Letteratura

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.10 | $5,813.02 | ¥928,263)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' first and immensely popular novel. With many first issue points present, and containing the two suppressed Buss plates. The first edition in book form of Charles Di...

A Practical Discourse, Upon the Epistle, by Jude

Thomas Tomkinson · 1823 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

Not Stated, Deal; James May & Joseph Gandar, 1823. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon copy of this religious work by Thomas Tomkinson, which breaks down the Muggletonianism perspective, in the original paper wraps. Uncommon, First Ed Thus being the first trade edition to be...

Memoarer

Giacomo Casanova; Franz Blei · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Stockholm, Spridning av Litterara Verk, 1925. First edition. Leather. A wonderful Swedish translation of the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, the famous Italian adventurer, featuring various tipped-in colour plates. First edition of this Swedish translation. Complete two volume s...

The Young Visiters or, Mr Salteena&Apos;S Plan

Daisy Ashford; J. M. Barrie [preface] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

New York , George H. Doran Company , 1919. First edition. Hardback. A charming first US edition of a nine year old's view of English upper class society, with illustrations. A very popular and intriguing novella written when Daisy Ashford was nine, preserving her juvenile...

Estella: Her Expectations

Sue Roe · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Brighton , Harvester, 1982. First edition. Cloth. An extraordinary and original first novel that delves into the expectations of one of Charles Dicken's forgotten characters. A very well presented first edition copy of Sue Roe's first novel. Extraordinary, ambitious ...

Poems by the Late William Cowper

William Cowper · 1811 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, John Sharp , 1811. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetry by 18th century English poet, William Cowper, leading figure of the Romantic poetry movement. A complete collection of the poetical works of eighteenth century English poet Willia...

The Peace-Seeker&Apos;S Tale

Claud Cockburn · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Next Editions, 1981. First edition. Paperback. A flawless, first edition copy of this short story by 20th century British journalist Claud Cockburn. A compelling observational short story by twentieth-century British journalist Claud Cockburn. The first edition of thi...

The Season of the Witch

James Leo Herlihy · 1971 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel about a teenage runaway in New York City by James Leo Herlihy, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A compelling novel by James Leo Herlihy. Set in the 1960s, it tells the story of a teen...

Ode to the Dodo

Christopher Logue · 1981 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry by English poet Christopher Logue, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A collection of poetry by Christopher Logue written betweeb 1953 and 1978. Including 'Wand and Quadr...

A Friend of Kafka

Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York , Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional collection of Isaav Bashevis Singer's short stories in a smart dust wrapper. With such stories as 'The Key', 'Br. Beeber', 'Pigeons', 'The Joker', &apos...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1890 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first Hugh Thomson illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's most well-known novel, in the striking publisher's original cloth binding. The first edition, first issue of this illustrated copy of Irish author ...

Tales and Sketches Illustrating the Character, Usages, Traditions, Sports and Pastimes of the Irish Peasantry

William Carleton · 1845 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Dublin, James Duffy, 1845. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce and amusing collection of tales of Irish peasantry from William Carleton, illustrated throughout by Phiz. The scarce first edition of this collection of short tales from Irish writer and noveli...

Lothair

Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1870. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's work of fiction, which provides an allegory of the relationships between different Christian denominations, bound in half-crushed morocco b...

Two Weeks in Another Town

Irwin Shaw · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this best selling novel by Irwin Shaw, first published in 1960, presented in a nicely illustrated dust-wrapper. First Edition. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. This is one of many best-sell...

Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity

Gilbert Burnet; John Jebb (Ed) · 1833 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, James Duncan, 1833. Leather. A prize bound copy of Gilbert Burnet's historical work, which provides biographies of several notable important figures of the time, edited by John Jebb and bound in a full calf binding for Blackheath New Proprietary School. Second Edi...

Hearing Secret Harmonies: A Novel

Anthony Powell · 1975 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, Heinemann, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the final book in Powell's roman-fleuve series, 'A Dance to the Music of Time', in the publisher's original dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Thi...

Tales from Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth · 1903 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

not stated , Wells Gardner, Darton & co , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of children's stories written by Maria Edgeworth and illustrated by Hugh Thomson. This is a charming collection of children's stories written by Maria Edgeworth. Edgeworth was...

The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott · 1857 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George Routledge & Co. 1857. First edition. Leather. First edition of this collection of famous poems selected by Robert Aris Willmott, with illustrations. A series of poems from the most prominent British writers in the nineteenth century, including Byron, Shelley, Co...

Figures in a Landscape

Barry England · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Barry England's debut novel, a thriller set in the unknown tropics, following two soldiers as they try to escape to the border. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. ...

The Snowman

Charles Haldeman · 1965 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A striking first edition of Charles Haldeman's novel set in the fictional town of Joseph's Landing, a town isolated from the Second World War. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wr...