Letteratura

The Filigree Ball

Anna Katherine Green · 1903 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Indianapolis , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of The Filigree Ball by Anna Katherine Green. A first American edition, first impression copy with 'March' to the editions page.Anna Katherine Green was an American poet and n...

Stoker

Lindsay Clarke · 2006 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Nimes, Grand Phoenix Press , 2006. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verses of Lindsay Clarke, a signed limited edition in the original publisher's wraps. The first edition of this work. A very scarce copy, rarely seen in commerce and not found institut...

Illywhacker & Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London and Boston, Faber and Faber, 1985-1988 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of these two award winning novels by Peter Carey. First edition of Illywhacker (1985) and Oscar and Lucinda (1988) by Peter Carey, in the original publisher's cloth bindings and dust ...

A Captain of Irregulars

Herbert Hayens · 1900 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated tale from Herbert Hayens. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. An exciting work of juvenile fiction written for schools, targe...

At the Turn of the Year: Essays and Nature Thoughts

Fiona Macleod · 1913 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this poetic rumination on the seasons by William Sharp. With twelve colour plates tipped in. A first edition of this volume, in which Fiona Macleod ruminates on the transformation of nature throughout the sea...

Odes and Addresses to Great People

Thomas Hood; John Hamilton Reynolds · 1825 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1825 . First edition. Hardback. A bright copy of the first edition of Thomas Hood and John Hamilton Reynolds's collection of satirical odes to famous contemporary figures. The first edition of this work, consisting of fifteen short address...

Tales of the Castle: Or, Stories of Instruction and Delight

Thomas Holcroft [trans.]; Caroline-Stephanie-Felicite, Madame de Genlis · 1798 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798 . Leather. The complete five volume fifth edition of Thomas Holcroft's translation of Madame de Genlis's works, very scarce in any complete eighteenth century edition. First translated into English from the original French by Holcr...

The Expressman and the Detective

Allan Pinkerton · 1874 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Chicago, W. B. Keen, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this classic American detective work. A first American edition. Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American detective and spy. He wrote numerous popular detective novels based on his own exploits and those of h...

A Master of Craft

W W Jacobs · 1900 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Methuen & Co , 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of W. W. Jacob's novel with illustrations by Will Owen. The first edition of this work. With forty-seven leaves of publisher's catalogue to rear dated August 1900. Novel by W W Jacobs, English auth...

Brother Cadfael Series and Other Works by Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters [Edith Pargeter]; Robin Whiteman · 1980 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, Macmillan; Headline, 1980-1994 . First edition. Cloth. London: Macmillan; Headline, 1980-1994 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5"; 8" by 5.5"; 10" by 7.5"; 10" by 9". None. Seventeen first edition works by Edith Pargeter using her pseudonym Ellis Peter...

The Collector

John Fowles · 1964 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, The Reprint Society, 1964 . Hardback. An early reprint edition of John Fowles successful debut novel in the original dust wrapper. Early edition of The Collector by John Fowles in the original publisher's paper covered boards and the original dust wrapper. The fi...

The Green Man an Eternity

Jane Gardam · 1998 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Gloucestershire, The Windrush Press, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this short story by award winning English writer Jane Gardem with colourful illustrations. First edition of The Green Man An Eternity by Jane Gardam in the original publisher's cloth bi...

The Good Child&Apos;S Year Book

Violet Jacob · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Foulis, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated nineteenth century children's book. First edition of The Good Child's Year Book by Violet Jacob in the original cloth binding. A scarce work with only three copies ...

Stuff and Nonsense and So on

Walter De La Mare · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Constable and Co. Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry by Walter De La Mare in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Stuff and Nonsense and So On by Walter de la Mare in the original publisher's cloth b...

A Man in the Zoo and the Sailor&Apos;S Return

David Garnett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1924-1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two early works by the English writer David Garnett with illustrations by his wife Ray Garnett. First edition of A Man in the Zoo (1924) and The Sailor's Return (1925) by David Garnett in the...

Quick Service

P. G. Wodehouse · 1940 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Wodehouse's humorous novel. First US edition. Businessman James Duff wants to obtain a portrait that is in a country house. He makes a deal with young Lord Holbeton and Holbeton'...

Poems Upon Several Occasions, English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton · 1785 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, James Dodsley, 1785. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John MIlton's poems edited by the literary historian Thomas Warton. The first Thomas Warton edition.ESTC citation number T134607.Page 164 is misnumbered 146.A collection of the poems of John Milton,...

The Works of Mr. Thomas Southerne

Thomas Southerne · 1713 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Jacob Tonson; Benjamin Tooke; Bernard Lintott, 1713. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of the collected plays of Thomas Southerne, this edition containing eight of his popular plays. The scarce first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.ESTC c...

The Dark Street: A Novel

Peter Cheyney · 1944 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, Collins, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thriller novel from Peter Cheyney's Dark Series, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped du...

Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Macmillan, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the penultimate collection of poetry of Thomas Hardy, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate poetry collection, widely considered to be his mos...