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L&Apos;Homme Des Champs, Ou, Les Georgiques Francoises

Jacques Deillie · 1800 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Strasbourg, l'Imprimerie de Levrault, 1800. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Jacques Delille's French poem celebrating nature in the French countryside, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work.In the original French.A charming French...

Shadowplay

Karen Campbell · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this work of modern detective fiction. Very scarce. With a loosely inserted bookplate signed by the author. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Shadowplay is C...

The Creator&Apos;S Map

Emilio Calderon · 2008 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, John Murray, 2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first UK edition of this work of modern fiction by Emilio Calderon. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. First UK edition, first impression with complete numberline. First published in 2006 in Sp...

The City of the Plague

John Wilson · 1816 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Company, 1816. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of John Wilson' inspiring and entertaining poetry collection. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A collection of the poetry of John Wilson, containing the ...

The Blighted Cliffs

Edwin Thomas · 2003 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Bantam Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this work of modern maritime fiction, presented in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. The Blight...

Infinite Days

Rebecca Maizel · 2010 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan, 2010. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed copy of this work of modern fiction. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, reading 'In darkness and in light Rebecca xo&apos. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Infini...

The Doll Princess

Tom Benn · 2012 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed and inscribed first edition copy of this work of modern fiction. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author to the title page, reading 'A white brighter than I could take". First edition, first impression with com...

A Gentle Axe

R. N. Morris · 2007 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed and dated first edition of this work of modern fiction by R. N. Morris. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with compete numberline. 'A Gentle Axe', follows Po...

Sacred Treason

James Forrester · 2010 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Headline Review, 2010. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed and signed first edition copy of this work of historical fiction. Signed and inscribed by the author, reading '"..the last word is hope" James Forrester 9. IX. 10&apos.First edition, first impression, with ...

Painted in Blood

Pip Vaughan-Hughes · 2008 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Orion, 2008. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon signed first edition copy of this compelling work of historical fiction. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline.Painted in Blood is the third in the Brot...

Good People

Ewart Hutton · 2012 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Blue Door, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of detective fiction, being the first in the Glyn Capaldi mystery series. Signed and dated by the author to the title page.First edition, first impression with complete numberline.The first in the Glyn Capal...

Dead Men&Apos;S Dust

Matt Hilton · 2009 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work of detective fiction from noted author, Matt Hilton. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Dead Men's Dust is the fi...

Flying Finish

Dick Francis · 1966 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Michael Joseph, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of Dick Francis' mystery novel 'Flying Finish&apos. 'Flying Finish' is an early novel by Francis and sits well in his canon of crime in the British horse racing world. The...

Blacklands

Belinda Bauer · 2010 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Bantam Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this debut work of detective fiction, together with a signed first edition of the very scarce proof. Both works signed and dated by the author with the inscription "I"m looking for W.P....

Tomorrow the Killing

Daniel Polansky · 2012 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2012. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition example of this ground-breaking work of modern fantasy fiction by noted author Daniel Polansky. The first edition, first impression. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. To...

The Female Patriot [with] the Mine a Dramatic Poem [with] a Hermit&Apos;S Tale [with] Florio [with] Immortality

Richard Paul Jodrell; John Sargent; Sophia Lee; Hannah More; Thomas Denton · 1754 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, John Bew; T Cadell; R and J Dodsley, 1754-1787. First edition. Leather. A scarce collection of five first and early edition poems bound as one. Comprising poems by the likes of Hannah More, Sophia Lee and John Bew. This volume contains: Richard Paul Jodrell's &ap...

Homer His Iliads Translated Adorn&Apos;D with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations

Homer; John Ogilby · 1665 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)

London, James Flesher, 1665-1669. Leather. A scarce, early edition of John Ogilby's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Illustrated, with a frontispiece of Ogilby, full page engraved scene of Ancient Rome, and 48 plates to the Iliad a...

A Welcome

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1863 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Edward Moxon and Co, 1863. First edition. Disbound. A very bright and crisp first edition copy of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem 'A Welcome&apos. Disbound, as issued. 'A Welcome' was written to commemorate the arrival of Princess Alexandra of Wales, w...

Sickness a Poem

William Thompson · 1746 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, R Dodsley , 1746. First edition. Disbound. A scarce, first edition copy of the third and final part of William Thompson's poem regarding his extraordinary recovery from smallpox. 'Sickness' also discusses illnesses such as malancholy, fever, consumption ...

Deleite Y Amargura de Las Dos Cortes, Celestial Y Terrena. Con la Assistencia de Los Ingenios, Y Lagrimas Derremadas En la Corte Del Dios Momo: El Consuelo Que Reciben, Quexas Que Dan a Iupiter, Para Que Visite la Cortes de Los Planetas, Dioses, Monarcas, Principes, Senorias Y Republicas Del Orbe, Y Modo de Sus Gouiernos.

Jose Micheli Marquez · 1642 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Madrid, Juan Sanchez, 1642. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first edition of this work by Jose Micheli Marquez, or the Baron of San Demetrio. First edition of this politically charged work, which looks at the history of religion. Specifically, the author draws focus on the C...