Letteratura

Doctor Nikola

Guy Boothby · 1896 · Rooke Books

£885.00 (€1,060.81 | $1,169.21 | ¥186,708)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1896. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this popular novel from the Doctor Nikola series by Guy Boothby. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 16 f...

Forlorn Sunset

Michael Sadleir · 1947 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Constable , 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical novel by the popular British writer, Michael Sadleir, with the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Wi...

The Long Song

Andrea Levy · 2010 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Headline Review , 2010. Paperback. A scarce proof-copy of this award winning novel by Andrea Levy. A scarce uncorrected proof copy, made in confidence to selected persons only. In the original, pictorial, paperback binding. 'The Long Song', is a highly acclai...

Twelve Poets, a Miscellany of New Verse

Edward Thomas; W. H. Davies; Walter de la Mere; Vivian Locke Ellis et al · 1918 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1918. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon first edition of this collection of poetry from twelve authors, published at the close of the First World War. The first edition of this uncommon anthology of poetry from twelve prominent First World War era...

Works by H.R. F. Keating

H. R. F. Keating · 1971 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York and London, Heinemann; St. Martin's Press; Macmillan, 1971-2000. First edition. Cloth. Four thrilling volumes by crime fiction writer H. R. F. Keating. Four works by crime fiction writer Henry Raymond Fitzwalter Keating. The Strong Man (1971) is a first edition ...

Churchill&Apos;S Hour

Michael Dobbs · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of one of Michael Dobbs's historical novels dedicated to Winston Churchill. Third of four historical novels written around the life and career of Winston Churchill by Michael Dobbs,...

Sonnets to the Thrush

William Kiddier · 1910 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Nottingham, Cooke & Vowles, 1910. First edition. Paperback. A short booklet of verses by William Kiddier, a very scarce work inscribed by the author. A very scarce booklet rarely seen on the market, found institutionally only at the British Library. Containing six poems by Wil...

Trial Run

Dick Francis · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Michael Joseph, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this Dick Francis thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Thriller by Dick Francis featuring Randall Drew, gentleman and ex-jockey.Dick Francis was a British joc...

Vega and Other Poems

Lawrence Durell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1973 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce uncorrected proof copy of this selection of poetry by Lawrence Durrell. Uncorrected Proof Copy of Vega and Other Poems by Lawrence Durrell.In the original publisher's paper wraps. 'Not for Sale&apos...

Fables

William Wilkie · 1768 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London; Edinburgh, Edward and Charles Dilly; A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1768. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition copy of William Wilkie's charming fables, a collection of sixteen fables with engravings. The first edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and...

Night and Day

Virginia Woolf · 1919 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Duckworth and Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A smartly rebound first edition copy of Virginia Woolf's second novel, an Edwardian-set novel on love and happiness. The first edition.A smartly rebound copy. One leaf of adverts to the rear.Half-title is present...

The Pleasures of Imagination and the Art of Preserving Health

[Mark Akenside]; [John Armstrong] · 1744 · Rooke Books

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

London, R. Dodsley; A. Millar, 1744. First edition. Leather. Two first edition poems bound in one volume, beautiful ruminations on imagination and health by Mark Akenside and John Armstrong. Two volumes bound in one.'The Pleasures of Imagination', by Mark Akenside, t...

The Sonnets and Songs of Robert Millhouse

Robert Millhouse; John Potter Briscoe [ed.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Nottingham, Norris & Cokayne, 1881. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition and very scarce copy of Millhouse's songs and sonnets, in a decorative cloth binding. A first edition and very scarce copy of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pi...

Dead on Arrival

George Bagby · 1946 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, The Crime Club, Doubleday & Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel by Aaron Marc Stein, writing as the fictional inspector George Bagby, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author. A thrilling mystery novel written by...

Shirley. A Tale.

Currer Bell [Charlotte Bronte] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

Leipzig, Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun, 1849. Leather. Published in the same year as the true first edition, this is the very scarce first Tauchnitz edition of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. The very scarce two volume first Tauchnitz Edition of this novel by Charlotte Bronte, m...

1903 Through the Gates of Old Romance

W. Jay Mills · 1903 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1903 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of W. Jay Mills's illustrated collection of romantic short stories. The first edition of W. J. Mills's work, in which he presents a collection of delight...

To-Morrow Is a New Day a Fantasy

T. O'B. Hubbard · 1934 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Adelphi , Lincoln Williams , 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fantasy tale, with eight wood engravings. A first edition copy of To-Morrow is a New Day A Fantasy by T. O'B. Hubbard. With eight wonderful wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Col...

Tales of Irish Life and Character

S. C. Hall · 1909 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Edinburgh and London , T. N. Foulis, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated collection of Irish tales. A first edition copy of this work, Tales of Irish Life and Character by Mrs. S. C. Hall who is also known as Anna Maria Hall. With sixteen repr...

The Honourable Schoolboy

John Le Carre · 1977 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of this espionage novel by famous English author John le Carré. The first US trade edition, preceded by the true first UK edition and a limited edition in the same year. Spy novel by John le Car...

A Masterly Murder; an Order for Death; a Killer in Winter; the Hand of Justice

Susanna Gregory [Elizabeth Cruwys] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Little, Brown, and Company , 2000-04. First edition. Cloth. Four bright first editions from Susanna Gregory's medieval detective fiction series featuring the character of Matthew Bartholomew. The first edition of each volume. From the 'Matthew Bartholomew&apo...