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Transcription; Big Sky; Shrines of Gaiety

Kate Atkinson · 2018 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Doubleday, 2018-2022. First edition. Cloth. A superb selection of signed novels from award-winning author Kate Atkinson, two of which are limited editions. A collection of three signed books by English novelist, playwright and short-story writer, Kate Atkinson. '...

The Winter Queen; Leviathan

Boris Akunin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful pair of signed Erast Fanorin mystery novels from Boris Akunin. Signed by the author to the title pages. This set includes the first and third instalments to the Erast Fandorin series of mystery nove...

Rainbow Milk

Paul Mendez · 2020 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Dialogue Books , 2020. First edition. Cloth. A superb signed first impression of this debut semi-autobiographical novel from Paul Mendez. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. A gripping coming-of-age novel centring ar...

The Shore

Sara Taylor · 2015 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, William Heinemann, 2015. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited signed copy of Sara Taylor's debut novel, complete with the fine unclipped dust wrapper. A limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is number 60. With the publisher's...

The Stranger Times, This Charming Man, & Love Will Tear

C. K. McDonnell [Caimh McDonnell] · 2021 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, Bantam Press, 2021-2023. First edition. Cloth. Three very smart first edition volumes from The Stranger Times series by Irish writer Caimh McDonnell, signed by the author. Three volumes from a five volume set, being volumes one, two, and three of The Stranger Times ser...

False Hearts, Shattered Minds, & Goldilocks

Laura Lam · 2016 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited; Wildfire for Headline Publishing Group, 2016-2020. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first edition volumes from American-born British author, with the author's signature to each volume. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. Eac...

The Black Hawks, the Righteous, & the Hunters

David Wragg · 2019 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, HarperVoyager, 2019-2023. Hardback. Three smart special edition novels from British author of the Articles of Faith series and the Tales of the Plains trilogy David Wragg, each volume signed and numbered. Three volumes. Special edition. Each volume is signed by the aut...

Mr. Clarinet, King of Swords, Voodoo Eyes, & the Verdict

Nick Stone · 2006 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Michael Joseph; Sphere, 2006-2014. First edition. Cloth. Four excellently presented first edition thrillers from British author Nick Stone, signed by the author. Four volumes. First edition, first impression. Each volume is signed by the author to the title page. Writt...

The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter; How a Gunman Says Goodbye; the Sudden Arrival of Violence; Every Night I Dream of Hell; for Those Who Know the Ending

Malcolm Mackay · 2013 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Mantle, 2013-2016 . First edition. Cloth. A five‑volume, signed first‑edition collection of Malcolm Mackay"s hard‑edged, award‑winning Glasgow crime novels, signed by the author. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, complete with the ori...

The Book of Dead Days; the Dark Flight Down

Marcus Segdwick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Orion Children’s Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. This is a two-volume set of first editions, both signed by the author and complete with the original dust wrappers. This is a gothic fantasy duology steeped in magic, mystery, and dark intrigue, aimed at young r...

Anatomy of a Soldier

Harry Parker · 2016 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Faber & Faber, 2016 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the limited edition of the first edition of Harry Parker's debut novel, signed by the author. A signed limited edition example of the first edition, first impression.Flat signed to the title page, numbe...

A Voyage in the &Apos;Sunbeam&Apos;: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Lady Brassey · 1913 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1913. Cloth. Lady Brassey's renowned account of her voyage around the world, presented and inscribed by the Princess Louise of Battenberg (Louise Mountbatten). A new impression. A unique presentation copy, inscribed by Louise Mountbatten ...

The Works of George Meredith

George Meredith · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1900-1906. Vellum. A beautifully bound collection of eighteen works of fiction and poetry from George Meredith, in vibrant yellow vellum with Art Nouveau gilt detailing from Truslove & Hanson. A beautiful fourteen volume set of the works of ...

The Fables of Aesop and Others

Aesop; Gerald Gottlieb · 1857 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

London; New York, W. Kent & Co; Chatto and Windus; The Viking Press; Bracken Books, 1857-1986. First edition. Leather. London; New York: W. Kent & Co; Chatto and Windus; The Viking Press; Bracken Books, 1857-1986. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 10.5" by 8....

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1912 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,342)

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. An edition de luxe of Charles Folkard's colourfully illustrated Aesop, signed by the publishers, A. & C. Black. An edition de luxe of two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one hundred and seven, p...

Romance and Reality, Essays and Studies

Holbrook Jackson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce series of essays by Holbrook Jackson, from his library with his bookplate. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, with his bookplate...

Oeuvres Choisies (Third Series)

Christophe von Schmid · 1863 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Tours, France, Mame et Cie, 1863. Cloth. A charmingly bound illustrated copy of Oeuvres Choisies (series III), with woodcut illustrations. This volume is a bound in the publisher's original gilt decorated cloth with blind stamping. This edition is third in the series of a...

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison · 1952 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.79 | $5,086.41 | ¥811,976)

New York, Random House, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime. The first edition, first printing as stated to the edition pa...

Southward Ho! and Other Essays

Holbrook Jackson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1914. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this uncommon collection of brilliant essays by Holbrook Jackson, the author's presentation copy. The first edition of this uncommon work, part of Dent's 'Wayfarer's Library&...

Adam Hepburn&Apos;S Vow

Annie S. Swan · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical fiction novel set in seventeenth century Scotland, an illustrated novel, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the rect...