Letteratura

The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn

Alan Brownjohn · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Digby Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this anthology of poetry by Alan Brownjohn signed by the author. First edition, first impression of The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn in the original publisher's binding and u...

Verses 1943-1962

Richard Faber · 1962 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed, copy of Richard Faber's short poetry collection. A scarce first edition. Privately printed in full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With an inscription by the author to the front free en...

Illywhacker

Peter Carey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Boston, faber and faber, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Peter Carey's award winning novel with the original dust wrapper signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Illywhacker by Peter Carey in the original publish...

Circe and Ulysses, the Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen There January 13, 1614

William Browne; Gwyn Jones [ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954 . Leather. Illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Mark Saverin, this is a scarce limited edition printing of an early seventeenth century drama by William Browne. A Limited Edition work, this is one of one-hundred specially bound cop...

The Luck of the Bodkins

P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935 . Cloth. The first edition, first printing of P. G. Wodehouse's romance novel. First edition, first printing of The Luck of the Bodkins by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's red cloth binding. First printing stated to...

Ingomar, the Barbarian: A Play

Maria Lovell · 1851 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Davidson, 1851. First edition. Leather. The very scarce play 'Ingomar, The Barbarian' by Maria Lovell, a presentation copy from the author to a friend, handsomely bound in full morocco by Proudfoot. Ingomar, The Barbarian: A Play in Five Acts was written by M...

The Equilibriad

William Sansom · 1948 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,918.13 | $2,114.18 | ¥337,647)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of William Sansom's 1948 novella, illustrated by Lucian Freud, and signed by Sansom. A Limited Edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hu...

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

Roddy Doyle · 1996 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the signed first edition of this novel set in modern day Ireland by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle. The signed first edition, first impression of Irish writer Roddy Doyle's celebrated novel about ...

The Monastery; the Abbot; the Talisman

Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh , Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Archibald Constable & Co; John Ballantyne; et al. 1822-5. First edition. Leather. Four Waverley novels in nine uniformly bound volumes, each a first edition. Three historical novels by Walter Scott in uniform half ...

Houston Post Poems

Pascal R. Wilson · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Dallas Texas, The Kaleidograph Press, 1948. First edition. Fine Binding. The very scarce poetry collection of Pascal R. Wilson, a lovely collection inscribed by the author. A very scarce first edition work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original...

The Poems of Bishop Henry King

Bishop Henry King; John Sparrow [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1925. Hardback. A limited edition of the collected poems of Henry King. Henry King was an English poet and Bishop of Chichester in the seventeenth century, author of numerous elegies on royal people and on his close friends, who included John Donne ...

Shapes & Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1941 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition collection of poetry by Mervyn Peake, in the original unclipped dust wrapper that was designed by the author himself. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, which was designed and i...

Arctic Treachery

Richard Woodman · 1987 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York City, Walker and Company , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this Richard Woodman's Captain Drinkwater novel, a bright copy in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A novel by Richard Woodman, one in a a series of fourtee...

A Touch of Frost

R. D. Wingfield · 1998 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Sussex, Post Mortem Books Ralph Spurrier, 1998. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition copy of the second and very popular novel in R. D. Wingfield's Jack Frost series, a lovely edition of this work. A signed limited edition, limited to three-hundred and fifty copies, of wh...

The Cardinal&Apos;S Treasure: A Romance of Elizabethan Days

George W. Gillingham · 1951 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Worcester and London, Ebenezer Baylis & Son Ltd. 1951. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this adventure romance novel by George W. Gillingham, with a typewritten signed letter loosely inserted to front of text. First Edition, Uncommon. In the original unclipp...

Henry and Cato

Iris Murdoch · 1976 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1976. First edition. Cloth. Iris Murdoch's novel concerning two childhood friends, an excellent first edition complete with its original unclipped dust wrapper. Iris Murdoch's eighteenth novel is set in the English countryside, and see two ch...

Poems

Gwen M. Rolling · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Ilfracombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition collection of the poetry of Gwen M. Rolling, in the original dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'With the authors good w...

The Yellow Birds

Kevin Powers · 2012 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Sceptre, 2012. Cloth. A flawless, signed copy of this award-winning novel by author and Iraq veteran Kevin Powers. The first UK edition of this work. The Yellow Birds is the debut novel from Kevin Powers and is based upon Powers's own experiences in Iraq between 2...

Wounds of Honour: Empire Volume One

Anthony Riches · 2009 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2009. First edition. Paperback. The first volume in Anthony Riches 'Empire' series, a scarce uncorrected proof copy signed by the author. A scarce uncorrected proof of this work. The first novel in the historical 'Empire' serie...

Molly Moon Stops the World

Georgia Byng · 2003 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Macmillan Children's Books, 2003. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely first impression of this children's book featuring the popular character of Molly Moon by Georgia Byng, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this children&apo...