical cover. The first edition, with the eight page publ...

Peg Woffington

Charles Reade · 1855 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of this historical novel about the Irish actress Peg Woffington. The first American edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking rear free endpaper. This work was written by Britis...