Letteratura

A Presence with Secrets

W. M. Spackman · 1980 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Paperback. A very scarce proof copy of this novel depicting thirty years of amorous encounters between the protagonist and his lovers. A very scarce proof copy of the first edition.In the publisher's wraps.Contemporary ink inscriptions to...

The Fight for the Luck

James Blyth · 1921 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London , Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1921. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce adventure novel by prolific author James Blyth, with publisher's advertisements. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.With leaves of publishe...

Caxton&Apos;S Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales and Sketches by the Late W.H. Rhodes

W. H. Rhodes; Daniel O'Connell (ed.) · 1876 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

San Francisco , A. L. Bancroft and Company , 1876. Cloth. A first edition of this abundant collection of science-fiction stories, poems, essays and more from the late W. H. Rhodes. The first edition of this posthumous work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. W. ...

The Despised Sex: The Letters of Callicrates to Dione, Queen of the Xanthians, Concerning England and the English, Anno Domini 1902

W. T. Stead (ed.) · 1903 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London , Grant Richards , 1903. First edition. Cloth. A scarce fiction woven with letters, following a Queen's servant as he is sent from an established matriarchal society to report on the patriarchal ways of England. The first edition of this work.In the publisher'...

The Deep

Mickey Spillane · 1961 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this gritty crime drama from American author Mickey Spillane, in the yellow variant dust wrapper. First edition. With the original unclipped yellow variant dust wrapper. Chaos erupts in...

The Black Fear

John Halstead · 1935 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work from British author John Halstead. First edition. Scarce work. A novel following the life of George Iddon during his time in London, and his belief that he is safe in the idyl...

Arcadian Life

S. S. Buckman · 1891 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1891. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce travelogue of utopia by Sydney Savory Buckman, illustrated throughout by his brother. The first edition of this very scarce work.An entertaining fictional account of a walkin...

Le "Detective Novel" Et L&Apos;Influence de la Pensee Scientifique

Regis Messac · 1929 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, 1929. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this uncommon study on the history and origins of detective fiction, inscribed by the noted American author David H. Keller. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original ...

Some Plain - Some Coloured

J. J. Bell · 1923 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce short story collection by Scottish journalist and author J.J. Bell. The first edition of this very scarce work.With an inscription from the author to ...

Mr. Hawkins&Apos; Humorous Adventures

Edgar Franklin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

New York, Dodge Publishing Company, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A superb example of the uncommon first edition of Edgar Franklin Stearns's entertaining science fiction short stories. The uncommon first edition of this short story collection by Edgar Franklin, the pseudon...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,879)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 244 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernatu...

Hymen&Apos;S Praeludia: Or, Love&Apos;S Master-Piece

Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenede; Robert Loveday [trans.] · 1736 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, J. Watson, 1736 . Leather. A very scarce eight volume eighteenth century English language translation of Gauthier de Costes's historic romance. First published as 'Cleopatre' in 1684, this is a very scarce English language translation by Robert Loveday, ...

Unlawful

Charles Turner · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this very scarce science fiction thriller by Charles Turner. The first edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original cloth. This science fiction thriller was written by Charle...

A New Romantic Anthology

Stefan Schimanski; Henry Treece (Ed.) · 1949 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.90 | ¥24,887)

London, Grey Walls Press Limited , 1949. Cloth. A very smart first edition of an exploration into the New Romantic Movement by the leading members of such revival. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.With four monochrome plates.This work thor...

Tales of Old Thule

J Moyr Smith · 1879 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work of eight stories set in the elusive land of Thule, illustrated throughout by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work with monochrome frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Contempora...

Mysterious Hunter or the Last of the Aztecs

Vic St. L [Jeune Hopkins/Squire D. Hopkins] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Chicago, The Jeune Hopkins Company, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon science fiction novel, with illustrations. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A romance comprising Aztec lore...

That Tree of Eden: A Study in the Real Decadence

Nicholas Christian · 1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart and very scarce first edition of this charming novel on decadence from Nicholas Christian. First edition. Very scarce. A philosophical novel focused on the idea of decadence, set in four parts entitled: ploughing the...

Six Cent Sam&Apos;S

Julian Hawthorne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

St. Paul, The Price-McGill Company , 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories written by Julian Hawthorne, with charming illustrations by John Henderson Garnsey. The first edition. Written by American writer and journalist, Julian Hawt...

The Crooked Coronet

Michael Arlen · 1937 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A well-presented first edition of this uncommon collection of short stories, written by Michael Arlen. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original smart blue cloth. Written by Bulgarian-born essayist, short-...

The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland

Samuel Johnson; et al. · 1793 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Dublin, J. Moore, 1793-5 . First edition. Leather. Two volumes containing poetry from eighteenth-century British and Irish poets, with a preface and biographical details by Samuel Johnson. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Comprised of Volume the First and Volume the Sec...