Letteratura

The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress

John Bunyan · 1837 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Glasgow , Blackie and Son, 1837. Leather. A smart copy of this important theological fiction, complete with notes, a memoir of John Bunyan and very scarce illustrations, including a folding plate. Bound in half calf, with marbled boards. Undated, dated from a copy held instit...

Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London; New York, Faber and Faber Limited; The Fountain Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first and limited edition of Walter de la Mare's exploration of the trope of deserted islands in fiction, signed by the author. The limited first edition, of six hundred and fif...

The Alchemist

Ben Jonson; H. C. Hart [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The De La More Press, 1903. Cloth. A smart copy of this limited edition printing of Jonson's comedy The Alchemist, from The King's Library series. The King's Library - De La More Press Quartos. Limited to four hundred and eighty copies on hand-made paper...

Poems

Charles Abraham Elton · 1804 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from English British Army officer Charles Abraham Elton. First edition. Very scarce work. The author's first published work. A collection of poetry with...

Strict Joy: Poems

James Stephens · 1931 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this poetry collection from Irish writer James Stephens. First edition. A collection of poetry including titles such as: Cadence, Apple Blossom, The White Swan, Reverie on a Rose, and Saras...

Tally-Ho Back!

Rancher · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Country Life Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this delightful book of verses on hunting, illustrated with monochrome plates by Lionel Edwards. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. A poetry collection themed to hunting an...

The Professor. To Which Are Added the Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell: Now First Collected.

Currer Bell [Charlotte Bronte] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1860 . Cloth. An early edition of the first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, alongside a selection of poetry from all three Bronte sisters. An early edition of the work. First published in 1857. Published as part of Smith, Elder & Co's new and...

Letters on Several Subjects

Martin Sherlock · 1781 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, J. Nichols, T. Cadell, P. Elmsly, H. Payne, N. Conant, 1781. First edition. Leather. A scarce collection of sixty-three letters on various literary subjects by Martin Sherlock, the first edition. The first edition of this scarce work.Complete in two volumes.Half-title ...

Cruikshank at Home a New Family Album

Robert Cruikshank [Isaac Robert Cruikshank] · 1840 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, W. Kidd, 1840 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the third series of Robert Cruikshank's charmingly illustrated anthology volume of humorous poems and tales. The scarce third series of this work.The work of Isaac Robert Cruikshank, the less well-k...

Difficulties of a Bridegroom

Ted Hughes · 1995 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Faber and Faber, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A superb first impression of one of Ted Hughes' anthologies of short stories. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This work features nine short stories written by English poet, tra...

Notes of the Horn: Hunting Verse, Old and New

Various; E. OE. Somerville [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Peter Davies , 1934. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of these collected verses The first edition thus of this collection. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eleven monochrome plates. Collate...

The Jefferson Letters

John Ballinger · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Virginia, The Dietz Press, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel on the purchase of some of the letters of Thomas Jefferson, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Letters written by Thomas Jefferson...

Moby Dick, or, the Whale

Herman Melville · 1930 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Random House, 1930. Cloth. Rockwell Kent's illustrated edition of one of the most popular American novels ever published. The first U.S. trade edition of 'Moby Dick' to be illustrated by Rockwell Kent.Illustrated with head and tail pieces, and the occa...

The History of Sandford and Merton

Thomas Day · 1815 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Gainsborough, Henry Mozley, 1815. Cloth. Thomas Day's incredibly popular educational work for children, a novel guiding children on proper conduct. Thomas Day's incredibly popular children's book, a series of stories which tell the history of Sandford and Merton...

Juvenile Poems

Thomas Romney Robinson · 1806 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Belfast, J. Smyth & D. Lyons, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Romney Robinson's juvenile poems, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of the juvenile poems by Thomas Romney Robin...

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene · 1951 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, William Heinemann, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Graham Greene's celebrated novel, reviewed by Evelyn Waugh as 'singularly beautiful and moving&apos. The first edition, first impression of Greene's work, in the publi...

Beyond the Fringe

Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Random House, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedy stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. First edition. With a frontispiece. A British comedy stage revue that debuted at the 1960 ...

A Note in Music

Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New, Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of the author's second novel, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First US edition. A semi-autobiographical piece based on the marriage between Lehmann and Wogan Phillips, a painte...

Ryder

Djuna Barnes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing experimental modernist novel by Djuna Barnes. The first edition, first printing, which was limited to 3,000 copies.'Ryder' is an important modernist novel written in the Rabe...

Falling for a Dolphin

Heathcote Williams · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The author's presentation copy, inscribe...