Letteratura

The Works of Lord Byron, with Polidori&Apos;S &Apos;Vampyre&Apos;

Lord Byron; John William Polidori · 1813 · Rooke Books

£6,900.00 (€8,270.65 | $9,115.91 | ¥1,455,230)

London, John Murray; Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813-1821 . First edition. Leather. The first edition, third 'Shirwood, Neely' issue of John William Polidori's 'The Vampire', bound in a six volume set with nineteen further first and early editions of t...

The Bell Jar

Victoria Lucas [Sylvia Plath] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£11,750.00 (€14,084.08 | $15,523.46 | ¥2,478,109)

London, Heinemann, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical magnum opus, in the desirable publisher's original dust wrapper. The true first edition, first impression. Published under the pseudonym 'Victoria Lucas&apo...

Lettres Chinoises, Ou Correspondance Philosophique, Historique Et Critique

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer · 1739 · Rooke Books

£1,475.00 (€1,768.00 | $1,948.69 | ¥311,082)

La Haye, Pierre Paupie, 1739-1740 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this epistolary work in five volumes from French rationalist Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens. In the original French.  The first edition of this work, complete in five volumes. Publ...

Pippa Passes

Robert Browning · 1841 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Collins Clear-Type Press, c1911. Paperback. A miniature edition of Robert Browning's verse drama, 'Pippa Passes', with coloured illustrations. A miniature edition. Illustrated with colour illustrations to the endpapers and to the front cover, a colour f...

Aristarchus Anti-Bentleianus

Richardo Johnson; Richard Johnson · 1717 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

Nottingham; London, Gulielmi AYscough; Samuelem Keble; Capitis Turcici, 1717. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work of literary criticism, in which Richard Johnson details the mistakes in Latin that Richard Bentley made in his edition of Horace's 'Odes&apos. The f...

Midsummer Eve: A Fairy Tale of Love

Mrs S. C. Hall; Anna Maria Hall · 1848 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel by Anna Maria Hall, a beautifully illustrated fairy tale. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed to the recto of the front endpaper, "Miss Chance, with the res...

Chronique Du Regne de Charles IX

Prosper Merimee · 1892 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Paris , Calmann-Levy , 1892. Leather. Prosper Merimee's historical fiction novel set during the reign of King Charles IX, with beautiful illustrations by Edouard Toudouze and bound in a decorative half morocco binding. The Edouard Toudouze illustrated edition. First publi...

A Feast of Carrion

Keith McCarthy · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Constable and Robinson Ltd, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of Keith McCarthy's first novel, a gripping crime investigation into the unusual forensic findings of a murder. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page...

The Works of George Whyte-Melville

George Whyte-Melville · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, W. Thacker and Co, 1898-1902. Cloth. A complete set of George Whyte-Melville's works, being a limited edition run with charming illustrations throughout each volume. A limited edition set of these works from Scottish novelist and poet, George Whyte-Melville, being...

Tale of a Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind

William Wotton; Jonathan Swift · 0 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, C. Cooke, c1810. Leather. The Cooke's edition of this satirical work from Jonathan Swift with critical essays by William Wotton. Cooke's edition. Illustrated with three plates. Collated complete. A critical exploration of the first major work written by Jonat...

The History of St. Cuthbert: Or an Account of His Life, Decease and Miracles; of the Wanderings with His Body at Intervals During CXXIV. Years; of the State of His Body from His Decease Until A.D. 1542; and of the Various Monuments Erected to His Memory.

The Very Rev. Monsignor C. Eyre · 1849 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, James Burns, 1849 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce biographical work surrounding the life and legacy of St. Cuthbert, complete with three folding plates. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, rebacked and with the original spine laid down. Sc...

The Good Natur&Apos;D Man: A Comedy. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden.

Mr. Goldsmith [Oliver Goldsmith] · 1768 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, W. Griffin, 1768 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression of Oliver Goldsmith's comedic play, bound in cloth, with the very scarce half title retained. The first edition, second state of the work. With the following issue points as stated by th...

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · 1986 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

London, The Woman's Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first UK hardcover edition of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel about the life of a young African American woman in rural Georgia in the early 1900s. The first UK hardcover edition...

In Distant Waters

Nathaniel Drinkwater · 1988 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, John Murray, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first edition of the eighth Nathaniel Drinkwater novel by Richard Woodman. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Ca...

The Long Sunday

Peter Fletcher · 1958 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this charming exploration of lower-middle-class life in Britain before the First World War. First edition. A brilliant evocation of a world and generation of young people growing up before the First World ...

The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867

Matthew Arnold; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1920. Leather. A smartly bound Oxford edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Matthew Arnold. Oxford edition. With a portrait frontispiece. The complete poems of Matthew Arnold, including: The Strayed Reveler,...

Rotten Borough: A Frolic

Julian Pine [Oliver Anderson] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this satirical novel, which was initially withdrawn after release due to its controversial nature. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce novel, with only four known c...

Cyrano de Bergerac: Comãƒâ©Die Hãƒâ©Roãƒâ¯Que En Cinq Actes En Vers

Edmond Rostand · 1898 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1898. Leather. The 109th thousandth of Rostand's famous play, written entirely in verse. The 109th thousandth, published in the same year as the first French trade edition, of this work in a full calf binding, with all edges stai...

The Works of George Eliot (Cabinet Edition)

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1878. Leather. A beautifully bound set of works by leading writers of the Victorian era, George Eliot, in full signed tree calf by Riviere. The Cabinet edition.  In full signed tree calf binding by Riviere and Son, with decorative gilt...

Constance or Solitary Practices

Lawrence Durrell · 1982 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Faber and Faber , 1982. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of the central volume to Lawrence Durrell's 'Avignon Quintet', nominated for the 1982 Booker Prize. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's origin...