Narrativa e romanzi

Tactical Exercise

Evelyn Waugh · 1954 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this US-only collection of Waugh"s shorter works, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the origin...

Maze of Justice

Tewfik el Hakim; A. S. Eban [Trans.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, The Harvill Press, 1947 . Cloth. A first English-language edition of Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm"s satirical novel, originally published in Egypt in 1937, examining the legal system through a murder case. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First English-...

He Ought to Be Shot

Joan Fleming · 1955 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Hutchinson, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this psychological crime novel by Joan Fleming, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original unc...

Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

London, Doubleday, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart UK first edition of the first book of the fantasy tetralogy The Inheritance Cycle. A smart UK first edition, first impression.Originally published in the US in 2002.In the original blue cloth binding. In the original...

The Golden Bowl

Henry James · 1905 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Methuen & Co, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, first issue of Henry James's celebrated and claustrophobic study of marriage and adultery. The scarce first UK edition of this work, published shortly after the US first edition.Edel & Laurence, A60b...

Lyrics of War and Peace

William Dudley Foulke, LL. D. · 1916 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London; Edinburgh; New York; Toronto; Melbourne; Bombay, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition book of American verse, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. A very scarce first edition volume of verse b...

Ode to France

Raymond Weeks · 1917 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, Oxford University Press, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition presentation copy of poetry by American linguist and professor Raymond Weeks. A very scarce first edition presentation copy of this volume of American verse.In original blue cloth, with ...

The Hanging of the Parson&Apos;S Son and Other Crimes

Sol. L. Long · 1916 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Kansas City, S. W. Anderson Ptg. Co. 1916. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition volume of American poetry, signed and inscribed by the author. An incredibly scarce first edition volume of poetry, in original green cloth pictorial boards.A selection of poetr...

The Undertaker&Apos;S Garland

John Peale Bishop; Edmund Wilson Jr. · 1922 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of the first edition of this reflection on death, across prose and poetry, illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. A very scarce example of a presentation copy of this first edition title.Illustr...

A Friendship and the Spirit of France: Signed Poetry

Charles Lewis Slattery; V.H. Friedlaender · 1919 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London; New York, Country Life; Macmillan Company, 1919-1923. First edition. Cloth. Two signed poetic anthologies, written by prominent suffragette writer Violet Helen Friedlaender and episcopal bishop Charles Lewis Slattery. The signed first editions of poetic anthologies bas...

Publications of the Protestant Episcopal Tract Society

The Protestant Episcopal Church; Bishop Horne; John Henry Hobart; Beilby Porteus; William Stephens et al. · 1829 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

New York, Protestant Episcopal Tract Society , 1829-1840. First edition. Cloth. An impressive collection of fifty-four very scarce tracts and tales from the Protestant Episcopal Tract Society, offering unparalleled insight into the theological teachings of the Episcopalian chu...

Fin de Siecle: A Selection of Late 19th Century Literature and Art

Various; Nevile Wallis [ed.]; Holbrook Jackson · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Allan Wingate , 1947. Cloth. A delightful anthology comprising writers and artists of the late 19th century. From the library of Holbrook Jackson, who wrote the introductory piece. First edition. This copy from the library of Holbrook Jackson, a noted journalist, publ...

Dreamers of Dreams: The Rise and Fall of 19th Century Idealism

Holbrook Jackson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Faber and Faber Limited , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this work exploring 19th-century idealism by Holbrook Jackson, previously owned by his brother. A signed presentation copy given by the author to his brother. Inscribed by the author to...

Great English Novelists

Holbrook Jackson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Grant Richards , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of these sketches of English novelists by Holbrook Jackson, previously owned by his brother. A signed presentation copy given by the author to his brother, Charlie. Inscribed to the front free endp...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.51 | $482.22 | ¥76,980)

Leeds , J. W. Bean & Son, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A charming association copy of Holbrook Jackson's children's verses, presented and inscribed to his mother. The author's presentation copy to his mother, with a charming inscription by him to the front free e...

Old-Fashioned Verses

William T. Hornaday · 1919 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,240)

New York, Clark and Fritts, 1919. Cloth. A signed poetic anthology based on the fascinating thoughts and experiences of American pioneering wildlife conservationist William T. Hornaday. The signed edition of Old-Fashioned Verse, a poetic anthology written by American zoologist...

A Signed Set of American Poetry

Leonard Bacon; Irving S. Richter; David V. Bush; Scharmel Iris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Stanford, California; Brooklyn, New York; St. Louis; Chicago, Stanford University; Irving S. Richter; Hicks Almanac and Publishing Company; Henry Regnery Company, 1920-1953. First edition. Cloth. A charming set of American poetry, all first editions signed by the authors, incl...

Yearnings

William Earl Phipps · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Boston, Gorham Press, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of a powerful poetic anthology written by William Estill Phipps, a copy previously belonging to fellow writer Clement Wood. The very scarce first edition of Yearnings, a poetic anthology, written b...

Songs and Portraits

Maxwell Struthers Burt · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of a charmingly personal poetic anthology written by Wyoming writer Maxwell Struthers Burt. Signed by a relative. The scarce first edition of Songs and Portraits, an intriguing poetic ...

Nehushtan: A Romance of Rome, Rule and Ruin

J. R. Roe · 1894 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Christian Publishing Company, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of J. R. Roe's very scarce melodramatic anti-Catholic novel. Set in small town America, the novel is dedicated to the American Protective Association. An exceptional example of the very s...