Letteratura

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first impression, of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A signed first UK edition of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the...

Two Pekingese Tales

Elenore Chaya · 1991 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Florida, Privately Printed, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing limited edition of these brightly illustrated stories from Elenore Chaya, signed by the author. First edition, privately printed. Limited to five hundred copies. Signed by the author to the front free e...

The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert · 1886 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1886. Leather. A smart anthology of George Herbert's poems, presented in full signed crushed morocco by Riviere & Son. Offering the verses of George Herbert, an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. He is considered as on...

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1964 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1964 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Lionel Edwards, this is a striking example of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance, bound in half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plate...

A Wreath of Flower Legends

Rose Sydenham Dugdale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Birmingham, The Weather Oak Press Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition volume of flower-themed legends, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author and artist to the limitation page. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is n...

Japanese Fairy Tales

Juliet Piggott · 1962 · Rooke Books

£465.00 (€557.46 | $614.43 | ¥98,129)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A delightful collection of Japanese fairy tales retold in English by English author Juliet Piggott, signed and inscribed to her father. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the author to the title page, with an in...

Pekin White

T. L. McCready, Jr. · 1955 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

New York, Farrar, Straus; Ariel Books, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful children's work from husband and wife Tasha Tudor and T. L. McCready. A signed presentation copy from Tudor herself. The first edition, first printing.Signed by the il...

Places: Poems and Drawings

John Cotton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Hertfordshire , Priapus Press , 1976. Paperback. A limited edition volume of poetry printed at the Priapus Press, illustrated by Rigby Graham. One of 100 unsigned copies (out of a total of 150). In the publisher's wraps.Comprising five unique poems depicting various Engl...

Buster&Apos;S Diaries

Roy Hattersley · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Little, Brown, and Company, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this charming illustrated collection of dog-diaries from Roy Hattersley, signed by the author and illustrator. First edition. Signed by the author and illustrator to the title page. I...

Justin Thyme

Panama Oxridge [Paul Adshead] · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Chatham, Inside Pocket Ltd. 2010. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming young adult mystery novel, set in a Scottish castle, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncl...

The Fiery Dive and Other Stories

Martin Armstrong · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Vellum. A pleasing copy of this limited edition short story anthology by Martin Armstrong, one of one hundred and fifty signed copies. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty unnumbered copies printed on hand-made paper...

Poems

Peter Wells · 1997 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Suffolk, The One Time Press, 1997. Leather. A signed, limited-edition volume from Peter Wells"s Poems, providing lyrical verse with sculptural illustrations in a finely bound, quarter calf binding. Bound in a quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards.Signed by the author ...

Collected Poems

Norman MacCaig · 1990 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1990 . Cloth. Signed by the author Norman MacCaig this 1990 New Edition celebrates his 80th birthday with nearly 700 poems, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding, complete with the origi...

Belgrave Hall

J. K. Stanford · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first UK edition of Stanford"s evocative, illustrated novel, in which an ex prisoner-of-war hero finds peace protecting rare avocets on the haunting East Anglian marshes. In the publisher's original...

Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1864 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864 . First edition. Leather. A lovely example of the first UK edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's charming work of poetry, in a signed calf binding. The first UK edition of this work, published the year after the American fir...

The Kills

Richard House · 2013 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Picador, 2013. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Richard House's 'The Kills' series, featuring all four books bound into one, and housed in the limited edition slipcase. A limited edition, being number 424 out of 500 numbered copies. The first all in on...

Incendiary; the Other Hand; Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Chris Cleave · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto and Windus; Sceptre, 2005-2016. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing selection of signed first impression novels by Chris Cleaves, including a limited edition of his debut 'Incendiary&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first editions, firs...

Blood Junction; Dead Heat; Black Tide

Caroline Carver · 2001 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Orion, 2001-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set comprising Caroline Carver's first three novels, including her award-winning debut, 'Blood Junction&apos. Signed by the author to each title page. The first editions, first impressions of these work...

The Gilded Crown

Marianne Gordon · 2023 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Harper Voyager, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this debut novel from Scottish writer Marianne Gordon, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Limited to two thousand numbered copies, of which this is numbe...

The Changeling

K. D. Lathar · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Birmingham, Tarragon Publishing, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the first novel in the Changeling Saga from Indian writer and artist Kamal D. Lathar, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. One of five hundred copies signed by the auth...