Letteratura

Mr. Visconti: An Extract from &Apos;Travels with My Aunt&Apos;

Graham Greene · 1969 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, The Bodley Head, 1969. Paperback. A very smart copy of this limited edition extract from Greene's novel 'Travels with My Aunt' published for Christmas 1969. Limited to three hundred copies. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Edward Jeff...

Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin · 1964 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of essays from Baldwin, following on from his first collection Notes of a Native Son, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the dedic...

London Irish, a Prayer for Fair Weather, & the Rose Tree

John Broderick · 1979 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Barrie & Jenkins; Marion Boyars, 1979-1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of three first edition novels from Irish writer John Broderick, signed and inscribed by the author. Three volumes. First edition. Each volume is signed and inscribed by the author to t...

A Collection of Just William Stories

Richmal Crompton · 1942 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1942-1949. Cloth. A smart collection of Just William stories and adventures from English writer Richmal Crompton Lamburn, with illustrations. Eleven volumes. Illustrated throughout. The Just William stories follow the adventures of William Brown...

Dramatic Micellanies

Thomas Davies · 1783 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Printed for the Author, 1783-74. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Thomas Davies. The first edition.An uncommon work.Complete in three volumes.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Thomas Betterton to Volume ...

The Canons of Criticism

Thomas Edwards · 1758 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, C. Bathurst, 1758. Leather. Thomas Edwards' somewhat controversial critical work on William Warbuton's edition of Shakespeare. A volume of literary criticism on Shakespeare.Subtitled as a 'supplement to Mr. Warburton's edition of Shakespear', t...

Delle Novelle Di Franco Sacchetti

Franco Sacchetti · 1724 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Firenze, Not Stated, 1724. Leather. An anthology of the short stories of Franco Sacchetti, one of the most counterfeited works of the century. One of the pirated editions published in the same year as the true first, with the false 'Firenze' imprint, the work likely ...

IL Corbaccio

Giovanni Boccacci; Giovanni Boccaccio · 1594 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Firenze, Filippo Giunti, 1594. Leather. An uncommon early edition of one of the last works written in Italian by Boaccaccio. An uncommon early edition, published in Florence at the end of the sixteenth century.In the original Italian.'Il Corbaccio', or, 'The Cro...

Judas

Ronald Duncan · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Anthony Blond, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated poem about Judas by Ronald Duncan, illustrated by John Piper. The first edition.Ronald Duncan's allegorical poem on Judas, and his relationship with Jesus, an intriguing exploration o...

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann; H. T. Lowe-Porter · 1962 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, The Members of the Limited Edition Club, 1962. Cloth. A fine limited edition of this important German novel by Thomas Mann, signed by the illustrator. A limited edition of 1,500 copies, of which this is numbered 28.Signed by the illustrator, Felix Hoffmann, to the li...

Our Lady of the Flowers

Jean Genet; B. Frechtman [trans.] · 1949 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€689.23 | $759.66 | ¥121,307)

Paris, Editions Paul Morihien, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The scarce, limited edition, first English language edition of Jean Genet's celebrated debut novel, following the lives of drag queens, petty criminals, and prostitutes in the Parisian underworld. The first Englis...

The First Part of the Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Peter Motteux [trans.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

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

New York, The Illustrated Modern Library, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The first Salvador Dali illustrated edition of Cervantes's classic work, illustrated with vibrant colour plates by the Spanish surrealist. The first Salvadore Dali illustrated edition of this work.In t...

A&Apos;S and the K&Apos;S, or Twice Three Is Six

B. Parker [Bessie Parker] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. & R. Chambers Limited, [1914]. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon children's book about six warring cats and dogs, written by Bessie Parker and accompanied with brilliant chromolithographs by her sister Nancy Parker. The first edition.Illustrated with monoton...

The Comic Album: A Book for Every Table

Laman Blanchard; Bon Gaultier; et al. · 1844 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1844. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce collection of humorous stories and caricatures from the likes of Alfred Crowquill. The first edition. The work was only published in the years 1843 and 44. Illustrated with a monoc...

A Christmas Miracle Play: Together with an Introductory Note on the Miracle Play, and Some Suggestions for Staging

F. A. Hibbert; A. Rawlinson Wood · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Faith Press , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce copy of this Christmas "miracle play" performed at Denstone College during the War. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce play. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with illustrative ...

A Biographical Index to the Present House of Commons

Joshua Wilson · 1806 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Richard Phillips, 1806. Leather. A smart copy of this biographical index to the House of Commons corrected to 1806. Scarce work. Corrected to March, 1806. A biographical index providing details of the members of the British House of Commons, including each member'...

The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, c1905. Leather. A smartly bound collection of nine volumes from The Oxford Thackeray, with illustrations throughout. Nine volumes of a seventeen volume set. The Oxford Thackeray with Illustrations. A collection of the works of Will...

Les Demi-Vierges

Marcel Prevost · 1895 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1895. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this moral novel from French writer Marcel Prevost, in the original French. French. A novel which delves into the complex moral landscape of Parisian society, focusing on the lives and dynamics of young women navi...

Crowns

Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this story following a group of four young cousins, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A story following four quite nice, but also quite nasty, children. T...

Lettres de Femmes

Marcel Prevost · 1895 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1895. Leather. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Prevost's guide to young women at the close of the nineteenth century, in the original French. French. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A collection of letters ...