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Literature and Learning in Medieval and Renaissance England: Essays Presented to Fitzroy Pyle

Various; John Scattergood [ed.] · 1984 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,858)

County Dublin , Irish Academic Press , 1984. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of these essays discussing a variety of major medieval and renaissance English writers. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece and...

Stories from the Faerie Queene

Mary Macleod; John Hales · 1897 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, Gardner, Darton & Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of fairy stories for children. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and numerous in-text images. A collection of fairy stories, includ...

Through the Looking Glass: A Study Guide to the Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures

Various · 1992 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, BBC Education, 1992. First edition. Paperback. A very smart copy of this very scarce educational guide to the Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures. First edition. Very scarce. Beautifully illustrated throughout in colour. A study guide to the Royal Ins...

Portland Oregon A.D. 1999 and Other Sketches

Jeff. W. Hayes · 1913 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

Oregon, F. W. Baltes and Company, 1913. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this scarce science fiction novella from American writer Jeff. W. Hayes, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author in pencil to the front endpaper, dated Sep...

I Am Saxon Ashe

Saxon Ashe · 1940 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this mysterious spy thriller starring British Intelligence agent "Saxon Ashe", A.K.A. Bibobi the famous and world-renowned performing clown, this copy with the original, unclipped dust w...

The Man with the Red Umbrella

R. A. Brandt · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A charming children's tale written and illustrated by R. A. Brandt, the first edition, with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. Scarce work, particularly in the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A...

Distance

Colin Thubron · 1996 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Heinemann, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Colin Thubron's novel surrounding amnesia, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A fine ex...

A Paradox Against Liberty. Written by the Lords, During Their Imprisonment in the Tower. A Poem.

1679 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, Not Stated, 1679 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. An extremely scarce poem written from the point of view of a group of Lords awaiting execution in the Tower of London, for crimes of treason. The first and only known edition. Folio. Vanishingly scarce work. Disbound...

Chrysal; or, a Story with an End

Frances Freeling Broderip · 1861 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Saunders, Otley and Co, 1861. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's fantasy novel by Frances Freeling Broderip, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work. A charming work for children by Frances Freeling Brode...

The Temple of Death

Marquis of Normanby; John Sheffield · 1709 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, H. Hills, 1709. Disbound. An uncommon poem by John Sheffield, a thoughtful piece of death, commemorating Queen Mary II. An uncommon poem, a translated adaptation of P. Habert's French poem 'Le Temple de la Mort&apos. This issue with signature A2 under the &a...

Beloved

Toni Morrison · 1987 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1987 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning American novel. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Reviewed as 'a heartbreaking t...

The Heroine

Eaton Stannard Barrett; Michael Sadleir [intro.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1927 . Cloth. Michael Sadleir's very scarce 1920s edition of Eaton Stannard Barrett's nineteenth century comic gothic novel, signed by Sadleir. First published in 1813, this 1927 'Rescue Series' edition is edited by M...

Constructing Chaucer, Author and Autofiction in the Critical Tradition

Geoffrey W. Gust · 2009 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. First edition. Hardback. The uncommon first edition, second impression of this fascinating work of Chaucerian literary criticism by Geoffrey W. Gust. The first edition, second impression of this work.In the original publisher's pictorial ...

The Centenarians, a Fable

Gilbert Phelps · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Melbourne, Toronto, Heinemann, 1958. Paperback. The very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this speculative fiction work by the British writer and broadcaster Gilbert Phelps. The uncorrected proof copy of Gilbert Phelps' The Centenarians (1958).  Very scarce. ...

English Reprints: Rede Me and Be Nott Wrothe, a Proper Dialogue Betweene a Gentillman and a Husbandman, &C. A Compendious Treatise, &C. The Last Fight of the Revenge at Sea and Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonettes.

William Roy; Jerome Barlow; Sir W. Raleigh; G. Markham, J. H. van Linschoten; Barnabe Googe · 1871 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, None stated, 1871. Leather. A collection of works by noteworthy English authors such as Sir Walter Raleigh, bound in quarter calf. From the 'English Reprints' series. In the publisher's original quarter calf with marbled paper to the boards. This volum...

Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen · 1999 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of articles written for the Miami Herald by Carl Hiaasen. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Inscribed by the author to the title page...

Bazin&Apos;S Gold

Ernest Cornish · 1906 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Greening and Co. Ltd , 1906. First edition. Cloth. The very smart first edition of this vanishingly scarce adventure novel set in Scilly, by Ernest Cornish. A vanishingly scarce novel set across a voyage around the Isles of Scilly. With only four records of copies hel...

The Hotel New Hampshire; a Prayer for Owen Meany; Son of the Circus; a Widow for One Year; the Fourth Hand; Until I Find You

John Irving · 1981 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York; London , E. P. Dutton ; Bloomsbury , 1981-2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of six John Irving novels, including the first UK editions of 'The Hotel New Hampshire' and 'A Prayer for Owen Meany&apos. An excellent selection of works from American-...

Saint Jack

Paul Theroux · 1973 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London, The Bodley Head, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this novel from American writer Paul Edward Theroux. First UK edition. This novel was banned by the government of Singapore for thirty years as the piece was considered too critical of the governm...

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters · 2002 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)

London, Virago Press, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of Sarah Water's popular historical crime novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. First edition, first impression. Set in Victorian England, this novel follows an orphan sent by her...