Letteratura
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172632 libri in Letteratura
The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai · 2006 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel by Kiran Desai. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This stunning work is the second novel of...
The Birds Fall Down
Rebecca West · 1966 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
New York, The Viking Press, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of this exciting spy novel by Rebecca West, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards, with the origi...
I Like It Here
Kingsley Amis · 1958 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this early novel by Kingsley Amis, a semi-autobiographical work set in Portugal. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'I Like It Here' is a loo...
Peter Duck; the Big Six; Great Northern?
Arthur Ransome · 1932 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1932-1947. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition copies of works from Arthur Ransome's famous 'Swallows and Amazons' series. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Ink inscri...
Wordsworth: The White Doe of Rylstone with the Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle Etc.
William Wordsworth; William Knight [ed.] · 1891 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1891. Cloth. Wordsworth's 'The White Doe of Rylstone' with explanatory notes by the notable Wordsworth scholar William Angus Knight. The first thus edition of this work from the Clarendon Press Series in the publisher's original clo...
The Annotated Edition of the English Poets: The Poetical Works of John Dryden
John Dryden; Robert Bell · 1854 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, John W. Parker and Son; Griffin, Bohn and Company, 1854-1861. Cloth. Three volumes on the poetry of John Dryden from Robert Bell's major work 'The Annotated Edition of the English Poets&apos. Three volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Book...
The Collected Verse of Thomas Thornely
Thomas Thornely · 1939 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Cambridge, W. Heffer & Sons Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of the first edition of this uncommon collection of poems by Thomas Thornely. The first edition of this uncommon work in a quarter cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to S. K...
The Yawning Heights
Alexander Zinoviev; Gordon Clough [trans.] · 1979 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Bodley Head, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Alexander Zinoviev's satirical novel about the failure's of Soviet communism. The first UK edition, first impression, translated from the original Russian by Gordon Clough. First published in R...
The Life and Death of Jason
William Morris · 1882 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Ellis and White, 1882 . Cloth. The eighth edition of William Morris's epic poem, following the adventures of mythological hero Jason. The eighth edition of this poem from British textile designer, writer, and artist William Morris. A retelling of the ancient Greek...
Verses
Ernest Dowson · 1896 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.26 | $1,710.88 | ¥273,205)
London, Leonard Smithers, 1896 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of Ernest Dowson's uncommon, limited edition collection of poems, in a binding designed by Aubrey Beardsley. An uncommon, limited edition work, with this being one of only three hundred 'small ...
The Military Philosophers
Anthony Powell · 1968 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Heinemann, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of the ninth entry into Anthony Powell's literary cycle 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the vibrant publisher's origina...
Winter Visitors
Mary McCarthy · 1970 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this limited edition work by Mary McCarthy, retaining the original glassine. The first edition of this limited edition work, being an excerpt from the author's upcoming novel 'Bird...
Three Volumes of Works by J.I. M. Stewart; the Gaudy Mungo&Apos;S Dream Avery&Apos;S Mission
J. I. M. Stewart · 1971 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971-4. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels by J. I. M. Stewart in their original dust wrappers. Three volumes. All first editions. In the publisher's original cloths with the original unclipped dust wrappers. This three volume...
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood · 2005 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)
London, Canongate , 2005 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mythological retelling by Margaret Atwood, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. In the the publisher's original cloth with the ...
Bring Back the Gods: The Epic Career of the Emperor Julian, the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte; Somerset de Chair · 1962 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel on Emperor Julian, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A novel following the life of one of the most versatile figures in history, ...
The Crab-Apple Tree
Richard Church · 1959 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, William Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this insightful novel from Richard Church, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. After seven years at sea, Jim Bright returns home to find a sadly ch...
The One and Only
Francis King · 1994 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Constable , 1994 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce, uncorrected proof copy of this novel by Francis King. Uncorrected, proof edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Very scarce. Written by British novelist Francis King, who won many awards...
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1917 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Humphrey Milford , 1917 . Leather. A lovely collection of poetry by American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, beautifully presented in a full tree calf binding. Rebound in a full tree calf, Oxford binding, with gilt detailing. This is the Complete Copyright Edition of...
Quentin Durward
Sir Walter Scott · 1823 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Edinburgh , Archibald Constable and Co, 1823 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's work of historical fiction, set in France during the reign of Louis XI. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes.'Quentin Durward' is ...
The Tea-Table Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Scots Sangs
Allan Ramsay · 1733 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, A. Millar, 1733 . Leather. The first volume only of the ninth edition of Allan Ramsay's seminal collection of eighteenth century Scottish poems and songs. Lacking the original frontispiece and title page, with them instead present in facsimile. The first volume o...