Letteratura
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172627 libri in Letteratura
A Whip for the Woman
Ralph Straus · 1931 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing volume of literary criticism, exploring the idea of a novel, by Ralph Straus. From the library of journalist and politician Sir Beverley Baxter. The first edition, first impressi...
Hollywood Station
Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel...
Variation on a Theme
John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
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 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernat...
Desiderium MCMXV-MCMXVIII
Norman Davey · 1920 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Cambridge, Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of First World War-era poetry by English engineer, soldier and writer Norman Davey. The first edition of this very scarce collection, from the author of 'The Pilgri...
The Caves of Treasure
Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in which a lost Mayan world is discovered. The first edition. First published in 'Red Magazine' 1919 and 1920 as two serials. In the publisher's original blind st...
Cormorant Crag a Tale of the Smuggling Days
Geo Manville Fenn · 1896 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, S. W. Partridge and Co, [1896]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of George Manville Fenn's smuggling novel, beautifully illustrated by W. Rainey. The first UK edition. First published in the United States in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company.Illustrated wit...
The Animal That Drank Up Sound
William Stafford · 1992 · Rooke Books
£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)
San Diego , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of this illustrated version of William Stafford's important poem describing the winter's waiting for spring's return, signed by the author and illustrator. Signed by the...
The Etchingham Letters
Ella Fuller Maitland; Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart · 1899 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work told through skillful and immersive letters, with beautiful half morocco binding and decorative fore edge. In half morocco binding.A scarce first edition of this work. With a tipped ...
Men of Stones: A Melodrama
Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In...
A Child Possessed
R. C. Hutchinson · 1964 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition story steeped in affectious charm, written by British best-selling novelist R.C. Hutchinson. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper and publisher's original cloth bin...
The Emperor&Apos;S Bracelet
Manning Coles [Adelaide Frances Oke Manning; Cyril Henry Coles] · 1947 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, University of London Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates and many in-text and full-page image...
The Ides of March
Thornton Wilder · 1948 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this epistolary novel by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. First edition. An epistolary novel dealing with the characters and events leading to, and culminating in, the assass...
Tommy Carteret
Justus Miles Forman · 1905 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this illustrated novel from American writer Justus Miles Forman. Firs UK edition. Scarce work. Illustrated a colour frontispiece and three colour plates. Collated complete. A tale follo...
The Moles of Death
John Dellbridge [Frederick Joseph de Verteuil] · 1927 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, The Diamond Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this science fiction novel from Trinidad-born British author John Dellbridge, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A...
A Romance of Two Centuries
Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie · 1919 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
Alpine, New Jersey, Platonist Press, [1919]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce Near Future science fiction novel set in 2025, by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. The first edition of this very scarce work.Review copy, with a stamp to the title page.'A Rom...
The Supreme Mystery
J. H. Symons · 1917 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce time travel science fiction novel by J. H. Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.A thrilling science fiction novel in which a scientist sends the spirit of a medium into va...
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor
Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1967. Hardback. A smart edition of Mervyn Peake's first published work, a colourfully illustrated yet darkly humorous children's tale. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 1960s edition of this incredibly popular dark children&...
Lucian&Apos;S Wonderland
Lucian of Samosata; St J. Basil Wynne Willson [trans.] · 1899 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of St J. Basil Wynne Willson's translation of Lucien's ancient Latin satire, authored in the second century AD. The first edition thus. Translated from Lucien of Samosat...
Alphabet Gallery an ABC of Contemporary Illustrators
Gina Pollinger [ed] · 1999 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Mammoth, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated showcase of art from popular children's book illustrators, commissioned to raise money for 'The Dyslexia Institute&apos. The first edition.In the publisher's original ...
The House Prefect
Desmond Coke · 1923 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Humphrey Milford, 1923. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated and bright copy of Desmond Coke's scarce fiction novel, illustrated by H. M. Brock. A later edition, first published in 1908.Illustrated by Henry Matthew Brock with a colour frontispiece and five coloured pl...