Letteratura

Waltzburg: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century

[Frances Rose] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce nineteenth-century novel by Frances Rose, a presentation copy from the author to members of her family, with the family bookplate to the front pastedown. A fascinating early nin...

The Miser and Coxcombs in Petticoats

Moliere; George Graveley · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

St. Albans, W. Cartmel & Sons, 1953. Cloth. Two short plays by French playwright Moliere, translated by George Graveley. A signed presentation copy from the translator to British stage actress Edith Evans. Two comedies by seventeenth-century French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poq...

Green Arras

Laurence Housman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London; Chicago, John Lane at The Bodley Head; Way and Williams, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurence Housman, illustrated by the author himself. Illustrated by Housman with a woodcut frontispiece and title page and five plat...

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey · 2010 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

2010, faber and faber, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of this novel by Peter Carey inspired by his move to America in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey in the original p...

No Wooden Overcoat

John Paddy Carstairs · 1959 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London , W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed, first edition copy of this thriller staring Garway Trenton, by John Paddy Carstairs. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper:For Lisa Partner de Luxe! Some nonsense fo...

Flowering Wilderness

John Galsworthy · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1932 . First edition. Leather. The first limited signed edition of this novel by award winning novelist John Galsworthy in the original acetate dust wrapper. The first limited edition of Flowering Wilderness by John Galsworthy in the original pub...

Fables

T. F. Powys · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first limited edition copy of this collection of fables by T. F. Powys, a wonderful collection inscribed by the author. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copi...

The Coal Carrier

Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds · 1976 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Johannesburg, Perskor Publishers, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition signed copy of this work by Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. This novel f...

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A signed, second impression of this intriguing novel by Salman Rushdie, exploring the politics of Kashmir. A second impression of the first edition. Signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Publishers original binding wi...

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals

Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the fi...

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition copy of this novel by J. M. Coetzee, the Booker Prize winner in 1999. The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with the original pictorial dust wrapper designed  by Lucy Harmer, sec...

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

London, Sceptre, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first limited edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by David Mitchell, housed in its original slipcase. First limited edition of this work, one of one-thousand copies printed, signed by the author, housed in the origina...

Remarkable Creatures

Tracy Chevalier · 2009 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, HarperCollins, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Tracy Chavalier's historical novel about famed palaeontologist, Mary Anning. A signed first edition, first impression of acclaimed author Tracy Chevalier's fictionalised account of t...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Mark Haddon's award-winning and critically acclaimed 2003 novel. A signed first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's celebrated mystery novel, the winner of the Whitbread Book ...

Swallowdale

Arthur Ransome · 1951 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1951. Cloth. A superb signed reprint of the popular children's novel 'Swallowdale', an exciting tale following on from 'Swallows and Amazons&apos. Signed by the author to the half title.Ink note to the verso of the front endpaper &apo...

Two Sunday Philosophy Club Novels

Alexander McCall Smith · 2004 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Little Broen, 2004-06. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of two Alexander McCall Smith novels in his Isabel Dalhousie mystery series, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the original unclipped ...

Play Hours with Pegasus

A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twe...

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Marianna Alcoforado; Edgar Prestage [trans.] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A scarce Limited Edition of this series of five passionate letters between a Portuguese nun and her French lover. In a lovely full calf signed binding. A scarce, Limited Edition of this collection of passionate ...

Trivial Breath

Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of Elinor Wylie's 1928 collection of poems, dedicated to Humbert Wolfe. The first edition of this celebrated collection of poems from American novelist and poet Elinor Wylie, inscribed to...

Poems

Jean Ingelow · 1867 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of the charming volume of poems from Jean Ingelow. Engraved by The Brother's Dalziel, and in a signed binding from H. Sotheran. The first illustrated edition of this del...