Letteratura
Narrativa, poesia, teatro e opere letterarie in tutte le lingue.
Su Antiqbook trova un'ampia raccolta di libri antichi di letteratura. Da romanzi e poesia a teatro, libri per ragazzi e prime edizioni: riuniamo una collezione internazionale di opere letterarie.
Risultati della ricerca
660562 libri in Letteratura
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold · 1907 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1907 . Fine Binding. An elegantly bound collection of poetry from English poet and professor, Matthew Arnold, in a signed binding by Spottiswoode & Co. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in half crushed morocco with cloth boards.Illustrated with a f...
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles · 1949 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)
London, John Lehmann, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, second impression of Paul Bowles' compelling novel set in North Africa following World War Two, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression of t...
The Works of Richard Savage, Esq. Son of the Earl Rivers. Volume II Only.
Richard Savage; Samuel Johnson · 1775 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, T. Evans, 1775 . Leather. A rather uncommon collection of poetry from seventeenth-century poet, Richard Savage, the second volume only out of a two-volume set. Volume II only, lacking volume I. Bound in full tree calf.A collection of poetry from English poet, Richard S...
L&Apos;Ile Rose
Charles Vildrac · 1924 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
Paris, Tolmer, 1924. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this early children's novel by Charles Vildrac, a colourful volume in the original French. The first edition.In the original French.In the original glassine. 'L'Ile Rose' is considered to ...
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1818 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, John Sharpe, 1818. Leather. An illustrated edition of this novel by Oliver Goldsmith, one of the most popular of the Georgian and Victorian eras. 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was one of the most popular and widely read novels upon its publication and into the Vic...
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell · 1949 · Rooke Books
£2,995.00 (€3,589.98 | $3,956.81 | ¥631,852)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition. Leather. The first U.K. edition of George Orwell's important and culture defining dystopian novel, a superb finely bound copy. The first UK. edition, with 'First published 1949' stated to the copyright page.Finely b...
Fulbeck: A Pastoral
J. Walter West · 1901 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, H. Wilford Bell, 1901. Vellum. A very scarce pastoral poem on Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, written and illustrated by Joseph Walter West. Very scarce.A charming ode to the Lincolnshire village Fulbeck, a pastoral poem discussing the important sites of the village.Illustrated...
Poems by William Cowper
William Cowper · 1815 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Edinburgh; London, W. M'William and P. Brown; F. C. and J. Rivington; et al, 1815-17. Leather. A pocket-sized three volume set collecting together the works of Romantic poet William Cowper. Complete in three volumes; Volumes I and II published in 1817, Volume III in 1815....
Satan. A Poem
Robert Montgomery · 1837 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Saunders and Otley, 1837. Leather. An early edition of one of the best known poems of Bath-born minister and poet Robert Montgomery. The fourth edition of this scarce work in a half calf binding with marbled boards.Previous ink inscription to the front paste down and t...
The Biographical Treasury; a Dictionary of Universal Biography
Samuel Maunder · 1842 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. Leather. The fourth edition of Samuel Maunder's notable 'Biographical Treasury', a popular and comprehensive reference work. The fourth edition of this work in a half calf binding. Previous owner's ink insc...
The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867
Matthew Arnold; A. T. Quiller-Couch [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Humphrey Milford, 1913 . Leather. A handsomely bound volume of the poetry of Matthew Arnold, with an introduction from literary critic and writer A. T. Quiller-Couch. In a signed half morocco binding by Riviere. The poetical works of Matthew Arnold, the son of English ...
The British Essayists
Various; James Ferguson · 1823 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)
London, J. Richardson and Co. et al, 1823. Leather. A handsomely bound complete set containing an array of notable extracts of British essayists and periodicals. The second edition of this series, comprising extracts from a wide array of essays from notable periodicals, with w...
The Pool of Vishnu
L. H. Myers · 1940 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York , Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1940. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first US edition of L. H. Myers' last novel set in India in the Age of Akbar. The uncommon first American edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. L. ...
The Book of Lights
Chaim Potok · 1981 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1981. Paperback. The very scarce uncorrected proof of this psychological novel from Chaim Potok. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. In the publisher's wraps. With a hand-typed synopsis and author biography stapled to th...
The Order of Chance
Tom Pickard · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Fulcrum Press , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this poetry collection by Tom Pickard. Of this first edition, 75 copies were specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. This copy is number 62. Signed by the author to the limitation...
Incident at Vichy
Arthur Miller · 1942 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Secker and Warburg, c1965. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof of this one-act play by Arthur Miller. The very scarce uncorrected proof of the first edition. In the publisher's wraps, with the proof's original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Incident a...
Contemporary Playwrights: Arthur Miller
Ronald Hayman · 1970 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Heinemann, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this enlightening examination of Arthur Miller's plays. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.British critic and biographer, Ronald Hayman di...
Six Feet of the Country
Nadine Gordimer · 1956 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of this powerful short-story collection from Novel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. Nadine Gordimer was a widely ...
A Collection of First Editions from Malcolm Bradbury
Malcolm Bradbury · 1976 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London; New York, Secker & Warburg; Alfred A. Knopf; Harper & Row, 1976-1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of three first edition volumes from English author Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury. Three volumes. Written by Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury, an English author and...
Proverbial Philosophy
Martin F. Tupper · 1858 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, T. Hatchard, 1858. Leather. A smartly bound thirty-second edition of this collection of poetry from English writer Martin Farquhar Tupper. Thirty-second edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A bestseller in the United Kingdom and North America for several decades, thi...