Letteratura

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Faber & Faber, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of Rites of Passage by William Golding in original publisher&...

What a Carve Up!

Jonathan Coe · 1994 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Viking , 1994. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of Jonathan Coe's popular 1980s satire. A first edition, third impression. Paperback. Signed by the author. Jonathan Coe's popular satire on British politics under the Conservative government of Margaret ...

The Cornhill Magazine January 1860-June 1861

William Makepeace Thackeray [ed.] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1860-1861. First edition. Cloth. The first three volumes from The Cornhill Magazine, edited by William Makepeace Thackery and with illustrations throughout. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the ...

The Moor&Apos;S Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this award-winning novel by Salman Rushdie, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The Moor's Last Sigh is Salman Rushdie's fifth novel, first published in 1995. It is set in the cities of Bombay...

Alentejo Blue

Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Doubleday, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed and numbered Limited Edition of Monica Ali's Portuguese-set second novel. A signed, limited edition first edition, first impression of British-Bangladeshi novelist Monica Ali's second novel, the follow up...

Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Len Deighton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Smart first edition of Len Deighton's historical novel, complete with dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A historical novel by Len Deighton, telling of the 220th Fighter Group of the US Eighth A...

The Story of General Dann and Mara&Apos;S Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog

Doris Lessing · 2005 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London and New York, Fourth Estate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In...

Trent&Apos;S Own Case

E. C. Bentley; H. Warner Allen · 1936 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sought after murder mystery sequel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and H. Warner Allen, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The long ...

Works by John Grisham

John Grisham · 1993 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , Century , 1993-2005. First edition. Cloth. A stunning nine volume set of novels by the bestselling legal thriller writer John Grisham A set of nine works by American author and lawyer John Grisham, including The Client (1993), The Chamber (1994), The Runaway Jury (199...

Stranger with a Gun

Bliss Lomax · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Wild West Club by Collins, 1960 . Cloth. A very smart copy of the second Western Crime Club printing of Bliss Lomax's daring novel. A The 1960 Western Book Club edition of Bliss Lomax's thrilling Wild West set novel, in the exceptionally bright publisher&apos...

Death on Danger Hill

T. Arthur Plummer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Stanley Paul and Co, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The suspicious circumstances of titular 'Death on Danger Hill' are investigated in this very scarce 1931 murder mystery novel, complete with illustrated dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impre...

Black & White

Shiva Naipaul · 1980 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of this non fiction work by Siva Naipaul. Shiva Naipaul was an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. Black & White is a novel written by Naipaul based on his trip to Guyana in the afte...

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates from Arthur Rackham, this is a wonderful first trade edition of J. M. Barrie's iconic children's tale. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edi...

In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World

William Allingham; Richard Doyle · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Richard Doyle and William Allingham's beautifully illustrated fairy tales, illustrated throughout with Doyle's plates. The first edition of this beautifully illustrat...

Timothy&Apos;S Quest a Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1892 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Gay and Bird, 1892. Cloth. A beautifully bound copy of a popular and charming tale by Kate Douglas Wiggin, here in the original very scarce dust wrapper. In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library...

Souvenir Programme of the Matinee Organised by the Daily Telegraph As a Tribute to Miss Marie Tempest

1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , The Daily Telegraph , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A charming souvenir programme dedicated to a star of the opera and the stage. The Souvenir Programme for Marie Tempest's jubilee matinee organised by the Daily Telegraph for Tuesday May 28th 1935. All the proceeds...

The Publishing Experience

Cass Canfield · 1969 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

Philadephia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this bibliographical lecture, in the scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of the work. With an inscription from the author, reading: 'For Deborah, with affection an...

Rhymes of a Rolling Stone

Robert W. Service · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Toronto, William Briggs, 1912 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of verse from Robert W. Service. An exceptionally lovely copy of this work. The first edition of this volume of poems from 'the Bard of the Yukon', British-born Canadi...

Lost Lane

Dorothy Wellesley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition of this short volume of poems from 'Lady Gerald Wellesley', Dorothy Wellesley. A signed first edition of this collection of poems from Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, a ...

The Explorers and Other Poems

M. C. [Catherine Martin] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of verse from Australian poet Catherine Martin, featuring her retelling of the Burke and Wills expedition. The very scarce first edition of this nineteenth century collection of poems ...