Letteratura

Notes of the Horn: Hunting Verse, Old and New

Various; E. OE. Somerville [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Peter Davies , 1934. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of these collected verses The first edition thus of this collection. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eleven monochrome plates. Collate...

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...

Moby Dick, or, the Whale

Herman Melville · 1930 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

New York, Random House, 1930. Cloth. Rockwell Kent's illustrated edition of one of the most popular American novels ever published. The first U.S. trade edition of 'Moby Dick' to be illustrated by Rockwell Kent.Illustrated with head and tail pieces, and the occa...

The History of Sandford and Merton

Thomas Day · 1815 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Gainsborough, Henry Mozley, 1815. Cloth. Thomas Day's incredibly popular educational work for children, a novel guiding children on proper conduct. Thomas Day's incredibly popular children's book, a series of stories which tell the history of Sandford and Merton...

Juvenile Poems

Thomas Romney Robinson · 1806 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Belfast, J. Smyth & D. Lyons, 1806. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Romney Robinson's juvenile poems, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of the juvenile poems by Thomas Romney Robin...

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene · 1951 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, William Heinemann, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Graham Greene's celebrated novel, reviewed by Evelyn Waugh as 'singularly beautiful and moving&apos. The first edition, first impression of Greene's work, in the publi...

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

James McNeil Whistler · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, William Heinemann, 1904. Cloth. The third edition of Whistler's controversial response to John Ruskin after their famous libel suit. The third edition of this work.A scandalous work by James McNeill Whistler, written part in response and part a transcript of his l...

Biggles in the South Seas; Biggles Flies West; Biggles Goes to War; Biggles Defies the Swastika; Biggles Sees It Through; the Rescue Flight; Biggles Secret Agent; Biggles Flies South; Spitfire Parade; Biggles Flies North; Biggles in Spain; Biggles in the Baltic

Captain W. E. Johns · 1940 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press , 1940-1952. Cloth. A delightful collection of twelve illustrated Biggles novels, being a mixture of impressions and all in the publisher's uniform dust wrappers. A set of twelve adventure novels following the popular p...

Robbery Under Arms

Rolf Boldrewood [Thomas Alexander Browne] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1937. Cloth. A smart later edition of this bushranger novel from Australian author Rolf Boldrewood. Later edition, originally published as a single volume in 1888. A bushranger novel considered a classic of Australian colonial literature. Dic...

Hans Breitmann&Apos;S Ballads

Charles Godfrey Leland · 1870 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1870. Cloth. A smart new edition of this collection of comic verse from American writer Charles Godfrey Leland. New, enlarged and complete edition. A humorous collection of verses written in a combination of broken English and German, o...

Beyond the Fringe

Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Random House, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this comedy stage revue written and performed by Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore. First edition. With a frontispiece. A British comedy stage revue that debuted at the 1960 ...

Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent

Geoffrey Crayon [Washington Irving] · 1864 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, G. P. Putnam, 1864. Leather. The Artist's Edition of this collection of essays and short stories from American writer Washington Irving. Artist's edition. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-three images. A collection of thirty-four essays and short sto...

A Note in Music

Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New, Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of the author's second novel, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First US edition. A semi-autobiographical piece based on the marriage between Lehmann and Wogan Phillips, a painte...

Ryder

Djuna Barnes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing experimental modernist novel by Djuna Barnes. The first edition, first printing, which was limited to 3,000 copies.'Ryder' is an important modernist novel written in the Rabe...

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...

Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne

George Barr McCutcheon · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, intermediate issue, of George Barr McCutcheon's Ruritanian Romance. The first edition of this work, BALs so-called 'intermediate issue', in Binding A.Intermediate issue: printers imprint at...

Woman&Apos;S Folly: A Novel

Gemma Ferruggia · 1906 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, London Book Co. 1906. Leather. The special limited subscription edition of this scarce feminist novel by Gemma Ferruggia, bound in half straight grain morocco. The second English language edition and the special limited subscription edition. First published in Italian ...

Four Gardens

David Osborne Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New Haven , Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of works from American poet David Osbourne Hamilton, published as the winner of Yale's 'Younger Poets' competition in 1920. The scarce first edition of this poetical collect...

The Hypocrite; the Wife&Apos;S Stratagem

Isaac Bickerstaff; John Poole · 1823 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, T. Dolby; Hunt and Clarke, 1823-1827. Leather. A charmingly bound duo of comedy plays that were performed at the Theatres Royal, London, 'The Hypocrite' and 'The Wife's Stratagem&apos. A very scarce duo of comedy plays bound together, both of which ...

Sermons and Lectures

Rev. Brooke Lambert; Rev. Ronald Bayne [editor]; J. E. G. Montmorency · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Greenwich, Henry Richardson, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of sermons from English cleric Brooke Lambert, with a memoir of his life. First edition. Very scarce work. With an ink inscription from a relative of the author that reads "...