Letteratura

Rosy Is My Relative

Gerald Durrell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Collins, 1968. Cloth. The first edition of this work of fiction by Gerald Durrell, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dustwrapper designed by Jack Larkin. This fiction novel was written by...

The Works of Lord Byron with Letters and Journals, and His Life.

Lord Byron · 1933 · Rooke Books

£1,295.00 (€1,552.49 | $1,711.16 | ¥273,283)

London , John Murray , 1933. Leather. A handsomely bound set of seventeen volumes of the works of Lord Byron, a smart illustrated set of the Romantic poets works. Seventeen volumes in a Clarke and Bedford signed binding. The first edition thus. Each volume includes the origina...

Horace the Odes and Epodes

C. E. Bennett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , William Heinemann, 1924. Vellum. This edition is handsomely bound in a quarter vellum. Handsomely bound in a quarter vellum.This edition is from 1924. The poetry of Horace contains breadth and variety focusing on public and private concerns. Horace was one of the firs...

The Soldier and the Gentlewoman

Hilda Vaughan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Gollancz, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this thrilling novel by Welsh novelist Hilda Vaughan, presented to literary editor Edward Garnett. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's origin...

A Thing of Nought

Hilda Vaughan · 1948 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Percival Marshall, 1948 . Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the revised edition of Hilda Vaughan's novella, inscribed to - and with a letter from - journalist and novelist Margharita Laski. The revised edition of this novella, a critically acclaimed work fir...

Sung to Shahryar: Poems from the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night

E. Powys Mathers · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Casanova Society, 1925. First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition copy of this anthology of poems from One Thousand and One Nights, compiled by E. Powys Mathers. One of fifty limited edition large paper copies of this work in the publisher's original m...

History of the University of Edinburgh from It&Apos;S Foundation. Vol I: Memoir

Andrew Dalzel · 1862 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh , Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. First edition. Cloth. The first edition presentation copy of this memoir by professor Andrew Dalzel. The first edition of the work. In the original publisher's cloth. A presentation copy of the work with inscription from the auth...

Dogs of Character

Cecil Aldin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. A lovely limited edition of Cecil Aldin's charmingly illustrated tale about the dogs Mickey and Cracker, an Irish wolfhound and a bull terrier. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies. This copy is lacking the sig...

Indemnity Only

Sara Paretsky · 1982 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

New York, The Dial Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the debut novel from Sara Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with the inscription "Penny, With very good wishes." The debut novel from the au...

The Marquis de Fraud

Philip Reed · 2001 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

California, Epic Press, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this horse-racing mystery novel, by American author Philip Reed. A signed, first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the auth...

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman · 2008 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Scholastic, 2008. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition copy of Philip Pullman's first fantasy novel following the adventures of Lyra. A signed limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies.This copy is sealed in the original publisher's plastic.In the original dus...

Cathedral

Ian Maitland · 1992 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Headline, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel by Ian Maitland, in the original, striking, unclipped dust wrapper. A smart, first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper....

To the Hilt

Dick Francis · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First edition. Hardback. An extremely smart, signed, first edition of this mystery novel by British author and jockey, Dick Francis. A signed, first edition of this novel, in the original publisher's bright paper backed boards, wi...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2001 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Scholastic/Point, 2001 . Paperback. A signed copy of the final work in Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. A signed copy of the first impression of the first Scholastic/Point paperback edition of Pullman's novel.Flat signed by the author ...

The Bookman&Apos;S Limericks

John Dunning · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Minneapolis, Dinkytown Antiquarian Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A lovely signed copy of John Dunning's anthology of literary limericks. One of four hundred and fifty copies printed for the Midwest Bookhunters Twin Cities Bookfair in 2003. Each national bookfair ...

Yet in My Flesh

M.E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of M.E. Mitchell's science fiction novel about scientific research into immortality drugs. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped du...

The House on Lily Street: A Murder Mystery

John Holbrook Vance [Jack Vance] · 1979 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)

San Francisco, Underwood/Miller, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this murder mystery novel by Jack Vance, following the investigation of the murder of a social worker in 1960s Oakland. Flat signed by Vance to the title page.The first edition, first impre...

The Book of Gems: The Modern Poets and Artists of Great Britain

SC Hall [ed.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Whittaker & Co. c1842. Leather. Anthology celebrative of British poetry and art, featuring prominent authors including Shelley and Byron among others. Edited by Victorian journalist C S Hall. Dated via Jisc. Featuring prominent poets including Wordsworth, Byron, Shell...

Ends of Verse

Norman Power · 1971 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Mowbrays, 1971 . First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Norman Power's scarce volume of poems, inscribed to English poet and historical novelist Robert Graves. Inscribed to the half title 'Robert Graves, gratefully, Norman Power', and dated ...

Sur Les Balcons Du Ciel...

Francois de Bondy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris , Bernard Grasset, 1928. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce novel by Francois de Bondy, a bright signed presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. In the original French. Scarce limited edition of two hundred...