Letteratura

A Garland of First Lines

Brian Aldiss; Various · 2002 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

Oxford, Printworks, c2002. Paperback. A very scarce chapbook by Brian Aldiss, collecting together some of his favourite first lines in literature, from Aldiss' library. A very scarce work.From the library of the author.'A Garland of First Lines' is a charming ch...

A Burnt-out Case

Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Heinemann, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Graham Greene's 1961 novel, set in a Congolese leper colony. From the library of celebrated science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. The first edition, first impression of this Graham Greene novel, in the pu...

The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby

Charles Kingsley · 1910 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1910 . Leather. A beautiful copy of Charles Kingsley's children's classic, illustrated throughout by Linley Sambourne, and in a Bickers prize binding. In a signed prize binding by Bickers.Illustrated throughout with one-hundred vignettes fro...

Free Fall

William Golding · 1959 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Faber and Faber, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. Author Brian Aldiss's copy of the first edition of William Golding's fourth novel following an English painter who is held in a German POW camp in the Second World War. The first edition, first impression.In the p...

The Unicorn and Nuns and Soldiers

Iris Murdoch · 1963 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1963-80. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition novels by British award winning novelist Iris Murdoch, in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions for both. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with...

Oeuvres Completes de Boileau-Despreaux, Avec Des Notes Extraites Des Meilleurs Commentateurs Par A. Martin

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; A. Martin · 1827 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Paris , Dauthereau, 1827. Leather. A finely bound complete collection of works from French poet, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux. A smart complete collection of works from poet and critic, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, in the original French.Bound in full crushed morocco with lovely de...

Poems

William Cowper · 1805 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, J. Johnson, 1805. Leather. Two smartly bound volumes of the new edition of Cowper's collection of poetry. Complete in two volumes. New edition. The poetry of William Cowper, an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. Including titles such as: Table Talk, Progress of...

The Poems of Robert Bloomfield

Robert Bloomfield · 1817 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. The stereotype edition of this two volume collection of poetry from English writer Robert Bloomfield. Complete in two volumes. Stereotype edition. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. The poetry of Robert Blo...

An Aspect of Dickens&Apos;S Characterisation: His Attempts to Suggest the Social Class of His Characters by Their Speech and Behaviour, with Special Reference to Pickwick Papers, Bleak House, and Our Mutual Friend

T. E. A. Acum, M. A. (Lond), L. R. A. M. · 1972 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, None, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smartly bound doctorate thesis on the characterisation techniques of Charles Dickens. First edition. Very scarce. The doctorate thesis of T. E. A. Acum in English Literature. Exploring Charles Dickens's attempts to suggest the s...

A Collection of First Edition Novels by Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin · 2004 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Orion, 2004-2007. Cloth. Three very smart first edition, first impression novels from Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. Written by Sir Ian James Rankin, a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspe...

Pocket Volume of Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1898 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1898. Leather. An attractive pocket-sized volume, containing a selection of Robert Browning's poems; complete in one volume. An early edition of this pocket-sized work in a half morocco binding, with marbled boards, end papers and edges. Ink i...

The Little Minister

J. M. Barrie · 1891 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Cassell & Company, 1891. Cloth. The three volume second edition of this sentimental J. M. Barrie novel, set in his native Scotland. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Complete in three volumes.'The Little Minister' is a s...

The Coral Island

R. M. Ballantyne · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London , Paisley Alexander Gardner , c1900. Cloth. An illustrated edition of R. M. Ballantyne's popular juvenile fiction following the adventures of three boys on a South Pacific island after a shipwreck. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a...

No Word of Love

A. L. Barker · 1985 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A scarce engrossing collection of short stories from A. L. Barker, with a signed and dated inscription from the author. The first edition thus of this collection. With three of the stories having been pub...

The Statement

Brian Moore · 1995 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Bloomsbury, 1995. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this thrilling novel set in the south of France, from acclaimed author Brian Moore. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.The Statement is a thriller set i...

The Works of Douglas Jerrold with an Introductory Memoir by His Son

Douglas Jerrold; W. Blanchard Jerrold · 1863 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1863-1864. Leather. A smartly bound complete four volume set of this collection of works from English dramatist and writer, Douglas Jerrold. Complete in four volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. Volume one contains St. Giles and St...

Won by the Sword: A Tale of the Thirty Years&Apos; War

G. A. Henty · 1900 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this historical fiction by G. A. Henty, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eleven plates, and four plans. Collated complete. Set during the Thirty Years&ap...

The Affair

C. P. Snow · 1960 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this story of a miscarriage of justice, from English novelist C. P. Snow. First edition. A young scientists has been dismissed from his job. The matter is to be kept a secret, but all the t...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1884 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.86 | ¥158,177)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1884-1885. Leather. A smart complete set of twelve volumes of works from English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. Complete in twelve volumes. With a frontispiece to each volume. Collated complete. A collection of novels from William Makepeace T...

The Stakes of the Warrior

Georges Dumezil; Jaan Puhvel [editor]; David Weeks [translator] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983. Cloth. A smart copy of this translated section of Dumezil's notable work Mythe Et Epopee. The first part of Dumezil's Mythe Et Epopee, considered his magnum opus, which provides a thorough overview of the trifunctional ...