Letteratura

Folio Fagina

W. G. Williamson · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Anthony Blond; Ashdown House , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of poetry written by the students of Ashdown House, a now closed prep school. The first edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of poems written by former s...

The Day-Boy

Ronald Gurner · 1924 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Grant Richards Ltd , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable copy of this vanishingly scarce first edition novel by Ronald Gurner, complete with the original dust wrapper. First edition of this very scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wra...

Purcell Ode and Other Poems

Robert Bridges · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Chicago, Way & Williams, 1896. First edition. Hardback. A first US edition of this collection of poetry from British poet laureate Robert Seymour Bridges, one of two hundred copies on Van Gelder paper. First US edition. One of two hundred copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Un...

The Difference and Other Poems Including the Columbian Ode

Harriet Monroe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Chicago, Covici-McGee Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from American editor and writer Harriet Monroe. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including titles such as Carolina Wood-Cuts, At the Pra...

Skerrett

Liam O'Flaherty · 1932 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this moving novel on personal freedom against religion by Liam O'Flaherty, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the re...

Thy Neighbour&Apos;S Wife

Liam O'Flaherty · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Liam O'Flaherty's debut novel, a wonderful tale, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Thy Neighbour's Wife', se...

The Grip of Honor

Cyrus Townsend Cyrus · 1900 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting novel about the American Revolution, the author's presentation copy. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the recto of the front...

A Question of Color

F. C. Philips · 1895 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Francis Charles Philips' uncommon novel on an interracial marriage, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first U.S. edition of this uncommon work.An intriguing romance with hints ...

Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts

Alfred de Musset; Maurice Baring [trans.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Haarlem, The Pleiad, 1929 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Alfred de Musset humorous play, designed by Frederic Warde and with two hand coloured plates. Limited to five-hundred and fifty copies, with this copy being out of series.Translated from the origin...

Pawns, Oliver Cromwell and Robert E. Lee

John Drinkwater · 1917 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. 1917-23. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition historical plays by the noted poet, John Drinkwater, including his play depicting the life of Oliver Cromwell. The first editions to all, with 'Pawns' being the first one volume editi...

Nothing to Wear: An Episode of City Life

1857 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

New York, Rudd and Carleton, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The first book edition of this highly popular satirical poem by William Allen Butler. The first book edition of this poem. First published anonymously in Harper's Weekly in the same year. In the publisher's or...

The Poetry Quartos

Various · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, Random House, 1929. First edition. Paperback. A smart collection of nine limited edition volumes from The Poetry Quartos, issued by Random House. Nine volumes of a twelve volume set. First edition. Limited to four hundred and seventy-five copies printed. The Poetry Q...

Human Shows Far Phantasies Songs and Trifles

Thomas Hardy · 1925 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first edition of Thomas Hardy's penultimate collection of poetry, in a fine example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A superior copy, with the publisher's unclipped dust wr...

Orpheus: A Symposium of the Arts, Volume 2

John Lehmann [ed.]; Laurie Lee; George Barker; Edith Sitwell; Rex Warner; et al. · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, John Lehmann, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A delightful anthology of articles, poems, essays, stories and illustrations by a range of well-known contributors, edited by John Lehmann. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth bin...

Tales of the Little Sisters of Saint Francis

Shaw Desmond · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Grant Richards & Humphrey Toulmin, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A delightful anthology of short stories by the prominent Irish literary figure Shaw Desmond, with the scarce dust wrapper in unusually smart condition. The first edition of this work in the publisher's...

Lays of India

Aliph Cheem [Walter Yeldham] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Bombay, Thacker, Vining & Co, 1871 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of Walter Yeldham's 'comical, satirical and descriptive poems illustrative of English life in India', published under the pseudonym Aliph Cheem. The second edition of th...

Giles&Apos;S Minority; or, Scenes at the Red House

Mrs. Robert O'Reilly [Eleanor O'Reilly] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1874 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce children's tale surrounding a young boy named Giles who inherits his families substantial estate after their untimely death, written by Eleanor Grace O'Reilly. Fi...

The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family.

Arthur Pendennis [William Makepeace Thackeray] · 1855 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of Thackeray's celebrated novel, bound in the publisher's rebacked cloth, with illustrations by Richard Doyle throughout. Bound in the publisher's cloth, rebacked, and with a con...

The Nurse, a Poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo.

Luigi Tansillo; William Roscoe · 1800 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Liverpool, J. M'Creery for Cadell and Davies, 1800 . Leather. The second edition in English of Luigi Tansillo's poem 'The Nurse', written to encourage women to nurse their own children. Second edition. First English translation published in 1798. Bound in f...

Top of the Heap

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1957. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this Cool-Lam mystery novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. The first UK edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A Cool and Lam novel ...