Letteratura

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1909 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, and illustrated in colour by Edmund Dulac. Signed by the illustrator to the limitation leaf.A lim...

The Song of Lazarus

Alex Comfort · 1945 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

New York, The Viking Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems by Alex Comfort, signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, dated 27.1.46.In the original unclipped...

The Unlucky Family

Mrs. Henry De La Pasture [Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle, Lady Clifford] · 1907 · Rooke Books

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

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's work, signed and with an original caricature sketch from illustrator Edward Tennyson Reed. The first edition of this work.In the very scarce publisher's original u...

Who Goes Home

Maurice Edelman · 1953 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Allan Wingate and the Book Society, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel from British Labour Party politician and journalist Maurice Edelman, in the original dust wrapper designed by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression of this work...

Soldiers Bathing and Other Poems

F. T. Prince · 1954 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, The Fortune Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of poet F. T. Prince's collection of poems written during the Second World War. The first edition, first impression. Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'For H.A. ...

The Highfield Mole: Book One, the Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

None stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. The limited edition hardback of this subterranean fiction novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, signed by both of the authors with illustrations by Brian Williams. The limited edition first edition, first printi...

Reynard the Fox

C. S. Evans · 1921 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated copy of this narrative poem, as told by C. S. Evans. Signed and inscribed by the author. Scarce edition. Signed by the author to the half title, with an inscription dated July 1923. Illustrated with a colour t...

The Saturday Book, the Ninth Year

Leonard Russell [ed.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hutchinson, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the ninth year of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', inscribed by Russell's family. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp...

Perfection

Eca de Queiroz; Charles Marriott [trans.] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed limited edition English translation of Eca de Queiroz's tale. Signed by John Austen, the illustrator. A scarce Limited Edition.No. 85 of 250 limited edition copies produced, signed by John Austen.Trans...

Butterscotia, or a Cheap Trip to Fairy Land

Edward Abbott Parry · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, David Nutt, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Limited Edition of Edward Abbott Parry's charming children's tale, illustrated throughout and signed by the publishing house. The very scarce Limited Edition of this work; number 26 of 85 copies printed o...

John Dryden

David Hopkins · 1986 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce biography on John Dryden by David Hopkins. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "For Harold With Best Wishes and Gratitude, David". This work...

The Nation Within

Francis Fytton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Pantheon Books, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Francis Fytton's debut novel, surrounding the Algerian war, with a lengthy letter from the author. The first US edition. Signed by the author, with a lengthy letter written by a group of fri...

The Night Watch

Sarah Waters · 2006 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Virago, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Sarah Waters's acclaimed historical novel. Flat signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Waters's nov...

The Letter Killeth

Betty Rosenberg · 1982 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Los Angeles , Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1982. First edition. Cloth. One of the author's copies of this limited edition work, comprising three bibliographical essays of "bookish mysteries". One of the author's copies of this limited edition, being signed and unnum...

The Historian

Elizabeth Kostova · 2005 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Little, Brown , 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first UK edition of Elizabeth Kostova's eerie debut novel, blending the history and folklore of Vlad Tepes and Count Dracula. The first UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title p...

Officers and Gentlemen

Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's semi-autobiographical wartime trilogy. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

May Fair. In Four Cantos.

[George Croly] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, William H. Ainsworth , 1827 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce epic poem 'May Fair', attributed to George Croly, with a signed letter tipped-in from the publisher and fellow author, William Ainsworth. The first edition. Bound in a quarte...

Sweet Dreams

Michael Frayn · 1973 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this fantasy novel set in a middle-class intellectual version of heaven, from Michael Frayn. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original...

The Russian Interpreter

Michael Frayn · 1966 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce to see signed true first edition of Michael Frayn's second novel, with the very smart original dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page.With the publisher'...

The Lexian Chronicles: Full Circle

Harry Gallan · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Plymouth, Markosia Enterprises, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition hardcover of the debut novel from British fantasy writer Harry Gallan, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-o...