Letteratura

Three

William Sansom · 1946 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this trio of vivid and unusual short stories by William Sansom, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. With the original unclipped...

An Essex Harvest and Other Poems

H. H. Abbott · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this scarce collection of poetry from Harold Henry Abbott, in the original, very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. Inscribed by the author, 'To Prof. D. E. Noya, with best wishes from the auth...

Pub. Terentii Comoediae Sex

Terentii; Terence · 1635 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Leiden, Officina Elzeviriana, 1635. Vellum. The second Elzevir edition of the six surviving comedic plays of Terence. The second edition, with the following issue points: p51, the word Laches is printed in black; running title of the second and third comedies is spelled EVNVCH...

Plays One: The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, New-Found-Land, Dogg&Apos;S Hamlet and Cahoot&Apos;S Macbeth

Tom Stoppard · 1996 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Faber and Faber, 1996. Paperback. A very scarcely signed copy of this collection of Tom Stoppard's plays. Signed by the author to the first page. A new collection of plays, with introductions by the author. In the publisher's original paperback. This colle...

Poems on Several Occasions

William Hamilton · 1760 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

Edinburgh, W. Gordon, 1760 . Leather. A mid-seventeenth century volume of poems written by William Hamilton, a poet and officer in the Jacobite uprisings. With a preface from Adam Smith, who edited the work early in his career. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.First pu...

Gad&Apos;S Hill Place and Charles Dickens

Edwin Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Roschester, Edwin Harris & Sons, 1910 . First edition. Leather. The scare first edition of Edwin Harris' wonderful study of Dickens' association with Gad's Hill Place, with a signed letter from the author to the founder of the American Dickens' Fellowship. ...

The Book of Dead Days; the Foreshadowing; My Swordhand Is Singing

Marcus Sedgwick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Orion Children's Books , 2003-2006. First edition. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed young adult novels by Marcus Sedgwick, each complete with their original unclipped dust wrapper. The first editions, first impressions of these works. Signed by the author to ea...

The Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1913 · Rooke Books

£1,490.00 (€1,786.00 | $1,968.50 | ¥314,344)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913-1926. Cloth. A smart complete twenty-seven volume set of this limited edition of the works of Rudyard Kipling, signed by the author. Complete in twenty-seven volumes. The Seven Seas edition. Volume one is signed by the author to the ha...

Before I Go to Sleep

S. J. Watson · 2011 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Doubleday, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the best-selling debut novel of Steve Watson, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original advertising postcard. Both a Sunday Times...

Winged Princess

Anne Kennington · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Anne Kennington's very scarce children's tale, inscribed to the prolific theatre director and early suffragette Edith Craig. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher&ap...

Flowering Cypress

Edward Lowbury · 1986 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Pointing Finger Press, 1986 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this charming limited edition poetry volume from Edward Lowbury. Signed by Lowbury and his illustrator, Kenneth Lindley. A very scarce limited edition, first edition.No. 22 of 50 num...

Celandine & Winter Wood

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition from the Touchstone Trilogy by British author and artist Steve Augarde, Celandine is signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Volumes two and three of the Touchsto...

Tales from the Arabian Nights

Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1920. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Middle Eastern folktales, designed for younger readers. Illustrated with forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in ...

Poems

John Cowper Powys · 1899 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, William Rider & Sons, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry from John Cowper Powys. A first edition.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, to English poet Anna Bunston de Bary, with 'A. ...

Attacks of Taste

Evelyn B. Byrne [ed]; Otto M. Penzler [ed] · 1971 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

New York, Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy being presented to the celebrated queen of crime, Agatha ...

Changing My Mind

Zadie Smith · 2009 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2009. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon to see signed copy of this anthology of essays by Zadie Smith The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title, uncommon to see signed.An anthology of essays by Zadie Smith....

The Seasons

James Thomson · 1797 · Rooke Books

£2,800.00 (€3,356.24 | $3,699.19 | ¥590,713)

London, P. W. Tomkins, 1797. Leather. A superb illustrated folio edition of the best known poetical work of James Thomson. A folio edition of 'The Seasons', the best known poem by James Thomson.Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, and fifteen engraved vignett...

The Prince of Mull, or, Glimpses of Royal Life

[Mary Ellis Smith] · 1884 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Chicago, A. N. Marquis & Company, 1884. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce satire on the British Royal Family, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, "Presented by the Author, Mary E...

The Kentish Coronal; Consisting of Original Contributions, in Prose and Poetry

H. G. Adams [ed.] · 1841 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Lonon, Simpkin & Marshall, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. H. G. Adams's own copy of the first edition of his very scarce anthology of Kentish poems, illustrated with a frontispiece from murderer Richard Dadd. A very scarce first edition.The editor Henry Gardiner Adams'...

The Loop

Nicholas Evans · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Bantam Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Nicholas Evans about a woman who is sent to protect a pack of wolves. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth...