Letteratura

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1896 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Bliss Sands & Foster, 1896. Leather. Goldsmith's popular Victorian novel, in a half morocco binding, with illustrations by William Mulready. An illustrated edition of this work in in a half morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the spine. Top edge gilt. The Vica...

Cotswold Ballads

Frank Mansell; Laurie Lee [Foreword] · 1974 · Rooke Books

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

Stroud, Richard Courtauld, 1974 . Cloth. A signed copy of this expanded, illustrated edition of Frank Mansell's very scarce volume of ballads about the Cotswolds. Flat signed by the Gloucestershire based poet Frank Mansell to the front free endpaper.In the publisher'...

Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1880 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1880. Leather. Thomas Moore's popular Oriental romance, illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. An illustrated work in a half morocco binding. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout from drawings by Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) and engraved by the...

Jackanapes

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 1884 . First edition. Leather. The first issue of Juliana Horatia Ewing's moral children's tale, in a signed half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition, first issue of this work, with last word of page 27...

Jack and the Bean-Stalk

Hallam Tennyson · 1886 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan, 1886 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the first edition of Hallam Tennyson's 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk', in a half morocco Zaehnsdorf binding, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. This classic English fairy-tale first appeare...

The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins · 1853 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , William Pickering, 1853. Leather. The Poetical works of William Collins in an Edmonston and Douglas signed binding. Bound in an Edmonston and Douclas signed binding. William Collins was an important 18th century poet. His lyrical odes mark significant literary progres...

Twenty-Five Lyrical Poems from the Hand of Richard Church

Richard Church · 1967 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Heinemann, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition copy of this collection of poetry by Richard Church. First edition of the work, in the publisher's original maroon cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition, nu...

Rufus Hickman of St Botolph&Apos;S and Other Short Stories and Sketches

Lord Moncreiff of Tulliebole · 1898 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1898. First edition. Leather. A collection of sixteen short stories by Lord Moncreiff of Tulliebole, the first edition of this very scarce work, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author, insc...

Born in Captivity

Bryan Berry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hamilton & Co, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the debut sci-fi novel of Bryan Berry, a post-war tale set in 2018, this copy signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original unclipped dust ...

Pleasured

Philip Hensher · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Philip Hensher. A first edition, first impression of the work, with a complete numberline.Signed by the author to the title page. In the original cloth with the original unclipped dust...

Critical Mass

Sara Paretsky · 2013 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed by the author to a Hamish and Hamilton label pasted to the title page. The sixteenth V. I. Warshawski nov...

A Question of Blood

Ian Rankin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A superior signed first edition of Ian Rankin's fourteenth Inspector Rebus novel. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Question ...

The Sea of Innocence

Kishwar Desai · 2013 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2013. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this thrilling crime novel by Kishwar Desai. A first edition, first impression of the work. With a complete numberline.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust...

The Shadows in the Street

Susan Hill · 2010 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this Simon Serrailler crime novel by Susan Hill, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The fifth novel in the Simon Serrailler series. Two local prostitute...

A Fine and Private Place

Freda Davies · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Constable, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Davies, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In 1940s wartime Gloucestershire, a young GI disappears and is presumed a deserter. Fifty...

My Lady of Cleves

Margaret Campbell Barnes · 1946 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Philadelphia, Macrae-Smith-Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical romance novel from Margaret Campbell Barnes, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A fictionalised interpretation of the life of...

Horse Under Water

Len Deighton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of the spy novel succeeding Len Deighton's The Ipcress File. This is a first edition of the work, in smart red cloth binding with a decorative stamp motif to the front board and gilt to the ...

The Unconsoled

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1995 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Faber and Faber, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression copy of this award-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, a nice copy in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped...

Fox Evil

Minette Walters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Macmillan, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression copy of this award-winning crime novel from bestselling author Minette Walters. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the ori...

The Best of D.F. Lewis

D. F. Lewis · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Leesburg, Va, TAL Publications, 1992 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, limited edition collection of unnerving short stories by D. F. Lewis. A scarce work, illustrated throughout. Number 120 of 1000 copies of this work produced, signed by the author to the title page.A sca...