Letteratura

All on a Summer&Apos;S Night

Maurice Edelman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this novel concerning power and inner conflict, inscribed by the author Maurice Edelman. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

A Widow&Apos;S Tale and Other Poems

Bernard Barton · 1827 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, B. J. Holdsworth, 1827 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition volume of early nineteenth century poems by Bernard Barton, presented to Sir John Bowring. The scarce first edition of this work, signed by the author with the ins...

A First Sketch of English Literature

Henry Morley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London , Cassell and Company, 1892. Leather. A lovely leather signed binding of this introduction to English literature. A twelfth edition of A First Sketch of English Literature, being twenty-eighth thousand. This book is a sketch of English writers from the Celts to the rei...

L&Apos;Assommoir

Emile Zola; Arthur Symons · 1928 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, 1928. Vellum. A lovely limited edition of one of Emile Zola's best known works, looking at alcoholism. Signed by the translator, Arthur Symons. A limited edition, limited to one-thousand copies numbered and signed, this copy numbered six-hund...

Play Power

Richard Neville · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The interesting essays of the prominent counterculture figure Richard Neville, in a decorative and colourful dust wrapper designed by Martin Sharp. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Lac...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1904. Leather. Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated novel in a prize binding signed Mudie, beautifully illustrated by Hugh Thomson. One of the most popular novels among Victorians, The Vicar of Wakefield was originally published in 1766, and concerns fa...

A Maggot

John Fowles · 1985 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A specially bound signed Limited Edition of the first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and crim...

The Monk. A Romance.

M. G. Lewis [Matthew Lewis] · 1795 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London , Privately Printed [B. Fawcett and Co.], c1890 . Leather. A scarce limited edition of Mathew Lewis's infamous and celebrated gothic novel, in beautiful half crushed morocco Zaehnsdorf bindings. A scarce late nineteenth century Limited Edition of Lewis's gothi...

Hudibras. In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars.

Samuel Butler · 1761 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, D. Browne; C. Hitch; L. Hawes; J. Shuckburgh; et al, 1761. Leather. A Hogarth illustrated edition of this important long narrative poem by Samuel Butler, this being the second Hogarth edition. The second Hogarth edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, five folding pla...

Poems

G. M. Cookson · 1932 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Elkin Mathews & Marrot , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed copy of this collection of poems by G. M. Cookson. A scarce volume of poems by G. M. Cookson. Signed by the author:Reynolds Stone with good wishes from G. M. Cookson. Some of the poems that appear ...

The Redundancy of Courage

Timothy Mo · 1991 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1991. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of this novel by Timothy Mo, signed by the author and in the original glassine wrapper. Limited edition of The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and glassine...

Half a War

Joe Abercrombie · 2015 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Harper Voyager , 2015. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of this coming-of-age tale by Joe Abercrombie, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to title page. Third and final volume in Joe Abercrombie&apo...

The Don and the Undergraduate

William Edmund Wood Collins · 1899 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1899. First edition. Leather. Scarce first edition of this tale by William Collins in a smart Bickers signed binding, author's presentation copy. Work of fiction set in Oxford by William Collins, Welsh-first class cricketer and author,...

The Thing About Joe Sullivan, Poems 1971-1977

Roy Fisher · 1978 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Manchester, Carcanet, 1978 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition, first impression of this collection of poetry by Roy Fisher, signed and dated by the author. First edition, first impression of this poetry anthology by Roy Fisher in the original publisher's paper ...

The Prime of Life, a Novel

John Brophy · 1954 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Collins, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this 1950s novel from John Brophy, about a man in love with his son's fiancé. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A signed presentation copy, addressed t...

The Turning Path

Ronald Bottrall · 1939 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Arthur Barker, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed copy of this collection of poems by Ronald Bottrall. A first edition copy of this poetry collection by Ronald Bottrall, signed by the author to the front free endpaper. A number of the poems appeared in period...

The Dogs of Riga; Sidetracked; the Fifth Woman

Henning Mankell · 2000 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, The Harvill Press, 2000-01. First edition. Cloth. Three novels in the 'Kurt Wallander' mystery series by Henning Mankell, bright first English impressions. First English language editions, first impressions. Comprising three novels from Swedish crime author H...

Scheewittchen

None · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Bayreuth, Gondrom Verlag, 1980. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated pop-up book telling the much-loved story of Snow White in German. German language. An exciting and enchantingly animated retelling of a classic children's story. The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwar...

Fairy Tales

None · 1974 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Budapest, Mora Ferenc Book Publisher, 1974. Hardback. An exciting and interactive collection of fairy tales with beautiful illustrations and pop-ups. Hungarian language. Hungarian language. An exciting and enchantingly animated retelling of a collection of classic children&apo...

Focus One

A Pearse; B Rajan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this collection of critical analysis of contemporary literature. First edition of this work. An excellent collection of literary criticism with contributions from D.S. Savage, George Woodcock, Pete...