Letteratura

The Professor at the Breakfast-Table What He Said, What He Heard, and What He Saw

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1896 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1896. Leather. A Sotheran signed leather-bound copy of this collection of essays from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 'Breakfast Table' series. Originally published in 1859. Sequel to Oliver Wendell Holmes's The Autocrat of the Brea...

Dragonsong

Anne McCaffrey · 1978 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Corgi Books, 1978. Paperback. An uncommon to see signed copy of one of Anne McCaffrey's popular science fantasy novels, a paperback reprint with striking illustrated wraps. Signed by the author to the title page, 'To John Cameron, Anne McCaffrey&apos. It&apos...

The Godson: A Fantasy

Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton] · 1964 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Clemence Dane's final published work, an imagining of the childhood of William Davenant, the godson of William Shakespeare. With a signed Christmas card from the author. The first edition, first imp...

Lothair

Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1870. Cloth. Two volumes of Lothair, with a signed letter from the author. Two of three volumes of the novel Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli. With letter from the author to Lambert that is dated 1865 before he was in office. The letter states:De...

Ginger & Snout

Constance Ripman · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Leicester, Franklyn Ward & Wheeler Ltd. 1942. First edition. Hardback. A charmingly illustrated first edition of this children's book signed by the illustrator, Eva Ash. First edition. Signed by the illustrator in presentation. A charming children's story following a...

Wand and Quadrant

Christopher Logue · 1953 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Collection Merlin, 1953. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry by Christopher Logue. First edition. Signed by the author. Limited to three hundred copies on papier d'arches. This is copy number 271. The first published work b...

Cinderella

John Fowles · 1974 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fowles' charming adaptation of 'Cinderella', complete with beautiful illustrations, signed by both Fowles and the illustrator. The first edition.Signed by Fowles and Beckett to the titl...

The Collector

John Fowles · 1963 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of John Fowles' debut novel, with the author's signature loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings listed.Signed to a loosely inserted slip of paper...

The Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist

Henry Vaughan; E. K. Chambers [ed.]; H. C. Beeching [intro.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1896 . Leather. A beautiful limited edition two volume set of the poetry of Henry Vaughan, presented in vibrant full morocco Zaehnsdorf bindings. A Limited Edition work, with each volume numbered thirty-five of one hundred large paper copies.Beautifu...

The Dartmoor Window Forty Years After

Beatrice Chase [Katherine Parr] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Devon, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, 1948 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this fiction work from the Dartmoor Series signed by the author. First edition of The Dartmoor Window Forty Years After by Beatrice Chase in the original publisher's paper wraps. A...

Whims and Oddities, in Prose and Verse

Thomas Hood · 1861 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1861. Leather. A new beautifully illustrated edition of this collection of poetry and oddities in Maclehose signed leather binding. Early edition of Whims and Oddities, in Prose and Verse by Thomas Hood in Maclehose signed straight grain morocco bind...

A Selection from the Papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian. For the Use of Young Persons.

Edward Berens · 1833 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, J. G. & F. Rivington, 1833. Leather. An uncommon study of the papers of Addison, designed for young people in the early nineteenth century, in a lovely prize binding. in a full calf prize binding, with the gilt stamp of Mr. Walton's School, Surrey, to the front bo...

The Looking-Glass for the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror: Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightful Little Stories & Interesting Tales: Chiefly Translated from That Much-Admired Work, L&Apos;Ami Des Enfans

Arnaud Berquin · 1809 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. Harris; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Vernor. Hood, and Sharpe; F. and C. Rivington et al. 1809. Leather. The English translation of Arnaud Berquin's charming short story collection for children, illustrated throughout by Berwick. The scarce eleventh edition....

Magna Charta Stories: World-Famous Struggles for Freedom in Former Times; Recounted for Youthful Readers

Arthur Gilman [ed.] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Blackie & Son, c1900. Leather. Anthology of adventurous tales for young readers in a beautiful Bickers signed prize binding. Dated via Jisc. Tales concerned with the struggles for freedom in history, from the mythical age of Horatius to the time of King John of Englan...

Stars of the Desert

Laurence Hope [Violet Nicolson] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William Heinemann, 1917. Leather. A beautiful later impression of this charming book of verses by Laurence Hope, in a signed Ramage binding. A new impression of 1917, originally published in 1903. Charming book of verses by Violet Nicolson published under pseudonym La...

Biographical and Critical Essays Reprinted from Reviews

Abraham Hayward · 1858 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1858-80. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven volumes in uniform Bowers bindings of the critical and biographical essays of Abraham Hayward. Three series in five volumes of Abraham Hayward's Biographical and Cr...

William Shakespeare: A Critical Study

George Brandes · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, William Heinemann, 1914. Leather. A critical study of the work of William Shakespeare by George Brandes in a beautiful Hatchards binding. A new impression of this work, originally published in the English language in 1898 in two volumes. In a beautiful half crushed mor...

Real Sky

P. J. Kavanagh · 1980 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Gloucestershire, The Whittington Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A bright limited edition of this anthology of poems by P. J. Kavanagh adorned with wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor, signed by the author. The first edition of this work, limited to five hundred copies ...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1837. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially...

A Book of Romantic Ballads

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London , George Newnes Limited, 1901. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of this charming work of romantic ballads. A Limited edition copy, with only one hundred and five copies being printed of which one hundred are for sale. This volume is number twenty ...