Letteratura

Mr. Jorrocks&Apos; Lectors from Handley Cross

R.S. Surtees · 1910 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Leather. The signed limited edition of a collection of amusing lectures delivered by the vulgar Vicotrian protagonist, illustrated by Punch artist George Denohlm Armour. The deluxe signed limited edition of Mr. Jorrocks' ...

The Wall a Play in Two Acts

Millard Lampell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A first edition play script, once owned by critic Clive Hirschhorn - illustrated, and with unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, in original binding, with gilt detail to spine and original unclipped dust wrapper. From t...

Fantastic Daisy Artichoke

Quentin Blake · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, early impression of this charming children's title, signed by the author and artist. A first edition of this delightful rhyming children's title, richly illustrated throughout in vibrant colour.Si...

Father Christmas&Apos;S Last Present and the Twelve Days of Christmas

Marie-Aude Murail and Elvire Murail; John Julius Norwich · 1998 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Doubleday, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing pair of works signed by celebrated English cartoonist Quentin Blake in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Both the first edition in the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed...

Daddy Lost His Head

Andre Bouchard · 2009 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2009. Hardback. A loveable children's story about a father 'losing his head' and a homage to Quentin Blake, illustrated and signed by the iconic illustrator. The first translated edition of Daddy Lost His Head, an entertaining children&apo...

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Judith Kerr · 2013 · Rooke Books

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

London, HarperCollins, 2013 . Cloth. A fine example of this celebratory edition of Judith Kerr's classic semi-autobiographical children"s novel about fleeing Nazi Germany, featuring two signed bookplates from the author. First published in 1971, this 'Celebration Edi...

Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brother&Apos;S Grimm

Arthur Rackham · 1917 · Rooke Books

£645.00 (€773.25 | $852.28 | ¥136,114)

London, Constable & Co Ltd, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing, signed limited edition of this charming illustrated collection of forty tales from the Brother's Grimm, by Rackham. A signed limited edition of this illustrated collection of forty tales from the Brother&...

Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold (Golden Treasury Series)

Matthew Arnold · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1898. Leather. An attractively bound example of Matthew Arnold's 'Selected Poems', in a desirable period binding by Ramage, London. A carefully selected collection of poems from Matthew Arnold, issued for the 'Golden Trea...

The Sparsholt Affair

Alan Hollinghurst · 2017 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Picador, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of Hollinghurst's respected inter-generational novel, in lovely condition. An incredibly smart first edition, first impression of the 'Foyles Exclusive Edition', with complete ...

The Fields of Death

Simon Scarrow · 2010 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Headline, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed and numbered collector's edition of the final novel in Scarrow's Wellington and Napoleon Quartet, with a signed notebook, signed post card, signed typescript page, and a book mark. The collector'...

Louis de Bernieres: The War of Don Emmanuel&Apos;S Nether Parts & Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord

Louis de Bernieres · 1990 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London; New York, Secker & Warburg; William Morrow and Company, 1990-1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first editions of the first two novels in Louis de Bernieres Latin American trilogy, with a signed copy. A two volume set, one of which is signed by the author ...

Shadow of the Moon

M. M. Kaye · 1957 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Longmans, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of M. M. Kaye's first historical novel, a romance set during the Sepoy mutiny. Kaye is best known for her epic about the British Raj, 'The Far Pavilions&apos. The first edition, first impression...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1929 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Bickers & Son, Ltd, 1929. Leather. A beautiful tree calf volume of Shakespeare's complete works, published and bound by Bickers. William Shakespeare's complete works. With biographical introduction and glossary. In full signed tree calf prize binding by Bick...

National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs Set to Original Music

J. W. Elliott · 1884 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Novello, Ewer and Co. c1869. Cloth. A charming nineteenth-century, illustrated music book of popular nursery rhymes. A pleasing early edition of children's nursery rhymes, in the original publisher's cloth binding, set to music by J. W. Elliott with vignette ...

The Complete Wild Body

Wyndham Lewis; Bernard Lafourcade [ed.] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this illustrated series of short stories by writer and painter Wyndham Lewis. A signed limited edition copy.Numbered 215 out of 276 deluxe hardcover copies that have been numbered...

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose.

Rev. William Lisle Bowles, A.M. (ed) · 1806 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin et al, 1806. Leather. A scarce eight volume, leather bound set of The Works of Alexander Pope edited by William Lisle Bowles. This is the first edition of The Works of Alexander Pope that was edited by William Lisle Bowles. Ei...

Room at the Top

John Braine · 1957 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this popular novel from author John Braine. Including a loosely-inserted card signed, 'With best wishes, Cheltenham 1958 - John Braine&apos. 'Room at the Top' is a novel by John Braine...

A Look Round the Estate, Poems 1957 - 1967

Kingsley Amis · 1967 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kingsley Amis' poetical anthology 'A Look Round the Estate&apos. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Leigh Taylor. Kingsley Amis was a prolific author who is best known for h...

Private Heat

Robert E. Bailey · 2002 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

New York, M. Evans and Company, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first printing of this crime thriller by Robert E. Bailey. Robert Bailey was a private investigator for twenty years, before turning towards fiction, writing action packed novels due to his experi...

The Sixth Sense

Irene Dayton · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Peterborough , Windy Row Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry from Irene Dayton. Irene Dayton was an author, who also wrote 'The Panther's Eye', and 'In Oxbow of Time's River&apos. Inscribed by Dayton t...