Letteratura

Poems

Enid Bagnold · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1978. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of Enid Bagnold's poetry collection, signed by the author. This work consists of the author's own favourite poems to have written and enjoyed throughout her career, which span...

Poems from Heine

Philip G. L. Webb · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Nisbet and Co. 1927. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce first edition thus to be revised and enlarged of Philip G. L. Webb's collection of poems. The author's signed presentation copy. A revised and enlarged edition of 'Translations from Heint &c....

One Dagger for Two

Philip Lindsay · 1932 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Cassell and Company , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Philip Lindsay's novel regarding Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe; the author's presentation copy, signed. The scarce first edition of this novel, published in 1932. The aut...

Adam & Eve & Us

Hardiman Scott · 1946 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Sylvan Press, 1946. Cloth. A numbered, signed limited edition of Hardiman Scott's poetry, illustrated by Betty Dougherty. Written by Jack Hardiman Scott (1920-1999), an English broadcaster and writer. He was the BBC's first political editor, serving for five ...

Arabische Nachte Erzahlungen Aus Tausenduneine Nacht

Anonymous · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,978.07 | $2,180.25 | ¥348,199)

Weimar, Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1913. Leather. A beautifully bound limited edition German edition of 'Arabian Nights', illustrated in colour vividly by Edmund Dulac. In a near fine binding with original working clasps. A limited edition, limited to one hundred copies, of...

Jason and the Princess

Kathleen Colvile · 1926 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Kathleen Colvile's charming children's novel, illustrated in colour, signed by William Rotherstein. Signed by the illustrator's brother, William Rotherstein, to the recto to the fr...

Evaporation a Symposium: Poems and Prose

Mark Turbyfill; Samuel Putnam · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Winchester , Modern Review, 1923. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first impression of this collection of poems and a miscellany of essays by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Signed by Turbyfill. The first edition of this work by Mark Turbyfill and Samuel Putnam. Interesting...

Green and Black

J. G. Skemp · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Murray , 1932. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce volume of this fictional work by J. G. Skemp. The author's presentation copy, inscribed and signed by him, with a short letter loosely inserted. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, hel...

Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare&Apos;S Tempest

Walter Crane · 1893 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, J M Dent, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition suite of eight plates produced by Walter Crane depicting Shakespeare's 'Tempest&apos. This suite is one of 650 copies designed by Crane and engraved in Dallastype facsimile by Duncan C Dallas. ...

Mr. Paul

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1921. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy, limited to seven hundred and fifty printed for sale, of this work of fiction on rural life by Gertrude Bone. Signed by both the author and the artist, in the unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition o...

The Scenic Railway

Edward Upward · 1997 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Enitharmon Press, 1997. Cloth. A superior limited edition of short story collection 'The Scenic Railway', signed by Edward Upward. Containing five short stories by Upward.Considered to be the UK's oldest living author at the time of his death at the age ...

A Novel of the Twenties

Michael Train · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Situation London, 1973. Hardback. A limited edition of this humorous experimental short story, signed by the author, Michael Train. This short story tells of a protagonist in New York. The text is split, with half comprising of the fiction tale and half of endnotes, wh...

The Battaile of Agincourt

Michael Drayton; Michaell Drayton · 1627 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,035.10 | $5,549.72 | ¥886,324)

London, William Lee, 1627. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Michael Drayton's epic poem 'The Battaile of Agincourt&apos. An important poem, here with several other works by Drayton. This work is the only contemporary reference to Shakespeare asi...

Anacreon

Anacreon, Thomas Stanley [trans.], A. H. Bullen [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, A. H. Bullen, 1906. Hardback. The publisher's file copy comprising the translation to English of magnificent poems by Greek poet Anacreon. With prototype information. The filt copy of this work with prototype information by the publisher, with chapter contents and...

The Office of Innocence

Thomas Keneally · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Sceptre, 2002. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this thought-provoking novel by Thomas Keneally. The first edition, second impression of this work, signed by author to title page. A thought provoking, enthralling novel about conscience and cou...

1995 the Mortal Sickness

Andrew Taylor · 1995 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Blakeney, Scorpion Press, 1995. Leather. A fine limited edition of Andrew Taylor's second novel in the Lydmouth series, bound in leather and signed by the author. This is the second work in Taylor's Lydmouth series, following Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhi...

Dirt Music

Tim Winton · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Picador, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first U.K. edition of Tim Winton's thriller novel set in Australia, signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, second impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapp...

Junius

Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. The politically radical Georgian letters of 'Junius', the anonymous figure writing to the 'Public Advetiser&apos. Illustrated throughout. Complete in two volumes.An early edition of this work.A selection of the letters of Juniu...

Rough Island Story Being Cavalcade of Ultima Thule

William Moffatt · 1936 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Heath Cranton, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition stated of this story of pirates, war, love, and much more by William Moffatt. Inscribed and signed by author and illustrated throughout. First edition stated. First printing in the orange cloth. Signed by the...

A Collection of the Works of William Harrison Ainsworth

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1882 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Leather. A complete set of the works of the historical fiction author William Harrison Ainsworth, illustrated lavishly throughout with many plates. Complete in sixteen volumes.In a signed binding by G. P. Putnam, with 'The Kinckerb...