Letteratura

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals

Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the fi...

Ice in the Bedroom

P. G. Wodehouse · 1961 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of a classic entertaining P. G. Wodehouse novel, a lovely example in the original colourful dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Ice in the Bedro...

Death Into Life

Olaf Stapledon · 1946 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Mathuen, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Olaf Stapledon's novel about the spirit of a Second World War rear gunner who is killed in battle. The first edition, first impression of this novel from philosopher and science fiction writer Ola...

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition copy of this novel by J. M. Coetzee, the Booker Prize winner in 1999. The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with the original pictorial dust wrapper designed  by Lucy Harmer, sec...

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Sceptre, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first limited edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by David Mitchell, housed in its original slipcase. First limited edition of this work, one of one-thousand copies printed, signed by the author, housed in the origina...

The Golden Age

Kenneth Grahame · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1928. Cloth. The first edition illustrated by E. H. Shepard of this lovely childhood reminiscences. In original publisher's cloth binding. First published in 1895, this edition of The Golden Age was the first with illustrations ...

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Virago, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Sarah Water's popular historical crime novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A compelling historical crime novel set in nineteenth-century London, as main character Sue Trinder grows...

Remarkable Creatures

Tracy Chevalier · 2009 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, HarperCollins, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Tracy Chavalier's historical novel about famed palaeontologist, Mary Anning. A signed first edition, first impression of acclaimed author Tracy Chevalier's fictionalised account of t...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Mark Haddon's award-winning and critically acclaimed 2003 novel. A signed first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's celebrated mystery novel, the winner of the Whitbread Book ...

Two Sunday Philosophy Club Novels

Alexander McCall Smith · 2004 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, Little Broen, 2004-06. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of two Alexander McCall Smith novels in his Isabel Dalhousie mystery series, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the original unclipped ...

Play Hours with Pegasus

A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twe...

Poems 1926-1930

Robert Graves · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, William Heinemann, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by Robert Graves, written from 1926 to 1930 and published in 1931. A collection of poetry by noted British poet Robert Graves, including his poetry written from 1926 to 1930. ...

The Red Ledger

Frank L. Packard · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1926 . Cloth. An early edition of this Canadian mystery novel about elderly millionaire Henri Charlebois, and the scores he intends to settle before his death. A thrilling 1920s novel from Canadian author Frank L. Packard, in which a wealthy old m...

The Range Robbers

Oliver Strange · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1951 . Cloth. An excellent copy of the first book in the popular Wild West set 'Sudden' series from Oliver Strange. The eleventh edition of Oliver Strange's first book in the 'Sudden' series about a Wild West gunslinger. ...

One Small Step: A Dalziel and Pascoe Novella

Reginald Hill · 1990 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Collins Sons & Co. 1990. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this detective novella by Reginald Hill, complete with dust wrapper. Reginald Hill's novella, the first edition. Featuring the popular detective characters of Dalziel and Pascoe as they i...

The Chimes a Goblin Story

Charles Dickens · 1845 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A nice first edition of one of Charles Dickens' immensely popular 'Christmas Books', an entertaining festive tale complete with illustrations. The first edition, first issue of this work, with the publisher&a...

The Lady of Garaye

Hon. Mrs. Norton [Caroline Sheridan Norton] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1862 . Cloth. A beautifully bound early edition of Mrs Norton's popular narrative poem about the life of a French Countess. An early edition of social reformer and author Caroline Sheridan Norton's narrative poem detailing the life of a fict...

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Marianna Alcoforado; Edgar Prestage [trans.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A scarce Limited Edition of this series of five passionate letters between a Portuguese nun and her French lover. In a lovely full calf signed binding. A scarce, Limited Edition of this collection of passionate ...

Hitler&Apos;S Whistle

A. G. Street · 1943 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this autobiographical memoir by A. G. Street, in which he describes his experience farming during World War Two, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with various full-page photographs. First Edi...

Trivial Breath

Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of Elinor Wylie's 1928 collection of poems, dedicated to Humbert Wolfe. The first edition of this celebrated collection of poems from American novelist and poet Elinor Wylie, inscribed to...