Letteratura

Shaman&Apos;S Crossing

Robin Hobb · 2005 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Harper Voyager; HarperCollins, 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this scarce signed limited edition of Robin Hobb's first 'Soldier Son' novel, still sealed and in pristine condition in the publisher's original plastic wrap. The 'si...

Mendicant Rhymes

Laurence Housman · 1906 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, Essex House Press, 1906 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful limited edition first edition collection of poetry by English playwright, writer and illustrator Laurence Housman. The first edition of this limited edition work, one of 300 copie...

A Journey from This World to the Next

Henry Fielding · 1930 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Waltham Saint Lawrence, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930 . Cloth. Uncommon limited reprinting of Henry Fielding's classic 1743 fiction on a journey to the afterlife. Limited edition. No. 129 of 500 copies.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring six etchings by...

Supplement to the British Poets Volumes I - VI

Thomas Park · 1809 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, J. Sharpe, 1809. First edition. Cloth. Dainty collection of essential British poetry, edited by Thomas Park as an addition to The Works of the British Poets series. First edition.Bound in publisher's original green cloth.In six volumes, including Volume I to Volum...

A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler&Apos;S Insurrection

G. A. Henty · 1898 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Blackie and Son, Limited , 1898. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this historical novel from prolific English novelist, G. A. Henty. First edition, as stated in Peter Newbolt's bibliography (81.1).In the publisher's cloth binding. A grippi...

One for the Trouble; Too Much Too Young (Book Slam Volume I & II)

Various · 2011 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Book Slam Productions Ltd , 2011-2012. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent limited edition 'Book Slam' annuals, signed by the contributors. Includes a presentation copy from the editor, Patrick Neate. This terrific set offers two uncommon annuals from Book Sl...

In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain

G. A. Henty · 1901 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Blackie and Son, Limited , 1901. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition copy of this historical novel from G. A. Henty, which tells of the Irish soldiers in the Army of Flanders. First edition, as stated in Newbolt's Bibliography (96.1). With the full-poin...

The Lost Heir

G. A. Henty · 1899 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, James Bowden, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of 'The Lost Heir', a mystery-adventure novel from G. A. Henty. His only work published by James Bowden. The first edition of this work (Newbolt 87.1).In the publisher's original cloth bi...

Friends Through Divided: A Tale of the CIVIL War

G. A. Henty · 1883 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, early issue of G. A. Henty's historical novel set during the English Civil War. The first edition. An early issue as stated in Peter Newbolt's bibliography (12.1), which notes that earliest iss...

The Invisible Worm

Jennifer Johnston · 1991 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition in the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author to the title page. A fine, signed first edition in the publisher's original ...

Some Shakespearean Themesã‚â by L.C. Knights (1959) First Edition Later Shakespeareã‚â by John Russell Brown and Bernard Harris [Eds. ] (1966) First Edition Early Shakespeare by John Russell Brown and Bernard Harris [Eds. ] (1967) First Edition Reprintã‚â  Coriolanus by Philip Brockbank [Ed. ] (1976) Second Arden Edition

L. C. Knights; John Russell Brown; Bernard Harris; Philip Brockbank · 1959 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Chatto and Windus; Edward Arnold; Methuen and Co. 1959-1976. Cloth. A near fine collection of modern scholarly works on Shakespeare all in the original cloth, with the original unclipped dust wrappers.  A collection of modern scholarly works on Shakespeare in the publ...

Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9

Giovanni Boccacio [eds. Enrcio Bianchi, Carlo Salinari, Natalino Sapegno; Pier Giorgio Ricci] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Milan, Riccardo Ricciardi, 1952-1965. Cloth. Two smart volumes concerning the works of Italian literary giant Giovanni Boccacio, from Riccardo Ricciardi's La Letturatura Italiana Storia E Testi series. Two insightful volumes concerning the work of prestigious Italian writ...

The Summer of the Royal Visit

Isabel Collegate · 1991 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of Isabel Colegate's gem of a tale that dramatises Queen Victoria's royal visit to Bath. The signed first edition of The Summer of the Royal Visit, by English novelist Isabel Colegate. Publ...

Wivenhoe

Samuel Fisher · 2022 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Corsair, 2022. Cloth. The signed first edition of Wivenhoe, an intriguing crime tale set in an alternate near future in which Britain is undergoing the disasters of climate change. The signed first edition of Wivenhoe, the second novel of up and coming British writer S...

Paradise

Kae Tempest · 2021 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Picador, 2021. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression of Tempest"s bold reimagining of Philoctetes, signed by the author. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.The first edition, first impression, complete with the full number line...

Waiting for Sunrise

William Boyd · 2012 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Bloomsbury, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of William Boyd"s literary espionage novel set against the psychological and political tensions of the years surrounding the First World War, complete with the original unclipped dust wrap...

Beautiful World, Where Are You

Sally Rooney · 2021 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber & Faber, 2021. First edition. Hardback. A lovely copy of the first edition, first impression, of Sally Rooney's third novel, signed by the author to the half-title. In the publisher's original paper covered boards.First edition, first impression, comple...

For Jeremy Gaige

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

None Stated, Watch Hill Press, 1928 . Leather. A charming and exceptionally scarce private press item, there are no copies held institutionally as one of only ten copies printed for the infant Jeremy Gaige in 1928, featuring Stevenson"s poem "My Bed is a Boat". Bound in quarte...

7 Vols Elizabethan Lyrics and Poetical Anthologies, Edited by A.H. Bullen

A. H. Bullen [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, John C. Nimmo; George Bell and Sons, 1887–1891. Leather. A six-volume set of numbered limited large-paper Elizabethan lyric anthologies edited by A. H. Bullen, uniformly bound in smart quarter calf. Uniformly bound in quarter calf with cloth boards. A finely curated ...

A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante

Paget Toynbee · 1898 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this firts edition reference work, indexing the personal names, places, historical figures, and thematic subjects found throughout Dante"s writings. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First ...