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Divide and Rule

L. Sprague de Camp · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of two thrilling science fiction novellas set in the Earth's future, a signed limited edition. The first edition of this work, a limited edition of five-hundred copies, of which ...

Athena

John Banville · 1995 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the third book from the 'Frames' trilogy by John Banville. The first edition. Signed to the title page by the author. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped ...

Requiem for a Spanish Peasant

Ramon Sender · 1960 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, Las America, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this fiction novel conveying the memoires of a Catholic priest. The first U.S edition. Translated from the original Spanish by Elinor Randall. Presentation copy, inscribed by t...

A Collection of Novels by Dick Francis

Dick Francis · 1973 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Michael Joseph, 1973-1983. First edition. Cloth. Eight smart first edition volumes from British crime writer Dick Francis, most of which are signed by the author. Eight volumes. First edition. Written by Richard Stanley Francis, a British steeplechase jockey and crime ...

Green Thoughts

John Collier; Osbert Sitwell · 1932 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, William Jackson (Books) Ltd; Joiner & Steele LTD, 1932. Cloth. A signed limited edition short story by John Collier, following the exploits of a man-eating plant. A limited edition of five hundred and fifty copies, of which five hundred were for sale, this copy is numb...

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam & Sons, Knickerbocker Press, 1902 . Leather. A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with ten plates to each volume, and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works.This set is...

The Heir

Vita Sackville-West · 1922 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel with a lovely association, signed by the author and her mother to the politician Alfred Milner. The first edition, first impression.A presentation copy from Vita Sackville-West and her mothe...

The Loved and Envied

Enid Bagnold · 1951 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this charming novel on old age by playwright Enid Bagnold, in the original dust wrapper alongside the scarce 'Book Society' wraparound band. The first edition, first impression.I...

The Sun Queen & People of the Twilight

Hyman Kraner · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Llandudno, The Kraner Publishing Company, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition science-fiction novels from Romanian-born British author, H. Kraner. Two volumes. First edition. Written by H. Kraner, a Romanian-born British civil servant and author who opened his ...

Forty Thousand in Gehenna

C. J. Cherryh · 1983 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Michigan, Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of one of the popular Alliance-Union sci-fi novels by C. J. Cherryh, signed the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, 'For Robert, Best Regards! ...

Higher Things

Michael Harrison · 1945 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Macdonald & Co, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fantastical science fiction novel about a cleric who learns to fly. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed to the half titl...

The Flying Sorcerer

Hazel Wynn Jones · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Heinemann, 1976 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this very scarce children's fantasy novel, in which a young boy travels through time and encounters a wizard. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work, in the publisher's or...

The King Was in His Counting House: A Comedy of Common-Sense

Branch Cabell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition of Branch Cadell's novel set in the Italian Renaissance. The first work in his 'Heirs and Assigns' trilogy. Number seventy-six of one-hundred and twenty-five limited e...

I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild&Apos;S Pocket Book

Iona and Peter Ope [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Walker Books, 1992 . First edition. Hardback. A signed copy of the first trade edition of this charming collection of traditional rhymes for children, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The first edition thus, being the first trade edition of this work to feature the illus...

The Lionboy the Lionboy: The Chase the Lionboy: The Truth

Zizou Corder · 2003 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Puffin , 2003-6. First edition. Cloth. Three first edition novels from the 'Lionboy' trilogy, with the second novel being signed by the author. The first edition, first impression to all. Signed by the author to the title page to 'The Chase&apos. Illus...

The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,300.00 (€1,558.48 | $1,717.77 | ¥274,338)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1906 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition set of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, in handsome half morocco signed bindings by Riviere. A very scarce large-paper limited edition set, with this being number forty-four of one-hundred sets a...

Everyman

Thomas Derrick · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this religious story and moral play told through lovely woodcuts by the artist Thomas Derrick. First thus. A moral play from Ernest Percival Rhys, a Welsh-English writer of essays, stories, poetry,...

Stories Fables and Other Diversions

Howard Nemerov · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Boston , Goldine, 1971. First edition. Hardback. A collection of fables and short stories written by Howard Nemerov and published in the US. The first American edition of Stories and Fables and Other Diversions by Howard Nemerov.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Howard N...

A Collection of First Edition Novels by Graham Swift

Graham Swift · 1988 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Viking; Picador; Hamish Hamilton, 1988-2007. First edition. Cloth. A very smart collection of first editions from English writer, Graham Swift. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Graham Swift, an English writer. This set includes: Out of This World, 1988. An inten...

The Birth of Venus

Sarah Dunant · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical fiction from Sarah Dunant, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Set in the late fifteenth century in Florence, Italy, this novel follows the...