Letteratura

The Adventures of Romney Pringle

Clifford Ashdown; R Austin Freeman · 1902 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,792.41 | $8,588.85 | ¥1,371,692)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The impossibly scarce blue version of the first edition of Richard Austin Freeman's important work of detective fiction 'The Adventures of Romney Pringle&apos. A vanishingly scarce and important work of detective...

Solent Shore

Jeremy Hooker · 1980 · Rooke Books

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Manchester, Carcanet, 1980. Paperback. An uncommon signed poetry collection by Jeremy Hooker, taking the reader to the south coast of England. An uncommon work.Inscribed by the author to the half-title, 'For Allen, with ... + all good wishes, Jeremy Hooker, Mancheser 27.1...

Six Poems

Thomas Hennell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.53 | $528.54 | ¥84,412)

Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells School of Art and Crafts, 1947. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of these six poems by Thomas Hennell, a lovely privately printed work. A very scarce work.The first edition of this work.A collection of six short poems by Th...

The Task Table Talk and Other Poems

William Cowper · 1825 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, John Sharpe, 1825. Hardback. Two rebound popular poetical works by the Romantic William Cowper, illustrated with beautiful detailed plates. Two poetical works by William Cowper, 'Table Talk' and 'The Task&apos.'The Task' is a poem in six books,...

Poems

Michael Drayton · 1619 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, W. Stansby for John Swethwicke, 1619. Leather. A folio collection of the early poems of Michael Drayton, the popular Elizabethan poet, an important collection of his various poetical exploits. ESTC citation number S125214.The publisher is misspelled 'Swethwicke&ap...

The Triumphs of Temper

William Hayley · 1795 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1795. Hardback. A rebound early edition of William Hayely's immensely popular didactic poem following his lovely heroine Serena, illustrated throughout. 'The Triumphs of Temper' is a didactic poem, chronicling the trials a...

Shame

Salman Rushdie · 1983 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of Salman Rushdie's third novel, 'Shame&apos. Written in the style of magic realism, Rushdie desired to approach the problem of 'artificial' country divisions and the problems o...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of the critically acclaimed novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time&apos. With original unclipped dustwrapper. This novel won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book ...

The Kind Man Obit Delayed

Helen Nielsen · 1951 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1951-3. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two exciting mystery detective novels by the American author Helen Nielsen. The first edition of these works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two thrilling detective novels by Helen Nielsen.&...

The Night Is a Time for Listening

Elliot West · 1966 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Elliot West's Russian espionage novel, following a man avenging his wife's death during World War II. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Night is...

The Whole Hog

Michael Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Collins, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Michael Kenyon's exciting spoof espionage novel, published by the Collins Crime Club. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Whole Hog' is an entertaining spoof-...

The Riddle of the Third Mile

Colin Dexter · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Macmillan , 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this early Inspector Morse novel. The first edition of this important crime fiction novel. Colin Dexter was a popular English crime writer, best known for his 'Inspector Morse' series of novels. Throug...

Seeing Red

Theodora Dubois · 1955 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Collins Crime Club, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Theodora Du Bois' thrilling murder mystery novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Se...

The Long Traverse

John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's illustrated short adventure story collection, containing eight immensely exciting stories. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, priced at 7/6.A se...

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of J. M. Coeztee's immersive novel on the South African apartheid. The winner of the 1999 Man Booker Prize. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original uncli...

The Silver Locusts

Ray Bradbury · 1951 · Rooke Books

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

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of the first edition of Ray Bradbury's popular novel 'The Martian Chronicles', published here in the U.K. as 'The Silver Locusts&apos. The first edition of this work.In the original unclip...

Boabdil or &Apos;the Twilight of Granada&Apos;

Robert Gordon-Canning · 1928 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hodgson, 1928. First edition. Vellum. A superior copy of this uncommon poetical and theatrical anthology by Robert Cecil Gordon Canning. In the original vellum binding. The first edition of this anthology of works. Comprising ten works total. Gordon-Canning was a sta...

False Witness

Elizabeth Nisot · 1938 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD. 1938. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Elizabeth Nisot's enthralling mystery novel, here in a beautiful condition with the original dustwrapper and Crime Book Society wraparound. The first edition of this work.A very s...

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess · 1962 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, Heinemann , 1962. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first edition copy of Anthony Burgess' celebrated novel, his jeu d'espirit, 'A Clockwork Orange&apos. A first edition, first issue of this canonical novel. A novel known for its use of 'Nadsat&apo...

Infinite Days

Rebecca Maizel · 2010 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Macmillan, 2010. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed copy of this work of fantasy writing by Rebecca Maizel. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, reading 'I hope you love it as much as I enjoyed writing it! xo Rebeccs' First edition, fir...