Letteratura

John Graham (Convict) 1824

Robert Gibbings · 1937 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Faber and Faber , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this vivid historical narrative dealing with transportation and early convict life in Australia. Featuring forty wood-engravings, illustrated by the author. With rare original unclipped dustwrapper. In or...

Snake

James McClure · 1975 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of James McClure's thrilling work of crime fiction. First edition. Part of his renowned Kramer and Zondi series. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, cl...

Yellowstone Kelly

Peter Bowen · 1987 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Illinois , Jameson Books, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this heroic cowboy story with letters from the author. Includes two humorous letters from the author to the same reader regarding the signing of the book, others in the 'Kelly' series an...

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

Robert James Waller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.54 | $70.03 | ¥11,185)

The United States of America, Warner Books, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first printing of Waller's novel 'Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend&apos. Robert James Waller (1939) is an American author best known for 'The Bridges of Madison County', an enormously success...

The Little Blue Light a Play in Three Acts

Edmund Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this play by Edmund Wilson. Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters. Wilson was interested in modern culture as a whole,...

The Stalking Horse

Jill McGown · 1987 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Macmillan, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jill McGown murder mystery novel. 'With her usual insight into human behaviour, Jill McGown has created a novel full of tension and suspense.' In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustw...

The Artful Egg

James McClure · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this murder mystery novel from James McClure. The seventh in the Kramer and Zondi novels series. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is smart, with just...

Wilde West

Walter Satterthwaite · 1991 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

New York, Walter Satterthwaite, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Satterthwaite's fictionalised account of Oscar Wilde's time in the American West. 'A tense mystery, a perverse comedy, 'Wilde West' is a brilliant novel that includes, as ...

Watchman

Ian Rankin · 1988 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Bodley Head, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sinister spy thriller from Ian Rankin. The book tells the story of Miles Flint, a surveillance officer who works for MI5. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, ...

The Philadelphian

Richard Powell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Powell's The Philadelphian. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Richard Pitts Powell (1908 –1999) was an American novelist. In the 1940s, Powell be...

I Am the Only Running Footman

Martha Grimes · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A bright, clean first UK edition of I Am the Only Running Footman by Martha Grimes. Bound in paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwrapper. First UK Edition. Martha Grimes, b.1931, is an...

The Case of the Fear Makers

John Newton Chance · 1967 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Publisher's cloth covered boards with silver lettering. A first edition which is complete with the original pictorial dust jacket. John Lymington (1911-1983) was born John Richard Newton Chance in London. He was a prolific ...

Reflex

Dick Francis · 1980 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Dick Francis. "Aided only by a natural wit and a knowledge of cameras, he unwillingly began picking his way through, facing on the way not only ferocious enemies but the traps and uncertaintie...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. In Two Volumes

Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A wonderful collection of Lord Macaulay's contributions to the Knight's Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as miscellaneous poems and inscriptions. Featuring ...

Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron

Sir Egerton Brydges · 1824 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824. Leather. An attractive edition of this bibliographical works of the poet Lord Byron. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (30 November 1762 – 8 September 1837) was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Me...

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

E Bulwer-Lytton · 1841 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Frederick Fleischer, 1841. Leather. A new edition of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Pilgrims of the Rhine. With a preface addressed to Lytton's brother, Henry Bulwer-Lytton. This is volume III from Fleischer's Complete Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer. Bookplat...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1868 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world ...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts with Notes the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem

Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this play and poem by Lord Byron. The first edition of this work.Bound by Bayntun's of Bath.First impression, with Doge's speech on p.151 five and a half lines long.The play is set in Venice in 135...

Comic Dramas in Three Acts

Maria Edgeworth · 1817 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

London, R. Hunter, 1817. First edition. Leather. A fantastic first edition of three comic plays by Maria Edgeworth. A very original near fine copy.Bound without publisher's advertisments. Containing her plays Love and Law, The Two Guardians and The Rose, Thistle and Shamr...

The Exodiad: A Poem

Richard Cumberland; Sir James Bland Burges · 1807 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Lackington, Allen and Co. 1807. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collaborative epic poem from Richard Cumberland and Sir James Bland Burges. Richard Cumberland (19 February 1732 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. His plays a...