Letteratura

The Outcast

Sadie Jones · 2008 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of this noted debut novel by Sadie Jones. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A char...

England Have My Bones

T H White · 1936 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Collins, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of T H White's memoir regarding his time at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire. This memoir was very well received, and regards a year spent in England. The first edition. With the original price-clipped dustwrappe...

The Golden Virgin

Henry Williamson · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, MacDonald, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Henry William's sixth novel in his series following the life of Phillip Maddison, this novel seeing him during the First World War. The first edition of this work. In the original publisher's un...

The Innocent Moon

Henry Williamson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Macdonald, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Henry Williamson's touching and romantic set in the English West Country in the 1920s, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original publisher's unclippe...

Artemis Fowl [with] the Arctic Incident [with] the Eternity Code

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Viking; Puffin, 2001-2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of the first three novels to the famous fantasy series, Artemis Fowl. All volumes are first editions. Comprising of: 'Artemis Fowl', 'The Arctic Incident' and 'The Eternity Code...

David Golder

Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith; Patrick Marnham · 2007 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2007. First edition. Hardback. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of Irene Nemirovsky's popular novel about a self-made man, signed by the translator to the title page, in the original fine dustwrapper. The first edition, first impress...

Lie in the Dark

Dan Fesperman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Harpenden, No Exit Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited first edition of this exciting crime thriller novels by the journalist Dan Fesperman, in the original fine unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A signed limited edit...

Human Life a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1819 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Samuel Roger's Romantic and reflective poem. The first edition of this work. A charming reflective poem on the nature of human life. Written by Samuel Rogers, a Romantic poet who has sadly been eclipsed...

Love and Friendship

Alison Lurie · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Heinemann, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alison Lurie's interesting novel set in the isolated Convers College, in the original unclipped dustwrapper, from the library of the publisher Felix Dennis. The first edition of this work. In the original...

The Occupying Power

Evelyn Anthony · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of modern fiction by British author Evelyn Anthony, with an inscription from the author to the title page and presented in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of the work. Signed b...

An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle at Bath, to His Wife at Glocester: With a Poetical Address to John Miller, Esq, at Batheaston Villa

[Christopher Anstey] · 1776 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€929.10 | $1,024.06 | ¥163,548)

Bath; Bathoniae, S. Hazard, 1776. First edition. Disbound. The first and second editions of the Latin and English editions of Christopher Anstey's popular didactic satirical poem about society life in Bath in the eighteenth century, illustrated, including with the very sc...

The Chian Wine and Other Stories

Patrick O'Brian · 1974 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Collins, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this entertaining collection of short stories by Patrick O'Brian, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A collection...

Portent

James Herbert · 1992 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder & Stoughon, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of James Herbet's thrilling horror novel set in the near future, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original ...

Hms Expedient Port Royal Barbary Coast the Hawk the Gathering Storm

Peter Smalley · 2005 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Century, 2005-09. First edition. Cloth. Five first editions of Peter Smalley's popular historical naval novels. 'HMS Expedient' is signed by the author. The first editions of these works, all first impressions except for 'The Gathering Storm' w...

A Vision of Judgement

Robert Southey · 1821 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.19 | $911.74 | ¥145,610)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Robert Southey's poem attacking the modern poets of his day, most especially targetting Lord Byron. The first edition of this work. Bound without the half-title and publisher...

Richard Furlong a Novel

E. Temple Thurston · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chapman and Hall, LTD, 1913. First edition. Leather. The first edition of E. Temple Thurston's novel about a young boy who runs away to London, illustrated by W. R. Dakin with two plates. The first edition of this work. In a signed binding, though the binder'...

A Crack in the House of God

Giora Shamis; Diane Shamis · 1983 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983. Paperback. A proof copy of this intricate novel discussing the year 1979 in the Middle East, an eventful year for the area, written by Diane and Giora Shamis. A proof copy of this work. 'A Crack in the House of God' is a grippin...

The Fortunes of War

Patrick O'Brian · 1979 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Collins, 1979. Paperback. A scarce proof copy of this work of modern fiction by noted naval author Patrick O'Brian. A scarce proof copy in the original paper wraps. The Fortunes of War is the sixth historical novel in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin ser...

Grendel

John Gardner · 1972 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this retelling of the old English poem Beowulf, in the original dustwrapper. The first UK edition of the work. First published in the US in 1971. In the original price clipped dustwrapper. Grendel, by Amer...

The Ruling Passion

Stephen Barlay · 1973 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Hamish Hamilton, c1982. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof of writer Stephen Barlay's novel. This very scarce uncorrected proof of writer Stephen Barley's 'The Ruling Passion' is a novel from a writer who escaped Hungary durin...