Letteratura

The Dragon Has Two Tongues

Glyn Jones · 1968 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A desirable set offering both the very scarce uncorrected proof and first edition of this important criticism of Anglo-Welsh literature by Glyn Jones. This set includes two volumes, including the very scarce uncorre...

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression of this engaging novel from Salman Rushdie. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This p...

Adventures in the Skin Trade

Dylan Thomas · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set offering both the uncorrected proof copy and first impression of Dylan Thomas" play, from the novel of the same name. Including the uncommon uncorrected proof and the first edition, first impression ...

The Cocktail Party

T. S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the most popular play of T. S. Eliot, a comedy about a troubled married couple. The first edition, first issue, with the misprinting to page 29 'You shall see here again - here&apos.In the origi...

Rainbow Fish

Ralph Bates · 1937 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, INC. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Ralph Bates' brilliant novel about criminal on a boat in Greece, signed by the author. The first U.S. edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpap...

The House That Jack Built

1875 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Marcus Ward & Co, 1875. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this edition of this enduring popular nursery rhyme, a scarce edition, complete with chromolithograph plates. The first edition of this scarce work.'The House That Jack Built is a popular English n...

Poems from Belmont; Three Journeys

A. E. Dodd · 1955 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The Fortune Press, 1955-1958. First edition. Cloth. Two first editions of the poems of A. E. Dodd, one of which is signed by the author, in the original dust wrappers. The first editions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the origi...

The Confidential Clerk; the Cocktail Party; Poetry and Drama

T. S. Eliot · 1951 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Faber & Faber, 1951-1954 . First edition. Cloth. Three first edition, first impression volumes from leading poet, essayist and playwright T. S. Eliot, each in the original dust wrapper. Three first editions from the celebrated Modernist poet, best known for works such ...

Jane Eyre, an Autobiography

Charlotte Bronte · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Lamley & Co, c1910 . Cloth. A very scarce early twentieth century edition of Charlotte Bronte's celebrated novel, a work that through its intimate first person narrative caused Bronte to be termed the 'first historian of the private consciousness&apos. A very...

A Woman of Honor

H. C. Bunner · 1883 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company , 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce debut novel from American writer Henry Cuyler Bunner. A very scarce first edition of this novel. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. An early novel ...

The Lake

George Moore · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, William Heinemann, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of 'The Lake', a novel from influential Irish naturalist writer George Moore. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original cloth bindin...

Waterland

Graham Swift · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Picador, 1992. Cloth. A smart revised edition of this mysterious work from British writer Graham Swift, signed and inscribed by the author. Revised edition, originally published in 1983. First impression of this edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title ...

Middleway: Tales of a New England Village

Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of...

Afternoons of April: A Book of Verse

Grace Hazard Conkling · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1915. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of American writer Grace Hazard Conkling's first published volume of verses. First edition. Very scarce. The author's first published collection of verses,...

Middleway: Tales of a New England Village

Kate Whiting Patch · 1897 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Boston, Copeland and Day, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this novel from American writer Kate Whiting Patch. First edition. Uncommon work. The author's debut novel. This novel follows a young woman named Tilda, considered the pride and delight of...

The Loves of the Angels, a Poem.

Thomas Moore · 1823 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Moore's somewhat controversial poem about three angels who fall in love with mortal women, this copy being bound in half calf. First edition. Bound in half crushed mo...

Facets: An Anthology of Verse

Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Nashville, The Calumet Club, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce poetry anthology containing works by the students of The Calumet Club, a literary fraternity at Vanderbilt University, including six poems from American critic and professor Cleanth Brooks. First edition. Bo...

My Pet&Apos;S Gift Book

1877 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1877. Cloth. A scarce volume of poems, short stories, and botany for children, complete with lovely chromolithograph plates. A scarce work.A charming volume for children, comprising: 'The Alphabet of Flowers', 'A Gift for a P...

Tales of Three Cities

Henry James · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884. First edition. Leather. The first U.K. edition of three novellas by Henry James, examples of his masterful writing. The first U.K. edition.Three short novellas by Henry James, inspired by his travels. Including 'Lady Barberina', '...

Twist of Gold

Michael Morpurgo · 1983 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Kingswood, Kaye & Ward, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of one of Michael Morpurgo's popular novels for children, this historical tale set during the potato famine. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the o...