Letteratura

Melmoth

Sarah Perry · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Serpent's Tail, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this reimagining of a nineteenth-century gothic novel from English author Sarah Perry, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A sequel...

The Devil&Apos;S Larder & the Melody

Jim Crace · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Viking; Picador, 2001-2018. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes from English author and playwright Jim Crace, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by James Crace, an E...

Jack Maggs & His Illegal Self

Peter Carey · 1997 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Faber and Faber, 1997-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK edition novels from Australian writer Peter Carey, signed by the author. Two volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Peter Philip Carey, an Aust...

Soames and the Flag

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. Leather. A signed limited edition of John Galsworthy's novella tying into his 'Forsyte' series, bound in full vellum. A limited edition, being number 136 out of 1025 copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. Signed by the aut...

The Creak on the Stairs

Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir; Victoria Cribb [translator] · 2020 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Orenda Books , 2020. First edition. Cloth. A limited signed UK first edition of this crime mystery set in a small Icelandic town. This copy is no. 174 of 750 numbered copies of the first UK edition. Very scarce to find copies from this limited edition.Translated by Vic...

Gerry Anderson&Apos;S Gemini Force: Black Horizon

Gerry Anderson; M. G. Harris · 2014 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Gollancz, 2014. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first UK edition of the first novel in Harris's series of science fiction books, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. The first novel from the Gemini Force One series, a series of science f...

Guess Who

Chris McGeorge · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Orion, 2018. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from crime writer Chris McGeorge, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author with an inscription to the title page. One of two hundred and fifty numbe...

A Collection of First Edition Thrillers

Mark Oldfield; Tim Glister; Mai Jia [Jiang Benhu]; Olivia Milburn [translator] · 2014 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Head of Zeus; Point Blank, 2014-2020. First edition. Cloth. Three excellent first edition thrillers, from fantastic authors, each of which has been signed by its author. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. This set contains: The Sentinel, 2014. Signed by th...

The Enchanted & the Butterfly Girl

Rene Denfeld · 2014 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2014-2019. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK edition novels from American author Rene Denfeld, signed by the author. Two volumes. First UK edition, first impression. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. Written by Rene...

Fairy Tales

Hans Andersen · 1932 · Rooke Books

£2,950.00 (€3,536.56 | $3,898.02 | ¥622,537)

London, George G. Harrap, 1932 . First edition. Vellum. Beautifully illustrated with full colour plates, and in the publisher's original vellum binding, this is a charming limited edition collection of the tales of Hans Christian Andersen, signed by illustrator Arthur Rac...

The Octoroon: Or, the Lily of Louisiana

Mary Elizabeth Braddon; Jennifer Carnell · 1999 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.43 | $195.56 | ¥31,232)

Hastings, The Sensation Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, published here for the first time in book from in Britain. Signed by the publisher. A very scarce work.The first edition thus, being the first time this work appeared in b...

The Song of the Soldiers

Thomas Hardy · 1915 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Hove, [E. William], 1915 . First edition. Paperback. An excellent example of the first trade edition of Thomas Hardy's sombre poem, written at the start of the First World War. The first trade edition, first issue, with a comma after "9th September" on the title page and ...

The Complete Writings of O. Henry

O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

New York, Doubleday, Page and Company , 1917. Hardback. An excellent Edition de Luxe offering a complete collection of O. Henry's works, with the handsome cloth dust wrappers. A limited edition de luxe or 'Memorial Edition', limited to 1075 copies. This set is n...

The Roadmender

Michael Fairless [Margaret Barber] · 1926 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Duckworth, 1926 . Leather. A lovely example of this influential book of Christian meditations, in a half morocco signed binding from Hatchards. 'The Roadmender' is a thoughtful and meaningful book of meditations. When first published in 1902 this work saw imm...

Collected Poems

Louise Townsend Nicholls · 1953 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Louise Townsend Nicholl, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to seven hundred and forty-six copies signed by the author. With t...

Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996

James Broughton; Jim Cory [editor] · 1997 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer James Broughton, signed by the author. First edition. A limited edition of two hundred hardcover trade copies, of which one hundred have been ...

A Fountain in Kentucky and Other Poems

John Frederick Nims · 1950 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, William Sloane Associates, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition collection of poetry from American author John Frederick Nims, inscribed by the author to fellow poet and the publisher of Nim's first book, James Laughlin. First edition. In the ...

City Skies

Terry Nash · 1979 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York City, Not Stated, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition chapbook of poems about New York City, signed by the author. The first edition, limited to only forty copies, this copy is out-of-series.A vanishingly scarce work.Signed by the auth...

A Book of the Heavenly Birthdays

Eleanor Vere Boyle; Various · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Elliot Stock, 1894. Leather. A charming anthology of poems, edited, illustrated, and signed by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Signed by the illustrator to the recto of the front free endpaper, "To E. C. C. from E. V. B. Sept 1894".The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrate...

Old Pastures

Padraic Colum · 1930 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.74 | $71.35 | ¥11,396)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Padraic Colum's anthology of poems with the original slipcase. No. 33 of 200 limited edition copies of this work in the original quarter cloth binding with decorative boards, including the orig...