Letteratura

Speaking Again, Poems for International Women&Apos;S Day

Martina Evans; Michele Roberts; Denise Saul; Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch · 2019 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Wales, Rack Press, 2019. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of poems published to celebrate International Women's Day, from the library of Carmen Callil, signed to her by one of the contributors. A very scarce anthology of poems, the first edition.This anth...

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov · 1961 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, The Olympia Press, 1961. Paperback. An early edition of Nabokov's controversial novel, this copy being from the library of the founder of the Virago Press, Carmen Callil. A lovely literary association copy, from the library of Carmen Callil, signed by her to the re...

The Myths: A Short History of Myth, the Penelopiad, Weight

Karen Armstrong; Margaret Atwood; Jeanette Winterson; Philip Pullman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.44 | $634.25 | ¥101,294)

London, Canongate, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman. No. 1189 of 1500 signed, limited editio...

All Involved

Ryan Gattis · 2015 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Picador, 2015 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this signed limited edition of the first UK edition of Mark Gattis's novel, set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. Flat signed by Gattis to the title page, this is no. 373 of 500 signed copies, produc...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry; the Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy; Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

Rachel Joyce · 2012 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2022 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of three fine limited edition works by Rachel Joyce, all signed by the author, and including her beloved best-seller 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry&apos. Each of the three volumes prese...

England&Apos;S Helicon. A Collection of Pastoral and Lyric Poems, First Published at the Close of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth

S. E. Dyer; Robert Green, William Shakespeare · 1812 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, T. Bensley, 1812. Leather. The third edition of this very scarce anthology of old English poems, being a facsimile of the original seventeenth century first edition, signed by J. M. Barrie, the author of the beloved Peter Pan stories, and bound in full diced calf. The ...

The Captain from Connecticut

C. S. Forester · 1941 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel, which is the...

Hudson River Bracketed

Edith Wharton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London; New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Edith Wharton, signed by Wharton to Blair Fairchild. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "For Blair, with love + Chris...

Belling the Cat & Androcles and the Lion

Aesop; Tom Paxton · 1990 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Marrow Junior Books, 1990-1991. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of these illustrated and retold fables attributed to Aesop, with one volume signed by the author. Two volumes. First editions retold in verse by Tom Paxton. Androcles and th...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Edward Garrett [ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Strahan & Co; Alexander Strahan, 1867-1872. Cloth. A charming collection of three illustrated editions of the moral fables of Aesop, all of which feature the illustrations of J. Wolf, J. B. Zwecker and T. Dalziel. A delightful collection of three very scarce illustrate...

Maxims of Books and Reading

Holbrook Jackson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, The First Edition Club, 1934. First edition. Leather. A very scarce essay on the pleasure of reading by Holbrook Jackson, a signed limited edition. A very scarce limited edition of four hundred unnumbered copies.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, ...

Occasions

Holbrook Jackson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of these brilliant essays on diverse subjects by Holbrook Jackson. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. A series of diverse and engaging essays, many of w...

The Printing of Books

Holbrook Jackson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author to his brother. The first edition. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "J. C. Jackson, from...

Les Jeunes Naturalistes

Ulliac Trémadeure · 1857 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, Didier, 1857 . Cloth. A delightful set of brightly bound, illustrated volumes by author and educator Sophie Ulliac. This copy is a sixth edition. Both volumes have been lavishly bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth and blind stamped.Both volumes c...

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1911 . Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson's works, in a full calf signed binding from Bumpus. A lovely collection of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in a signed Bumpus full calf binding, with decorative...

The Turning Path

Ronald Bottrall · 1939 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of this collection of poems by Ronald Bottrall, with the original glassine wrap. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper in presentation to Oswald Darre...

The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe

Longus; George Moore · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1924. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this classical pastoral tale, signed by the translator, George Moore. A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which this is numbered 1,279.Signed by the translator, George Moore, to the limitation page.Additio...

Well Done Secret Seven

Enid Blyton · 1952 · Rooke Books

£445.00 (€533.48 | $588.01 | ¥93,908)

London, Brockhampton Press, 1952 . Cloth. A bright signed presentation copy of the third of Enid Blyton's beloved 'Secret Seven' novels, in the original dust wrapper. Inscribed by Blyton to the front free endpaper 'Renee, love from Enid Blyton&apos.The seco...

May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life

Graham Greene · 1967 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, The Bodley Head, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A fine limited edition copy of this anthology of short stories by Graham Greene, signed by the author. A limited edition of five hundred copies, of which this is numbered three hundred and sixteen.Flat signed by Greene to t...

Lyra Apostolica

[John Henry Newman] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Derby, Henry Mozley and Sons, 1845. Leather. A very scarce anthology of religious poetry by the Anglican priest John Henry Newman. A very scarce work.A selection of religious poetry compiled by the theologian, academic, and writer John Henry Newman.Originally published in the ...