Letteratura

The Intruder

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1914 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Gowans & Gray LTD, 1914. Paperback. An important Symbolist play by the Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck. No. 43 in 'Gowans's International Library&apos.Bound in decorative wraps designed by Jessie M. King. This is an important play in the Symbolism mov...

The Friendship Booklets

Robert Browning; Cardinal Newman · 1912 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London; Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, 1912-13. Paperback. Four charming poetical works published in 'The Friendship Booklets' series, all colour illustrated. Four volumes of poems from T. N. Foulis' 'The Friendship Booklets' series.Each volume is bound in c...

The House; the Search Party

Simon Lelic · 2017 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Viking, 2017-2020. First edition. Hardback. A scarce signed two-volume of first edition thrillers from British author Simon Lelic, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth and paper hardback bindings, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

The Hollow Men; a Handful of Ashes

Rob McCarthy · 2016 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, Mulholland Books, 2016-2017. First edition. Cloth. A first edition two-volume set of gripping medical crime thrillers by Rob McCarthy, signed by the author, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the or...

Six Four; Seventeen; Prefecture D Signed

Hideo Yokoyama; Louise Heal Kawai [Translator]; Jonathan Lloyd-Davies [Translator] · 2016 · Rooke Books

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

London, Riverrun; Quercus, 2016-2019. First edition. Hardback. An exceptionally smart, first limited edition three-volume set of Hideo Yokoyama"s acclaimed literary crime fiction, signed by the author and respective translators. In the publisher's original pictorial hardb...

The Swimmer; the Brother

Joakim Zander; Elizabeth Clark Wessel [Translator] · 2014 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Head of Zeus Ltd. 2014-2016. First edition. Cloth. A smart two-volume set of the First UK editions, first impressions, of these gripping international thrillers by Swedish author Joakim Zander, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original...

2 Vols Before I Go to Sleep; Second Life

S. J. Watson · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Doubleday, 2011-2015 . First edition. Cloth. A signed two-volume set of first edition, first impression psychological thrillers by S. J. Watson. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.These v...

2 Vols a Pocketful of Crows; the Blue Salt Road

Joanne M. Harris · 2017 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Gollancz, 2017-2018. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed, first edition, two-volume set of Joanne Harris"s illustrated folk-inspired novellas, with illustrations throughout. In the publisher"s original cloth bindings with whimsical gilt embellishments.These volumes a...

4 Vols the Foreshadowing; a Love Like Blood; the Monsters We Deserve; Snowflake, Az

Marcus Sedgwick · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Orion Children’s Books; Hodder & Stoughton; Zephyr, 2005-2019. First edition. Cloth. A smart four-volume collection of first editions by Marcus Sedgwick, with gothic, historical, and dystopian themes, all copies are signed by the author and complete with the original ...

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr. · 2021 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Rivverrun, 2021. First edition. Cloth. Two signed copies of the first UK edition of Robert Jones Jr.'s novel about the relationship between two enslaved men on a plantation. One copy is a limited edition, the other is the trade first. Robert Jones Jr's novel ...

Spaceache; Inside Babel

Snoo Wilson · 1984 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1984-1985 . First edition. Paperback. Two first edition novels from playwright, screenwriter and director Snoo Wilson, one of which is signed by Snoo. From the library of Publisher Carmen Callil. Two first editions from the playwright Snoo Wilson.&apos...

Collected Poems 1967-2006

Anne Beresford · 2006 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Katabasis, 2006 . First edition. Paperback. Publisher Carmen Callil's copy of the scarce first edition of Beresford's poetry anthology, with a signed postcard from Beresford to Callil loosely inserted. A scarce first edition, first impression of this work, wh...

Poetry and Prose for the Midsummer Feast at Cannwood House

Seamus Heaney; Polly Devlin [ed.] · 2002 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Oldham, Incline Press, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this limited edition work by Seamus Heaney and his family, inscribed to publisher Carmen Callil, and with a loosely inserted signed photograph of the Heaney family. A signed association copy of t...

Orbital

Samantha Harvey · 2023 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2023 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed example of the true first edition, first impression, of Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize winning novel, in the first issue dust wrapper. Flat signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first im...

Gulliver&Apos;S Travels Into Lilliput and Brobdingnag

Jonathan Swift · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

William Heinemann, London, 1920. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Jean De Bosschere's charmingly illustrated edition of 'Gulliver's Travels', in a half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first Jean De Bosschere illustrated edition of this work.I...

The Young Enchanted: A Romantic Story

Hugh Walpole · 1921 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hugh Walpole's charming novel about the romance of two young people in post-war London. A signed first trade edition, first impression of this work of literature from p...

The Fables of Aesop, and Others

Aesop · 1818 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Newcastle , E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co, 1818 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Ro...

By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts

Jack Rosenthal; Maureen Lipman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Robson Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this unique autobiography from Jack Rosenthal. Signed by Maureen Lipman and previously owned by an acquaintance of their daughter, playwright Amy Rosenthal. An excellent copy signed by Rosenthal's wife, ac...

Select Fables of Aesop, Esop, and Other Fabulists

Esop; Aesop; Robert Dodsley · 1824 · Rooke Books

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

London; Gainsborough, William Osborne & J. and H. Mozley; Henry Mozley; C. and J. Rivington, c1788-1824. Leather. A smart set of three different editions of Aesop's 'Fables', edited by Robert Dodsley, smartly bound copies. A striking set of three different editi...

Salome

Oscar Wilde · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London; New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1906. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. trade edition of Oscar Wilde's tragic play about Salome and John the Baptist, in the original dust wrapper. The first U.K. trade edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, desi...