Letteratura

Acid Row

Minette Walters · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A psychological crime novel by Minette Walters. Acid Row was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. The work is a study of contemporary reaction to paedophilia. The work is set in a British council housin...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. Leather. A signed limited edition of George Moore's last novel Aphrodite in Aulis. George Augustus Moore (1852-1933) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic lan...

The Poetical Works of James Thomson with His Last Corrections Additions and Improvements with a Life of the Author

James Thomson · 1794 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, C Cooke, c1795. Leather. The complete poetical works of James Thomson. Undated, with the engraved dedication, title page and vignette from the 1794 edition. However, this edition lacks the dated engraved leaf with 'Cooke's Pocket Edition of Select British Poe...

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

Laurence Sterne · 1910 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1910. Cloth. A limited and signed edition of this influential first example of modern travel writing by clergyman and author, Laurence Sterne. This edition de luxe is limited to five hundred copies, of which this is number 324. Signed by illustrat...

The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1975 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London , The Whittington Press, 1975. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this poem by Lewis Carroll, which has been signed by the illustrator. With many illustrations throughout by Harold Jones, who has signed the book to the rear. Numbered 5 of 750 limited copies. Containing a ...

Westminster Abbey; with Occasional Poems, and a Free Translation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles

Thomas Maurice · 1813 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. 1813. Cloth. A collection of poems that includes: "Westminster-Abbey : An Elegiac and Historical Poem", "The Lotos of Egypt" and "Hinda; an Arabian Elegy". Features full-page intricate illustrations of Westminster. From the author of "Indi...

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. And Other Pageants for a Baby Girl.

W. Graham Robertson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, John Lane, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of Robertson's poem for a little girl. Signed " Phyllis Parker from the author 1908" Twelve plates in colour by the author. Robertson was part of the talented group of artists and illus...

Christmas with the Poets a Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive Verses, Relating to the Festival of Christmas

Various · 1852 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London , David Bogue, 1852 . Leather. A collection of festive carols and poems from numerous authors. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and tinted vignettes by Birket Foster. Signed by Birket Foster to the front free-endpaper. With contributions by George Wither, Shakes...

Bill the Minder

W. Heath Robinson · 0 · Rooke Books

£155.99 (€186.98 | $206.08 | ¥32,909)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, c1920. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated children's book by the notable English cartoonist and illustrator W. Heath Robinson. William Heath Robinson began his career illustrating notable children's texts such as Hans Christian Andersen&apos...

Spanish Stirrup and Other Stories

John Prebble · 1973 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Holt, Reinhart and Winston, 1973. Fine Binding. A wonderful short story anthology by John Prebble. The fourth edition of this book In a fine half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. The author's own copy of this book, with his signature to the title page ...

The Letters Written by a Turkish Spy Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris Giving an Impartial Accountto the Divan at Constantinople, of the Most Remarkable Transations of Europe and Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (Especially That of France)

Giovanni Paolo Marana · 1691 · Rooke Books

£5,000.00 (€5,993.29 | $6,605.70 | ¥1,054,845)

London, H Rhodes, 1691, 1692, 1694. Leather. Six volumes of the scarce English translation of Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy. With an illustrated frontispiece to each volume. Volumes II, IV, V, VI and VII are first editions with volume I as the fourth edition. Without volumes I...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals and Trivia or the Art of Walking the Streets of London

John Gay · 1714 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, J T; sold by W Taylor et al, 1714-1716 . Leather. Two poetical works by John Gay bound as one. The first volume, The Shepherd's Week In Six Pastorals is the second edition of this work. It was printed the same year as the first edition using the same sheets as the...

Masquerade

Kit Williams · 1979 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979 . Hardback. A signed copy of this beautifully illustrated storybook containing a treasure hunt, the best work of Kit Williams. The third reprint of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher's original pictorial hardback bindi...

Moral Tales for Young People

Maria Edgeworth · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Blackie and Son, Limited , c1908. Cloth. A lovely copy of Maria Edgeworth's moral tales for children. A new edition from Blackie and Son.In the publisher's cloth binding. Contemporary prize ink inscription to the front endpaper. With a monochrome frontispiec...

With the Years

Cecil French · 1927 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Richards Press Ltd , 1927. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon signed limited edition work of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with his woodcuts. Signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper.One of five hundred copies, however this copy is unnum...

With the Years

Cecil French · 1927 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

London, The Richards Press, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of this work of poetry by Cecil French. Illustrated with woodcuts by the author. A scarce limited edition. Number 125 out of 500. Signed by the author to the limitation page. In the pu...

Silverfin

Charlie Higson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Puffin Books, 2005. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of the first novel in Charlies Higson's very popular Young Bond series. The signed first edition of SilverFin, the first novel in the very popular Young Bond series, written by prolific author ...

No Safe Road

Bruce Munslow · 1962 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Walker and Company, 1962 . Cloth. A signed first American edition of Bruce Munslow"s third detective novel, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First US edition. Complete with the original unclipped dus...

The Valley of Secrets

Charmian Hussey · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cornwall, Saint Piran Press, 2003 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce signed first edition of this mysterious and amusing novel from English children's book writer Charmian Hussey. The first edition, first impression of the work.Signed by the author to the title p...

Poems

John Wilton Haines · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Selwyn and Blount, 1921. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a poetical anthology relating to the First World War and natural beauty, written by the Gloucestershire Poet. The signed first edition of Poems, by Gloucestershire poet John Wilton Haines. Pu...