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The Lexian Chronicles: Full Circle

Harry Gallan · 2004 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Plymouth, Markosia Enterprises, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition hardcover of the debut novel from British fantasy writer Harry Gallan, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-o...

The Golem&Apos;S Eye: The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Jonathan Stroud · 2004 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Miramax Books, 2004. Hardback. A very smart first US edition of the second volume from the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, signed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. The second book of the Bartimaeus Trilogy...

The Lionboy Trilogy

Zizou Corder [Louisa Young and Isabel Adomakoh Young] · 2003 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Puffin, 2003-2006. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of this exciting children's trilogy from Louisa Young and her daughter, signed by the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the half title or title pa...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel in the Icemark Chronicles from British author Stuart Hill, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Th...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Somerset, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel in the Icemark Chronicles from British author Stuart Hill, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Th...

Dark Tales of Time and Space

Sean Wright · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Norfolk, Crowswing Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this chilling story for young adults from English author Sean Wright, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The chilling story of two ve...

Riverside Nights

A. P. Herbert; Nigel Playfair; John Galsworthy · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this humorous drama from A. P. Herbert and Nigel Playfair. First edition. Illustrated with three plates and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A humorous drama written as "an entertainment" for th...

Shame

Salman Rushdie · 1983 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work of magic realism, depicting how shame creates violence from Salman Rushdie, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The novel takes plac...

A Bigamist&Apos;S Daughter

Alice McDermott · 1982 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York ; New York, Random House ; Random House, 1982. First edition. Hardback. The scarce proof copy of Alice McDermott's debut novel A Bigamist's Daughter with a letter from the publicity director, and, the first edition, first printing of the same work, in the or...

Farlander

Col Buchanan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Tor, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, signed copy of the first volume of Col Buchanan's 'Heart of the Word' series about an assassin. A limited edition, being number 10 out of 150 numbered copies of the first edition of Farlander. Signed b...

Desert of the Lions

Michael Schmidt · 1972 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition copy of this poetical collection from Michael Schmidt. First edition. With a dedicated signed inscription by the author to the front endpaper, with a quote, "Deep in wild, with beasts one me...

The Rules of Life

Fay Weldon · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hutchinson, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated novella from English writer Fay Weldon, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription from the author to the front endpaper, dated O...

The Priest

Gerard O'Donovan · 2010 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Sphere, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Irish writer Gerard O'Donovan, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first in a series of Dublin-based mysteries fea...

The Inner Wheel

Keith Roberts · 1970 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Keith Roberts's collection of three interconnected tales. Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'with thanks, and all good wishes, Keith Roberts, August 1970&apos.The first US e...

Clear and Present Danger

Tom Clancy · 1989 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Collins, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Tom Clancy's thrilling Jack Ryan novel, signed by Clancy to a bookplate. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed to a bookplate tenderly adhere...

The Sandglass

Romesh Gunesekera · 1998 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Granta, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Gunesekera's novel, with a letter from the author. Flat signed to the title page with the message 'To Philip Murray with best wishes', dated May 1998.With a further l...

Black Roses

Francis Brett Young · 1929 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. Vellum. A signed and numbered limited edition copy of this novel from British writer, Francis Brett Young, bound in full vellum. A limited edition of 525 signed copies, of which this is number 467. Signed by the author to the colophon. In...

Essays of Elia: Complete in One Volume

Charles Lamb · 1840 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. A complete collection of Charles Lamb's popular essay collection, bound in pleasing signed half calf by Root and Son. This work contains both volumes of 'Essays of Elia', a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb, who wr...

Sleepless Nights: A Versification by Antice Evans

Antice Evans · 1989 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1989. First edition. Leather. A unique manuscript containing the poetry of Welsh scientist and author, Antice Evans, signed by the author and with a handwritten letter loosely inserted. An exceptionally scarce work, containing a manuscript of poetry fr...

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. An early issue of the first edition of Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Illustrated throughout by the author himself. A first edition in book form, early issue; without the suppressed woodcu...