Letteratura

The Lies Boys Tell

Lamar Herrin · 1991 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, W. W. Norton & Company , 1991. First edition. Hardback. An excellent advance first edition copy of this American fiction novel of a man and his son's journey to find his place of birth. An advance review copy of the first edition of this work.In the original unc...

Lenzgesind

Ernst Kreidolf · 1926 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Zurich; Leipzig, Rotapfelverlag, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming anthology of butterfly fairy tales by Ernst Kreidolf, beautifully and colourfully illustrated. The first edition of this work.In the original German. In a custom dust wrapper, in t...

The Forest of Boland Light Railway

BB [Denys Watkins-Pitchford] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fantastical children's novel by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illust...

Songs from Shakespeare&Apos;S Plays

William Shakespeare; Brian Deakin [ed.] · 1974 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1974 . Leather. A fine limited edition work which presents the songs found in the plays of William Shakespeare, including verses found in all of his major works. An uncommon, limited edition work.310 copies of this work were produced, with 200 copies a...

Geraldine Bradshaw

Calder Willingham · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Vanguard, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Calder Willingham's second novel, about life in Chicago during the Second World War. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Willingham's n...

Rings

Charles L. Harness · 1999 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Framingham, MA, The NESFA Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this omnibus edition of four novels from American science fiction writer Charles Leonard Harness. First thus. An omnibus of four novels: The Paradox Men, The Ring of Ritornel, Firebird, and D...

The Limestone Tree

Joseph Hergesheimer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first trade edition of this novel following generations of the Sash family, from American writer Joseph Hergesheimer. First trade edition. Set in Kentucky, this is the story of Gabriel Sash and his family descendan...

The Loafers of Refuge

Joseph Green · 1965 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of Joseph Green's first full-length sci-fi novel. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, in the original wraparound. 'The Loafers of ...

Greenland and Other Poems

James Montgomery · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of this brilliant anthology of poems by James Montgomery. The first edition of this work.An anthology of the poems of James Montgomery, leading with his epic 'G...

The Bitter Pill

A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitt...

Beyond the Beyond

Poul Anderson · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this captivity anthology of five science fiction novellas by the eminent author Poul Anderson. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of five sci-fi n...

Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes

R. H. Elkin [trans.]; J. Rontgen · 1917 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Augener Ltd. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first UK edition of this collection of Old Dutch nursery rhymes, rendered into English and harmonised. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour pla...

Occasional Demons; Hi Bonnybrig and Other Greetings; Life Drawing; the Wolfclaw Chronicles; the Tin Man

Raymond Soltysek; Shug Hanlan; Linda Cracknell; Tom Bryan; Martin Shannon · 2000 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Glasgow, 11:9, 2000. Paperback. Bright uncorrected proof copies of these scarce Scottish publications, including novellas and short story collections. Five uncorrected proof copies of these scarce works in pictorial laminated paper wraps.A selection of uncorrected proof copies...

The Moon As a Slice of Pineapple

Conrad Hilberry · 1984 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this volume of poems by American poet Conrad Hilberry, with a signed presentation inscription from Hilberry and his wife, Marion. The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'for Edith...

Bogue&Apos;S Fortune

Julian Symons · 1957 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Julian Symon's thrilling novel, set in a progressive school in England, named Bramley Hall. First published the year prior in the UK under the title 'The Paper Chase', this is the ...

Quadriphobia

Alan Ryan · 1986 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of four short novellas by Alan Ryan, the American author best known for his 1980s horror fiction. The first edition, first printing of this work.In the publisher's original unc...

Nutwood Journals and Ephemera from the &Apos;Followers of Rupert&Apos;

Alfred Bestall · 1983 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Brighton, Tony Shuker; Daily Express Publications, 1983-91. First edition. Paperback. A collection of scarce Rupert Bear 'Nutwood' journals, including two special issues, with a large selection of paraphernalia from the 'Followers of Rupert', an organisatio...

Au Pays Des Betes Sauvages

Rene Guillot · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Paris, G.-T. Rageot, 1948. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this charming illustrated adventure story for children from French writer Rene Guillot, in the original French. French. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Following a young boy named Sanga and hi...

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Orczy · 1936 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. Cloth. A smart twenty-eighth edition of this adventure novel from Baroness Orczy, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Twenty-eighth edition. In Paris 1794, year II of the French Revolution, Theresia Cabarrus, a beautiful but shallow Span...

Essays

Bishop Horne; Thomas Monro; Henry Kett · 1820 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, John Sharpe, 1820. Leather. A pocket-sized edition of the collected 'Olla Podrida' periodical, with essays by George Horne, Thomas Monro, and Henry Kett. Two volumes bound in one. A volume of the essays of Bishop George Horne, Thomas Monro, and Henry Kett.&a...