Cerca libri
Risultati della ricerca
727058 risultati
Phoenician
Ilya Sholeimovich Shifman · 1963 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
Moscow, Publishing House of Eastern Literature, 1963. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this very scarce historical study of the Phoenician colonization of the Western Mediterranean area, in the original Russian. Russian. First edition. Very scarce. A culmination of Shif…
An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa
John Barrow · 1804 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.71 | ¥56,944)
London, A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First edition. Leather. An illustrated account of John Barrow's time in South Africa, the first edition, Volume II only. The first edition of this uncommon work.Volume II only, lacking Volume I. Illustrated with a foldi…
Barbary Shore
Norman Mailer · 1952 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first UK edition of award winning American writer and journalist Norman Mailer's second novel, 'Barbary Shore&apos. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original u…
Ancient As the Hills: 1973-1974; the Milk of Paradise: 1993-1997
James Lees-Milne · 1997 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)
London, John Murray, 1997-2005 . First edition. Cloth. Fine copies of the sixth and twelfth volumes of the diaries of James Lees-Milne, covering his life in the years 1973-1974, and 1993-1997. The first edition, first impression of each volume.In the publisher's original un…
Kongo - the Gorilla-Man
Frank Orndorff · 1945 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
New York, House of Field - Doubleday, Inc. 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Frank Orndorff's thrilling tale in which a white eagle carrying a diamond triggers a tale of survival and deception between humans, gorillas, and natives across Africa. …
Hot Gold
Frederick R. Bechdolt · 1942 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
New York, The Sun Dial Press, 1942. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon Western by Frederick R. Bechdolt, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper. The first Sun Dial Press edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An exciting Western, 'Hot Gold&ap…
The Wishful Think
Bernard Newman · 1954 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)
London, Robert Hale Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this Cold War era sci-fi novel by Bernard Newman. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wishful Think' is a sci-fi novel, following a man wi…
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey · 1988 · Rooke Books
£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,178)
London, Faber and Faber, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition, first impression of Peter Carey's Booker Prize winning novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding,…
Mutant
Lewis Padgett [Henry Kuttner]; [C. L. Moore] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
New York, Gnome Press Inc, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this collection, first printing. In the publisher's original cloth wi…
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Philip Pullman · 2010 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Edinburgh, Canongate, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression limited edition of this novel from English writer Philip Pullman, signed by the author with the original slip case. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title p…
The Nameless
Ramsey Campbell · 1981 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
New York, Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. 1981. First edition. Cloth. A smart first US edition of this thrilling novel from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell, signed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Barbara Waugh …
Heritage of Stars
Clifford D. Simak · 1978 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this award winning novel from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak, a review copy. First UK edition, originally published in the US in 1977. A review copy with the original r…
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
Rev. J. Cecil Hughes · 1922 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
London, Edward Stanford, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this illustrated geological history of the Isle of Wight. First edition. Very scarce. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive …
The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle
Peter Beagle · 1980 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Souvenir Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this collection of fantasy stories from American novelist Peter Soyer Beagle. First UK edition. Very scarce. A collection of four of Beagle's most enchanting fantasy world collected in one magic…
Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen
Max Beerbohm · 1896 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)
London, Leonard Smithers, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of humorous caricatures from English caricaturist Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm. First edition, first state binding. Illustrated with twenty-five plates. Collated complete. A book of t…
Lavengro; the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest.
George Borrow · 1851 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)
London, John Murray, 1851 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel, telling the story of a man of many titles, complete here in three volumes, bound by E. Pouget. The first edition.Bound by E. Pouget in full crushed morocco.…
A Programme for Billee Taylor: A New and Original Nautical Comic Opera
Edward Solomon; H. P. Stevens · 1880 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)
London, Letts, Son & Co. 1880 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A vanishingly scarce programme for the nautical comic opera, "Billee Taylor", by H. P. Stevens and Edward Solomon, which was performed at the Imperial Theatre from 1880. Bound in the publisher's original wrap…
A Defence of Cosmetics
Max Beerbohm · 1922 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition in book form of Max Beerbohm's controversial and sensational essay on cosmetics, uncommon to see, especially in the original dust wrapper. The uncommon to see first edition in book form. This e…
Autumn Midnight
Frances Cornford · 1923 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)
London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1923 . First edition. Paperback. A lovely example of this charming collection of poetry from Frances Cornford, decorated by Eric Gill. The first edition. A collection of poetry by Frances Cornford printed on hand-made paper, including seventeen of he…
Stories Revived: First Series
Henry James · 1885 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1885 . Cloth. The first volume of the second edition of this collection of late nineteenth century short stories by celebrated novelist Henry James. Edel & Laurence F32. The first volume of the two volume second edition of this work, in the Times Book C…