Letteratura

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 Killing Kind

John Connolly · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the third novel from Connolly's Charlie Parker detective series. First edition, first impression of The Killing Kind by John Connolly in the original publisher's cloth bin...

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...

The Train A.B. C.

None · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, 1914. Cloth. A very scarce charming and educational ABC book of trains, for children. Scarce work. An ABC book for children who love trains: A is for arch and also for axle, B is for buffer and is the bridge, C is for coal and stands for carriag...

The Nine Tailors

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1946 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1946. Cloth. A very smart copy of one of Dorothy Sayers' most celebrated novels featuring recurring character Lord Peter Wimsey, enclosed in the original bright dust wrapper. The sixteenth impression of crime writer and poet Dorothy L. Sayers&apos...

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

[Daniel Defoe] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Chiswick , C. Whittingham, 1822. Leather. Two wonderful volumes of the infamous novel Robinson Crusoe, with woodcut illustrations throughout the text. A complete two volume set of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels round...

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 Flower of Old Japan; Poems

Alfred Noyes · 1907 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, The Macmillan Company , 1907-13. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of anthologies containing the poems by Alfred Noyes, first US editions in uniform publisher's bindings. Alfred Noyes was an English poet and playwright. Here are The Flower of Old Japan, seco...

Death of a Sweep; Death of a Policeman

M. C. Beaton [Marion Gibbons Chesney] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Constable; CR Crime , 2011-14. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impressions of these Hamish Macbeth murder mysteries by Marion Chesney. Two first editions, first impressions. Murder mysteries by Scottish author Marion Chesney, featuring her popular character of Hamis...

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,...

Devices and Desires; a Certain Justice

P. D. James · 1989 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Faber and Faber , 1989-97. First edition. Cloth. Two bright first editions of these Adam Dalgliesh mysteries by Phyllis Dorothy James. Two first editions, first impressions. Mysteries by Phyllis James, English novelist and life peer. Nos. eight and ten of James's ...

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. The first impression of Thackeray's important historical novel, complete with the original Thackeray plates. The first edition, first impression of this work. Issue points as follows; 'actresses' on page...

History of Manon Lescaut and of the Chevalier Des Grieux; Mademoiselle de Maupin; the Lady with the Camellias; Raphael or Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty; Madame Bovary; a Love Episode; Sapho, Parisian Manners; a Love Crime

Thé Abbé Prevost; Théophile Gautier; Alexandre Dumas; Alphonse de Lamartine; Gustave Flaubert; Émile Zola; Alphonse Daudet; Paul Bourget · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Sociéte des Beaux-Arts, 1905-1915. Cloth. A limited edition set of English translations of works by eminent French writers. 8 Volumes out of 10 in the Comédie D'Amour series. Eight of ten volumes from the Comédie D'Amour series, each illustrated with fronti...

Agent No. 5

James Corbett · 1945 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this thrilling spy novel by James Corbett, enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. Agent No. 5 tells the story of British Military Intelligence Agent Ralph Peterson as he...

The Dark Forest and the Young Enchanted

Hugh Walpole · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1929. Cloth. Two bright copies of works by the prolific writer Hugh Walpole. Two volumes by Hugh Walpole. Both are reprint copies. These two volumes include The Dark Forest and The Young Enchanted, which is a romantic story. Hugh Walpole was an Eng...

Abracadaver

Peter Lovesey · 1972 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this gripping crime novel by British author Peter Lovesey in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Abracadaver by Peter Lovesey in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.Â...

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 Blessing Way

Tony Hillerman · 1970 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Macmillan, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the gripping novel which launched Tony Hillerman's career. First UK edition. The first of the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series. Two anthropology professors take a summer research trip o...

Wheel Fortune

Karen Campbell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon to see first edition of a gripping suspense novel by Karen Campbell. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings listed.Inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To Juliet, as always wi...

The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress

John Bunyan; Rev. William Landels · 1678 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , S. W Partridge & Co. Ltd. c1888. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of John Bunyan's famous Christian allegory, with 62 illustrations and 6 colour plates. A beautifully illustrated copy of John Bunyan's famous Christian allegory, with 62 illustrations and...