Letteratura
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Atropos and Other Poems
John Buxton · 1946 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this selection of poems by John Buxton, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this uncommon title. A selection of poems by John Buxton, complementary to the earlier...
Mr Chesterton Comes to Tea or: How the King of England Captured Redskin Island
Aidan Mackey, Richard Ingrams [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Cambridge , Vintage Publications, 1978. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed limited edition copy of this novel by Aidan Mackey written to give G. K. Chesterton space to publish his drawings. A lovely limited edition copy, this volume being number twenty three of three hun...
A Double Shadow
Frederick Turner · 1979 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1979. Cloth. An excellent review copy of the first edition of Frederick Turner's debut novel, in a dust wrapper. Frederick Turner is a writer and poet, best known for his science fiction epic poems, 'The New World' and 'Genesis...
Oeuvres CompleãâoeãâTes: Ouevres Diverses Tome II
Jean de la Fontaine · 1958 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Paris, Ãditions Gallimard, 1958. First edition. Leather. An uncommon pristine copy of the first edition. A volume comprising a selection of works by popular author Jean de la Fontaine. The first edition of this work, second volume to the Complete Works: Different Works. With...
Sharp Scorpions: Poems
Wrey Gardiner · 1941 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Grey Walls Press, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A scarce and excellent first edition copy in its unclipped dustwrapper of this collection of poems by Wrey Gardiner. The first edition of this work in the scarce, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising a selection of sixty one p...
The True Story Book
Andrew Lang · 1893 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very bright first edition of Andrew Lang's children's anthology, 'The True Story Book&apos. Illustrated, with numerous vignettes and full page illustrations by a variety of popular artists such as L ...
Doctor Therne
H. Rider Haggard · 1898 · Rooke Books
£107.00 (€128.28 | $141.39 | ¥22,580)
London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition about this science fiction novel by prolific and celebrated author H. Rider Haggard. 'Doctor Therne' is a piece of science fiction and narrates the story of a plague as i...
Grobo
E. H. W. Meyerstein · 1925 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Cecil Palmer, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first U.K. edition of this interesting novel, combining English and Spanish society in the interwar period. The very scarce first U.K. edition of this work.'Grobo' follows a sophisticated London noblem...
A Midsummer Night&Apos;S Dream
William Shakespeare; William Heath Robinson · 1914 · Rooke Books
£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)
London, Constable and Co, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A very smart example of William Shakespeare's famous play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream&apos. Scarce in the original dustwrapper. Very scarce in the original dustwrapper, which is in a lovely condition with only...
Palmyra and Other Poems
Thomas Love Peacock · 1806 · Rooke Books
£1,300.00 (€1,558.48 | $1,717.77 | ¥274,338)
London, T. Bensley; W. J. and J. Richardson, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's poetry collection, illustrated here with a romantic frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'Palmyra' is a col...
The Genius of the Thames
Thomas Love Peacock · 1810 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)
London, T. Hookham, 1810. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Peacock's poetical study of the River Thames, a loving poem on the central river of England. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.'The Genius of the Thames' is an ode to the ...
Melincourt
Thomas Love Peacock · 1817 · Rooke Books
£9,250.00 (€11,089.20 | $12,222.59 | ¥1,952,023)
London, T Hookham, 1817. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's noted novel 'Melincourt&apos. It is Love Peacock's second novel. In a contemporary quarter calf binding with paper covered boards.The premise of this novel is L...
The Mansfield Mystery
J. C. Lenehan · 1932 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Herbert J, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this tense and readable murder mystery novel, scarce to find in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.A scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Mansfield M...
El Jimmy, Outlaw of Patagonia
Herbert Childs · 1936 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1936. Cloth. A scarce first English edition of this biography of James Radburne set in Patagonia, presented in a clam shell box. Herbert Childs (1904-1971) was an American writer and magazine editor. He took his wife to Patagonia on a year-long honeymo...
The Shepherd&Apos;S Calendar
Edmund Spenser; ed. W. L. Renwick · 1930 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, The Scholartis Press, 1930. Cloth. A pastoral verse by early English poet Edmund Spenser, with a rare dust wrapper. 'The Shepheardes Calender' was first published in 1579, and emulates ancient poet Virgil's 'Eclogues&apos. It contains the first use ...
Corridors of Power
C. P. Snow · 1964 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Macmillan and Co LTD, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the ninth book in C P Snow's series of political novels, following an MP's attempts to influence government policies about nuclear weapons. The first edition of this work.In the original u...
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
George MacDonald Fraser · 1990 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Collins Harvill, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of this adventurous Flashman novel by George MacDonald Fraser, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Part of t...
Midsummer Holidays at Briar&Apos;S Hall, or, Summer Mornings Improved
Anonymous · 1828 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Harvey and Darton, 1828. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of this piece of children's fiction. This is a piece of children's fiction, published anonymously in 1828. The preface states that its purpose is to imprint the motto that 'Virtue is...
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Agatha Christie · 1935 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An early edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot story 'The Mystery of the Blue Train&apos. The first edition, twelfth impression. Issued seven years after the true first. Understandably lacking the very scarce original dustw...
Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw · 1924 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)
London, Constable and Company , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition copy of George Bernard Shaw's play regarding Joan of Arc. Signed by the star of the play, Sybil Thorndike. Signed by many notable figures such as: Sybil Thorndike, the British actress wh...