Letteratura

Palai

Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the ...

Astra Les Joies Du Crime Resurrection Divine

Ivan Dietschine · 1894 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Paris, Chamuel Editeur, 1894. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first and only edition of this novel symoblist author Ivan Dietschine. A very scarce work, with only two listings on Worldcat and no records on Jisc. In the original French.Dietschine was also the author o...

The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam

'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo · 1924 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat...

Two Gallant Sons of Devon

Harry Collingwood · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, 1913. Cloth. A captivating piece of boys' nautical adventure fiction by Harry Collingwood, bound in smart pictorial cloth. Set at sea, this work covers exciting incidents such as sailing ships, an attack by natives, sea...

The Road to Corlay

Richard Cowper · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Richard Cowper's exciting science fiction novel, the first novel in a series, in the iconic original yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. Set a thousand years into the future, Britain has become seven ...

Under the Water

Maurice Noel · 1886 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition Victorian children's novel, following two children who get stuck in the underwater world. Illustrated beautifully by E. A. Lemann. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work.An exciting...

Nebula Award Stories

Brian W. Aldiss; Harry Harrison; Roger Zelazny; James Blish; et al. · 1967 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Gollancz, 1967-1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce, assorted collection of science fiction novels, award winners and runners-up for the Nebula Award from 1966 to 1971, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Volumes 2, 3, and 5 to 7 of the Gollancz...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's final novel in the Jame's Bond series, published posthumously. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is the best-selling final novel of Fleming's Bond series. The work fo...

Late Lyrics and Earlier

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry collection. This collection of Hardy's poetry is more musical than his other work, often fondly recalling past memories in ballad format. It opens with an Apology in ...

The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1761 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, J and R Tonson, 1761. Leather. A very smart first Baskerville edition of Joseph Addison's works. Comprising his works of fiction and non-fiction. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and three engraved plates to volume I. An additional six plates of medals to volume I...

Devon Holiday

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A diverting 1935 first edition in which four friends walk and tell tales while hiking over moors A first edition in the scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped. A light hearted narrative in which Henry Williamson intended to ev...

The Phasian Bird

Henry Williamson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Faber and Faber , 1948. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novel by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird. The first edition of this fictional work by Henry Williamson recounting the story of a game bird, a hybrid pheasant, dur...

Original Double Acrostics: Amusing and Instructive

[Anne Bowman] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of acrostics by Anne Bowman, a popular trend of Victorian society. The very scarce first edition of this work.Anne Bowman's selection of original puzzling and educational...

A Mine of Serpents

Jocelyn Brooke · 1949 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the second work in Brooke's Orchid trilogy, complete with a superior unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout. Handling the themes of childhood, soldiering and travelling, this semi-autobiogr...

Unconditional Surrender

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the conclusive novel for Men at Arms and Officers and Gentleman by the popular author Evelyn Waugh, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. The conclusion to Evely...

Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday

Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chi...

Five Science Fiction Novels

Martin Greenberg · 1952 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Gnome Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction novels, with works by van Vogt, Leiber and Norman L. Knight. Contains 'The Chronicler' by A. E. van Vogt, 'Destiny Times Three' by Fritz Leibe...

The Black House

Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publi...

Space Platform

Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young...

Lies of Silence

Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubl...