Letteratura

The Male Response

Brian Aldiss · 1963 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Brian Aldiss's satirical and controversial novel about post-colonial Africa. The first UK edition, first impression. This novel was first published two years earlier as a paperback in the US. This...

Slay-Ride

Dick Francis · 1973 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Michael Joseph, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dick Francis's thrilling murder mystery, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.When a champion jockey disappears sh...

Lieutenant Hornblower

C. S. Forester · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Michael Joseph, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of C. S. Forester's seventh published Horatio Hornblower novel, the second in the series chronologically. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Thi...

Enemies at Home

Lindsey Davis · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Set in Ancient Rome, Private Investigator Flavia Albia solves a robbery and murder. A first edition of this work, with a dedication from the author to the title: 'To dear Loyd, lovely to meet you at Sloane and Rome, ...

Any Old Iron

Anthony Burgess · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Hutchinson, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed second impression of Burgess's fantasy novel, a modern take on the Excalibur legend. A signed second impression of the work, with its original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this fantasy novel by Anthony B...

The Zoo Story and Other Plays

Edward Albee · 1962 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. Cloth. A collection of plays by the talented American playwright, Edward Albee, featuring two of his most popular works 'The Zoo Story' and 'The Sandbox', signed by the Scottish actor Robert Urquhart and in the original dust wra...

Poems

F. B. Money. Coutts · 1896 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Francis Money Coutts, in the original cloth binding. The very scarce first edition. With an illustrated title page. This scarce collection of poetry w...

La Historia Di Maria Per Ravenna

None stated · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Erlangen, Max Mencke, 1903. Paperback. A facsimile of a very scarce 1500's erotic poem inspired by a popular middle age saying. A facsimile of the original Middle age poem, owned by the Royal University Library in Erlangen. In the publisher's original paper covers.Â...

Hard Labor and Other Poems

John Carter · 1911 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

New York, Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry on imprisonment, by John Carter. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original hardback. This collection of poetry was written by John...

Essays in Memory of Michael Parkinson and Janine Dakyns: Norwich Papers, IV

Christopher Smith [ed]; James Casey, et al. · 1996 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

Norwich, School of Modern Languages and European Studies, 1996. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce collection of essays on language, literature and culture from the University of East Anglia, created in memory of Michael Parkinson and Janine Dakyns...

Poems and Masks

Vera Wainwright · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Cincinnati, Cultural and Educational Productions, 1967. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition collection of poetry by Vera Wainwright, accompanied by illustrations by Austin Osman Spare. A limited edition, with only two hundred copies printed. In the original paper covers....

Petrone

Jerome Doucet · 1902 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Paris, A Ferroud, 1902. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of Doucet's French translation of the Petronius' poems, in the original dust wrapper and Illustrated by Louis-Edouard Fournier with etchings by Xavier Lesueur. The limited edition. Number 116 ...

Mantis Poets

Guy Butler; Patrick Cullinan · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Cape Town, David Philip, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Patrick Cullinan and Guy butler, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by Cullinan. The first edition. Inscribed by one of the author, Patrick Cullinan, ...

Cyril Ashley and the Silver Casket

A. L. O. E [Charlotte Tucker] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, Ltd, 1885-6. Cloth. Two Christian allegorical novels by the prolific English author Charlotte Maria Tucker, in their original decorative cloth bindings. A later edition to 'Silver Casket', first published in 1863, and an early edition of &...

The World of My Childhood

Agnes Threlfall · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Rochdale , Joyful News Book Depot , c1900. Cloth. A touching autobiography recounting the author's childhood in a religious household, adorned with illustrations. A vanishingly scarce work, of which this is the presumed first edition. In the original decorative cloth bin...

A Book of Ghosts: A Child&Apos;S Play Imagination Book

1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

England , Child's Play (International) Ltd , 1974. First edition. Hardback. A delightful children's book comprising clever cut-outs of various "ghosts" that are revealed with humorous alternatives. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original lamin...

Fables, Original and Selected by the Most Esteemed European and Oriental Authors: With an Introductory Dissertation on the History of Fable, Comprising Biographical Notices of the Most Eminent Fabulists

Jean de La Fontaine; G. Moir Bussey · 1839 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Charles Tilt , 1839. Leather. A richly illustrated book of Jean de La Fontaine's beloved collected fables. Bound in full calf. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-four plates by J. J. Grandville. A wonderfully illustrated collection of fables collected by ...

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Pam Adams · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Singapore, Child's Play (International) Ltd. 1990. Paperback. A very smart copy of this brightly illustrated book containing a charming children's rhyme. Scarce edition. Illustrated throughout in colour. The classic nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed ...

Poems and Poemas

Charles David Ley · 1942 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Lisbon, Not Stated, 1942. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry written in both English and Portuguese, signed by the author. English and Portuguese. First edition. Very scarce. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front ...

A Note in Music

Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Rosamond Lehmann's semi-autobiographical novel based upon her marriage with the painter Wogan Phillips. First edition. A semi-autobiographical piece based on the marriage between Lehmann and Wogan P...