Letteratura

Undressing

James O'Neill · 2019 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Short Books, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novella from Irish writer James O'Neill, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, in presentation to ...

A Collection of First Uk Edition Modern Novels, Signed by the Authors

Various · 2014 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Mantle; Orion Books; William Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Century; Jonathan Cape, 2014-2023. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing collection of first UK edition, first impression novels from modern authors. Each volume is signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK ...

The Comedies of Plutus and the Frogs

Aristophanes · 1822 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Oxford; London, D. A. Talboys; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Leather. An English translation of two classical Ancient Greek comedies by Aristophanes. An English prose translation of these two comical Ancient Greek plays by Aristophanes.'Plutus' was fir...

The Eternal Lover, Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, and, Jungle Girl

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Methuen; Cassel & Company; Odhams Press, 1927-33. First edition. Cloth. A set of three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, all exciting fantasy adventure tales. Three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.This set contains:'The Eternal L...

The Strange Adventures of a Toy Soldier

Cyril W. Beaumont · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, C. W. Beaumont, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated fairy tale for children, following the adventures of a toy soldier. The first edition.Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Francis Beloe, on his sixth birt...

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway · 1964 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An wonderful first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published memoir about life in Paris in the 1920s. The first UK edition, first impression of this classic work.In the publisher's original price clipp...

Five Are Together Again

Enid Blyton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Enid Blyton's final 'Famous Five' novel, published twenty-one years after the first instalment of the series. The first edition, first impression of this work,...

Scarlet

Genevieve Cogman · 2023 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Tor in association with Goldsboro Books, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Genevieve Cogman's historical vampire novel, with a striking and detailed sprayed fore-edge. A limited edition, being number 1,599 out of 2,000 numbered copies of the ...

A Collection of Thriller Crime Novels by Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Century; Bantam Press, 2002-2019. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic signed collection of Simon Kernick's crime novels, complete with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to each volume. The first editions, first impressions of these works. All ...

The Worm in the Bud; the Liar&Apos;S Chair; What Alice Knew; Zodiac; a Nearly Normal Family

Chris Collett; Rebecca Whitney; T. A. Cotterell; Sam Wilson; M. T. Edvardsson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Piatkus; Mantle; Doubleday; Michael Joseph; Macmillan , 2004-2019. First edition. Cloth. A superb set of modern thrillers and mystery novels, all of which are either signed first impressions or limited signed editions. A gripping selection of mystery and crime thriller...

Animal

Lisa Taddeo · 2021 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Bloomsbury Circus , 2021. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first UK edition of Lisa Taddeo's visceral novel of sisterhood and female rage. Signed by the author to special publisher signature page bound in. The first UK edition, first impression, with the full ...

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead · 2019 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Fleet, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Colson Whitehead's 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning novel, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Priz...

Speed

William Burroughs Jr. · 1971 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Olympia Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of the debut novel of William Burroughs Junior, an autobiographical account of drug addiction. The first U.K. edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'Speed' is...

5 Vols Signed First Uk Edition Thrillers by Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton · 2000 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Orion, 2000-2003 . First edition. Cloth. A smart five-volume set of signed first UK editions by award-winning American thriller author Steve Hamilton. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.These volumes are ...

Follow Me Down

Julie Hearn · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Julie Hearn"s imaginative, time-travel debut novel Follow Me Down, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncli...

Learwife

J.R. Thorp · 2021 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A signed, numbered limited first edition of Learwife, a lyrical, feminist reimagining of King Lear, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped ...

The Nobel Lecture in Literature 1993

Toni Morrison · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1994 . Cloth. An association copy of the very scarce first UK edition of the publication of Morrison's Nobel speech, from the library of publisher and correspondent of Morrison, Carmen Callil. The very scarce UK first edition, first impression of ...

Persian Letters

Montesquieu; John Davidson [translator] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1899. Cloth. A smart three volume set of this literary work from French judge and man of letters Montesquieu. Complete in three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and one plate. Volume two is illustrated with a ...

The Book and the Brotherhood

Iris Murdoch · 1987 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel from Irish and British novelist Iris Murdoch, considered to be among her best work. First edition. The story of a circle of Oxford University graduates in 1980s England. The eponymous...

The Cabinet of Poetry, Containing the Best Entire Pieces to Be Found in the Works of the British Poets

Various · 1808 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Richard Phillips, 1808. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce complete set collecting the poetical works of some of the best British authors. The first edition.Scarce as a complete set.Complete in six volumes.A striking set collecting together some o...