Letteratura

Donatienne

Rene Bazin · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1947 . Leather. The scarce definitive edition of this novel by French author Rene Bazin in Hachette leather binding. Definitive edition of Donatienne by Rene Bazin in Hachette signed half calf binding and cloth boards. One of Bazin's early novels, fi...

This Morning I Met a Whale

Michael Morpurgo · 2008 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this illustrated work by Michael Morpurgo, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated throughout. The story of a young boy's relationship with a whale that swam up the ...

Tales of My Landlord, Second Series [the Heart of Midlothian]

Jedediah Cleishbotham [Sir Walter Scott] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition. Leather. The four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian', the second work in his 'Tales of My Landlord' series. The first edition, first issue: lacking signature o...

Ionica

William Johnson Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , George Allen, 1891. Leather. A leather bound second edition copy of this collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. an anonymously published collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. Some of the poems that appear in this volume include Desiderato, Iole, Asterope...

Time and Tide

Edna O'Brien · 1992 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London , Viking , 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, third impression signed copy of this moving novel by Edna O'Brien. A first edition, third impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Time and Tide is an unforgettable novel about the bon...

Words Unreturned

Pankaj Saha; Andrew Warham [trans] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Calcutta , Papyrus , 1989. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first English translation of this very scarce anthology of poems by Pankaj Saha, signed by the author. A very scarce first English edition of this work, rarely seen on the market. Only one copy is catalogued on Copac at t...

James White Novels

James White · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Corgi Books; The New English Library, 1967-79. Paperback. Group of eight paperback editions of the science fiction novels of James White, two copies signed by the author. James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction, well-known for his 'Sector Genera...

Marrying the Mistress

Joanna Trollope · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Bloomsbury , 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition first impression of this moving tale of human emotion. A first edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Marrying the Mistress is an emotional minefield of a novel, explori...

English Exercises and Key to the Exercises

Lindley Murray · 1810 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1810-1811. Leather. Two volumes in one of English grammar exercises. Two volumes bound within one, containing English Exercises adapted to Murray's English Grammar, which have been designed for the benefit of private learners as well as for the ...

Charles Lever; or, the Man of the Nineteenth Century

Rev. W. Gresley · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , James Burns, 1841. First edition. Leather. A first edition illustrated copy of this tale of the nineteenth century. A first edition copy. This tale is designed to set forth the dangers to which our ill-cemented social system exposes the most numerous and important cl...

Poor Koko

John Fowles · 1987 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Helsinki, Eurographica, 1987. Paperback. A limited edition of this exciting work by John Fowles, signed by the author. Limited edition. 350 copies printed on special Michelangelo paper made at the Magnani Paper Mills in Pescia, Italy. This is copy number 343. Signed by the aut...

Wormholes Essays and Occasional Writings

John Fowles · 1998 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition essay collection by John Fowles, a striking volume colourfully bound with many insightful pieces by Fowles. A limited edition, limited to 75 numbered copies in teal cloth, this copy numbered 56. T...

Mosaic III My Recollections of Kafka

John Fowles · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 1970. Paperback. One of twenty-five copies of John Fowles' essay contributed to 'Mosaic', here extracted on its own. Signed by Fowles to the final leaf of text. One of twenty-five copies, containing John Fowles' essay...

Ode on a Lycian Tomb

S. Weir Mitchell · 1899 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.62 | $655.40 | ¥104,671)

New York, Privately Printed, De Vinne Press, [1899]. Leather. Silas Weir Mitchell reflects on mourning and loss in this moving poem loosely modelled on Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn. A privately printed copy, inscribed by the author. A signed copy of Ode on a Lycian Tomb by...

A Maggot

John Fowles · 1985 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely signed first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice. The...

The Folly of Pen Harrington

Julian Sturgis · 1897 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this novel by Julian Sturgis in Root signed leather binding. First edition of The Folly of Pen Harrington by Julian Sturgis in Root & Son signed half calf binding with cloth boa...

The Crocodile Bird

Ruth Rendell · 1993 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hutchinson, 1993 . Cloth. Limited edition of this novel signed by the British crime author in the original glassine dust wrapper. Limited edition of The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and marbled boards. In the or...

The Blue Afternoon

William Boyd · 1993 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Great Britain, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993 . Cloth. The scarce limited edition of this award winning novel by William Boyd signed by the author in the original glassine wrapper. Limited edition of The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd in the original publisher's quarter cloth b...

Plays: Three

Harold Pinter · 1986 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, World Dramatists , A Methuen Paperback, 1986. Paperback. A near fine, signed copy of this collection of plays by Harold Pinter, also including an inscription and signature by Pinter loosely inserted. A collection of several plays by Harold Pinter, including: 'The ...

The Bat That Flits

Norman Collins · 1952 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Collins Crime Club , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this thrilling crime novel by Norman Collins. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A first edition copy. The Bat that Flits is a crime novel set deep in the heart of the West...