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Solitudes
Ãdouard Estaunié · 1924 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Paris , Le Livre Moderne Illustre; J. Ferenczi & Fils, 1924. Leather. A very smart leather-bound copy of this novel from Edouard Estaunie, illustrated with woodcuts. A charming illustrated edition of this 'Solitudes', a novel from French author Edouard Estaunie Bound …
The Etonian
[W. M. Praed; W. Blunt.] · 1824 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Henry Colburn, 1824. Leather. A smartly bound fourth edition set of this collection of issues from The Etonian. Complete in three volumes. Fourth edition. The Etonian was a paper containing articles and fictional works, projected and edited by Winthrop Mackworth Praed an…
Recollections of Rossetti
Hall Caine · 1928 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Cassell and Company, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first complete edition of Hall Caine's account of his years spend in the company of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A signed presentation co…
Don"T Call Me by My Right Name and Other Stories
James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)
New York, The William-Frederick Press, 1956. First edition. Paperback. A very smart signed copy of this short-story collection from James Purdy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's wraps.James Purdy was a…
Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold · 1907 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1907 . Fine Binding. An elegantly bound collection of poetry from English poet and professor, Matthew Arnold, in a signed binding by Spottiswoode & Co. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in half crushed morocco with cloth boards.Illustrated with a fro…
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles · 1949 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,696.95 | $2,972.58 | ¥474,532)
London, John Lehmann, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition, second impression of Paul Bowles' compelling novel set in North Africa following World War Two, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second impression of thi…
Les ãâBãâ©Nistes Du Xviiie Siãâ¨Cle
Comte Francois de Salverte · 1927 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Paris, Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1927. Leather. An illustrated French study on cabinet makers of the eighteenth century, by Francois de Salverte. A revised and expanded edition.'Les Ãbénistes du XVIIIe Siècle' is the first work ever published on Frenc…
An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit
George Meredith · 1903 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co, 1903 . Leather. The third edition of George Meredith's discussion of comedy and 'the comic spirit', in an attractive half calf signed binding from Hatchards. First published in book form in 1897, this is the third edition o…
The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867
Matthew Arnold; A. T. Quiller-Couch [ed.] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Humphrey Milford, 1913 . Leather. A handsomely bound volume of the poetry of Matthew Arnold, with an introduction from literary critic and writer A. T. Quiller-Couch. In a signed half morocco binding by Riviere. The poetical works of Matthew Arnold, the son of English ed…
The White Lantern
Evan S. Connell · 1980 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of the companion volume to Evan S. Connell's 'A Long Desire&apos. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's orig…
The Order of Chance
Tom Pickard · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Fulcrum Press , 1971. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this poetry collection by Tom Pickard. Of this first edition, 75 copies were specially bound, numbered and signed by the author. This copy is number 62. Signed by the author to the limitation p…
I Advance with a Loaded Rose
Douglas Blazek · 1969 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)
San Francisco , Twowindows Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from Polish-American author Douglas Blazek, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number two. This copy…
Green Grass, Blue Sky, White House
Wright Morris · 1970 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novella from American writer Wright Marion Morris, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to two hundred copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, numbered, and signed by the author…
Master of Spies: The Memoirs of General Frantisek Moravec
Frantisek Moravec; J. C. Masterman · 1975 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
London, The Bodley Head, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this memoir from chief Czechoslovak military intelligence officer, Frantisek Moravec. Signed by English writer Graham Greene. First edition. With the signature of Graham Greene to the front free endpap…
Awake and Rehearse
Louis Bromfield · 1929 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company , 1929 . Hardback. The autographed, limited edition of Louis Bromfield's compelling collection of short stories, bound in the publisher's foil cover housed in the original slipcase. Autographed limited edition. Published the same y…
Victorian Detective Fiction: A Catalogue of the Collection Made by Dorothy Glover & Graham Greene
Graham Greene; Dorothy Carter; John Carter [intro.] · 1966 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)
London, The Bodley Head, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the signed limited edition bibliography of Greene and Glover's fantastic collection of works of Victorian detective fiction. The first edition, first impression of this limited edition work.Number 69 of…
The Great Cloak
John Montague · 1978 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1978 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of the first trade edition of this highly personal collection of verses from Irish poet John Montague. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with 'for Lee & Edith; this dialec…
Marco Millions
Eugene O'Neill · 1927 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)
New York, Boni and Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful signed limited edition, first edition, American playwright Eugene O'Neill's drama about Marco Polo. The limited edition, first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slip case.Num…
Mirrors for Small Beasts
Ursule Molinaro · 1960 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)
New York, The Noonday Press, 1960 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this uncommon collection of poems from artist and writer Ursule Molinaro, charmingly illustrated with woodcuts. Signed by the author, with the inscription 'for Walter, Ursule' t…
Quinx or the Ripper&Apos;S Tale
Lawrence Durell · 1985 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
London, Faber and Faber , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition presentation copy of Lawrence Durell's final volume in his 'Avignon Quintet', inscribed by the author to his friend Bernard Stone. The first edition, first impression. The author's presen…