Letteratura

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

Beatrix Potter · 1910 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1910 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's delightful story about housekeeping and the blight of insect invaders, illustrated throughout by Potter herself. The first edition of this charming...

Peake&Apos;S Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake; Maeve Gilmore · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce U.S. first edition of this charming selection of the works and illustrations of Mervyn Peake, in the original dust wrapper. The very scarce first U.S. edition. In the publisher's origina...

The Secret of the Sangraal: A Collection of Writings

Arthur Machen · 1995 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

Horam, The Tartarus Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A fine anthology of Arthur Machen's lesser known pieces - a Tartarus Press limited edition. A Tartarus limited edition of 250 copies, this copy being number 10.  In the original cloth binding, with the original uncli...

Gallery

John Stevens Wade · 1969 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)

London, Poet & Printer, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A very smart, illustrated first edition, with very scarce letter, presenting this copy as a gift from the binder, who also signs the letter. A very smart first edition. Bound in publisher's original pink paper wraps....

Blue Sonata the Poetry of John Ashbery

Jeremy Reed · 1994 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

None, Privately Printed, 1994. First edition. Unbound. A very smart, scarce first and limited edition literary critique, signed by the author. A very smart first and limited edition, in publisher's original binding. One of 75 copies, this being number 18. Signed by Jersey...

Apollinaire

Apollinaire; Roch Grey; Andre Salmon; et al. · 1924 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

Paris, Editions de l'Esprit Nouveau; Librairie Jean Budry & Cie, 1924 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated special Apollinaire number of 'L'Esprit Nouveau,' with tributes to the poet, critic, and author, from leading figure...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

Arthur Rackham · 1965 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,034)

London, George G. Harrap, 1965 . Leather. Handsomely bound in half morocco by Hatchards, this is a charming collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham. The May 1965 impression of this work, which was first published in this edition in 1933. In a signed ...

Fantastic Beasts the Crimes of Grindelwald Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

J. K. Rowling; John Tiffany; Jack Thorne · 2016 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Little, Brown, 2016-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition first impression Wizarding World scripts, with unclipped dust wrappers. A pair of very smart first edition J. K. Rowling scripts, for screen and stage respectively. Featuring the Special Rehea...

Worse Things Waiting

Manly Wade Wellman · 1973 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Carcosa, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The signed deluxe first edition of a celebration of the ghost stories from the Dean of Fantasy and literary master of pulp magazines, with grisly illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. The deluxe first edition of Wors...

An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq; and of His Foundation in Charter-House.

Philip Bearcroft · 1737 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, E. Owen, 1737 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Bearcroft"s illustrated history of Thomas Sutton and the Charterhouse, one of England"s most enduring charitable and educational foundations. In a contemporary full calf binding.  First edition.  Illustrate...

Letters from the Right Honorable Lady Craven, to His Serene Highness the Margrave of Anspach

Elizabeth Craven · 1814 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London , A. J. Valpy, 1814 . Leather. The expanded second edition of Lady Craven"s epistolary journey across Europe to Russia, the Crimea and Constantinople, enriched with previously unpublished letters. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards. The expand...

Songs, Plays, and Ballads

E. W. T. [Edward Wyndham Tennant] · 1909 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London, Printed for Private Circulation at the Chiswick Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. An enchanting and very scarce book of verse by the very young Edward Wyndham Tennant; the first and only edition. A very scarce title, here appearing in the first and only edition. Bound...

Snow on the North Side of Lucifer Mir Poets Ten Three Poems from Canto Two of the Rats the Mentality of the Picaresque Hero

Alan Sillitoe · 1973 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Knotting; Okeford; London, The Sceptre Press; Words Press; Ithaca Press; Alan Sillitoe; Turret Papers, 1973-1993. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Knotting; Okeford; London: The Sceptre Press; Words Press; Ithaca Press; Alan Sillitoe; Turret Papers, 1973-1993. First edition. ...

The Poems on Various Subjects of Thomas Warton

Thomas Warton · 1791 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the scarce posthumously published collection of the prolific Graveyard poet, including sonnets and odes reminiscent of the later Romantic period. The first edition of the scarce Poems on Vario...

Drunken Barnaby&Apos;S Journeys to the North of England

[Richard Brathwaite] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, J. Harding, 1805 . Hardback. A lively illustrated edition of Brathwaite"s comic four-part journey through England, blending drinking lore, topography, and social satire in parallel Latin and English verse. In the publisher's original paper boards, rebacked with ea...

The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of la Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes, [trans. by P.A. Motteux] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1902. Cloth. The complete four volume library edition of the pre-eminent classic of Western literature, with beautiful etchings by award-winning French artist Adolphe Lalauze The complete four volume set of The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quix...

An Inquiry Into the Beauties of Painting and Remarks Upon the Beauties of Poetry

Daniel Webb · 1761 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, J. Dodsley; W. Bowyer, 1761-62. First edition. Leather. A charming volume of two works by Daniel Webb; the first edition of his poetical remarks and a second edition of his observations on painting. A single volume containing the second edition of Webb's Inquiry i...

Old English Chronicles

J. A. Giles [ed.] · 1901 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1901. Leather. An uncommon Edwardian edition of collected English histories and chronicles, in original binding. An uncommon collection of historic English chronicles.  Including Ethelwerd's Chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred, Geoffrey of ...

Honolulu Murder Story

Leslie Ford [Zenith Jones Brown] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1947 . Cloth. A wonderful example of the first edition of Zenith Jones Brown's Latham and Primrose murder mystery novel, in which a murder takes place in Hawaii. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher...

The Devil&Apos;S Stronghold

Leslie Ford [Zenith Jones Brown] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Leslie Ford's novel of 'murder, mystery and lively entertainment for all', in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this ...