Letteratura

A Nip in the Air

John Betjeman · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A First edition copy of this collection of poems by John Betjeman A first edition copy of this collection of poems by John Betjeman, kept as new in the original publisher's bright yellow cloth binding. John Betjeman was an ...

Notes on Prosody

Vladimir Nabokov · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition copy of this analysis on language, originally from Nabokov's commentary on Aleksandr Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. A scarce first UK edition copy of Vladimir's Nabokov's No...

Works of George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw · 1912 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

London, Constable and Co. 1912-1930. Cloth. A wonderful twelve volume set of the works of George Bernard Shaw in the publisher's original cloth binding. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, with his most renowned works including 'Man and Superman&...

A Smell of Burning

Margaret Lane · 1965 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this enthralling novel set against the backdrop of Morocco. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Duncan Grant.A ch...

Sonnets from Tuscany and Other Poems

Lucia; [M. E. Hunting] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely poetry collection, the author's presentation copy with a touching letter tipped in, written to her friend, the painter Arthur Connor. The first edition of this work.The author's pre...

The Sellout

Paul Beatty · 2016 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Oneworld, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A fine signed first edition of Paul Beatty's humorous Man Booker winning novel. The first edition, first impression of this work. This paperback is the true U.K. first, being published in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus, and Gi...

Milkman

Anna Burns · 2018 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Faber and Faber, 2018. First edition. Hardback. A fine signed first edition of Anna Burns' Man Booker winning novel, signed to the book and to a bookmark. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, and to one of the lo...

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Virago, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition, first impression, of Sarah Water's popular Booker Prize shortlisted historical crime novel, set in Victorian England. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrap...

Poems for Charles Causley

Various · 1982 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Enitharmon Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this commemorative poetry collection, published for the sixty-fifth birthday of Charles Causley. Inscribed by David Gascoyne. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by David Gascoyne to h...

The Poetical Works of Dr. Thomas Parnell the Poetical Works of John Cunningham

Thomas Parnell; John Cunningham · 1797 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, C. Cooke, 1797. Hardback. Two volumes from Cooke's Edition pocket library, containing the poems of the notable John Cunningham and Thomas Parnell, illustrated throughout. In two volumes.The Cooke's Edition of these works. Cooke's Editions were a pocket l...

Wither&Apos;S Motto

George Wither · 1814 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Birmingham, T. Beilby and T. Knott, 1814. Leather. A beautifully rebound very scarce satirical poem by George Wither, a poem that was considered libellous and led to the author's imprisonment. A vanishingly scarce reprint of a work that was impossible to get hold of even ...

Vernon God Little a 21st Century Comedy

D B C Pierre · 2003 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Faber and Faber, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this Booker Prize winning novel. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize. 'Vernon God Little' is a novel of the life of Vernon Little, a teenager who ...

Another Time

W H Auden · 1940 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

London, Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper. Collated, complete with the unclipped dustwrapper. A very scarce survival.'Another Time' is a colle...

The Man Whose Dreams Came True a Three Pipe Problem

Julian Symons · 1968 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Collins, 1968-75. First edition. Cloth. Two beautiful first edition Collins Crime Club novels by Julian Symons. The first editions of these works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two exciting crime novels by Julian Symons.'The Man Whose Dreams Came True&apos...

The Black Book

Ian Rankin · 1993 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Orion, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of one of Ian Rankin's early Inspector Rebus novels, a thrilling crime novel. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Black Book' is the fif...

Five Collins Crime Club Novels

Pauline Glen Winslow; Michael Kenyon; Roy Lewis; Hartley Howard; John Buxton Hilton · 1977 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Collins, 1977-86. First edition. Cloth. A collection of first edition mystery novels published by Collins Crime Club, five popular novels by Pauline Glen Winslow, Michael Kenyon, Roy Lewis, Hartley Howard, and John Buxton Hilton. The first editions, first impressions o...

Set in Darkness

Ian Rankin · 2000 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Orion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Ian Rankin's eleventh Inspector Rebus novel, part of his immensely popular and thrilling series. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the origi...

The Complaints

Ian Rankin · 2009 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Orion, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Ian Rankin's first Malcolm Fox novel, a thrilling mystery. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Complaint...

Three Collins Crime Novels

Laurie R. King; Danuta Reah; Phil Lovesey · 1995 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, HarperCollins, 1995-9. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of three exciting crime mystery novels by Collins Crime Club, novels by Laurie R. King, Danuta Reah, and Phil Lovesey. The first editions, first impressions of these works.In the original unclipped dustwra...

The Confidential Clerk

T S Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of T.S Eliot's comic verse play 'The Confidential Clerk&apos. The first edition, first impression with 'Ihad' for 'I had' to page 7. With the original unclipped...