Letteratura

Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A finely bound Riviere & Son edition of Gray's poems and letters, featuring monochrome tipped-in illustrations and an Eton prize label. In a full calf signed binding by Riviere & Son.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three photogr...

An Amateur Peasant Girl

Alexander Pushkin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Ampleforth, The Ampleforth Press, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated by James O'Connor and Simon Peers, this is a charming limited edition of Alexander Pushkin's entertaining short story. The first English translation of this work to feature these illustrations...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables Retold for Children

Aesop; Elizabeth Hardie · 1915 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London; Edinburgh; Dublin; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915. Cloth. A lovely retelling of Aesop"s Fables by Elizabeth Hardie, designed to introduce children to these classic moral tales, with charming colour plate illustrations and frontispiece. In the publisher's o...

New Arabian Nights

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1924. Leather. A smart new impression of Robert Louis Stevensons' short-story collection, in signed half calf prize binding. New impression. In signed half calf prize binding by Best & Co, for Heddon Court School. With a contemporary prize book...

Das Ideale Buch Oder Schone Buch Eine Abhandlung Uber Kalligraphie Druck Und Illustration Und Uber Das Schone Buch Als Ein Ganzes

T. J. Cobden-Sanderson; Jan Tschichold [translator] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Basel, Kurrus & Co. 1963. Paperback. A very smart limited edition of this translation of Cobden-Sanderson's treatise on calligraphy, signed by the translator Jan Tschichold. German. Limited to one thousand two hundred copies signed by the translator. Very scarce work. A t...

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Jonathan Scott [trans.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.71 | $3,236.79 | ¥516,874)

London, Longman, Hurst, Orme, Brown, 1811. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the first Jonathan Scott translation of the Arabian Nights, beautifully bound in half straight grain morocco by Morrell, and with a frontispiece to each volume. The first edition of this ...

The Sixth Lamentation

William Brodrick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression and signed uncorrected proof of this moving debut novel by William Brodrick. Both signed and dated by the author to the title pages. This set includes a signed first edition, first impress...

Touchstone Trilogy

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent complete first edition set of the Touchstone Trilogy from British author Steve Augarde, signed by the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written a...

Reaper of Souls

Rena Barron · 2021 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Harper Voyager, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from American writer Rena Barron, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Limited to two hundred and fifty numbered copies, of whic...

Tales of a Monstrous Heart

Jennifer Delaney · 2024 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Gollancz, 2024. First edition. Cloth. An excellently presented first edition of this fantasy novel from English author Jennifer Delaney, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. One of two thousand copies of a speci...

Undressing

James O'Neill · 2019 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Short Books, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novella from Irish writer James O'Neill, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, in presentation to ...

A Collection of First Uk Edition Modern Novels, Signed by the Authors

Various · 2014 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Mantle; Orion Books; William Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Century; Jonathan Cape, 2014-2023. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing collection of first UK edition, first impression novels from modern authors. Each volume is signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK ...

Scarlet

Genevieve Cogman · 2023 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Tor in association with Goldsboro Books, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Genevieve Cogman's historical vampire novel, with a striking and detailed sprayed fore-edge. A limited edition, being number 1,599 out of 2,000 numbered copies of the ...

A Collection of Thriller Crime Novels by Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Century; Bantam Press, 2002-2019. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic signed collection of Simon Kernick's crime novels, complete with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to each volume. The first editions, first impressions of these works. All ...

The Worm in the Bud; the Liar&Apos;S Chair; What Alice Knew; Zodiac; a Nearly Normal Family

Chris Collett; Rebecca Whitney; T. A. Cotterell; Sam Wilson; M. T. Edvardsson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Piatkus; Mantle; Doubleday; Michael Joseph; Macmillan , 2004-2019. First edition. Cloth. A superb set of modern thrillers and mystery novels, all of which are either signed first impressions or limited signed editions. A gripping selection of mystery and crime thriller...

Animal

Lisa Taddeo · 2021 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bloomsbury Circus , 2021. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first UK edition of Lisa Taddeo's visceral novel of sisterhood and female rage. Signed by the author to special publisher signature page bound in. The first UK edition, first impression, with the full ...

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead · 2019 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Fleet, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Colson Whitehead's 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning novel, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Priz...

5 Vols Signed First Uk Edition Thrillers by Steve Hamilton

Steve Hamilton · 2000 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Orion, 2000-2003 . First edition. Cloth. A smart five-volume set of signed first UK editions by award-winning American thriller author Steve Hamilton. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.These volumes are ...

Follow Me Down

Julie Hearn · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Oxford University Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Julie Hearn"s imaginative, time-travel debut novel Follow Me Down, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncli...

Learwife

J.R. Thorp · 2021 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A signed, numbered limited first edition of Learwife, a lyrical, feminist reimagining of King Lear, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped ...