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Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field

Sir Walter Scott · 1808 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; William Miller; John Murray, 1808. Leather. A fourth edition of Sir Walter Scott's successful poem of historical romance bound in a lovely half calf binding. An epic poem by Sir Walter Scott, tellin...

My Life As a Man

Philip Roth · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974. Cloth. A lovely, first UK edition copy of this introspective novel by American writer Philip Roth, enclosed in the original unclipped dust wrapper. This introspective novel contains two parts, the first of which contains two short stories, 'Sa...

The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope · 1867 · Rooke Books

£1,190.00 (€1,426.61 | $1,572.42 | ¥251,125)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1867. First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of the conclusion of Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire Chronicles, illustrated throughout and in smart signed full calf bindings. The first edition in book form of this work from Anthon...

Bird

Jane Adams · 1997 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Macmillan, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed first edition copy of Jane Adams' suspense novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&apo...

Nouveaux Contes a Ninon

Emile Zola · 1886 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1886. Leather. A lovely illustrated limited edition of Emile Zola's short story collection, in the original French language and bound in delightful leather. 'Contes de Ninon' was amongst Zola's earlier works, a collection of sho...

The Spy Who Loved Me

Ian Fleming · 1962 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, The Book Club, 1962. Cloth. The first Book Club edition of the ninth novel to feature James Bond, published the same year as the true first edition. The shortest and most sexually explicit novel by Fleming, this story is unlike other Bond novels in that it is told in t...

Humorous Poems

Thomas Hood · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully presented book of poetry from Thomas Hood, published in 1893 with detailed illustrations. A first edition second printing of poems by Thomas Hood, with a preface by Alfred Ainger. Hood was particularly well-k...

El Aleph

Jorge Luis Borges · 1952 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, 1952. Paperback. A smart second edition of Jorge Luis Borges' acclaimed collection of short stories in the original Spanish. The stated second edition of this work, published on the sixteenth of June 1952. The first edition was published in...

Ask Mamma, or, the Richest Commoner in England

Robert Smith Surtees · 1858 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858. Leather. A lovely first edition of Robert Smith Surtees' humour novel, with charming illustrations including colour plates by John Leech. This work was first published in 1858, and lightly pokes fun at the country lifestyles led by wealth...

Murder in the Mews and Other Stories

Agatha Christie · 1938 · Rooke Books

£255.00 (€305.70 | $336.95 | ¥53,813)

London, Odhams Press Limited, 1938. Cloth. A lovely second Odhams edition of this charming and thrilling collection of four Hercule Poirot stories, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The 2nd Odhams edition of this work. The first Odhams edition was published in 1937, the ...

The Good Thief

Hannah Tinti · 2008 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Headline Review, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this delightful novel of historical fiction by American author Hannah Tinti. In the original dust wrapper and containing an inscription from the author. A delightful, first UK edition cop...

The Gone-Away World

Nick Harkaway · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Heinemann, 2008 . First edition. Hardback. The signed first edition, first impression of this debut post-apocalyptic science fiction novel. A signed first edition, first impression of this debut science fiction novel from writer Nick Harkaway. In the publisher&...

The Age of Anxiety

Pete Townshend · 2019 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Coronet, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of musician Pete Townshend's debut novel, exploring the anxieties and madness of modern life. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from Pete Townshend, English musician and principal ...

The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first ...

Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of thre...

Babel Tower

A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books

£92.00 (€110.29 | $121.57 | ¥19,415)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ...

Four Part Setting

Ann Bridge · 1939 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1939. Fine Binding. A smartly bound, early edition of Ann Bridge's novel 'Four-Part Setting&apos. From the library of socialite and patron of the arts, Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Printed a year after the true first edition.Ann Bridge is the ...

Cambridge Blue

Alison Bruce · 2009 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Soho Constable, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this detective novel by Alison Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author. A thrilling detective novel set in Cambridge, England, and starring DC Gary Goodhew, ...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ian Fleming's final novel in the James Bond series, published posthumously. 'The Man with the Golden Gun' is the best-selling final novel of Fleming's Bond series. The work follows ...

The Diddakoi

Rumer Godden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, Macmillan, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this children's novel about a Romani child from British author Rumer Godden. The first edition, first impression of this children's novel from English author Rumer Godden, in the publisher&apos...