Letteratura

Verses in Various Moods

Peregrine M. Feeney · 1911 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce signed collection of poetry by Peregrine Mulvogue Feeney. Signed by the author to the half-title, 'To my esteemed 'colleague' and friend Dr. Royleu from P.M.F. May 1911&apos.A very scarce work.P...

After the Armistice Ball

Catriona McPherson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Constable, 2005. First edition. Paperback. A fantastic, signed, first edition copy of Catriona McPherson's debut detective novel. Signed by the author to the title page.This novel introduces McPherson's 'Dandy Gilver' the society sleuth. It is set a...

Just Henry

Michelle Magorian · 2008 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Egmont, 2008. Cloth. A scarce signed paperback edition of this work of post wartime modern fiction. A scarce paperback edition of the work, published the same year as the first edition.Signed and dated by the author to the title page. Magorian is perhaps best known fo...

The Court of the Air

Stephen Hunt · 2007 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Harper Voyager, 2007. Paperback. A scarce signed proof copy of this work set in the heart of Victorian London. Signed and dated by the author to the half title. A scarce uncorrected proof copy in the original pictorial paper wraps. The Court of The Air is the first wor...

Just Henry

Michelle Magorian · 2008 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Egmont, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A signed numbered first edition copy of this work of modern fiction, with a loosely inserted ticket from the launch event. Signed and numbered by the author to the half title, with this work being number 125/1040.First edition, first...

The Double Eagle

James Twining · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London , Harper Collins, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work of modern fiction, together with a signed copy of the uncommon proof copy. Both works signed by the author to the title page.First edition, first impression with complete numberline. The ...

Every Night&Apos;S a Bullfight

John Gardner · 1971 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Gardner's popular novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Every Night...

The Shore

Sara Taylor · 2015 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, William Heinemann, 2015. First edition. Cloth. A signed first limited edition copy of Sara Taylor's collection of short stories, a fine work in a fine dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.A limited edition work, limited to five-hundred num...

Fem Digte Af Theokritos

Theokritos · 1872 · Rooke Books

£6,000.00 (€7,192.99 | $7,928.17 | ¥1,266,177)

Kjobenhavn, C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 1872. Fine Binding. An uncommon, Danish edition of Theokritos' poetry. Signed by the prolific Danish author of fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen. Dedicated in his hand, to a close friend. Signed by Hans Christian Andersen, inscribed t...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Etude de la Litterature

Edward Gibbon · 1777 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Dublin, Guillaume Hallhead, 1777. Leather. An early, Dublin edition, of Edward Gibbon's popular essay collection. An early edition, published sixteen years after the first.This work brought an initial taste of celebrity and distinguished him as a man of letters in Paris.Â...

The Outcast

Sadie Jones · 1998 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this menacing and beautiful debut novel by Sadie Jones, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the o...

Father&Apos;S Music

Dermot Bolger · 1997 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Flamingo; HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this brilliant psychological thriller by Dermot Bolger, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. ...

Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run

John Masefield · 1919 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Heinemann, 1919. Vellum. A bright, limited edition of John Masefield's narrative poem, 'Reynard the Fox&apos. Limited edition, numbered 142 of 250 copies signed by John Masefield to the limitation page. 'Reynard the Fox' has been critically ...

The Impressionist

Hari Kunzru · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Hari Kunzru's award winning debut novel. The first edition, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by Hari Kunzru to the title page of the novel. A fine copy of this novel. &apos...

The Redundancy of Courage

Timothy Mo · 1991 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Chatto & Winduw, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A signed first limited edition of Timothy Mo's Man Booker shortlisted novel 'The Redundancy of Courage', set in the fictional country Danu in Southeast Asia. The first edition of this work. A limited edition o...

The Grail Tree

Jonathan Gash · 1979 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jonathan Gash's exciting novel about the Holy Grail, signed by the author to the front pastedown. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the front pastedown, 'Donated to the Lanca...

Bird Fade to Grey Final Frame

Jane Adams · 1997 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Macmillan, 1997-9. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions of Jane Adams' psychological thrillers, all signed by the authors to the title pages, in the original unclipped dustwrappers. The first edition, first impression of these works. Signed by the author to ...

Poetical Works of William Collins Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

William Collins; Thomas Gray · 1805 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, John Sharpe, 1805. Leather. A very smart collection of the poems of both William Collins and Thomas Gray in a contemporary binding, two influential English poets, two volumes here bound as one volume. Illustrated with two plates. Two volumes bound as one. In a signed b...

Slow Man

J. M. Coetzee · 2005 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

London, Secker and Warburg, 2005. Leather. A signed limited edition of this popular work of fiction by J. M. Coetzee bound in morocco and presented in the original publisher's slipcase. A limited edition of one hundred copies of which this is number thirty. Signed by the ...

The Devil&Apos;S Larder

Jim Crace · 2001 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London, Viking, 2001. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Jim Crace's cumulative novel. This signed first edition of acclaimed novelist Jim Crace's cumulative novel 'The Devil's Larder' collects sixty-four shorter pieces that ...