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Peg Woffington
Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, George Allen, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Charles Reade's novel inspired by the famous 18th century Irish actress Peg Woffington. First thus, the first edition with Hugh Thomson's illustrations. The work was first published in 1…
Fair France Impressions of a Traveller
Dinah Craik · 1871 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Hurst and Blackett, 1871. Cloth. A nicely bound copy of Dinah Craik's travel work looking at France, with a frontispiece by W. H. Bartlett. A travel work documenting travels in France, at a time when the author believed France to be a shadow of its former self. Two …
Confessions of Felix Krull Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I
Thomas Mann; Denver Lindley [translator] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Secker and Warburg , 1955. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of Part I of Thomas Mann's final novel, 'Confessions of Felix Krull', with the smart unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. …
Peg Woffington
Charles Reade · 1899 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London , George Allen, 1899. Cloth. An illustrated edition of the novel by Charles Reade inspired by the famous 18th century Irish actress Peg Woffington. The work was first published in 1853. Reade based it on the popular stage play Masks and Faces, which he had co-written with…
The Works of Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton · 1803 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, Biggs and Cottle, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the three volume first edition of the collected works of poetry of prodigious talent, Thomas Chatterton. The collected edition of the works of Thomas Chatterton, complet…
The Wallypug in Fog-Land
G. E. Farrow [George Edward Farrow] · 1904 · Rooke Books
£198.00 (€237.37 | $261.63 | ¥41,784)
London, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this instalment from G. E. Farrow's 'Wallypug' children's book series, with charming illustrations from Alan Wright. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, …
Thy Servant a Dog Told by Boots
Rudyard Kipling · 1930 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1930. First edition. Leather. A Kipling story of friendship and discovery told from the perspective of dogs. The first edition in book form. First published in the Liberty in the United States and Cassell's magazine in the UK in the same year. A ch…
The Tempest
William Shakespeare; J. Dover Wilson · 1928 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, The Chiswick Press; Faber & Gwyer, 1928. Cloth. A smart facsimile edition of the first folio text of Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', in the original scarce dust wrapper. A facsimile of the first folio text of 'The Tempest&apos.Including a list of mo…
King Lear
William Shakespeare; J. Dover Wilson · 1928 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)
London, Faber & Faber, 1928. Cloth. A facsimile of the first Folio text of King Lear, complete with five original hand-illustrated illustrations by Carlo Pietzner loosely inserted. 'King Lear' is a Shakespearian tragedy, inspired by the mythological King Leir of Britai…
The Great Barry Ono Song Book
Barry Ono [Frederick Valentine Harrison] · 1914 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Not Stated, c1918 . Paperback. A vanishingly scarce and highly entertaining song book of the variety theatre act Barry Ono and Maude Walsh, who performed the popular shows 'Peace at our Price' and 'After the Peace&apos. The 'sixteenth (enlarged) editi…
Three Plates in Colour from Shakespeare&Apos;S Tragedy of Hamlet
William Shakespeare · 1910 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1910. First edition. Unbound. A first edition of this very scarce, beautifully produced folio of three colour plate illustrations from W. G. Simmonds, highlighting key dramatic moments from the play. In the publisher's original green paper…
My Name Is Love
Julien Maclaren-Ross · 1964 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
Isle of Man , Times Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of the scarce last published work by Julian Maclaren-Ross. The first edition. My Name is Love is Julien Maclaren-Ross's last and most scarce book. The novel details a love story based on the …
Scenenbilder Aus Parsifal
Richard Wagner · 1894 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
Bayreuth, Heinrich Heuschmann, 1894. First edition. Leather. A scarce and beautiful portfolio of scene pictures from R. Wagner's opera Parsifal. First edition morocco bound portfolio with inserted plates of the scene pictures of Richard Wagner's opera 'Parsifal&ap…
Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 1985 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Methuen, 1985 . Cloth. A fine copy of the first UK edition of Michael Hague's beautifully illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illust…
Hernani, Ou L&Apos;Honneur Castillan
Victor Hugo · 1830 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
Paris, Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, 1830 . First edition. Unbound. The first edition of Victor Hugo's drama about a noble outlaw determined to seek revenge against Don Carlos, King of Spain. In the original French.The first edition, second issue, with 'Hierro' signatu…
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice
Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, John Murray, 1821 . Leather. The scarce second edition of Lord Byron's blank verse tragedy, published in the same year as the first edition. The second edition of this work.Retaining the original half title.With an advertisement leaf to the rear.'Marino Faliero…
A Night in Cold Harbour
Margaret Kennedy · 1960 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, Macmillan and Co. LTD, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this work of fiction by Margaret Kennedy, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. …
A Midsummer-Night&Apos;S Dream
William Shakespeare · 1908 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, William Heinemann, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the first edition of Arthur Rackham's beautiful edition of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', illustrated with tipped in colour plates. The first trade edition of Arthur …
Fire in the Sky The Walton Experience (The Best Documented Case of Alien Abduction Ever Recorded)
Walton,Travis · 1996 · Richard Thornton Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Marlowe & Company This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in original blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears along it's outer edges.Not price clipped and there are NO former names or inscriptions present.The dust-jacket come…
Le rivage des syrtes
Julien GRACQ · 1951 · Librairie Le Feu Follet
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
Un tendre envoi de Gracq sur son rivage | José Corti | Paris 1951 | 12 x 19 cm | broché | Edition originale sur papier courant comportant bien l'achevé d'imprimer du 25 septembre 1951, fausse mention de cinquième mille sur la page de titre. Une petite déchirure restaurée en marg…