Narrativa e romanzi

Letters to the New Island

William Butler Yeats; Horace Reynolds [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely association copy of the first collected edition of these essays by W. B. Yeats. From the library of Yeats scholar Marion Witt, and with contextual annotations throughout. The first ...

The Tables of the Law; & the Adoration of the Magi

William Butler Yeats · 1914 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1914. Cloth. A fine example of the second published edition of these two interlinked tales from Yeats. A limited edition work. Wadw 26. The second published edition of this work, following a privately printed edition and the fir...

The Brown Fairy Book

Andrew Lang [ed.] · 1904 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.55 | $435.98 | ¥69,598)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this captivating Fairy Book from Andrew Lang, adorned with colour plates and engravings by H. J. Ford. The first edition of this enchanting anthology of fairy tales.In the publisher's origin...

The Victim

Saul Bellow · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, John Lehmann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Saul Bellow's second novel, 'The Victim', with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The thoug...

Crooked House

Agatha Christie · 1949 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.15 | ¥101,233)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling familial murder-mystery - a standalone from Agatha Christie. First edition. Preceded by the U.S. first published two months prior.Complete with the publisher's unclipped du...

At Bertram&Apos;S Hotel

Agatha Christie · 1965 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.74 | ¥33,323)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of Christie's intriguing Miss Marple mystery set at Bertram's Hotel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original...

Norman Mailer Works: Barbary Shore, the Deer Park, an American Dream

Norman Mailer · 1952 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, Jonathan Cape; Wingate; Andre Deutsch, 1952-1965. Cloth. The early novels written by the prolific American author and pioneer of New Journalism, commenting on the ideals and politics of Cold War America. The first UK editions of three early novels written by prolific t...

3 Vols the Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners

[James Fenimore Cooper] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.63 | $2,312.01 | ¥369,080)

London, G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1823. Leather. A complete three-volume second edition of Cooper"s popular Revolutionary War novel, inspired by John Jay"s espionage experiences in Westchester"s "Neutral Ground". In a half calf binding with marbled paper boards.Second edition. ...

1817 the Pilgrim"S Progress; from This World to That Which Is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. With Copious Explanatory Notes. Also Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and a Race for Eternal Life.

John Bunyan · 1817 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Burslem , J. Tregortha, 1817. Leather. A provincial Staffordshire printing of Bunyan"s Pilgrim"s Progress, issued with extensive explanatory notes and the accompanying Grace Abounding and A Race for Eternal Life. In a contemporary full calf binding, sympathetically rebacked in...

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1920 . Leather. A collection of essays by philosopher and leader of the transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson. A later edition, first printed in 1883.A collection of the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, containing both the first and sec...

First Edition Novels by George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York; London, Alfred A. Knopf; Andre Deutsch; Little, Brown and Company; , 1980-1996. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling five volume set of first editions by crime author George V. Higgins, including a signed copy. A fantastic collection of first edition novels by George V....

The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1840. First edition. Cloth. Housed in a quarter crushed morocco clamshell case by Riviere, this is the scarce first edition of Washington Irving's biography of Oliver Goldsmith. The scarce first edition, complete in two volumes, in the publish...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1721 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,813)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume large paper issue of the first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications. The first edition of the collected works of Addison, complete in f...

The Mirror Crack&Apos;D from Side to Side

Agatha Christie · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Miss Marple mystery, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wra...

They Do It with Mirrors

Agatha Christie · 1952 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this classic Miss Marple murder-mystery, published the same year the U.S. first and complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, published the same year...

A Muramasa Blade: A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan

Louis Wetheimber · 1887 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

Boston, Ticknor and Company , 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this powerful historical novel set in 17th century Japan, illustrated throughout. First edition. Rebacked, with the cloth from the original spine and boards laid down. Bound with the original blank...

A Pin&Apos;S Fee

Peter de Polnay · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town , Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first printing of this novel by Peter de Polnay in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of A Pin's Fee b...

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass and the Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman · 1996 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996-1997. Cloth. The first American editions of the first two His Dark Materials novels that have now become staples of modern fiction and fantasy. The first American editions of both The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, the first two novels wit...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999 . Hardback. A lovely first edition, tenth impression of the third novel in the popular 'Harry Potter' series by JK Rowling, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pictorial paper hardback.Complete ...

17 Vols a Collection of Sir Walter Scotts Life, Poetry, and Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott; J. G. Lockhart · 1848 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

Edinburgh; London, Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman; Adam and Charles Black , 1848-1853. Leather. A composite collection of Sir Walter Scott"s works, uniformly bound in full calf, comprising selected volumes from the Waverley Novels, Lockhart"s Memoirs of the Life of Sir Wal...