Letteratura

The Cat&Apos;S Quizzer

Dr. Suess · 1977 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Collins, 1977. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this 'Cat in the Hat' themed children's quiz book by Dr. Seuss, noted for being one of the six 'withdrawn' books. The first edition. Illustrated throughout with vibrant full colour i...

The New Gulliver and Other Stories

Barry Pain · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, c1913. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from English writer Barry Pain. First edition. A collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories, including: In a London Garden, Zero, When I Was King,...

Winged Chariot

Walter De La Mare · 1951 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Faber and Faber, 1951. Cloth. A first edition of this epic poem by the celebrated author Walter de la Mare in its unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. An epic poem mingling humour and passion, thought and image, and perspiring a sense of vindication...

The Greater Power: A Story of the Present Campaign in Italy

Guy Thorne [Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Gale & Polden, 1915. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this thrilling imaginary war novel from prolific English journalist and novelist Guy Thorne. First edition. A war story of a fictitious campaign in Italy, detailing the inner history of the events occurr...

The Devil&Apos;S Henchmen

John Oldrey · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this lost race novel, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Set in the near future in Central Asia, this los...

The Missing Angel

Erle Cox · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Melbourne , Robertson & Mullens, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the final work written by Australian author Erle Cox. First edition. The final of three separate novels written by the author. When Tydvil Jones, chairman in a big firm, is challenged by an e...

Kipling Calendar

Rudyard Kipling · 1923 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923 . Cloth. The first US edition of this scarce collection of quotations from the works of Rudyard Kipling, from the library of Kipling's literary agent. The first US edition, published the same year as the UK edition. Bound in the p...

Drivers Wild & Drivers Wildest

Red Daniells · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Middlesex, Scorpion Press, 1961-63 . First edition. Hardback. A pair of first editions featuring Red Daniells' humorous thoughts on motorists, with both works signed by the publisher. A pair of, uncommon first editions. Signed by the publisher. Comprised of 'Drivers ...

A Fair Jacobite: A Tale of the Exiled Stuarts

H. May Poynter · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this historical tale surrounding the exiled Stuarts, written by Henrietta May Poynter. First edition. Bound in the publisher's smart pictorial cloth. Written by English Victorian novel...

From the Memoirs of a Minister of France

Stanley Weyman · 1895 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1895 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Stanley Weyman's collection of short stories set during the reign of Henry IV in France, bound in quarter vellum. First edition. Bound in quarter vellum with cloth boards. Written by E...

Little Songs of Long Ago

Alfred Moffatt · 1912 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London; New York, Augener LTD; A. & C. Black; G. Schirmer, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of children's poems put to music. The first edition of this work.A collection of children's poems and songs set to m...

Metropolis

Thea von Harbour; Maurits J. Vles · 1928 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Amsterdam, Uitgevers-Maatschaap, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first Dutch edition of this monumental science fiction novel by Thea von Harbou, illustrated with stills from the 1926 film. The very scarce to see first Dutch edition of this work, translated by Maur...

Edmund Dulac&Apos;S Picture-Book for the Red Cross

Edmund Dulac · 1915 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Daily Telegraph; Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of short stories, published for the French Red Cross during World War One by Edmund Dulac. The first edition of this work.A charming volum...

The Tokolosh

Ronald Segal · 1960 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London and New York, Sheed and Ward, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this tale from South African activist Ronald Segal, signed with a presentation inscription from to bibliographer George Locke. The very scarce first edition of this work.Flat...

The Modern Magician

Gertie de S. Wentworth-James · 1920 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, T. Werner Laurie, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce novel from romance writer Gertie de S. Wentworth-James. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.Retaining the unclipped front wrap, back strip, and front flyleaf o...

The Rupert Adventure Book, Nos. 1 and 2

Alfred Bestall · 1973 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd. Daily Express Publication, 1973 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the Beaverbrook Newspapers publication of two Rupert Bear Adventure Books. The first edition of these two issues, the only two issues produced by publisher Beav...

The New Adventures of Rupert

Alfred Bestall · 1936 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Daily Express Publication, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first ever Rupert Bear annual, a charming children's work complete with colourful illustrations of the beloved anthropomorphic character, Rupert Bear. The first ever Rupert Bear annua...

The Adventures of Rupert

Alfred Bestall · 1939 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Daily Express Publication, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fourth ever Rupert Bear annual, following the beloved anthropomorphic bear and his friends. The fourth Rupert Bear annual, containing a selection of the classic and charming comic strips.R...

A Rare Benedictine the Advent of Brother Cadfael

Ellis Peters · 1988 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Headline, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of stories by Ellis Peters featuring her medieval character Brother Cadfael. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped ...

Normal Mailer an American Dream

Norman Mailer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this exciting novel by Norman Mailer. The first UK edition, first impression. The novel first appeared serialised in 'Esquire&apos.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped...