Letteratura

Twelve Letters and a Bibliographical Essay from Leonard Clark

Leonard Clark · 1954 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Charlottesville, Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1954-1968. Paperback. A bibliographical work by Leonard Clark on the writings of Walter de la Mare, alongside twelve signed letters from Clark. Leonard Clark was an English poet, writer, editor, and educat...

The Holder of the World

Bharati Mukherjee · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this retelling of The Scarlet Letter by Indian American-Canadian writer Bharati Mukherjee, signed by the author. First edition, Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page which reads "To ...

A Passion Before Death

James Hanley · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Privately Printed [C. J. Greenwood], 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this daring tale told from the confines of a prison cell, with the original, vanishingly scarce glassine wrap. The first edition, limited to 200 copies signed by the author a...

A Gate at the Stairs

Lorrie Moore · 2009 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of this moving novel that explores disconnect, love and loss, from acclaimed American author, Lorrie Moore. The first edition, first printing of this work. Signed by the author to the front e...

The Feast of Stephen

Rosemary Aubert · 1999 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New York, Bridge Works Publishing Company, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this 'Ellis Portal' mystery novel by Rosemary Aubert, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to...

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid · 1985 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition first printing of this novel from Antiguan–American writer Jamaica Kincaid, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The author'...

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition, first impression, of Hilary Mantel's second novel tracing the life of Thomas Cromwell. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original u...

Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London; New York, Faber and Faber Limited; The Fountain Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first and limited edition of Walter de la Mare's exploration of the trope of deserted islands in fiction, signed by the author. The limited first edition, of six hundred and fif...

The Jefferson Letters

John Ballinger · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Virginia, The Dietz Press, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel on the purchase of some of the letters of Thomas Jefferson, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Letters written by Thomas Jefferson...

Falling for a Dolphin

Heathcote Williams · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Heathcote Williams' popular poem, a presentation copy from the author. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. The author's presentation copy, inscribe...

The Case of Mr. Crump

Ludwig Lewisohn · 1926 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Edward W. Titus, 1926. Paperback. A limited edition copy of this fraught romance novel by Ludwig Lewisohn, signed by the author to the frontispiece. A limited edition, limited to five hundred copies for America, of which this is numbered one hundred and thirty four. Si...

The Harbourmaster

William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to the United States in 1911.Number 311 ...

Going-to-the-Sun

Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Nicholas Lindsay Vachel's charmingly illustrated volume of poetry. The first edition of this work, flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper.With vignette illu...

The Adventures of Mr. Bumble the Policeman

J. S. Newcombe · 1947 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Allan Wingate, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's book following Mr. Bumble the policeman, signed by the illustrator. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the illustrator to the front endpaper, dated 1947. ...

Candles in the Wind

Maud Diver · 1911 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons , 1911. Cloth. A very smart copy of Maud Diver's final instalment to her early trilogy of novels, included with a very scarce dust wrapper. The shilling edition, second impression. In the publisher's very scarce dust wrapper.An ...

Arthur and the Sword

Robert Sabuda · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Atheneum Books, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourful illustrated retelling of an Arthurian legend, the author's presentation copy. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the rect...

Let&Apos;S Go to the Circus

George Theiner · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Bancroft & Co, 1963 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce children's movable book, illustrated and designed by prominent paper engineer Rudolf Lukes. The first edition of this very scarce work.From Czech illustrator Rudolf Lukes, a prom...

Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up

Robert Sabuda · 1997 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Little Simon (Simon and Schuster), 1997. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this charming pop-up book for young children to help with counting. First edition. Illustrated with ten intricate and brightly coloured pop-up pages. Collated complete and in p...

Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island

H. G. Wells · 1928 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of H. G. Wells' story surrounding a shipwreck on Rampole Island, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the highly pictorial d...

Modern Love

George Meredith; C. Day Lewis [intro.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948 . Cloth. A delightful mid twentieth century edition of Meredith's celebrated sonnet sequence, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A lovely 1948 edition of Meredith's 'novella in verse' about the failure o...