Letteratura

Woman: A Satire; from the Latin of Juvenal

Juvenal; F. A. Wright · 1926 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, Casanova Society, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition work on Juvenal's satirical poetry, with eight collotype illustrations by R. B. Brook-Greaves. The first edition. Limited to five hundred copies, this being no. 196. With eight collotype illustrati...

Collected Editions of the Novels and Tales by Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.78 | $1,182.35 | ¥188,806)

London, Longmans Green and Co. 1870-1881. Leather. A complete set of the collected editions of the talented novels of the highly influential nineteenth century British prime minister. The complete set of the Collected Editions of The Novels and Tales by the Right Honourable Be...

The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel

Miss Monepenny, Kate Westbrook [Samantha Weinberg] · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, John Murray, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an original and influential addition to the James Bond canon that transforms Miss Moneypenny into a secret agent. The first edition of The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel, the first novel within the intri...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Scholastic Children's Books, 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of The Amber Spyglass, the final critically acclaimed novel in Pullman's iconic His Dark Materials series. The first edition of The Amber Spyglass, the final novel in Philip Pullman&ap...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999 . First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition, sixth impression of the third novel in the popular 'Harry Potter' series by JK Rowling, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pictorial paper har...

Stranger Come Home

William L. Shirer · 1955 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1955. Cloth. A first UK edition of William L. Shirer"s account of his return to post-war Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding. First...

Woodcuts and Verses

Edward Quillinan · 1820 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

Kent, Printed at the private Press if Lee Priory by John Warwick, 1820 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition copy of this collection of engraved poems printed privately by the Lee Priory Press. A limited edition copy, with only one hundred copies printed.Pub...

To Bertha and Other Verses

Ernest Watt · 1919 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Harrison and Sons , 1919. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce poetical collection, generously inscribed by him with original verses. The author's inscribed presentation copy. With two handwritten poems - including twenty l...

Lethe and Other Poems

Edward D. Berry · 1916 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

[Chicago] Not stated, located from copy held by University of Oxford Libraries, Not Stated [private publication], 1916. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce, privately printed first edition volume of wartime poetry, inscribed by the poet's cousin. An incredibly scar...

A Singing Soldier

Tom Skeyhill · 1919 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

New York, Knickerbocker Press, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry by Tom Skeyhill, with an additional poem written by Skeyhill inscribed by hand. The first edition. Signed presentation by Tom Skeyhill to t...

Over the Front

W. L. Davidson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

New York, Privately Printed, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of aviation poetry by W. L. Davidson, in the publisher's original beige cloth. The first edition in the publisher's original beige cloth.A very scarce collectio...

The Clash of Thrones

Henry Frank · 1915 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Boston, Richard G. Badger, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating anthology of sonnets of an American observing the ensuing First World War, signed by the poet Henry Frank. The signed first edition of The Clash of Thrones: A Series of Sonnets on the European War, written by...

Echoes from a Dell and Verses: Scarce American Poetry

Dell Hair; Seth Curtis Beach · 1921 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Toldeo, Ohio; Unknown, Toledo Type Setting; Seth Curtis Beach [Privately Published], 1921-1923. First edition. Cloth. Two scarce anthologies from two respected American poets, one known as the Poet Cop and the other a popular minister in his local Dedham. Two scarce poetical a...

2 Vols the Poetical Works of Gilbert Frankau

Gilbert Frankau · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, inscribed first-edition set of Frankau"s collected poems, housed in the scarce unclipped Edition de Luxe dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth binding. The dust wrappers for these copies are the u...

Comrades of the Mist and Other Rhymes of the Grand Fleet

Lieut. Comdr. Eugene E. Wilson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

New York, George Sully and Company, 1917 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this collection of First World War naval verse written by American sailors serving aboard U.S.S. Arkansas, signed by the author Eugene E. Wilson. In the publisher's original ...

Pastoral Instructions, and Meditations, for an Annual Retirement of Ten Days

Antoine Godeau; Basil Kennet [trans.] · 1703 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Richard Sare, 1703 . First edition. Leather. The first English language edition of Antoine Godeau's charming guide to taking part in a self-guided spiritual and meditative retreat. The vanishingly scarce first English language edition of this work, translated from...

Outbound

Gottfried Hult · 1920 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Boston, The Stratford Company Publishers , 1920. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this scarce poem collection, inserted with a hand-typed letter and a newspaper clipping tied to the author's University. Author's presentation copy, signed to the front free endpa...

Windows

George Montagu, Earl of Sandwich · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Elkin Mathews Limited , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very smart presentation copy - with signed letter - of this scarce anthology of poems by the 9th Earl of Sandwich, George Montagu. The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'To M...

Echoes and Evasions

Collin Brooks · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Lovat Dickson, 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work of poetry in the publisher's original cloth, signed by the author to the first free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth. Signed by the author to the first free endp...

Collected Poems of Geoffrey Winthrop Young

Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1936 · Rooke Books

£108.00 (€129.45 | $142.67 | ¥22,783)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Geoffrey Winthrop Young, signed by Eleanor Winthrop Young. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, signed by Eleanor Winthrop Young to the front fre...