Letteratura

Wondervogel: Roelli + Lieder

Hans Roelli · 1931 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

None stated, None stated, 1931. Paperback. A very scarce volume featuring poems by the noted German poet, Hand Roelli, presented to the Wandervogel youth group and written in the original German. A scarce pamphlet, with no copies being held at institutional libraries. Written...

Graziella

A. de Lamartine · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Cloth. A charmingly bound limited English edition of this novel from French author Alphonse de Lamartine. The first thus of this illustrated English translation, limited to 1,600 copies. This copy is number 371. In the publisher's origin...

Thorns

Robert Silverberg · 1969 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

London, Rapp and Whiting , 1969. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this gritty science fiction novel from American author Robert Silverberg. The first edition. Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This dark science fiction ...

Somewhere a Voice

Eric Frank Russell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this gripping science-fiction anthology from celebrated writer of the genre, Eric Frank Russell. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper...

Stephen Morris

Stephen Morris · 1961 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this book of two linked novellas about the pioneer flying days following WWI. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work com...

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton

Daniel Defoe; H. Halliday Sparling [ed.] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Walter Scott, 1887. Cloth. A very scarce 'Camelot Series' edition of Daniel Defoe's novel, with notes by British journalist H. Halliday Sparling. This edition published for the 'Camelot Series', edited by Welsh-English writer and founding edito...

Seeker: The First Book of the Noble Warriors Trilogy & Signed Promotional Flyer

William Nicholson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Egmont, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic signed first edition of William Nicholson's first book in his 'Noble Warriors' trilogy, together with very scarce promotional flyer. Signed by the author to the book's title page and to the flyer. The...

For the Unfallen

Geoffrey Hill · 1959 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.63 | $2,312.01 | ¥369,080)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1959 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally unique proof copy of Geoffrey Hill's poetry anthology, containing amendments written in the author's own hand, all of which came to fruition in the first edition which was published later in the...

The Sweet Shop Owner

Graham Swift · 1980 · Rooke Books

£137.00 (€164.21 | $181.00 | ¥28,894)

London, Allen Lane, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully bright, first edition of Graham Swift's debut novel, surrounding the owner of a South London sweet shop, presented here in the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. An excel...

Holidays at Home. Written for the Amusement of Young Persons.

Charlotte Sanders · 1806 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, J. Mawman, 1806 . Leather. The second edition of this very scarce collection of amusing moral tales for children, written by Charlotte Sanders. Second edition. First published in 1803. Bound in full calf, rebacked and with a contemporary spine. Illustrated with a front...

The Blind Child, or Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family. Written for the Use of Young People.

[Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, E. Newbery, 1793 . Leather. The second edition of this scarce moral tale intended for the instruction of children, the best-known novel written by Elizabeth Pinchard. Second edition. First published in 1791. Scarce in any early edition. Bound in full calf.The first and...

William Tell Told Again

P. G. Wodehouse · 1904 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this early title by P. G. Wodehouse, comprised of a poetical retelling of the legend of William Tell, complete with fifteen colourful illustrations from Philip Dadd. First edition, first impressi...

The Spy&Apos;S Bedside Book

Graham Greene; Hugh Greene · 1957 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of Graham and Hugh Greene's book of tips and tricks for aspiring spies, in the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the publisher's unclipped dust w...

Hudibras & the Genuine Poetical Remains of Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler; Dr. Grey; Robert Thyer · 1819 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn; Joseph Booker, 1819-1827 . Leather. A collection of works by Samuel Butler, including his epic satirical poem 'Hudibras', complete in three volumes, with an additional volume of poetry and another containing sixty plates. Uniformly ...

The Childermass

Wyndham Lewis · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first volume in Wyndham Lewis' curious 'Human Age' trilogy, the first edition, with a compliments slip from the author. The first edition, first impression.Author's compliments slip tipped-in to the...

The Ladder of Laughter

Hans Christian Andersen · 1853 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, George Routledge and Co, 1853. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce anthology of the beloved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. A vanishingly scarce anthology of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Held in only two institutions, the Danish Union Catalogue and Danis...

My Lady Dolly

1895 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1895. Paperback. An uncommon 'Father Tuck's Doll' volume, an anthology of poems illustrated with chromolithographs. An uncommon Victorian work for children, containing eleven entertaining poems. Including 'My Lady Dolly', &...

Royal Opera House Covent Garden: State Performance by Command of His Majesty the King in Honour of the Visit of the President of the French Republic and Madame Lebrun

None · 1939 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

London, Finden Brown and Co. LTD, 1939. Paperback. An uncommon programme for a performance of 'Sleeping Beauty' given before the French President and his wife, and the King of England, in 1939. An uncommon work.Front and rear wrap designed by Rex Whistler.The program...

The Model Menagerie

L. L. Weldon; Evelyn Fletcher; et al · 1895 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London; New York, Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton & Co, [1895]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful volume of chromolithograph pop-ups of animals in a menagerie by Ernest Nister. The first edition.Complete with six pop-up chromolithograph scenes, all of which...

Continual Dew

John Betjeman · 1937 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, John Murray, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of early and nostalgic poetry by John Betjeman. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of poetry by John Betjeman, a nostalgic volume of thirty...