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A Collection of Works by Hermann Sudermann

Hermann Sudermann · 1897 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1897-1898. Leather. An attractive set of works by German dramatist Hermann Sudermann, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. A set of five volumes, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco.Hermann Sudermann was o...

Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 1842 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.38 | ¥253,084)

Edinburgh, Robert Cadell , 1842-1847. Leather. A smart illustrated set of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, bound in full calf by Hayday. Comprising the 'Abbotsford' edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Complete in twelve volumes, bo...

Some English Books with Coloured Plates

R. V. Tooley · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Ingpen & Grant, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this bibliographical account of English books which have been published with colour plates. The first edition.In a custom dust wrapper.A bibliographical study of English books, produced across history, wh...

The Thieves of Ostia; the Pirates of Pompeii; the Assassins of Rome

Caroline Lawrence · 2001 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Orion Children's Books, 2001-2002. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed books from Caroline Lawrence's 'Roman Mysteries' children's series. Signed by the author alongside a Latin quote to each volume. An excellent set of three books from 'R...

The Complete Works of George Herbert and the Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall

George Herbert; Bishop Hall · 1860 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. Leather. A smartly bound collection of religious works by George Herbert and Bishop Hall, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A vast array of spiritual musing, poetry and satires,...

The Angel in the House

Coventry Patmore · 1858 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, John W. Parker and Son, 1858. Vellum. A smart second edition of this narrative poem from English writer and critic Coventry Patmore. The scarce second edition. A narrative poem being an idealised account of Patmore's courtship of his first wife, Emily Augusta Andr...

The Shy Cousins Story Book

1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short children's stories. First edition. From the Nelson's Picture Books in Coloured Boards series. Very scarce work. Illustrated with two co...

Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

Andrew Becket · 1815 · Rooke Books

£248.00 (€297.26 | $327.64 | ¥52,304)

London, A. J. Valpy, by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Andrew Becket's detailed study of William Shakespeare's language. A scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.In his two volumes, Andrew Becke...

The Battle of Life, a Love Story

Charles Dickens · 1846 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth state of the first edition of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition, fourth state of this work, with the engraved title page showing an angel with a banner, ...

The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose

John Milton · 1851 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.77 | $2,179.89 | ¥347,990)

London, William Pickering, 1851. Leather. A collection of poetry and prose by the renowned English poet John Milton, bound in full calf. A collected edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and two folding plates to 'Volume One&apos. A complete eight volume set...

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Eton, The Eton College Press , 1894. Leather. A collection of poems from the renowned Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College prize binding by Ingalton Drake. The Eton College edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, illuminated letters, head and tail pi...

Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1851 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, John Murray, 1851. Leather. A third edition of this collection of extracts from the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Third edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of conversations and reflections drawn from the intellectual life of Samuel Taylor Coler...

Annie Grant and Her Father

Anna Maria Glennie · 1850 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this children's story from British novelist Anna Maria Glennie. Early edition, first published in 1848. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A charming moral story for youn...

Trois Contes Chinois Du Xviie Siecle

G. Soule de Morant [translator] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1926. Leather. A limited edition of this collection of three Chinese tales from the seventeenth century, translated into French. French. Limited to five hundred copies on Japanese paper of which this is number four hundred and sevent...

New Poems & It Depends: A Poet&Apos;S Notebook

Eugenio Montale · 1976 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

New York, New Directions, 1976-1980. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first US editions of these collections of poetry from Italian writer Eugenio Montale. Two volumes. First US edition. Written by Eugenio Montale, an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, who was t...

Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain&Apos;D, the Mask of Comus, L&Apos;Allegro, and IL Penseroso.

John Milton · 1804 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, W. Suttaby, 1804-5 . Leather. A charming, pocket-sized edition of John Milton's poetry, comprising his celebrated Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, alongside Comus, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Bound in full calf. A collection of works by celebrated 17...

Sailing to an Island

Richard Murphy · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London; New York, Faber and Faber; Chilmark Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A charming set containing the true first and first US edition of this poetry collection by Richard Murphy, one of which is signed. This set offers both the true first UK edition and the first US edi...

Fergus; the Doctor&Apos;S Wife; Black Robe

Brian Moore · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York , Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; E. P. Dutton, Inc. 1970-1985. First edition. Cloth. A set of three novels by Brian Moore, including the very scarce uncorrected proof of 'The Doctor's Wife&apos. Including the very scarce uncorrected p...

See You in the Morning; Cloth of the Tempest; Red Wine and Yellow Hair; But Even So

Kenneth Patchen · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York , Padell; New Directions , 1947-1968. Cloth. A wonderful set of works from experimental poet Kenneth Patchen, including a volume of his picture poems. A pleasing set of four works offering the poems of Kenneth Patchen, including the second edition of 'Cloth of th...

Stories

Jean Stafford; John Cheever; Daniel Fuchs; William Maxwell · 1956 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first printing of this collection of short stories from Jean Stafford, John Cheever, Daniel Fuchs, and William Maxwell. First edition, first printing. A collection of short stories from Jea...