Letteratura

A Burnt-out Case

Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A First English language edition of this novel by Graham Greene. Set against the backdrop of Africa, but unlike 'The Heart of the Matter', this novel takes place in the Belgian Congo. Henry Graham Greene, OM,...

Totempole

Sanford Friedman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Anthony Blond, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Totempole features a love affair between its protagonist, Stephen Wolfe and a North Korean doctor prisoner of war. Sanford Friedman's first novel. It is thought that the character of Wolfe is the first in a novel of Ameri...

In Noah&Apos;S Wake

Allan Block · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Peterborough, William L Bauhan, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of poetry by Allan Block. Inscribed by the author "For Robert Graves in gratitude for poems of his". In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart wi...

John Graham (Convict) 1824

Robert Gibbings · 1937 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Faber and Faber , 1937. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this vivid historical narrative dealing with transportation and early convict life in Australia. Featuring forty wood-engravings, illustrated by the author. With rare original unclipped dustwrapper. In or...

Snake

James McClure · 1975 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon copy of James McClure's thrilling work of crime fiction. First edition. Part of his renowned Kramer and Zondi series. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, cl...

Yellowstone Kelly

Peter Bowen · 1987 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Illinois , Jameson Books, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this heroic cowboy story with letters from the author. Includes two humorous letters from the author to the same reader regarding the signing of the book, others in the 'Kelly' series an...

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

Robert James Waller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

The United States of America, Warner Books, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first printing of Waller's novel 'Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend&apos. Robert James Waller (1939) is an American author best known for 'The Bridges of Madison County', an enormously success...

The Little Blue Light a Play in Three Acts

Edmund Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this play by Edmund Wilson. Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters. Wilson was interested in modern culture as a whole,...

The Stalking Horse

Jill McGown · 1987 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Macmillan, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jill McGown murder mystery novel. 'With her usual insight into human behaviour, Jill McGown has created a novel full of tension and suspense.' In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustw...

The Artful Egg

James McClure · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this murder mystery novel from James McClure. The seventh in the Kramer and Zondi novels series. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is smart, with just...

Wilde West

Walter Satterthwaite · 1991 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,014)

New York, Walter Satterthwaite, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Satterthwaite's fictionalised account of Oscar Wilde's time in the American West. 'A tense mystery, a perverse comedy, 'Wilde West' is a brilliant novel that includes, as ...

Watchman

Ian Rankin · 1988 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Bodley Head, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sinister spy thriller from Ian Rankin. The book tells the story of Miles Flint, a surveillance officer who works for MI5. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, ...

The Philadelphian

Richard Powell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Powell's The Philadelphian. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Richard Pitts Powell (1908 –1999) was an American novelist. In the 1940s, Powell be...

I Am the Only Running Footman

Martha Grimes · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A bright, clean first UK edition of I Am the Only Running Footman by Martha Grimes. Bound in paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwrapper. First UK Edition. Martha Grimes, b.1931, is an...

The Case of the Fear Makers

John Newton Chance · 1967 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Publisher's cloth covered boards with silver lettering. A first edition which is complete with the original pictorial dust jacket. John Lymington (1911-1983) was born John Richard Newton Chance in London. He was a prolific ...

Reflex

Dick Francis · 1980 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Dick Francis. "Aided only by a natural wit and a knowledge of cameras, he unwillingly began picking his way through, facing on the way not only ferocious enemies but the traps and uncertaintie...

The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler · 1837 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Allan Bell and Co, 1837. Cloth. A collection of poetry by the popular seventeenth century poet, Samuel Butler, complete in two volumes. Poetry by seventeenth century poet, Samuel Butler. Complete in two volumes. Issued in a small pocket size and bound in ornate cloth b...

Bubu de Montparnasse

Charles-Louis Philippe · 1924 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.71 | $277.42 | ¥44,301)

Paris, Aux Editions du Sagittaire, 1924. Leather. A limited edition of this French Novel. Illustrated with fifteen watercolours by Charles Laborde. Limited to 500 copies. Number 489, printed on vellum paper. Charles-Louis Philippe was a French novelist. This is his best known ...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. In Two Volumes

Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A wonderful collection of Lord Macaulay's contributions to the Knight's Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as miscellaneous poems and inscriptions. Featuring ...

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple Parts I and II

William Cowper · 1818 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, John Sharpe, 1818. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of poems by Cowper. William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of eve...