Letteratura

Musical Chairs a Songbook for Anxious Children

James Broughton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

San Francisco, The Centaur Press, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of James Broughton's poetry collection. An association copy. Signed by Broughton to the recto of front endpaper, 'for Barbara, with love and poetry, even, James&apos. Loosely...

Clara&Apos;S Heart

Joseph Olshan · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Joseph Olshan's touching novel about a young boy and his housekeeper, a presentation copy to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the half-title, &a...

The Perverse Widow Being Passages from the Life of Catharina Wife of William Boevey Esq

Arthur W Crawley-Boevey · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Longmans Green and Co , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A very bright, first edition copy of this biography regarding the philanthropist Catherina Boevey. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the armorial bookplate of one Peter Stubs to the front pastedown....

Prose Di M Pietro Bembo Nelle Quali Si Ragione Della Volgar Lingua

Pietro Bembo · 1525 · Rooke Books

£5,250.00 (€6,292.96 | $6,935.98 | ¥1,107,587)

Venice , Giovanni Tacuino, 1525. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, true first edition of Pietro Bembo's influential treatise on writing poetry. This is the true first edition of this work. Upon initial publication, this work was protected by a ten-year privilege, mea...

Wild Lone the Story of a Pytchley Fox

BB; D. J. Watkins-Pitchford; Sir Charles Frederick · 1938 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1938. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Denys James Watkins-Pitchford's charming children's novel about a fox, illustrated, in a signed binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The first edition of this work. In a signed binding by...

The Impressionist

Hari Kunzru · 2002 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first editon copy of Hari Kunzru's award winning debut novel. Accompanied by a signed copy of the uncorrected proof. The first edition, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by Hari Kunzru to the tit...

The Triumphs of Temper a Poem in Six Cantos

William Hayley · 1796 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, T Cadell, 1796. Leather. An early edition of William Hayley's popular didactic poem, 'The Triumphs of Temper&apos. The ninth edition. Prior owner's inscription to the verso of front endpaper, 'Given to me by Miss Jane Smith Sep 6 1799 Chelsea&apos. ...

A Twelfth Century Romance Aucassin and Nicolete

Dulcie Lawrence Smith · 1914 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Andrew Melrose, 1914. First edition. Vellum. A charmingly illustrated, English translation of this medieval French fictional story. First thus, the first edition of this work with these illustrations. This work has been translated from the original French by Dulcie Law...

Jacob&Apos;S Return from London; or, His Ramble to Bath

[Thomas Knight] · 1789 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Bath, Not Stated, 1789. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Knight's satirical poem from the point of view of his character Jacob Gawkey, which he performed at the Theatre Royal, Bath. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. ESTC cit...

The Iliad and the Odyssey

Alexander Pope · 1931 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition. Leather. A fine, limited edition set of Pope's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey with excellent provenance. Limited edition, With Homer numbered 1051 and The Iliad numbered 1196. With text in both Latin and Greek. Th...

Critical Essays on the Dramatic Excellencies of the Young Roscus

J Bisset · 1805 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Birmingham; London, Knott and Lloyd; J Johnson, 1805. First edition. Leather. A well bound, very scarce first edition of this tract looking at the dramatic talents of William Henry West Betty, or 'The Young Roscius&apos. Rebound, in a stunning half calf binding with marbl...

The Project, a Poem. Dedicated to Dean Tucker

[Richard Tickell] · 1778 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, T. Becket, 1778. Disbound. A scarce second edition of Richard Tickell's satirical poem dedicated to the churchman Josiah Tucker. This was the poet's first work. The second edition of this work. A scarce work. Collated, complete. ESTC citation number T2401. Di...

The English Garden a Poem Book the First

William Mason · 1772 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, R. Horsefield, 1772. Disbound. The second edition of this popular long poem about gardening, this volume being the first part of the poem only. The second edition of this work. Half-title and final leaf of publisher's adverts are present. Collated, complete. ESTC ...

Epistles to the Great, from Aristippus in Retirement

[John Gilbert Cooper] · 1757 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, [R. and J. Dodsley], 1757. First edition. Disbound. A scarce first edition of John Gilbert Cooper's three episilitory poems, written under the nom de plume Aristippus. Uncommon to find not bound with other works. The first edition of this work. Bound without the h...

The Pattern Poems of Milosz at the Mountjoy Hotel the Apostle&Apos;S Secretary Giacomo Leopardi in Naples Some Dogs

C. H. Sisson et al. · 1993 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Enitharmon Pamphlets, 1993. Paperback. A limited edition collection of signed poetry pamphlets from Enitharmon Pamphlets, containing six pamphlets by influential poets. A limited edition work, comprising of two hundred numbered copies, of which the first fifty were sig...

Plexus

Henry Miller · 1963 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Henry Miller's second volume in his popular but controversial trilogy, 'The Rosy Crucifixion&apos. The first UK edition of this work. In the original publisher's unclipped dustw...

Tendres Stocks

Paul Morand · 1924 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

Paris, Emile-Paul Freres, 1924. First edition. Leather. A fine, beautifully produced first illustrated edition of this short story collection by noted Modernist author, Paul Morand. Beautifully illustrated, by popular illustrator, Chas Laborde. The illustrator contributed to m...

Bolt

Dick Francis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Michael Joseph, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Dick Francis. A fine copy. This novel follows Kit Fielding, a champion steeplechase jockey. He discovers that Princess Casilia, his chief patron, is facing serious trouble. His instinctive s...

Little, Big

John Crowley · 1982 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy work set in the world of Faerie, written by John Crowley, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Litt...

Gascoyne

Stanley G. Crawford · 1966 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this dark and thrilling work about the protagonist, Gascoyne, written by Stanley Crawford. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. &apo...