Letteratura

The President&Apos;S Hat

Antoine Laurain · 2013 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Gallic Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. A smart first English edition of this humorous story from French writer Antoine Laurain. First English edition, fifth impression. Signed by the author to the title page. One day in 1986, President Francois Mitterrand forgot...

The Wild Boys

William S. Burroughs · 1972 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Calder & Boyars, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing post-apocalyptic novel by William S. Burroughs. The first edition, first impression.In the original publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wild Boys' is set in apocalyptic...

Some Rain Must Fall

Michel Faber · 1998 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Canongate, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A striking signed first edition of Michel Faber's engrossing collection of short stories. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.An imaginative and versatile collection of ...

The Consort

Anthony Heckstall-Smith · 1965 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Royal satire by Anthony Heckstall-Smith, in both the original and the revised dust wrappers. The first edition, first printing.In the original dust wrapper, unclipped, and revised dust wrapper, pr...

The Cat and the Devil

James Joyce · 1965 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A superb first edition of this brightly illustrated short story for children from Irish writer James Joyce. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour pages and numerous in-text images. Not typically considered a wri...

The Best Science Fiction Stories

Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty [editors] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

New York, Frederick Fell Inc. 1949-1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of five volumes of The Best Science Fiction Stories series, with volume one signed and inscribed by the editors. Five volumes. First editions. With volume one signed and inscribed by the editors to the ...

Three Philo Vance Detective Novels: The "Canary", Green and Scarab Murder Cases

S. S. Van Dine [Willard Huntington Wright] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1927-30 . First edition. Cloth. A trio of first editions of S. S. Vine detective novels, each featuring amateur detective Philo Vance. First editions.Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Three detective novels written by Americ...

Two Programmes for the Gaiety Theatre

John Hollingshead; Henry J. Byron · 1878 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Louise et Cie, 1878-79. Paperback. Two very scarce programmes for the Gaiety Theatre, a now-closed West End theatre. Two very scarce programmes for shows at the Gaiety Theatre.'The Grasshopper' by Meilhac and Halvey, adapted by John Hollingshead, and 'Li...

Not on the Screen

Henry B. Fuller · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The limited edition, first edition of Henry B. Fuller's novel about a young man's metamorphosis from shy bond salesman to man-about-town. The first US edition, first printing.One of 3,000 first editions produced...

Next of Kin

Eric Frank Russell · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1967. Cloth. This uncommon second impression of Eric Frank Russell's comic science fiction novel about a military misfit, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The second impression of the work. A version of the work was originally published in ...

Somewhere a Voice

Eric Frank Russell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition. Hardback. This uncommon first edition, first impression of a collection of six short science fiction stories by the celebrated author Eric Frank Russell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression o...

Yet Again

Max Beerbohm · 1909 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's anthology of essays. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This volume features a collection of essays from Max Beerbohm, an English essayist and caric...

Greener Than You Think

Ward Moore · 1947 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

New York, William Sloane Associates, INC, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Ward Moore's fantastic sci-fi novels, following a grass taking over the Earth. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Greener Than You...

Land of Unreason

Fletcher Pratt; L. Sprague de Camp · 1942 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1942. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantasy collaboration between Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel, written in collaboration between Fl...

Fern Leaves from Fanny&Apos;S Portfolio

Fanny Fern [Sarah Payson Willis] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Ingram, Cooke and Co, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories from the American children's writer and columnist, Fanny Fern, with illustrations from Birket Foster The first UK edition. Illustrated by Birket Foster with a monochrome frontispiece,...

Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories; the Macdermots of Ballycloran

Anthony Trollope · 1870 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers; Chapman and Hall, 1870-1880. Leather. Two half-calf bound volumes from prolific Victorian author Anthony Trollope, including the fifth edition of his first novel 'The Macdermots of Ballycloran&apos. Containing the second edition of &apo...

Domestic Animals, Familiar Birds, &C. : Their Habits and History Being Pictures of the Animal Creation, Drawn from Nature, and Accurately and Carefully Coloured for the Amusement and Instruction of the Young.

H. W. Dulcken · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated book on animals for the education of young children. First edition. Illustrated with twelve double page hand-coloured plates. Collated complete. A charming collection of ima...

Harper&Apos;S Young People for 1886

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated annual of American children's magazine Harper's Young People for the year 1886. Annual for the year 1886, containing Volume II No. 53, Saturday November 21st 1885 to Vol...

Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse

T. R. Smith [ed.] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

New York, For Subscribers Only by Boni and Liveright, 1921-1922 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally lovely example of the limited edition, three volume first edition, of T. R. Smith's anthology of erotic poetry. The title page versos read 'This work is limited...

The Myth of the Golden Age in the Renaissance

Harry Levin · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully written critical and historical interpretation of the myth of the golden age in Renaissance, being the publisher's review copy. A review copy of the first edition. With the publisher's review slip t...