Letteratura

A Collection of Works by Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins · 1946 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

New York; London, New Directions; J. M. Dent and Sons; Stein and Day; Triton, 1946-1965. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of works from Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Dylan Marlais Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer who be...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens · 1870 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' final and unfinished novel, complete with the original illustrations. The first edition in book form, first issue, with the following issue points: page 1, lines 1 a...

Names and Local Habitations (Selected Earlier Poems 1951-1972)

Joel Oppenheimer · 1988 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina , The Jargon Society , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely anthology of poems by Joel Oppenheimer. The first edition of this collection. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Offering a satisfying selection of earlier poems...

Living in the Open

Marge Piercy · 1976 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1976. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this poetry collection by American activist, Marge Piercy. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. In the publisher's wraps. A delightful volume of poetry by American...

The Teeth of the Lion

Kenneth Patchen · 1942 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Connecticut, New Directions, 1942. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this poetry collection from American author Kenneth Patchen. First edition. A collection of poetry from Kenneth Patchen, an American poet and novelist likened to William Black and Walt Whitman...

Sleepers Awake

Kenneth Patchen · 1946 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.53 | ¥60,107)

New York, Padell Book Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this important work of imaginative invention from American author Kenneth Patchen. First trade edition. An extraordinary piece of imaginative invention described as "novelistic fantasy", in whi...

Beginning with O

Olga Broumas · 1977 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of lesbian eroticism from Greek poet Olga Broumas. First edition. Volume seventy-two of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The author's first published collection. A...

Poemscapes & Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces

Kenneth Patchen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

North Carolina; New York, Jonathan Williams Publisher; A New Directions Book, 1958-1970. First edition. Paperback. Two smart first edition volumes from American poet and novelist Kenneth Patchen. Two volumes. Written by Kenneth Patchen, an American poet and novelist likened to...

The Blanket of the Dark

John Buchan · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of John Buchan's historical novel set during the reign of Henry VIII. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with map endpapers. Set during the early reign of Henry VIII, Buchan presents ...

May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life

Graham Greene · 1967 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, The Bodley Head, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited edition copy of this anthology of short stories by Graham Greene, signed by the author. A limited edition of five hundred copies published alongside the first edition, of which this is numbered four hundred an...

The Bright-Winged Piper: Poems by Padraig O&Apos;Horan

Padraig O'Horan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, The Fortune Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of poetry by Padraig O'Horan, in the rare original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped du...

Winter"S Tales; Last Tales; Anecdotes of Destiny; Shadows on the Grass; Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales; Daguerreotypes and Other Essays

Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)

New York; Chicago; London, Random House; University of Chicago Press; Heinemann, 1942-1979. First edition. Cloth. The first editions, first printings of these six works by Karen Blixen, under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. The first editions, first printings of these six works in...

Nine Michael Innes First Editions

Michael Innes · 1946 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.15 | $825.72 | ¥131,814)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1946-1966. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic collection of nine first edition works from detective fiction author Michael Innes, in the original Gollancz yellowjacket dust wrappers. Including two author's own copies. Nine first edition works f...

The Milagro Beanfield War

John Nichols · 1974 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Nichols' first New Mexico novel, a brilliant tale about a developer seeking to improve his area. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The ...

Bonsoir Therese

Elsa Triolet · 1949 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, La Bibliotheque Francaise, 1949. Paperback. An uncommon novel by Elsa Triolet, her first in French, signed by the author to her friend, Georges Sadoul. The second edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, presenting the copy to her friend, Ge...

Clara in Blunderland; Lost in Blunderland

Caroline Lewis [Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and Michael Henry Temple) · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, William Heinemann, 1902-1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two highly entertaining parodies of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass&apos. Both volumes are present in the first edition...

The Impudent Comedian & Others, and the Jessamy Bride

F. Frankfort Moore · 1897 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Chicago, H. S. Stone and Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works from Frank Frankfort Moore, including a historical romance and a collection of short stories. The first American editions. A two volume set, featuring 'The Impudent Comedian & Others', ...

Thirty Poems

William Cullen Bryant · 1864 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

New York, D. Appleton and Company , 1864. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this anthology by American poet William Cullen Bryant. The first edition. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. A delightful collection of thirty poems from American...

The Soliloquy of a Hermit

Theodore Francis Powys · 1916 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, G. Arnold Shaw , 1916. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first US edition of this early introspective work from British novelist T. F. Powys. The first US edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. 'The Soliloquy of a Hermit' is an early non-fi...

In Partnership: Studies in Story-Telling

Brander Matthews; H. C. Bunner · 1884 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,811)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study in story-telling from American writers Brander Matthews and Henry Cuyler Bunner. First edition. A collection of critical and insightful essays on the art of story-telling, w...