Narrativa e romanzi

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

H. G. Wells · 1904 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of this entertaining and thought provoking science fiction novel by the father of the genre, H. G. Wells. The first edition, first issue.Currey's priority A binding, variant 1, ...

Traduction Et Examen Critique Des Fables de Phãƒâ¨Dre Comparãƒâ©Es Avec Celles de la Fontaine

Phedre; Fontaine; M. Beuzelin · 1826 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Paris , Belin-Mandar, 1826 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, first edition of this comparative work on the fables of Phedre and Fontaine, bound in a striking half crushed morocco by Eric Sweet. First edition. Very scarce work. Bound in a striking half crushed morocco, ...

Six G.A. Henty Novels

G. A. Henty · 1897 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1897-1903. First edition. Cloth. A set of six first edition novels by G. A. Henty, all captivating and riveting historical adventure novels. A set of six exciting adventure and historical fiction, novels by G. A. Henty, all of which are first edi...

2 Vols Salar the Salmon; Tarka the Otter

Henry Williamson · 1949 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Penguin; Faber & Faber, 1949. Leather. Two volumes bound as one, of Williamson"s naturalist classics Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon, capturing the wild rivers of Devon in evocative early 20th-century prose. This copy contains two volumes, bound as one, tête-bêc...

The Loved One (Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art Vol. XVII No. 98)

Evelyn Waugh · 1948 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Horizon, 1948. Paperback. A smart copy of Evelyn Waugh's comic novel's first unrevised appearance in 'Horizon' literary magazine. The first appearance in its unrevised form before the first UK edition from Chapman and Hall. In the publisher's ...

Tell England: A Study in a Generation

Ernest Raymond · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1935. Leather. A smartly bound fifteenth edition of this important novel written by British novelist Ernest Raymond. Fifteenth edition. "You must write a book and tell 'em, Rupert, about the dead schoolboys of your generation." A best-s...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrrett Horder [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Henry Frowde, 1898. Vellum. A smartly bound complete edition of this collection of poetry from American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an American Quake...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Leeds, J. W. Bean & Son, [1905]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed...

Paraboles de L&Apos; Evangile

[Mathilde Bourdon] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1850. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of French religious parables, with explanations by Mathilde Bourdon, in a stunning cartonnage binding. The first edition. In the original striking cartonnage binding, with gilt decorations.Â...

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth editi...

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Cosmopoli, Privately Printed, 1889. Leather. A reproduction of the rare first edition of Cleland's popular erotic novel Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. A genuine reprint of the rare edition of 1749, being a privately printed reproduction of the first editio...

Sturdy and Strong

G. A. Henty · 1888 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Blackie & Son, 1888 [1887]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this lesser known novel by Henty, complete with plates. The very scarce first edition, with the 1888 date to the title page, though the work was published on the 27th July 1887, as state...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson; Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Leeds; London, J. W. Bean & Son; SImplin, Marshall & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets. The first edition, the cloth variant.A very scarce work.The third pub...

The Inheritors

William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapp...

An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry

John Aikin · 1777 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

Warrington; London, W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study on poetry and what the genre could learn from science, by John Aikin. The first edition.A very scarce work.An essay exploring the question of how scien...

Notre-Dame Des Fleurs

Jean Genet · 1948 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Lyon, L'Arbalete, 1948. First edition. Paperback. The first trade edition of the debut novel of Jean Genet, an autobiographical account of life in Paris. The first trade edition, first published in a limited edition in 1943 and 1944.In the original glassine.In the origina...

With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventur...

The Child&Apos;S Picture Book of Domestic Animals

None stated · 1869 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1869]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce animal picture book for children, with fantastic chromolithograph plates throughout. The first edition.Beautifully illustrated with twelve vibrant chromolithographs plates. C...

Wheel-Tracks

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated com...

The Guardian

Richard Steele; et al. · 1797 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, T. Gillet, 1797. Leather. The first collected edition of various articles published in the short-lived, early eighteenth century periodical 'The Guardian', founded by Richard Steele with contributions from Joseph Addison, George Berkeley and others. Bound in ...