Letteratura

Half a Life: A Novel

V. S. Naipaul · 2001 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression, of this insightful novel from Trinidadian-born British writer Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. First edition, first impression. Willie Somerset Chandran is the son of a Brahmin father and a...

A Cannibal in Manhattan

Tama Janowitz · 1987 · Rooke Books

£64.00 (€76.73 | $84.57 | ¥13,506)

New York, Crown Publishers Inc. 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first printing, of this modern-day version of 'Candide' from American writer, Tama Janowitz. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with thirty-one figures across sixteen plates, many in...

The Song of the Sword and Other Verses

W. E. Henley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, David Nutt, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer William Ernest Henley. First edition. The author's second volume of poetry later re-titled "London Voluntaries" after another section of the work. This c...

The Londoners

Robert Hichens · 1898 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this satirical work on society life from English author Robert Hichens. First US edition, published the same year as the UK first. Uncommon edition. Following two smart young women; on...

Death of a Bride

G. D. H. & M. Cole · 1945 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Vallancey Press Limited, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this detective novel surrounding the mysterious death of new bride Anna Bredon, written by married couple G. D. H. & M. Cole. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the ...

Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches

Laurence Oliphant · 1887 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. First edition. Paperback. An anthology of four short tales by Laurence Oliphant, a very scarce first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.An anthology of four short tales by Laurence Oliphant, with fantasti...

The Butterfly

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first six issues of the new series of 'The Butterfly', a popular literary periodical. The first edition.Six issues bound in one volume, the new series of 'The Butterfly', this volu...

The Eagle&Apos;S Heart

Hamlin Garland · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition copy of this early example of an American Western by Hamlin Garland, signed by the author. The uncommon first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, a...

Mrs. Tree

Laura E. Richards · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Boston, Dana Estes & Company, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. Laura E. Richards's own copy of the first edition of this children's novel, inscribed to the author by her publishers. The author's own copy of this charming first edition.Inscribed 'with the compli...

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebra...

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition off this historical novel from the author of 'Vanity Fair', illustrated by Thackeray himself. Bound from the original parts, and with the publisher's original wraps bound in. The fir...

Ship Island and Other Stories

Elizabeth Spencer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New York , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1968. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this wonderful collection of short stories, two of which are O. Henry Award winners. The first edition of this work.Signed and dated inscription by the author to the front free endpa...

Dead Man Leading

V. S. Pritchett · 1937 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1937. Cloth. A very smart first edition of V. S. Pritchett's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper, with the original price in-tact. In the ori...

A Modern Sacrifice

James Blyth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , John Long, Limited , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce romance novel by prolific popular fiction writer James Blyth, with publisher's advertisements. A first edition of this very scarce work.With publisher's advertisements to th...

A Longshore Lass

James Blyth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work by prolific popular fiction author James Blyth of friendship and romance set in a quaint fishing village. A first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With publish...

A Collection of Novels by Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976-1986. First edition. Cloth. Three very smart first edition novels from American writer Scott Spencer, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Scott Spencer, an American author and screenwriter. This se...

Rockspring: A Novel

R. G. Vliet · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Western from American writer Russell G. Vliet. First edition. The author's first novel. Set in Texas in the wild 1830s, the daughter of poor white pioneers is kidnapped by three Mexican outla...

Bad Characters

Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. First edition, first impression. This work contains nine short stories, alongside a novella, a...

The Luck of a Lowland Laddie

May Crommelin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Long, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this exciting South American adventure novel, written by Irish author May Crommelin. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by prolific Irish author, Mar...

Down Oxford Street

Ralph L. Finn · 1944 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this charming work of romantic fiction set on Oxford Street, written by Ralph L. Finn, with the very scarce, original dust wrapper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, ...