Letteratura

The Atonement a Story of Modern Adventure

James Blyth · 1916 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce suspense novel set aboard a submarine, by James Blyth. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Atonement' follows a man, Jack Hanson, as he sees a strange subm...

The White King of Manoa

Joseph Hatton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical sci-fi novel, featuring Sir Walter Raleigh, a smart author's presentation copy. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the fro...

House Scraps

G. Duckworth Atkin · 1887 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Published by the author at the Stock Exchange, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this privately published literary collection, compiled by George Duckworth Atkin, and with illustrations from George Cruikshank and others. The first edition of this entert...

Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels - the Mystery of the Blue Train, Death in the Air, What Mrs. Mcgillicuddy Saw!

Agatha Christie · 1974 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York , Dodd, Mead & Company , 1974. Hardback. A delightful work comprising of three mystery novels by Agatha Christie, all with the connected trope of murders taking place in transit. Contains three of Agatha Christie's superb mystery novels.First thus. In the origin...

Poetry London X

Tambimuttu [editor] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London. First edition. Volume 2, No. 10. Containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas; poetry and prose fr...

The Mysterious Amazonia

Gastao Cruls; J. T. W. Sadler [Trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Rio de Janeiro , Zelio Valverde, 1944 . Paperback. A very scarce, first English edition of this exhilarating Lost World novel set in the Amazon jungles, written by Brazilian novelist Gastao Cruls. The first English edition, with the first edition being published in Brazil in 1...

Clear Waters

Owen Rutter · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Michael Joseph, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this scarce novel set in Borneo from English historian and travel writer, Owen Rutter. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an additional inscription to the front endpape...

The Mystery of Elias G. Roebuck and Other Stories

W. L. Alden · 1896 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, A. D. Innes & Co. 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this collection of science-fiction and fantasy tales written by American author and diplomat, W. L. Alden. The first edition, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. Very scarce w...

The Terror of Villadonga

Geoffrey Household · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) LTD, [1936]. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first U.K. edition of this exciting adventure novel by Geoffrey Household, an illustrated work set in Spain. The uncommon first U.K. edition of this work. Published in the U.S. as 'The S...

Poems by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Birket Foster; Poems by Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1872 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872 . Leather. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the poetry of Thomas Hood, with plates by Birket Foster. In a beautiful signed binding by Sotheran. Two volumes bound in one, being the first and second series of Birket's illustrated editi...

The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World

C. E. M. Joad · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this tale following a soldier as he searches for the promised post-war better world, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust...

Eileen&Apos;S Journey: History in Fairyland

Ernest Arthur Jelf · 1899 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, John Murray, 1899 . Cloth. A beautiful example of the 'popular edition' of Ernest Arthur Jelf's work of children's fantasy fiction, in the original 19th century dust wrapper. The 1899 'Popular Edition' of this very scarce work, which was f...

Riders in the Chariot

Patrick White · 1961 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel set in 1950s Australia, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written ...

Jungle Terror

Harvey Wickham · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from American author Harvey Wickham, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With a colour frontispiece. A new man-made terror comes to the jungle, the white flame ...

Rafnaland: The Strange Story of John Heath Howard

William Huntington Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1900. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated lost race novel from American author Huntington Wilson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. The story of John Heath Howard, who claims to...

Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories for Children

Julian Hawthorne · 1880 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of children's tales by Julian Hawthorne, a charming collection in the original cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work, with no record of it having been s...

The Sirens an Ode

Laurence Binyon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1928. Cloth. A long form poem by Laurence Binyon, this being a revised edition. A revised edition.'The Sirens' is a long ode by Laurence Binyon, a poem set on the sea.Binyon was a noted war poet who is best known for his work 'Fo...

Book of the Three Dragons

Kenneth Morris · 1930 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

New York and Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Kenneth Morris's reworking of a classic Welsh legend, illustrated throughout by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath. The first edition, first printing. The scarce trade is...

The Quest of the Golden Stairs

Arthur Edward Waite · 1927 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, The Theosophical Publishing House, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this fantasy novel from British poet and scholarly mystic A. E. Waite. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work, in the publisher's original unclip...

The Button-Box and Other Essays

Alison Uttley · 1968 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of autobiographical essays by Alison Uttley, the author of the popular 'Little Grey Rabbit' children's books. The first edition. In the publisher's original cl...