Letteratura

The Statement

Brian Moore · 1995 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Bloomsbury, 1995. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this thrilling novel set in the south of France, from acclaimed author Brian Moore. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.The Statement is a thriller set i...

Won by the Sword: A Tale of the Thirty Years&Apos; War

G. A. Henty · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this historical fiction by G. A. Henty, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and four plans. Collated complete. Set during the Thirty Years&ap...

The Affair

C. P. Snow · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this story of a miscarriage of justice, from English novelist C. P. Snow. First edition. A young scientists has been dismissed from his job. The matter is to be kept a secret, but all the t...

The Stakes of the Warrior

Georges Dumezil; Jaan Puhvel [editor]; David Weeks [translator] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983. Cloth. A smart copy of this translated section of Dumezil's notable work Mythe Et Epopee. The first part of Dumezil's Mythe Et Epopee, considered his magnum opus, which provides a thorough overview of the trifunctional ...

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

Siegfried Sassoon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1928. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound sixth impression copy of Siegfried Sassoon's semi-autobiographical novel revolving around a huntsman. The first edition, sixth impression, published in November 1928. The first impression was pri...

The Man Who Was Seven Times God

John George Shaw · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rich & Cowan LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel, following a man who declares himself a god in seven places, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Man Who Was Seven Times God' is a curious sci-fi ...

The Moon Gods

Edgar Jepson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An exciting Lost Race novel by Edgar Jepson, the first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Moon Gods' is a science fiction novel, in which a Lost race is discov...

Gypsies of the Heath

The Romany Rawny" [Alice E. Gillington; Betty Gillington] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce anthology of stories by Alice E. Gillington, who collected and published Gypsy folklore, folk songs and singing games. A scarce work rebacked in a quarter cloth binding with the original dec...

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel's award-winning sequel to 'Wolf Hall', signed by the author, in the pictorial cloth. A first edition, first impression of this work, and one of ...

Wild Nights

Emma Tennant · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this immersive novel imbued with fantastical elements throughout, from post-modern novelist Emma Tennant. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappe...

Overtime

Tom Holt · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Orbit Books, 1993. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition time travelling novel based on the legend of Blondel de Nesle. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Overtime is a humorous science fiction follo...

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry from English writer John Leicester Warren, limited to six hundred copies. First edition. Limited to six hundred copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five pl...

The Underlings

Barbara Benson · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Constable, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from English author Barbara Benson. First edition. Very scarce work. Set in the 1950s this novel follows Jane Broadbent as she joins a new company and finds out that office life can ...

A Proper Marriage

Doris Lessing · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this second novel in the Children of Violence series from British novelist Doris Lessing. First edition. The second novel in the Children of Violence series. Continuing the semi-autobiographical story...

The Quickening of Caliban

J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel by Joseph Compton Rickett, following the discovery of a lost race in Africa. The first edition of this scarce work.A Lost World sci-fi novel, in which a "more mode...

Peace Under Earth

Paul Beaujon; [Beatrice Warde] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Megaw, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novella set in the near future, the first edition of this work by Beatrice Warde. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.A short science fiction novella, comprising of dialogues...

Poems of 1962

Linda Collin Wileman; Various · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Ilfacrombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poems celebrating the publications of the year, signed by one of the contributors to W. A. Foyle. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, also in a cust...

The Burning of Troy

Malcolm Gair · 1958 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A gripping mystery adventure novel by Malcolm Gair, the first edition of this uncommon work, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapp...

Poems: Original and Translated

John Bradford · 1885 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Hereford; Bristol, F. S. Prosser; Austin and Oates, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this very scarce poetry anthology by John Bradford; who was published in a number of Hereford newspapers and journals. The first edition of this work in the publisher...

Nonsense Songs and Stories

Edward Lear · 1894 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1894 . Cloth. The delightfully illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. The ninth edition of this work, which was first published in 1870.The work of English illustrator, author and poet Edwar...