Letteratura

The Sexton Blake Casebook and Detective Library

Mike Higgs · 1987 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

London, Galley Press; Hawk Books , 1987-9. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes collecting selected stories featuring "the great detective" Sexton Blake, first edition thus in the original dust wrappers. Two collections of the stories featuring the fictional detective Saxton Blak...

The Master of Santiago and Four Other Plays

Henry de Montherlant; Jonathan Griffin [trans.] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1951 . First edition. Leather. The first English language edition of this volume of selected plays by H. de Montherlant, in a charming Henry Sotheran signed binding. A collection of five plays by Henry de Montherlant. The first English language...

Dear Author, Letters from a Working Publisher to Authors, Prospective and Practised

Michael Legat · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Pelham Books, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Michael Legat's guide to writing and publishing, structured in a series of informative letters. A signed first edition of this instructional guide to writing and publishing from Michael Legat, the...

My Name Is Sei Shonagon

Jan Blensdorf · 2003 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition copy of Blensdorf's first work of fiction, signed to the title page and in the original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to title page. 'My...

Sun at Midnight

Rosie Thomas · 2004 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London, HarperCollins, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed copy of Thomas' romance novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression.Signed by author to title page. 'Sun at Midnight' is a romance novel by Rosie Thomas...

Honey&Apos;S Farm

Irish Gower · 1993 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Bantam Press, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition copy of the third novel in Irish Gower's Cordwainers series, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original ...

Thrice Chosen

Edouard Roditi · 1981 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Santa Barbara , Black Sparrow Press , 1981. First edition. Hardback. Edouard Roditi's collection of poems and translations, a lovely first limited edition signed by the author. A moving collection of poetry and translations by Edouard Roditi composed during the rise and f...

Forty-Two Sonnets from the Book of the Beloved

John Caldwell-Johnston · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, East and West Limited , [1927]. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this anthology of sonnets by John Caldwell-Johnston, the author's presentation copy. An anthology of forty-two spiritual sonnets by John Caldwell-Johnston, dated from Jisc 1927...

King Solomon, a Mystic Drama in Five Acts and an Epilogue

Mary, Princess Karadja · 1912 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truber & Co. Ltd. 1912. First edition. Cloth. A signed, presentation copy of this theatrical work, 'King Solomon', written by Mary, Princess Karadja, and given to her friend, Lydia Yavorska, or Princess Bariatinsky. Presenting King Solomo...

Heat Wave

Penelope Lively · 1996 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Viking, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression copy of this compassionate novel by Penelope Lively, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author on title page.  In the orig...

Mr de Pochas

Jean Lorrain · 1922 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Paris, G. & A. Mornay , 1922. Leather. A lovely limited edition of this novel by Jean Lorrain, in the original French. Decorated with woodcuts by Chapront. Jean Lorrain was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school, known for his numerous contributions to the satirica...

Arthur & George

Julian Barnes · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression of Julian Barnes' tenth novel, complete with its wraparound band as issued. The first edition, first impression of Julian Barnes' tenth novel, based on the true story of the Great Wyrley Ou...

Reflections in a Mirror

Charles Morgan · 1944 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,886)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1944. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this first series of essays by Charles Morgan, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work. A series of essays representative of the search for related values in the co...

Golden Leaves from the British Poets; American Poets; Dramatic Poets

John W. S. Hows · 1867 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, F. J. Huntington and Co. 1867. Leather. A collection of three uniformly bound volumes tribute to British, American, and dramatic poets, collected by John W. S. Hows. Three volumes collecting some of the most beautiful and important poems of British, American, and dra...

Surtees&Apos; Sporting Novels

Robert Smith Surtees · 1900 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)

London, Printed for Subscribers , c1888-1900. Leather. A privately printed edition of the Surtees' Sporting novels, complete with its lovely hand-coloured plates, in attractive uniform Bayntun bindings. Six popular sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees. A privately prin...

A Fox Inside

David Stacton · 1955 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Faber and Faber , 1955. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first impression of this novel by David Stacton, complete with this unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce first edition, first impression of this novel by David Stacton, American novelist, historian, ...

Resolution

Denise Mina · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and Auckland, Bantam Press, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed first edition of the concluding novel to the 'Garnethill' trilogy by Denise Mina. Signed by the author to the title page. The final novel in the Garnethill tril...

The Making of Henry

Howard Jacobson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2004. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of Howard Jacobson's novel exploring love. Signed by Jacobson to the title page. Written by Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson, a British novelist whose work often humorously focuses on...

Dragon Tamers: Reality Goes Virtual

Emma Maree Urquhart · 2004 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Inverness, Aultbea Publishing Company, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this fantasy novel, printed when the author was just thirteen. This work sold over thirty-five thousand copies, and was an enormous success.A limited edition, being No. 34 of the lim...

His Dark Materials

Philip Pullman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

London, Scholastic, 2007. Paperback. A complete signed limited edition set of Philip Pullman's popular fantasy series 'His Dark Materials', here in the original shrink wrap. As new in the original shrinkwrap.A signed limited edition set, limited to one-thousand ...