Letteratura

Om Krishna

Charles Henri Ford · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

New York, Cherry Valley, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this poetry collection by artist Charles Henri Ford. Numbered 49 of 100 hardcover copies. Signed by Ford to the frontispiece. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper signed by Charles Hen...

The Earthquake Bird

Susanna Jones · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this award winning crime fiction novel by Susanna Jones. Jones' very first novel, 'The Earthquake Bird' won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award and the Crime Writer'...

Vita Et Fabellae Cum Interpretatione Latina

Aesop · 1505 · Rooke Books

£8,800.00 (€10,549.72 | $11,627.98 | ¥1,857,060)

Venice, Apud Aldum, 1505. First edition. Fine Binding. A very scarce early Aldine work regarding Greek allegorical techniques. A highly sought after first edition printing from the famous Aldine Press. Rebound, in a lovely morocco binding by C and C McLeish. McLeish started hi...

Public Parts and Private Places

Robin Cook · 1967 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Hutchinson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel set in an old house in England, written by Robin Cook. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. An interesting novel following Lady Quench, who lives in her Queen Anne...

The Model

Robert Aickman · 1988 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Robinson Publishing, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Robert Aickman's moving novel about a young girl in Russia. The first UK edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Model' is a haunting and moving novel foll...

Summertime Scenes from Provincial Life

J. M. Coetzee · 2009 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Harvill Secker , 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the third of J. M. Coetzee's fictionalized memoirs, this volume discussing his life in Cape Town in the 1970s, in the unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped ...

How to Murder a Man

Carlo Gebler · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Little Brown and Co. 1998. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of modern fiction by Carlo Gebler, signed to the title page. The first edition of the work in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Carlo Gebler is an ...

IL Giardino Del Parnasol O Sia Raccolta Di Poesie, Fiori Dei Migliori Poeti Italiani Divisa in Cinque Eta, Nelle Quali Si Fi Conoscere Quali Sieno Stati, I Varj Stilii Della Poesia Italiana, Nel Corso Di Quattrocento Anni, Principiando Da Dante, Fino Al Metastasio

G. D. Pierotti · 1811 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Edinburgh, T. Bryce, 1811. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this anthology of Italian poets throughout history, written here in the original Italian, compiled by G. D. Pierotti. The first edition of this work. Complete as two volumes in one. In Italian. A collection...

Movements in European History

D H Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Humphrey Milford, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first illustrated edition copy of D H Lawrence's school textbook, 'Movements in European History&apos. First thus, the first illustrated edition of this work, which was first published in 1921 under ...

The Ice Raid

Richard Cox · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1983. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this exciting near future science fiction novel by the British author Richard Cox. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this work. 'The Ice Raid' is a mysterious science fiction...

Between Sunset and Dawn. A Play in Four Scenes

Hermon Ould · 1914 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this play by Herman Ould, signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Very scarce. With publisher's advertisements t...

The Innocent&Apos;S Story

Nicky Singer · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Nicky Singer's novel for younger audiences. This signed first edition of Nicky Singer's novel for younger audiences 'The Innocent Story' was nominated for t...

All for Love

Dan Jacobson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Dan Jacobson's romantic and intriguing novel about a romance between a princess and her lover, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by...

Thunder Point

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Michael Joseph, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Higgins' second Sean Dillon tense espionage novel, 'Thunder Point', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page, ...

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1949 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Nicholas Vane, 1949. Hardback. An early Goldfinch Titles edition of Jane Austen's posthumous novel. This Goldfinch Titles second edition of Jane Austen's posthumously published novel 'Northanger Abbey' features illustrated pastedowns, depicting scen...

Headlong

Michael Frayn · 1999 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Michael Frayn's exceptional novel surrounding the discovery of a long lost painting by Pieter Bruegel. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author ...

Wintering

Kate Moses · 2003 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Sceptre, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Kate Moses' first novel exploring Sylvia Plath's last months. This first edition of Kate Moses' first novel 'Wintering' explores the last months of acclaimed writer Sylvia Plath, we...

Seneca de Beneficii Trasportato Dal Latino Da Angelo Nicolosi Segretario Dell Eccelso Conseglio Di Dicci

Seneca · 1682 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Venice, Appresso Giouanni Cagnolini, 1682. Hardback. An Italian edition of Seneca the Younger's collection of essays discussing morals and gifts, 'De Beneficii', illustrated with a woodcut vignette to the title. In Italian. This work is a duodecimo, with the sig...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

London, Andersen Press, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this third entertaining children's book about mice, illustrated whimsically in colour throughout by Ralph Steadman. Signed by Steadman with a doodle to the title page. The first edition of th...

Selected Poems

T S Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,893.29 | $7,597.83 | ¥1,213,420)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first Faber and Faber edition of this T.S Eliot poetry collection. Signed by Eliot to the title page, this work is in the original dustwrapper and remains in a smart condition. This poetry collection was original...