Letteratura

Chevy Chase, a Poem. Founded on the Ancient Ballad

[Robert Roscoe] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this entertaining hunting poem, an interesting association copy, belonging to the author's grandson. The first edition of this work.Pencil inscription to the front pastedown, 'W...

Between the Assassinations

Aravina Adiga · 2009 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Atlantic Books, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Aravind Adiga's second novel, in the original fine unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, 'A suba...

Poems of Felicia Hemans

Felicia Hemans · 1854 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. Leather. A lovely prize bound edition of the collected poems of Felicia Hemans, illustrated with a frontispiece. In a prize binding from Cheltenham Training College with their crest to the front board. Prize inscription to the recto t...

An Essay on the Character of the Welsh As a Nation

William Jones · 1841 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Simpkin and Marshall, 1841. Leather. A finely bound copy of this prize-winning essay regarding Wales and the Welsh nation. Written by William Jones, a prominent evangelical clergyman. He was a curate of Llanbeulan Anglesey. This essay was awarded first prize at the Ro...

Heaven a Vision

Mr Scott · 1760 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Cambridge, J Bentham; W H Thurlbourn & J Woodyer, 1760. First edition. Disbound. An uncommon, first edition of this poem by Mr Scott. This poem won the Seatonian prize. ESTC reference no: T36066. The Seatonian Prize is awarded by the University of Cambridge for the best Engli...

Hobbinol or the Rural Games a Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse

William Somerville · 1740 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, J. Stagg, 1740. Paperback. A very bright, third edition copy of this humorous and popular burlesque poem abount country life and the Cotswolds Games, written by the influential poet, William Somerville Published the same year as the first edition. An Octavo edition of...

Keepers of the House

Lisa St Aubin de Teran · 1982 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Lisa St Aubin de Teran's debut novel, a presentation copy to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy, signed by the author to the recto to...

H Is for Homicide I Is for Innocent J Is for Judgment L Is for Lawless R Is for Ricochet

Sue Grafton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Henry Holt; Putnam, 1991-2004. First edition. Cloth. Fine first US editions, first impressions, of Sue Grafton's influential crime novels, each book titled after a letter in the alphabet. The first US editions, first impressions of these works. In the original p...

Yesterday&Apos;S Spy

Len Deighton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Len Deighton's exciting spy novel set in the Second World War, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Steve Champion is the pr...

The Murder at the Vicarage

Agatha Christie · 1930 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this important Agatha Christie novel. Being the first appearance of Christie's favourite detective creation, Miss Marple. Extremely scarce, with the publisher's original dustwrapper, which is a r...

Cressy to Tel-El-Kebir

Charles Rathbone Low · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, W Mitchell and Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon narrative poem, being an important work of historical fiction. Written by a Lieutenant in the Indian Navy, Charles Rathbone Low. The first edition of this work. A scarce work by Low, whose best known works incl...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Helen Fielding · 1999 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Picador, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Helen Fielding's seminal novel about the immensely popular character Bridget Jones, The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. 'B...

Some Rain Must Fall

Michel Faber · 1998 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, Canongate, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Michel Faber's engrossing collection of short stories, in a fine condition. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. An imaginative and versatile ...

Anil&Apos;S Ghost

Michael Ondaatje · 2000 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Bloomsbury, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of Michael Ondaatje's critically acclaimed novel following the life of Anil Tissera. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In...

Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident

Eoin Colfer · 2002 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Puffin Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of the second novel in the entertaining children's Artemis Fowl series, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the ...

The Dark Room

Rachel Seiffert · 2001 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Heinemann, 2001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Rachel Seiffert's Booker Prize short-listed Second World War novel, accompanied by the uncorrected proof. 'The Dark Room' is composed of three unrelated novellas set in both pre and post...

Sunburst

Mauricio Magdaleno; Anita Brenner · 1944 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York, The Viking Press, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition set in revolutionary Mexico, following a man through fame and violence, in the original illustrated unclipped dustwrapper. The first English edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwr...

The New Rythum and Other Pieces

Ronald Firbank · 1962 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Gerald Duckworth, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of Ronald Firbank's collection 'New Rythum and Other Pieces&apos. This novel was published posthumously, as the first few chapters of this novel were found in manuscript form. It is set ...

A Fool&Apos;S Alphabet [with] Where My Heart Used to Beat [with] on Green Dolphin Street

Sebastian Faulks · 1992 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, Hutchinson, 1992-2015. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of three first edition novels by Sebastian Faulks. All novels are first editions, with complete numberlines. Being 'A Fools Alphabet', 'Where my Heart Used to Beat', 'On Green Dolph...

The Sixth Lamentation

William Brodrick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition first impression of this touching novel about a war criminal and a woman who lived in occupied Paris, written by William Brodrick, alongside the original proof. The first edition, first impression o...