Letteratura

The Ice Age

Margaret Drabble · 1977 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition published in 1977. Signed first edition. Published in 1977. In the original clipped dust wrapper. The Ice Age follows the experience of former BBC producer Anthony Keating during the 1960s a...

Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens · 1857 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1857 . First edition. Leather. A smart example of the first issue of Charles Dickens's novel about a young woman who is born in a debtors prison. The first edition, first issue of this work, being bound from the parts, with puncture marks prese...

Killing Critics

Carol O'Connell · 1995 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

Gloucestershire, Scorpion Press, 1995. Leather. A limited edition De Luxe signed copy of this work from the 'Kathy Mallory' series by Carol O'Connell. A limited edition, De Luxe copy of the work. Limited to 15 lettered copies, letter E. Signed by the author and...

Guardian Angel

Sara Paretsky · 1992 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Bristol, Scorpion Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition of this work of detective fiction by Sara Paretsky. A limited edition of the work. Number 20 out of 99 copies produced. Signed by the author to the front blank. In the publisher's original q...

The Wallet of Kai Lung

Ernest Bramah · 1923 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Grant Richards, 1923 . Cloth. A very smart signed limited edition of Ernest Bramah's collection of fantasy short stories. Number seventy-four of two hundred copies produced, signed by the author.A captivating fantasy novel following the reoccurring protagonist &ap...

Burn Marks

Sara Paretsky · 1990 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

New York, Delacorte Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 18th February 1992. The sixth V. I. Warshawski novel. When Warshawski&apos...

A Buyer&Apos;S Market; the Valley of Bones; the Soldier&Apos;S Art; the Military Philosophers; Books Do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; a Question of Upbringing; What&Apos;S Become of Waring

Anthony Powell · 1955 · Rooke Books

£640.00 (€767.14 | $845.53 | ¥135,020)

London, Heinemann, 1955-1986. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of novels by Anthony Powell, with the original dust wrapper designed by English designer, James Broom-Lynne In the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original dust wrappers, with most of t...

Deadlock

Sara Paretsky · 1984 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, The Dial Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the second Warshawski novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with the inscription "Penny, with good wishes." When Warshawski visits the...

Musclebound

Liza Cody · 1997 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bloomsbury, 1997 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this novel featuring female wrestler, Eva Wylie. This is a signed, first edition of the work in the original publisher's black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Author'...

The Naming of the Dead & Standing in Another Man&Apos;S Grave

Ian Rankin · 2006 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Orion, 2006-2012. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these thrilling novels by Ian Rankin, signed by the author. First edition. Both novels are signed by the author to the title page, with a sticker insert to the title page of The Naming of The Dead...

The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals

Elizabeth Smart · 1978 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, Jonathan Cape and Polytantric Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this inspirational work from Elizabeth Smart. First edition. A magnificent work exploring the life of a thirty-one year old woman, with four children by a faithless lover, as...

Souvenir of the Warwick Pageant 1906

Louis N. Parker · 1906 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

Warwick, None, 1906. First edition. Paperback. A charming collection of images from the Warwick Pageant of 1906, organised by Louis N. Parker. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with six colour plates from watercolours by J. N. Boulton, and eight black-and-white phot...

Post Haste a Tale of Her Majesty&Apos;S Mails

R. M. Ballantyne · 1880 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, James Nisbet & Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see signed first edition of this mysterious children's novel by R. M. Ballantyne, an illustrated mystery revolving around the postal system. Signed by the author, with his signature pasted to the front ...

Tout Droit

[Jeanne Schultz] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1890. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated French novel in striking Sotheran signed binding. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with vignettes in text by Edouard Ziel. In the original French. Written by the author of...

Lettres a Une Inconnue

Prosper Merimee · 1908 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, [1908]. Leather. Two volumes of the letters of Proseper Merimee in uniform prize calf bindings signed Sotheran. A later edition. In uniform calf bindings signed Sotheran & Co. Prize binding with bookplate to front pastedown dated 1916. Complete in two volu...

Poemes de Dessous le Plancher Suivis de la Noche Noire

Andre Frenaud · 1949 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Paris, Gallimard, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed copy of this poetry collection by Andre Frenaud. A third edition. Signed by the author to the half title page. In the original French. This is a volume of poems by Andre Frenaud, who is considered one of the most searching...

Soft Jobs and Miracles

Marnie Pomeroy · 1969 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition anthology of poems by Marnie Pomeroy, signed by the author. Limited edition to two hundred and sixty copies. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. This copy inscribed...

Reminiscences of Childhood with Reflections of Riper Years. Forming a Miscellany of Moral and Religious Poetry

W. Pringle · 1867 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Durham, Andrews and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce volume of poetry designed to inculcate compassion and mercy in its readers. A first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Reverend W. Pringle. Little is known about the author...

Bertie on the Beach

Jane Johnson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London and Tonbridge, Ernest Benn, 1981 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce presentation copy of this children's book, signed by the author and from the library of Tom Maschler. A beautiful and near fine first edition copy of this uncommon children's book by Jane Joh...

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Allen Lane Penguin Books LTD, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular novel by RIchard Adams, inscribed by the author to the title page. The first edition, second state of this novel, with the female protagonist being named 'Karin Fo...