Letteratura

Musical Chairs a Songbook for Anxious Children

James Broughton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

San Francisco, The Centaur Press, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of James Broughton's poetry collection. An association copy. Signed by Broughton to the recto of front endpaper, 'for Barbara, with love and poetry, even, James&apos. Loosely...

Clara&Apos;S Heart

Joseph Olshan · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Joseph Olshan's touching novel about a young boy and his housekeeper, a presentation copy to the publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the half-title, &a...

Wild Lone the Story of a Pytchley Fox

BB; D. J. Watkins-Pitchford; Sir Charles Frederick · 1938 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Eyre and Spottiswood, 1938. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Denys James Watkins-Pitchford's charming children's novel about a fox, illustrated, in a signed binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The first edition of this work. In a signed binding by...

The Impressionist

Hari Kunzru · 2002 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first editon copy of Hari Kunzru's award winning debut novel. Accompanied by a signed copy of the uncorrected proof. The first edition, with the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by Hari Kunzru to the tit...

The Pattern Poems of Milosz at the Mountjoy Hotel the Apostle&Apos;S Secretary Giacomo Leopardi in Naples Some Dogs

C. H. Sisson et al. · 1993 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Enitharmon Pamphlets, 1993. Paperback. A limited edition collection of signed poetry pamphlets from Enitharmon Pamphlets, containing six pamphlets by influential poets. A limited edition work, comprising of two hundred numbered copies, of which the first fifty were sig...

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke · 2002 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Frome, The Chicken House , 2002. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by international bestselling children's author, Cornelia Funke. Signed by Funke to the half-title and with the original promotional bookmark. A fine copy of this work, which has since b...

Who&Apos;S Sorry Now

Howard Eric Jacobson · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition copy of this novel by Man Booker Prize winning author, Howard Jacobson. The first edition first impression of this work. Jacobson is known for producing comic novels that often revolve around the ...

Five Boys

Mick Jackson · 2001 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Faber and Faber, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of this novel by award winning author, Mick Jackson. 'Five Boys' is set during the second world war, and is Jackson's second novel. Signed by the author to the title page. With the v...

The Blue Bedspread

Raj Kamal Jha · 1999 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Picador, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed copy of Raj Kamal Jha's award winning novel, 'The Blue Bedspread&apos. Regarded as a coming of age of the Indian novel, this tale is left to readers to formulate their own theories and connections. Signed by...

The Crime Trade Relentless Deadline Target the Business of Dying a Good Day to Die the Murder Exchange Severed

Simon Kernick · 2004 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, Bantam Press, 2004-9. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of these collected eight novels by Simon Kernick, with five of the volumes being signed. The first edition, first impressions of these works. 'The Crime Trade', 'Relentless', 'A Goo...

Selections of Thomas Coke Squance

Herbert Salisbury Squance · 1899 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.93 | $1,056.91 | ¥168,775)

Sunderland, Private Circulation, 1899. First edition. Fine Binding. The first edition of this very scarce collection of Thomas Coke Squance's poetry. Edited by Herbert Salisbury Squance, his son. Printed for private circulation. In a beautiful Zaehnsdorf binding, with the...

Darkness Comes

Dean Koontz · 1984 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, W H Allen, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The true first edition of this thriller novel by best-selling American author Dean Koontz. 'Darkness Comes' is also known under the title 'Darkfall&apos. It was renamed for the U.S publication of October 1984. This ...

The Bead-Eyed Man

Michael Glover · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

West Bromwich, Dagger Press, 1999. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this collection of poetry by Michael Glover, signed by the author and with a holograph fragment by Ruth Dupre. Very scarce. Limited edition of 26 numbered copies, of which this is 'C&apos. Signed b...

The Magnetic North New Scottish Writing

Duncan McLean; Alan Warner; Irvine Welsh et al. · 1996 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape and Vintage, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of sample writing from noted Scottish authors. This particular copy is signed by two of the contributors; Alan Warner and Duncan McLean. Undated, dated from ink inscription. Very scarce. Si...

Constitutional

Helen Simpson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£43.00 (€51.54 | $56.81 | ¥9,072)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Helen Simpson's collection of stories. This signed first edition of acclaimed short story writer Helen Simpson's 'Constitutional' collects nine thoroughly entertainin...

Meteors, Aerolites, and Falling Stars

T.L. Phipson · 1867 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Lovell Reeve and Co. 1867. First edition. Cloth. A very rare and well preserved first edition guide to falling stars by British scientist and violinist T.L. Phipson. This very scarce guide to all that falls to our earth from space, written by celebrated British scienti...

The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal English and Latin

Tho Shadwell · 1687 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, D Mallet, 1687. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Thomas Shadwell's translation of Juvenal's tenth satire. A very scarce work, which includes a commentary by Shadwell. First thus, the first edition of this particular translation. Published by D M...

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour J

Joshua Ferris; Howard Jacobson · 2014 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Viking; Jonatha Cape, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A set of two popular novels that were both shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour' and 'J', first edition first impressions, signed by the authors. The first editi...

The Big Killing

Robert Wilson · 1996 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, HarperCollins, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting crime thriller novel by Robert Wilson, set on the Ivory Coast. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwra...

The Secret River in the Country of Men

Kate Grenville; Hisham Matar · 2006 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Canongate; Penguin, 2006. First edition. Hardback. Signed first editions of two Man Booker shortlisted novels by Kate Grenville and Hisham Matar, 'The Secret River', and 'In the Country of Men&apos. Each in their original unclipped dustwrappers. The firs...