Letteratura

Burns in Drama, Together with Saved Leaves

James Hutchison Stirling (ed.) · 1878 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Edinburgh, Edmonston & Co. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A play inspired by the life of famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. This is a play, along with 'Saved Leaves', anecdotes from young literary minds. Edited by James Hutchison Stirling (1830-1909), a Scottish philos...

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel, a moving story written by Julian Barnes. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dus...

Nimphidia the Court of Fayrie [with] the Nutbrown Maid

Michael Drayton et al · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Stratford Upon Avon, The Shakespeare Head, 1924-1925. First edition. Paperback. Two very smart poetry collections produced on a hand-press for the Shakespeare Head. First edition thus. Comprising Nimphidia by Michael Drayton (1924) and The Nutbrown Maid (1925). 'Nimphid...

Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry

Henry Headley · 1787 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, T. Cadell, 1787. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound first edition of Henry Headley's anthology of Ancient English poetry, a renowned work. The first edition of this work.Two volumes bound in one.List of subscribers to the front of Volume I.Errata slip to th...

A Question of Blood

Ian Rankin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful signed first edition of Ian Rankin's fourteenth Inspector Rebus novel. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Question...

Rather Be the Devil

Ian Rankin · 2016 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Orion, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of this exciting Ian Rankin novel, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'...

Three Collins Crime Club Mystery Novels

Ross Macdonald; Torben Nielsen; Hartley Howard · 1976 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Three thrilling mystery crime novels published by the Collins Crime Club, with novels by Ross Macdonald, Torben Nielsen, and Hartley Howard. The first editions of these works.Three mystery novels published by the Collins ...

A Botanist at Bay

John Sherwood · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of the second Celia Grant novel, set in New Zealand, written by John Sherwood. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Botanist at Bay' is a thriller novel, ...

A Selection of Eight Collins Crime Club

Various · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1978-87. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight first edition novels from the Collins Crime Club, a selection of exciting novels. The first editions of these works.A selection of eight novels from the Collins Crime Club, exciting mystery and th...

To Play the Fool the Moor

Laurie R. King · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, HarperCollins, 1995-8. First edition. Cloth. Fine first editions, first impressions, of two of Laurie R. King's thrilling detective mystery novels. The first edition, first impression, of this works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two mystery novels by Laur...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,991.24 | $9,910.21 | ¥1,582,722)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsa...

Colonel Sun

Robert Markham; Kingsley Amis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first U.S edition of Kingsley Amis' celebrated James Bond continuation. Written under the pseudonym, 'Robert Markham&apos. The first U.S edition, published the same year as the U.K first edition.With t...

Now We Are Six

A A Milne · 1927 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London, Methuen and Co, 1927. First edition. Fine Binding. A very bright, first edition copy of this famous poetry collection by the popular children's author A A Milne. Featuring his famous anthropomorphic character, Winnie the Pooh. Beautifully rebound, with a panel of ...

The Tale of Balen

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1896. First edition. Leather. A fine first edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's Arthurian poem, in a fine morocco binding with a custom marbled paper slipcase. The first edition of this work. In a beautiful fine full morocco binding, in a cust...

Uncollected Verses

Francis Thompson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Privately Printed, 1917. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scared collected of previously unpublished poems by Francis Thompson, one of only twenty-five copies. A limited edition work, limited to only twenty-five copies, of which this numbered ten.A collection of...

Zulu Hart

Saul David · 2009 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this work of historical fiction. Exclusive signed first edition, being number 71 of 100 copies.In the original unclipped pictorial dustwrapper.  Zulu Hart is a historical novel...

The Nizam&Apos;S Daughters

Allan Mallinson · 2000 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Bantam Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the second work in the Matthew Hervey series of novels. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Allan Mallinson is an English author and was an...

The Monkey King

Timothy Mo · 1978 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this award winning debut novel by Timothy Mo. In the publisher's original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Monkey King' was Mo's debut novel and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize...

Moortown

Ted Hughes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Ted Hughes' poetry diary on life and work on a farm. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Moortown' is a poetical diary detailing everyday life liv...

Irenicon

Aidan Harte · 2012 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Jo Fletcher, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this work of modern fantasy writing, presented in the pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. Signed, dated and inscribed with a doodle of a flag by the author to the title page. The inscript...