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Officers and Gentlemen

Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Lovely copy of Evelyn Waugh's novel concerning the Second World War, the first impression complete with unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work. Evelyn Waugh here loosely relates to his warti...

Novels by Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates · 1981 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, E. P. Dutton, Inc. 1981-91. First edition. Cloth. Group of eight lovely first impressions of the novels of Joyce Carol Oates Group of eight novels by Joyce Carol Oates, prolific and successful American author, known for winning numerous awards including the National ...

Novels by John Updike

John Updike · 1972 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1972-92. First edition. Cloth. Five books by John Updike, each a first edition complete with unclipped dust wrappers. A group of five books by John Updike, award-winning American novelist. The present group presents a miscellany of fiction and non-fi...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Vellum. The first limited signed edition of one of George Moore's last novels in the original slip case and vellum binding. First limited edition of Aphrodite in Aulis by George Moore in full vellum binding with and sli...

When Widows Love & a Tragedy in Green, Two Stories

Ronald Firbank; Edward Martin Potoker · 1980 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Enitharmon Press, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first and limited edition, of this collection of two stories by Ronald Firbank in the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition of When Widows Love & A Tragedy in Green, Two Stories by Ronald Fir...

The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium

Harry Mathews · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Great Britain, Carcanet, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first UK edition of this novel by Harry Mathews in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition of The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium by Harry Mathews in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust ...

Knights of the Wheel

Alfred Edgar · 1932 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Bombay and Sydney, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1932 . Disbound. A second edition of Alfred Edgar's novel with colour plates and the original publisher's dust wrapper. Second edition of Knights of the Wheel by Alfred Edgar in the original publisher's ...

Home Is the Hunter

Gontran De Poncins; Haakon Chevalier · 1945 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK translated edition of this novel by Gontran de Poncins in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition, first printing of Home is the Hunter by Gontran de Poncins in cloth binding and the original pub...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Doctor Goldsmith · 1904 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Methuen & Co. 1904 . Leather. A new edition of Goldsmith's popular eighteenth century novel with colour plates and leather binding. New edition of The Vicar of Wakefield by Doctor (Oliver) Goldsmith in half morocco binding and cloth boards.With twenty-four colour ...

I Want It Now

Kingsley Amis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kingsley Amis's later novel with the original publisher's dust wrapper. First edition of I Want It Now by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's binding and dust wrapper.The dust wrapper...

Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1853 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.47 | $328.96 | ¥52,531)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1853. Leather. The third edition of this important poetry collection of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the collection that made her one of the most popular poets of England. The third edition.Complete in two volumes.Bound without the half-title to Volume I...

Evening Light Being the Life and Letters of Susan Rivarol As Related by Professor Owen Mansfield

Hugh de Selincourt · 1931 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Chapman & Hall LTD, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A personal author's presentation copy of this vanishingly scarce novel, lovingly inscribed by the author. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Author's presentation copy, lovingly inscribed to the r...

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams · 1984 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Pan Original , 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Douglas Adams's fourth book in his noted 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book in Dou...

Mostly Harmless

Douglas Adams · 1992 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, William Heinemann, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the fifth book in Douglas Adams's 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' science fiction series, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. Mostly Harmless is the fifth book in Douglas Ada...

Fables and Satires, with a Preface on the Esopean Fable

Sir Brooke Boothby · 1809 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co. 1809. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this translated fables and satires by Sir Brooke Boothby, the personal copy of noted British translator and member of the Bloomsbury Group, Roger Senhouse. A smart collection of translated ...

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams · 1982 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1982. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of the third book in Douglas Adam's 'Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series, enclosed in the original bright dust wrapper. Life, the Universe and Everything is the thir...

Maid in Waiting

John Galsworthy · 1931 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

London, William Heinemann, 1931. Leather. A signed limited edition copy of 'Maid in Waiting', one of the Forsyte chronicles by John Galsworthy. This edition was limited to 525 copies. This is number 472. Signed by the author to the 'limited edition' page. I...

Sonnets & Lyrics

Lord Alfred Douglas · 1935 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,936.71 | $3,236.79 | ¥516,874)

London, Rich & Cowan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Signed presentation copies of two volumes of poetry from Lord Alfred Douglas, accompanied by six letters from Douglas to Baroness Hazel Hergenhahn, containing frequent reference to the legacy of his relationship with Oscar Wild...

Worrals on the War-Path: A Worrals of the W.A. A.F.

W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of W. E. Johns' fourth Worrals novel, in the charmingly illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from W. E. Johns, in the very scarce publisher'...

The Apostle a Drama

George Moore · 1923 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , William Heinemann , 1923. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of George Moore's religious play The Apostle. A limited edition of this work. This edition was limited to one thousand and thirty copies printed from hand-set type on Van Gelder pap...