Letteratura

La Comedia de la Mort

Theophile Gautier · 1838 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Desessart, 1838 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the macabre poetry of Theophile Gautier. Gautier ruminates on the theme of death, viewing it as an escape from the tortures of life. In the original French.A bright copy of the first edition of the macabre p...

Biographical and Critical Essays Reprinted from Reviews

Abraham Hayward · 1858 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1858-80. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven volumes in uniform Bowers bindings of the critical and biographical essays of Abraham Hayward. Three series in five volumes of Abraham Hayward's Biographical and Cr...

Real Sky

P. J. Kavanagh · 1980 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Gloucestershire, The Whittington Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. A bright limited edition of this anthology of poems by P. J. Kavanagh adorned with wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor, signed by the author. The first edition of this work, limited to five hundred copies ...

His Own Soul

William Arkwright · 1920 · Rooke Books

£107.00 (€128.26 | $141.36 | ¥22,574)

London, Arthur L Humpreys, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A very neat first edition of this charming collection of philosophical findings and poetry by William Arkwright. First edition. Arranged by the seasons, this final work of the author is a collection of scattered thought...

Dinah, the Dartmoor Pony

Allen W. Seaby · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, A. & C. Black, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming story of a Dartmoor Pony by one of the first authors of the pony story for children, Allen William Seaby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the...

Marlow Hill: Poems

John Gawsworth [Terence Armstrong] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Richards, 1941. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon poetry collection by John Gawsworth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this poetry collection in the publisher's original paper wraps, with the original unclipp...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens · 1839 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' third novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form. In half calf binding with gilt detail to the spine. With a portrait frontispiece, and th...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1837. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first novel, initially published serially...

Poems

John Ramsay · 1836 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Edinburgh, Stirling and Kenney, 1836 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Scottish poet John Ramsey's charming volume of eighteenth century verse. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collate, complete.A...

A Book of Romantic Ballads

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London , George Newnes Limited, 1901. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of this charming work of romantic ballads. A Limited edition copy, with only one hundred and five copies being printed of which one hundred are for sale. This volume is number twenty ...

A Babe in Bohemia

Frank Danby [Julia Frankau] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Spencer Blackett , 1889. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this novel by successful British novelist Julia Frankau. The first edition of this novel by Julia Frankau, published under pen name Frank Danby. A very scarce edition, rarely seen on the mark...

Brother Cain

Simon Raven · 1959 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Anthony Blond, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by English author Simon Raven in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Brother Cain by Simon Raven in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. A young man ...

Hard Frost

R. D. Wingfield · 1995 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, Constable, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detective novel by English author R. D. Wingfield in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Hard Frost by R. D. Wingfield in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.A ...

Clutch of Constables and Tied Up in Tinsel

Ngaio Marsh · 1968 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Crime Club, Collins, 1968-1972 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by the New Zealand mystery writer Ngaio Marsh in their original dust wrappers. First editions of Clutch of Constables and Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh in the original publisher's cl...

Other People: A Mystery Story

Martin Amis · 1981 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, The Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting mystery novel by Martin Amis. First edition. Mary, an amnesiac, wakes up in hospital and cannot remember who she is, what has happened to her, or even simple things like how to blow her ...

Naked Lunch

William Burroughs · 1959 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Grove Press, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this exciting novel focusing on the addiction of the author, William Burroughs. First edition. Naked Lunch is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended to be read in any order, following ...

Under the Yew or the Gambler Transformed

Robert Nichols · 1928 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Martin Secker, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this intriguing novel by Robert Nichols. First edition. The first and only novel of the author. Written by Robert Nichols, an English playwright and war poet of the First World War. His works inclu...

A Lot to Ask

P. H. Newby · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel by P. H. Newby. First edition. Following the protagonist Arthur Poumphrey through paranormal experiences and harsh tangled truths. Written by Percy Howard Newby, an English noveli...

Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study of Dickens&Apos; Half-Told Tale

Richard A. Proctor · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, W. H. Allen & Co, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of Richard Proctor's loving treatise on the half-finished novel by Dickens, 'Edwin Drood&apos. The first edition.Forty-eight pages of adverts to the rear, dated December 1887.An interes...

The Billboard Madonna

Elleston Trevor · 1960 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Heinemann, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A superb signed first edition copy of Elleston Trevor's 'The Billboard Madonna', following a devastating hit and run. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'For Margaret and...