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172634 libri in Letteratura
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below
William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, Faber & Faber, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition,...
Ivanhoe and the Antiquary
Sir Walter Scott · 1821 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1821 . Leather. Scarce Galignani editions of two of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, attractively bound in full morocco. Two works bound in six volumes.Both published in Paris in 1821 by A. & W. Galignani, present here are the no...
Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
Richard Morris · 1864 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Trubner & Co, 1864. Cloth. The second edition of this unique collection of 14th century alliterative poetry. The second edition, revised.Rebound in full green cloth with renewed endpapers. This work contains early English alliterative poetry, specifically using the We...
The Clerkenwell Tales
Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a h...
The Folklore of Fairy-Tale
Macleod Yearsley · 1924 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Watts & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Macleod Yearsley's wonderful critical study of the origins of fairy tales and folklore. First edition. With chapters dedicated to the theme of the 'outcast child' and Cinderella, the '...
The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of Evolution
J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of J. Compton Rickett's only science-fiction novel, surrounding the evolution of a new species of human. The first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original green ...
Waiting for Sheila
John Braine · 1976 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Eyre Methuen, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart review copy of this first edition novel from English writer John Braine. First edition. Review copy with request from publisher. Outwardly, Jim Seathwaite appears the hero of a success story, but inside he is nursing a ...
A Woman of the Ice Age
L. P. Gratacap · 1906 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
New York, Brentano's, 1906. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novel set in the Ice Age by Louis Pope Gratacap, the first edition of this thought provoking work. The first edition of this scarce work.'A Woman of the Ice Age' is a science fiction n...
Silvertip&Apos;S Search
Max Brand · 1945 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1945 . Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Max Brand's thrilling tale, the eighth work in his Silvertip Western series. An early edition of Max Brand's popular Western, published in the same year as the first edition.Billed to the front ...
Sacred Country: A Novel
Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author...
Tell It Me Again
John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of whic...
Theocritus, Translated Into English Verse
C. S. Calverley [Charles Stuart Calverley] · 1869 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Cambridge, Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this collection of Theocritus' Idylls, epigrams and epitaphs, translated into English verse by the notable wit Charles Stuart Calverley. The first edition of this work in the pub...
A Fringe of Leaves
Patrick White · 1976 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust w...
Army Boys in France; or, from Training Camp to Trenches
Homer Randall · 1918 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Cleveland; New York, The World Syndicate Publishing Co, c1919 . Cloth. A lovely example of this thrilling children's novel about life on the French front in the First World War. An early edition of this work, which was first published in 1918 by George Sully & Company.In ...
Leaving Cold Sassy: The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree
Olive Ann Burns · 1992 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the unfinished sequel to the popular 'Cold Sassy Tree' by Olive Ann Burns, published after the authors death, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with a letter from the publisher. The fi...
L" Is for Lawless
Sue Grafton · 1995 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this Kinsey Millhone detective fiction with a very scarce signed insert by the author. The first edition of this work.With a very scarce signed 'Kinsey Millhone' insert. In the publi...
The Lies Boys Tell
Lamar Herrin · 1991 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
New York, W. W. Norton & Company , 1991. First edition. Hardback. An excellent advance first edition copy of this American fiction novel of a man and his son's journey to find his place of birth. An advance review copy of the first edition of this work.In the original unc...
Lenzgesind
Ernst Kreidolf · 1926 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfelverlag, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming anthology of butterfly fairy tales by Ernst Kreidolf, beautifully and colourfully illustrated. The first edition of this work.In the original German. In a custom dust wrapper, in t...
The Forest of Boland Light Railway
BB [Denys Watkins-Pitchford] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastical children's novel by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illust...
Geraldine Bradshaw
Calder Willingham · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
New York, Vanguard, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Calder Willingham's second novel, about life in Chicago during the Second World War. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Willingham's n...