Letteratura

The Hoax

Italo Svevo; Beryl de Zoete [trans.] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English language edition of Italian businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer Italo Svevo's farcical tragicomedy The first edition, first impression of t...

The Gay Place

William Brammer · 1961 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Boston; Austin, Houghton Mifflin Company; Texas Monthly Press, 1961-1978 . First edition. Paperback. An advance review copy of the first edition of Willie Lee Brammer's celebrated novel, present here alongside the Texas Monthly Press edition of the work. Two copies of thi...

Playback

Raymond Chandler · 1958 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Raymond Chandler's final novel, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. The first edition, first impression of crime writer Raymond Chandler's final completed n...

The Great Cloak

John Montague · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1978 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first trade edition of this highly personal collection of verses from Irish poet John Montague. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with 'for Lee & Edith; this dial...

The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy

Frances Trollope · 1840 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Henry Colburn, 1840 . First edition. Leather. The first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's novel about nineteenth century child labour, illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The first single volume edition of Frances Trollope's 'damning e...

Marco Millions

Eugene O'Neill · 1927 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful signed limited edition, first edition, American playwright Eugene O'Neill's drama about Marco Polo. The limited edition, first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slip case.N...

A Rage to Live

John O'Hara · 1949 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Random House, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon limited edition 'Presentation Edition' of John O'Hara's best-selling novel about mid twentieth century American society. The first edition, first printing.The uncommon 'Presentation Edit...

Desire Under the Elms

Eugene O'Neill · 1925 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. Costume and set designer Frank Poole Bevan's own copy of the first separate edition of Eugene O'Neill's New England-set play. The first separate edition of this play, the 'Provincetown-Greenwhich Play...

Poems, 1912-1944

Eugene O'Neill; Donald Gallup [ed.] · 1980 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New Haven, Ticknor and Fields, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of the poetry of Eugene O'Neill. Inscribed by the editor, Donald Gallup, to the publisher Chester Kerr. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original unc...

Strange Interlude

Eugene O'Neill · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Eugene O'Neill's celebrated experimental play, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.&apos...

Mirrors for Small Beasts

Ursule Molinaro · 1960 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

New York, The Noonday Press, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this uncommon collection of poems from artist and writer Ursule Molinaro, charmingly illustrated with woodcuts. Signed by the author, with the inscription 'for Walter, Ursule'...

Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher

Lewis Nordan · 1983 · Rooke Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,223)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1983 . First edition. Paperback. A fine review copy of the first edition of esteemed American writer Lewis Nordan's first collection of short stories. The first edition, first printing.Published simultaneously in cloth with a...

Proems

Ruthven Todd; Patrick Evans; Rayner Heppenstall; Edgar Foxall; Lawrence Durrell; Oswell Blakeston · 1938 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, The Fortune Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this impressive collection of heretofore unpublished poems by living writers, including examples of the poems of individuals including Lawrence Durrell and Patrick Evans. The first edition, first impre...

Arrival and Departure

Arthur Koester · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Arthur Koestler"s third novel following "The Gladiators" and "Darkness at Noon", dealing with themes of morality, in the original smart dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"...

West Midland Poets

J. G. F. Potter [ed]; Brian Parvin; et al. · 1957 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Avoncroft, Avoncroft Arts Society Publication, 1957. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce collection of poetry from the West Midlands, with the original wrap-around band. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers with the original wrap-around band.In...

Mulliner Nights

P. G. Wodehouse · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by the renowned P. G. Wodehouse, with the scarce dust wrapper adhered to the endpapers. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth, with sections ...

Quinx or the Ripper&Apos;S Tale

Lawrence Durell · 1985 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Faber and Faber , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Lawrence Durell's final volume in his 'Avignon Quintet', inscribed by the author to his friend Bernard Stone. The first edition, first impression.  The author's pres...

A Fear of a Throne

R. Andom [Alfred Walter Barrett] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Stanley Paul; & Co, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. Andom's (Alfred Walter Barrett) sequel to his popular novel following 'Troddles', with brilliant illustrations by G. W. Wakefield. The first edition. Illustrated by G. W. Wakefield ...

Elegies and Camille

Andre Chenier; Levi Robert Lind [trans] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Washington, University Press of America, 1978. Paperback. A bilingual edition of Andre Chenier's elegies, in both French and English, with an inscription from the translator L. R. Lind. The bilingual edition. The translator's presentation copy with an inscription by...

Carmina Priapeia

Alexander Von Bernus; Adolf Dannegger · 1905 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Berlin and Leipzig, Schuster & Loeffler, 1905. Leather. A limited edition collection of erotic poems about the god Priapus, bound in full straight grain morocco. A limited edition, being number 167 out of 530 copies, with no other editions being printed. Bound in full straigh...