Letteratura

The Secret of Annexe 3

Colin Dexter · 1986 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detective fiction novel from the popular 'Inspector Morse' series by Colin Dexter. Signed by the author. This is the seventh novel in the Morse series and begins following the murder of a...

Alexandria in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds

Nick Bantock · 2002 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2002. First edition. Hardback. An interactive, epistolary novel from Nick Bantock's 'Morning Star' trilogy. This is the first edition. This is the second work in the 'Morning Star Trilogy&apos. Alike to his other works, this ...

Scribbleomania; or, the Printer&Apos;S Devil&Apos;S Polichronicon: A Sublime Poem

Anser Pen-Drag-on [William Henry Ireland] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of a fascinating series of satirical poems poking fun at the current literary scene, written by the devilish yet talented Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. The first edition of Scribbl...

Les Lunes Poetiques Des Deux-Mondes

J.-P.-R. Cuisin · 1840 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

Paris, Le Bailly, 1840 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce 1840 reissue of the first edition of Cuisin's eccentric Romantic panorama of nocturnal Paris, illustrated with nine striking lithographic plates. In a contemporary quarter green straight-grained morocco bind...

The Green Ship

Quentin Blake · 1998 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition of a tale of adventure, imagination and wonder over a garden wall, by the iconic children's illustrator Quentin Blake. The signed first edition of The Green Ship, a tale of joy and imagination,...

The Novels of Francis Brett Young, Severn Edition: Marching on Tanga; the Black Diamond; the House Under the Water; This Little World; White Ladies; They Seek a Country; the City of Gold

Francis Brett Young · 1935 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, William Heinemann, 1935-1950. Cloth. A scarce set of the Severn edition novels by author of the Mercian novels Francis Brett Young, with City of Gold signed by Young. Seven of the scarce Severn Edition novels, written by English novelist and poet Francis Brett Young, w...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.] · 1891 · Rooke Books

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

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1891-1893. Leather. A complete thirteen volume set of the works of the nineteenth century satirical novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, in signed bindings. Complete in thirteen volumes.In half blue calf bindings, with marbled boards, endpapers, and...

Simon Scarrow Signed First Edition

Simon Scarrow · 2006 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Headline Review, 2006-2010. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic set of signed and inscribed first edition copies of the complete Wellington and Napoleon Quartet. A complete quartet.The first editions.All four volumes signed by the author to the title pages.In the publish...

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely example of the beautifully illustrated first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, in which the children of Benjamin Bunny are kidnapped. The first edition, one of the first or second printings whi...

The Devil in Vienna

Doris Orgel · 1979 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, The Dial Press, 1979. Cloth. Signed edition of Orgel's eminent semi-autobiographical work about the unlikely friendship between two young girls in 1938 Vienna. Second printing.In publisher's original red cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Signed by th...

Dark Tales of Time and Space

Sean Wright · 2005 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

King's Lynn, Crowswing Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. First-edition signed set of Sean Wright's young-adult science-fiction-fantasy classic. Includes two first editions, one paperback and one cloth with unclipped dust wrapper. Both copies signed by author to titl...

Operation Red Jericho

Joshua Mowll · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Walker Books, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated signed first edition first impression copy of the first book in The Guild of Specialists trilogy. The first edition, first impression of the work. Signed by the author to the title page.In publishe...

Poems

C. T. Davis · 1923 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Not Stated , L. C. Milstead, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by C. T. Davis, with a signed presentation inscription from the author to the front endpaper. The first edition in the publisher's original patterned pa...

Humanity Twenty-Six Poems

Gretchen Warren · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1953. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce presentation copy by Gretchen Warren, and owned at one time by Robert Woods Bliss. A very scarce presentation copy of this first edition, in original pattern pictorial boards.This copy is signed and inscribe...

Jingling Bits

P.G.R. Benson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London and Aylesbury , Hazell, Watson & Viney, LD. [1924]. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated first edition collection of poems, with a coloured frontispiece and 5 plates. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the a...

5 Vols Five First Edition Novels by Piers Paul Read

Paul Piers Read · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Secker & Warburg; Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1966-2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart five-volume set of first editions by Piers Paul Read, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers, and one copy flat signed to the title page. In the publisher's original c...

Connor and the Starstone of Tinxsha Connor Clover and the Lost Children Connor Clover and the Slaves of Dramian

Helen Oghenegweke · 2002 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Norwich, Dark Scrye; H & T Books, 2002-2004. First edition. Paperback. Three children's titles by Helen Oghenegweke, including a very scarce early copy later printed under a different title. Three first edition children's fantasy titles by Helen Oghenegweke.First edi...

The Autograph Man

Zadie Smith · 2002 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2002. First edition. Cloth. The second novel of Zadie Smith, a signed copy of the first edition. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Autograph Man&...

The Mantle of Methuselah

Langford Reed; Hetty Spiers · 1939 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rich & Cowan, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of husband and wife duo Langford Reed and Hetty Spiers's farcical novel. Inscribed to the front free endpaper: 'March 1940. To Godfrey Lewis with all good wishes from L...

The Bomb

Frank Harris · 1920 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, Published by the Author, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this first edition thus of Frank Harris's Chicago-set novel. The 'Illustrated and Definitive Edition&apos. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: 'To Maria...