Letteratura

Women Writers of the 1890s

G. Krishnamurti; Margaret Drabble · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Henry Sotheran Limited , 1991 . Cloth. A limited edition bibliography of female writers from the 1890s, signed by the authors. Limited to 100 copies. This being number 61. In the publisher's original quarter cloth hardback binding. Signed to the limitations page b...

We of the Never-Never

Mrs Aeneas Gunn [Jeannie Gunn] · 1954 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Not Stated , Robertson & Mullens , 1954. Cloth. Bright copy of this novel by Jeannie Gunn, signed by the author in a limitation of one-thousand copies. Autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn concerning her experiences at Elsey Station near Mataranka, Northern Territory as the ...

Snaily House

Gillian Stone · 1975 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Cock Robin Press, 1975 . First edition. Paperback. The first limited edition, first impression and presentation copy of this collection of poetry by Gillian Stone, signed inscribed and dated by the author. First edition, first impression of Snaily House by Gillian ...

Niccolo

Karel Jaeger · 1959 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J.M. Dent & Sons , 1959. First edition. Hardback. Bright copy of the uncommon first edition of this children's novel by Karel Jaeger, signed by the author. Delightful tale of Niccolo, altar boy, best candle-snuffer and treble-o singer in Italy. Written by Karel Ja...

The Valley: A Re-Creation in Narrative Prose of a Portfolio of Etchings, Engravings, Sketches, and Silhouettes by Various Artists in Various Styles.

Rolando Hinojosa · 1986 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Tempe Arizona, Bilingual Press, Editorial Bilingue, 1986 . First edition. Paperback. The second printing of this anthology of artistic prose by Rolando Hinojosa, signed inscribed and dated by the author. Second printing of The Valley by Rolando Hinojosa in the original publish...

Save the Stour & Other Poems

Christopher Donaldson · 1974 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Not stated, The Scops Press, 1974. First edition. Paperback. The first edition, first printing of this collection of poems by Christopher Donaldson with illustrations by John Ward, signed by the author and the illustrator. The first edition, first printing of Save the Stour & ...

Sixty Days to Live

Dennis Wheatley · 1939 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thrilling apocalyptic novel by the best-selling author, David Wheatley. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with a facsimile dust wrapper. With illustrated maps to the...

The Brothers: A Novel

L. A. G. Strong · 1932 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition, first impression of this novel by Leonard Strong, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A novel set in Scotland, concerning the rivalry bet...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia Rendered Into English Verse

Omar Khayyam · 1903 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1903 . Leather. A reprint edition of Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam in Hatchards signed half calf binding. Hatchard signed half calf binding of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia. Originally translated into English verse by Ed...

Snow Country

Sebastian Faulks · 2021 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hutchinson Heinemann, 2021. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful, signed, first edition copy of 'Snow Country' by, award-winning author, Sebastian Faulks. A first edition, first impression with full number line. Signed by the author. In the publisher's o...

Thirteen Moons

Charles Frazier · 2006 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A signed, British first edition copy of Thirteen Moons by the award-winning author, Charles Frazier. A British first edition copy. First impression. Signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth bind...

David Gascoyne: Poems

David Gascoyne; Judy Gascoyne · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

The Butts , Greville Press Pamphlets , 2001. First edition. Paperback. Scarce collection of poems by David Gascoyne selected by his wife Judy, who also inscribed and signed this volume to a dear friend. First edition of this work. A scarce pamphlet containing a series of poems...

Dream Angus the World According to Bertie

Alexander McCall Smith · 2006 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London; Edinburgh, Canongate; Polygon, 2006-07. First edition. Cloth. Two fine first edition novels by the popular author Alexander McCall Smith, both signed by the author to the title pages. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the ori...

Damage

Felix Francis · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Michael Joseph , 2014. First edition. Cloth. A Dick Francis novel by Felix Francis, a lovely signed first edition, third impression. The first edition, third impression of this work. A thrilling novel by Felix Francis, Dick Francis's younger son, well-known Britis...

The Pilgrimage of Eros: A Sequence of Poems and Sketches from an Autobiography

Robert Waller · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Not Stated , Privately Printed, c1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this scarce collection of poems and autobiographical sketches by Robert Waller, signed by the author. A poetry anthology by Robert Waller, one of only two hundred copies printed. A sca...

Negatives

Peter Everett · 1964 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this novel by Peter Everett, complete with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Novel by Peter Everett narrating of Theo and Vivien's erotic fantasies and the i...

Suite Des Bagatelles Anonymes

Recueilles par un Amateur [Marquis de Pezay; Claude Joseph Dorat] · 1767 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Geneva, Not Stated, 1767 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this lovely mid eighteenth century collection of poems in French, collected from various sources by the Marquis de Pezay and Le Chevalier Dorat. The very scarce first edition of this brief collection of po...

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Eton College; Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society, 1937. Paperback. A privately printed collection of poetry by Thomas Gray, presented in a paper-vellum binding for Eton College school leavers. 1937 Private Printing, 'privately printed for Eton College in t...

Halidon Hill

Sir Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1822. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of Walter Scott's lesser-known 'dramatic sketch', in the original paper wraps and contained within a quarter-morocco slipcase. First Edition. Original paper wraps, loosely...

Consider the Years 1938-1946

Virginia Graham · 1946 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of poetry by Virginia Graham, which is signed by the author to the half-title page, in the original dust-wrapper. First Edition.Signed by the author to the half-title page, stating 'Jeannie, with love&...