Letteratura

The Triflers. To Which Are Added the Rout, or a Sketch of Modern Manners; and the Farmer&Apos;S Son, a Moral Tale

Richard Graves · 1806 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Lackington, Allen, & Co, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce early collection of the works of Reverend Richard Graves, a collection of his poetical and literary works. A very scarce early edition, published the year after the first.The choice collected works of...

The L-Shaped Room

Lynne Reid Banks · 1960 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this bestselling novel by Lynne Reid Banks, following a pregnant unmarried woman as she moves to London. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The L-Sh...

The Entertainer and the World of Paul Slickey

John Osborne · 1957 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Faber and Faber, 1957-59. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition plays by John Osborne, exploring the position of Britain after the war and in the post-imperial age. Both volumes are a first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Two p...

Murder Humane

Harold Kemp · 1947 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hammond, Hammond and Company, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce murder mystery by Harold Kemp. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this very scarce murder mystery by Harold Kemp. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Whe...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

William Shakespeare; Leon Garfield · 1992 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Heinenann, 1992-1994. First edition. Cloth. These two beautifully illustrated volumes of Shakespeare's plays for children are by-product the successful television series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales. Two lovely illustrated volumes of Shakespeare's plays fo...

The Oasis

John Creasey · 1969 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon crime novel from the Dr Palfrey series, in unusually lovely condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dus...

Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron

R. C. Dallas · 1824 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Charles Knight, 1824 . First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of R. C. Dallas's biography of the final years of the life of George Gordon, Lord Byron. Illustrated with a facsimile plate of Byron's handwriting. Usually bound as the frontispiece, the pla...

A Jacobite Exile

G. A. Henty · 0 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Blackie & Son, c1895 . Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of this early edition of G. A. Henty's historical novel, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. An early edition of this thrilling historical novel, set in the eighteenth century during the Jacobite reb...

The Cavalier&Apos;S Cup

Carter Dickson [John Dickson Carr] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Heinemann, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Carter Dickson's final Sir Henry Merrivale detective fiction novel, in the illustrated original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's origi...

&Apos;They&Apos;

Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of They by Rudyard Kipling with lovely colour illustrations. A first edition copy of this published in book form. 'They' was originally published in Scribner's Magazine in August 1904. ...

World in a Jug

Roland Gant · 1959 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of World in a Jug by Roland Gant. A first edition copy of this novel. This novel follows the life of Larry Alden who is suddenly given the task of caring for an orphaned black girl. The story is one of c...

Lobsters on the Agenda

Naomi Mitchison · 1952 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Victor Gollancz, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this contemporary novel by Naomi Mitchison. A first edition copy of this novel. Naomi Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet who wrote over 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel wri...

I Am Lazarus

Sven Berlin · 1961 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , The Galley Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this moving war novel by Sven Berlin, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This novel is a passionate and moving war novel by painter and writer Sven Berlin. Through this novel, the exploratio...

Swan Lake

Margot Fonteyn · 1989 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Andersen Press, 1989. First edition. Hardback. A charming first edition copy of this edition of Swan Lake, with lovely colour illustrations. A first edition copy of this edition of Swan Lake, told by Margot Fonteyn and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. A charming il...

The Alexandria Quartet

Lawrence Durrell · 1962 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Faber and Faber, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first four in one volume edition of the Alexandria Quarter by Lawrence Durrell. A first edition of this one volume edition. The Alexandria Quartet is a collection of four novels by Lawrence Durrell, that present perspect...

Staying on

Paul Scott · 1977 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Heinemann , 1977. First edition. Cloth. A bright third impression of this popular novel by Paul Scott. The first edition, third impression of this work in the same year as the first. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1977. Complete with price clipped dust wrapper, pricing ...

Levkas Man

Hammond Innes · 1971 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of this thrilling novel by Hammond Innes. The first edition, first impression of this work. Thriller novel by Hammond Innes, telling the story of a doctor on the Greek island of Lefkada trying to prove a th...

Simon Drew&Apos;S Beastly Address Book for Beastly Friends

Simon Drew · 1993 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Antique Collectors' Club , 1993. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated address book by Simon Drew, signed by the author. The scarce first edition of this work. Signed by the author to title page. A charming address book adorne...

The Cats of Rome

William Kean Seymour · 1970 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Arundel, Linden Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. One of twenty five copies printed of this poetry collection signed by the author William Kean Seymour. Collection of poetry by William Kean Seymour concerned with such subjects as the crowded ghosts of Versailles, Cortez dream...

A New Path to the Waterfall

Raymond Carver · 1989 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Collins Harvill , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of this anthology of poems by Raymond Carver complete in its unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work. Raymond Carver's last collection of poetry, completed shortly before he ...