Letteratura

Publishing in the West: Alan Swallow

William F Claire · 1974 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Santa Fe, The Lightning Tree, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this short semi-biographical work of Alan Swallow written by William F. Claire. Printed privately by The Lightning Tree publishing company. This semi-biographical work by William F. Claire focuses on th...

The Star-Born

Henry Williamson · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Faber and Faber, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this illustrated novel on the nature of good and evil. Illustrated throughout. The first edition, first impression of this work, with paper vellum endpapers and gilt to top edge as call...

Children in Exile

James Fenton · 1983 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Edinburgh, The Salamander Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of this collection of poetry by James Fenton, the first edition, first impression in its clear, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this collection of poetry by American a...

Hornblower and the Crisis: An Unfinished Novel

C. S. Forester · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Michael Joseph , 1967. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition and impression of C. S. Forester's last Hornblower novel, left unfinished due to his death. The last published novel in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, it was left unfinished due ...

Animal Farm

George Orwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Cloth. An early American edition of George Orwell's controversial politically satirical novel, this edition being printed in the same year as the first American edition. In the original dustwrapper. Early American edition, publ...

The Novellino of Masuccio

Masuccio Salernitano; W. G. Waters [trans.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, two volume edition of the short stories of this fifteenth century Italian poet. Translated into English by W. G. Waters, and here in two illustrated volumes, this is No. 790 of 1000 copies printed in this edi...

New Spring Song: Poems

Hubert Nicholson · 1943 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Fortune Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this collection of poems by Hubert Nicholson, signed by the author to the title page. Hubert Nicholson's collection of numerous poems, the first edition of 1943. The poems included discus...

The Unfortunate Traveller or the Life of Jackie Wilton

Thomas Nashe · 1948 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, John Lehmann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of this picaresque novel by Thomas Nashe, an excellent copy. With embellishments by Michael Ayrton. The Unfortunate Traveller or The Life of Jackie Wilton is a picaresque novel by Thomas Nashe, fi...

French Eggs in an English Basket

Emile Souvestre; Emily Bowles · 1872 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Burns and Oates, 1872. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first English edition of this entertaining short stories by the Breton Emile Souvestre. The very scarce first English edition of this work.A collection of the short stories of Emile Souvestre, translated here...

Poupee Japonaise

Felicien Champsaur · 1912 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1912. Leather. A colourfully illustrated French novel on Japanese culture and manners, a lovely work by Felicien Champsaur. In the original French.Original front wrap is bound in.A charming novel of Japanese manners, with hints of eroticism.Ill...

Almanach Du Bibliophile Pour L&Apos;Annee 1901

Various · 1901 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, Edouard Pelletan, 1901. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this literature anthology produced by Edouard Pelletan. Scarce in the original wraps, retaining glassine wrap.Limited edition, numbered 26. This particular copy has been signed by the publisher to...

Ice Palace

Edna Ferber · 1958 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this lovely novel by Edna Ferber, following the arrival of Czar Kennedy and Thor Storm as they arrive in Alaska in search of fortune. The first UK edition of this novel, published in the same year as ...

On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

W. H. Auden; Christopher Isherwood · 1938 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play telling of an outbreak of war. The first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper. One W. H Auden and Christopher Isherwood's plays written in collab...

Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer

Seymour Krim · 1969 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Alan Ross, 1969. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Syemour Krim's essay collection, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. With essays including 'The Magical Underwear Panty', 'What's this cat's story?', ''Ask for a white C...

The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland

Sidney Gilpin · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Leather. A beautiful first edition of this collection of ballads and verses celebrating Cumberland, bound in smart leather. A charming collection of ballads and verses from the historic county of Cumberland, edited by Sidney Gilpin and ...

The Dreamland Express

H. R. Millar · 1927 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this delightful work for children, describing an exciting imaginary journey. Written and illustrated by Harold Robert Millar (1869-1942) a Scottish illustrator best known for his ...

A Masque of May Morning

W. Graham Robertson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London & New York, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Graham Robertson's brightly illustrated play, presented in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written and illustrated by W. Graham Robertson (1866-1948), a British ill...

The Scouring of the White Horse

Thomas Hughes · 1859 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1859. Cloth. A first edition of this fictional work by Thomas Hughes, bound in splendid decorative cloth and illustrated by Richard Doyle. A novel focused on the White Horse of Uffington, Berkshire, and the customs and celebrations of locals relati...

Le the Chez Miranda

Jean Moreas; Paul Adam · 1886 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,895.64 | $4,293.70 | ¥685,649)

Paris, Tresse et Stock, 1886. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition copy of this important symbolist novel. This particular copy once belonged to Edmund Gosse, and has been signed by the author. The dedication to the half-title bears the author's inscr...

Nouveaux Contes

H C Andersen; Louis Demouceaux · 1874 · Rooke Books

£775.00 (€928.96 | $1,023.88 | ¥163,501)

Versailles, Imprimerie de E Aubert, 1874. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first French language edition of Hans Christian Andersen's tales. Translated into French by Louis Demouceaux. A very scarce edition of Hans Christian Andersen's tales,  especially sca...