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The Book of Peace
Pamela Tennant · 1900 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Chiswick Press, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition anthology of Christian verse and prose. With a frontispiece from Bellini, and four further plates of William Blake illustrations. Collated, complete. A scarce first edition prose and verse anthology from …
The Happy-House Children Again
Enid Blyton · 1947 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this children's story by Enid Blyton, profusely illustrated in colour by Kathleen Gell. The first edition of this work. Meeting Jack, Jane and Benji again as they live in Happy Ho…
A Burnt-out Case
Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this novel by Graham Greene. The first UK edition of this novel. This work is set in the Belgian Congo and follows the story of a mysterious man arriving at a leper village. Graham Greene was an English…
IL Pecorone
Giovanni Fiorentino · 1804 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Milano, Societe Tipografica de Classici Italiani, 1804. Leather. The Italian fourteenth century short stories following a young man trying to make his fortune in Venice. In the original Italian.Complete in two volumes.A selection of fifty short stories written in the fourteenth …
The Essays of Elia with Eliana
Charles Lamb · 1867 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Bell & Daldy , 1867 . Leather. A new edition of this collection of the popular essays by Charles Lamb, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first series, a new edition.In a half green calf binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of essays by Charles Lamb…
Chefs D&Apos;Oeuvres
Jean Racine · 1874 · Rooke Books
£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)
Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1874. Cloth. Jean Racine was a c.17 writer often regarded as being of 'revolutionary' importance, depsite swings in popularity over the centuries outside France. Jean Racine was a c.17 writer often regarded as being of 'revolutionary&apo…
The Captain and the Enemy
Graham Greene · 1988 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1988 . First edition. Paperback. An 'unrevised and unpublished proof' of the first Canadian edition of Graham Green's final novel. An advanced proof copy of the first Canadian edition of this work, which actually preceded the public…
The Golden Treasury
Francis T. Palgrave; Laurence Binyon · 1930 · Rooke Books
£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1930. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this popular anthology of English poetry selected by British critic Francis Turner Palgrave. Later edition. A popular anthology of English poetry, excluding the works of all poems by poets still a…
Pirates Highwaymen and Adventurers
Eric Partridge [editor] · 1927 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, The Scholartis Press, 1927. Cloth. A smart early edition of this collection of adventure stories edited by Eric Partridge. Early edition. A collection of thirty-four adventure stories and commentaries on pirates, highwaymen, and explorers. This work includes: Shakespeare…
In Praise of Bishop Valentine
Frank E. Bliss [Ed.] · 1893 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Printed for Private Circulation, 1893 . First edition. Vellum. A charming and very scarce anthology of poetry concerning the celebration of St. Valentine, in a smart vellum binding. A very scarce Limited Edition anthology of poetic and literary works concerning St. Valen…
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae
Publius Terentius Afer · 1772 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
Birmingham, Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Leather. A charming Latin edition of the comedies of Roman playwright Terence, this edition in Baskerville typeface, revolutionary in type design. ESTC Citation No. T137489.Active during the Roman Republic, Publius Terentius Afer was a Rom…
Kenilworth a Romance in Three Volumes
Walter Scott · 1821 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)
Edinburgh , Archibald Constable and Co; and John Ballantyne, 1821. First edition. Hardback. The complete set of this historical novel from Sir Walter Scott. First edition. Each volume features its original half title, and is bound in its original publishers' bindings. Kenil…
Shepherd Songs of Elizabethan England
Adelaide L.J. Gosset, Various · 1912 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Constable and Company, 1912. Cloth. A scarce collection of Shepherd Songs from Elizabethan England, containing themes of hope and joy. A scarce and intriguing collection of Shepherd Songs of Elizabethan England, collected by author and editor Adelaide J. Gosset. Publishe…
The Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb · 1915 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1915. Leather. A vibrant Riviere bound edition of Charles Lamb's charming collection of essays, beautifully illustrated by C. E. Brock. The ninth edition of this work to be illustrated by Brock.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ninety-three plat…
The Book of Friendship: Essays, Poems, Maxims & Prose Passages
Arthur Ransome · 1909 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, T. C. & E. C Jack Ltd, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short literary works on the theme of friendship, arranged by English author Arthur Ransome. First edition. A collection of short literary works, including essays, poems, maxims…
George Romney
Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower · 1904 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Duckworth & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this highly illustrated work on the art of George Romney. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen photogravure plates and seventy-three half-tone engravings to the rear. Collated complete. A detailed commenta…
A Dog of War
John Taylor · 1927 · Rooke Books
£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)
London, Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this illustrated poetical work, complete in the uncommon unclipped dustwrapper. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Limited edition of three hundred and seventy five copies. This copy is out…
Die Ochsentour, mit Fotos von Michael Montfort, aus dem Amerikanischen von Rainer Wehlen,
Bukowski, Charles (Text) / Montfort, Michael (Fotografie), · 1982 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR
€24.00 ($26.45 | £20.02 | ¥4,225)
Taschenbuch-Erstausgabe, ungekürzte Ausgabe, Frankfurt am Main, Fischer Verlag (Fischer Taschenbuch Band 5255), 1982, 8°, 168 S., mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen und doppelseitigen s/w-Abbildungen (Fotos von Bukowski), illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), minimal wellig, Einban…
The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer · 2008 · Book Haven
$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)
Allen & Unwin 2008 Hardback 275 "A glorious, gorgeous, completely irresistible novel, Guernsey will win hearts everywhere. An affecting, emotional epistolary novel recalling the charm and warmth of 84 Charing Cross Road and the gentle wit of Alexander McCall Smith, Guernsey tell…
L'illustration theatrale.
- · 1906 · Libreria Piani
€160.00 ($176.35 | £133.46 | ¥28,165)
Paris, Illustration Théatrale, 1906/1907, due volumi in 4to (cm. 28 x 20,5) 20 fascicoli rilegati in mezza pelle con angoli, nn. 37, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 59?, 65? - 58-60? 63-66?-67-68-69-70-71-72-73?,Les Jacobins di Hermant, Le prétexte di Riche, Poliche di Bataille, Mademo…