Letteratura

Terpsichore & Other Poems

H. T. Wade-Gery · 1921 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Waltham Saint Lawrence, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy of one of the first publications of The Golden Cockerel Press. A very scarce copy of this poetic title - the second book ever published by The Golden ...

Der Letzte Bar

Hans-Erich von Tzschirner · 1919 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Berlin, Wilhelm Borngraber Verlag, [c.1919] Undated, dated approxim. First edition. Hardback. Berlin: Wilhelm Borngraber Verlag, [c.1919] Undated, dated approximately from the author's dated inscription. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. An incredibly sc...

Zwischen Serajewo Und Versailles: Ein Deutsches Heldenlied

Johann Kähler · 1925 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Hamburg, Johann Kähler, 1925 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this self-published book of German war poetry by Johann Kähler signed by the author. The first edition in the original paper wraps. Zwischen Serajewo und Versailles: Ein Deutsches Heldenlied (&apo...

The Leaf Burners: And Other Poems

Ernest Rhys · 1918 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1918. Cloth. A charming anthology inspired by experiences visiting British and French camps during World War I, written and signed by Ernest Rhys, most famous as editor of the Everyman Library. The Leaf Burners, a charming poetic anthology, written ...

Recreations in Verse

Robert Campbell · 1915 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Glasgow, Paterson & Clubb, Ltd. 1915. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Campbell"s charming Jubilee-year verse collection, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.Signed an...

A Song of the Open Road and Other Verses

Louis J. McQuilland · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Heath Cranton, Limited, 1916 . Hardback. A charming collection of First World War-era poetry signed and inscribed by the author with a full transcription of William Johnson Cory"s elegiac poem "Heraclitus." In the publisher's original paper covered boards.Signed a...

The Golden Heresy

Max Plowman · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Privately Printed, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by writer and pacifist Max Plowman. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper, with the in...

Rhymes in Reason and Season

D. Lewis · 1920 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Hove, The Westbourne Press, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. Delightful signed poetry and short-story collection from David Lewis on a range of topics including war, current events and the English coastline. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Pres...

London Lays and Other Poems

Bernard Malcom Ramsay · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Elliot Stock, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this book of poems by Bernard Malcom Ramsay. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to half title page.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Includes poems in f...

Word from Wormingford (1997) out of the Valley (2000)

Ronald Blythe · 1997 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Viking, 1997-2000. First edition. Cloth. A set of two illustrated first edition novels by Ronald Blythe, with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Out of the Valley signed by the author. A set of two first edition novels by Ronald Blythe, in the publisher&apos...

Eragon; Eldest

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Doubleday, 2004-2005 . First edition. Cloth. Fine signed first UK editions of the first two novels in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of novels about a young dragon rider named Eragon. Signed first UK editions, first impressions of each ...

Three Novels

Yuri Herrera · 2021 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, And Other Stories, 2021 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this collection of three novels by Yuri Herrera in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. A signed first edition of this collection of three novels by Yuri Her...

D (a Tale of Two Worlds)

Michel Faber · 2020 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Doubleday, 2020 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Michel Faber's popular Dickensian adventure tale, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original cloth, signed by the author.Signed by...

2 Vols a Singer at the Wedding; the Song of the Nightingale

Bruce Arnold · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1978-1980. Cloth. A smart two-volume collection featuring Arnold"s debut and its thematic successor, with one volume signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's origi...

The Colour of Blood Lies of Silence

Brain Moore · 1987 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Bloomsbury; Jonathon Cape, 1987-1990. First edition. Cloth. A captivating two volume set of first edition historical war novels by Brian Moore, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A captivating two volume set of novels by Northern Irish writer Brian Moore. Includ...

Poems 1830-1833

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Toronto , Privately Printed [for J. Dykes Campbell], 1862. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this pirated edition of Tennyson's early poems, from the library of former Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery. A desirable copy of this already intriguing poetical collection, previousl...

9 Vols Eoin Colfer"S Artemis Fowl Series

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.19 | $911.74 | ¥145,610)

London; New York, Viking; Puffin; Miramax Books, 2001-2010. First edition. Cloth. A nine volume collection of works from Eoin Colfer's lauded Artemis Fowl series, with one advance copy, and all but one copy signed by the author. In the publisher's original bindings, ...

A Book of Pictured Carols Designed Under the Direction of Arthur J. Gaskin

1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, George Allen, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated anthology of carols compiled under the direction of Arthur Gaskin, featuring the work of the Birmingham Art School. First edition. Scarce.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. A...

Ionica

William Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London and Orpington, George Allen, 1891. Cloth. A smart, and limited edition collection of Cory's poetry, in light green cloth, and half paper vellum binding. A limited edition, of which one hundred copies were printed, this being number 40.Bound in half paper vellum and...

The Mind Readers

Margery Allingham · 1965 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Margery Allingham's eighteenth novel in the excellent Albert Campion series, the last she finished before her death. The first edition of Margery Allingham's The Mind Readers, published by Ch...