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The Future of the World

Charles David Ley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Tunbridge Wells, Peter Russell, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition science fiction play. A presentation copy of this very scarce work, inscribed 'To Hilary Gardner with best wishes for this Christmas season and th…

Plays

William Congreve · 1735 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Tonson, 1735. Leather. A nice collection of five popular plays by the leading playwright William Congreve. Complete as two volumes bound in one.ESTC citation number T42460.Illustrated with five plates, frontispieces to each play.Each play has a separate dated title pa…

Metropolis, or the Destiny of Cities

Paul Banks · 1930 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The C. W. Daniel Company, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work which analyses the role that the city plays in politics, specifically regarding different socio-economic classes, written by Paul Banks. First Edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindi…

American Dream

George O'Neil · 1933 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Samuel French, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing drama analysing the American Dream, taking us through the first colonial settlers and into the 1930s. The first edition of the American Dream, an intriguing historically minded play split int…

Never Run from the Lion and Another Story

Antonia Ridge · 1958 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce and charmingly illustrated first edition children's book from Antonia Ridge and Barbara Freeman, in an exceptionally colourful illustrated dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of these two children's stor…

Sylvie and Bruno

Lewis Carroll; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.39 | $693.71 | ¥110,791)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1889. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's novel set half in Victorian Britain and half in the fantasy world of Fairyland. This copy was a gift of the illustrator, Harry Furniss, and has this pencil inscription to front free e…

&Apos;Olivia&Apos; Theatre Programme: The Royal Court Theatre

W. G. Wills · 1878 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, J. Miles & Co. 1878. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce theatre programme for a performance of 'Olivia', a stage show written by W. G. Wills based on a scene from 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Very scarce. Dated from records of the production,…

The History of the Rebellion in Scotland in 1745

John Home · 1822 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Edinburgh, Peter Brown; Ogle, Duncan & Co, 1822. Leather. A lovely copy of John Home's study of the Jacobite uprising in 1745, in a Riviere binding. A lovely edition of a work which was first issued in 1802. Written by John Home, a Scottish minister, soldier and author. He …

Memories & Portraits, Men & Books, and Virginibus Puerisque

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1901. Leather. Three smartly bound volumes of works from Scottish novelist and essayist, Robert Louis Stevenson. Three volumes. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer best known for his works Treasure Is…

History of the English People

John Richard Green · 1878 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1878-86. Leather. John Richard Green's seminal history of the English people in four volumes, featuring numerous coloured maps. Complete in four volumes, in uniform half morocco bindings. A popular history of the English people by John Richard Gree…

The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Memoir of His Life.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; G. G. S · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Bell & Daldy , 1870. Leather. The dramatic works of the renowned Irish writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in a smart half calf binding. The Bohn's Standard Library edition. Rebound in beautiful half calf on marbled boards, with gilt detail to the spine. With a portr…

The Liar, a Comedy in Three Acts

Carlo Goldoni; Grace Lovat Fraser (Translator) · 1922 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Selwyn and Blount, Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, illustrated copy of this popular comedy play by Carlo Goldoni. The first translated edition. Limited to 260 copies, of which 250 were for sale. In quarter cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece, fo…

An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words Made Use of by Shakspeare; Calculated to Point out the Different Meanings to Which the Words Are Applied

Rev. Samuel Ayscough · 1827 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.70 | $117.60 | ¥18,782)

London, Thomas Tegg; J. Anderson; R. Griffin and Co.; J. Cumming et al , 1827. Leather. A calf-bound second edition of this authoritative index to Shakespeare's writings, by English writer and scholar Samuel Ayscough. Although not stated to this copy's title page, othe…

Le Vicaire de Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith; Charles Nodier [trans; ed] · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1888. Leather. French translation of Oliver Goldsmith's famous novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' in two bright volumes. One of the most popular novels among Victorians, The Vicar of Wakefield was originally published in 1766, and co…

The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan · 1989 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Heinemann, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this novel on immigration and belonging by Amy Tan. The first edition.Signed by the author to the title page.In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust w…

The Way of the World and Love for Love

William Congreve · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely edition of these two restoration comedies by William Congreve. In original dustwrapper. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. First thus, firs…

Olympia

0 · Rooke Books

£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)

Germany, W. H. S. Thompson, H. Burnett, & Others, c1890. Leather. A very scarce Victorian German photo album and music box, an exceptional and unique work. A very scarce and unique German made photo album, complete with a music box. The album is highlighted throughout with vivid…

Between the Acts

Virginia Woolf · 1941 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.44 | $634.25 | ¥101,294)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A well preserved copy of Virginia Woolf's final novel, Between the Acts, presented in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped …

The E J Oxenham Omnibus

Elsie J Oxenham · 1932 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A selection of three novels by Elsie J Oxenham from her 'Abbey' series. Comprising of 'The Abbey Girls Win Through', 'The Abbey Girls at Home' and 'The Abbey Girls Play Up&apos…

The Sources of Much Ado About Nothing: A Critical Study, Together with the Text of Peter Beverley&Apos;S Ariodanto and Ieneura

Charles T. Prouty; Peter Beverley · 1950 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Prouty's critical study of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, with Peter Beverley's Ariodanto and Ieneura. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's…