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Chosen Poems by Frederic Prokosch

Frederic Prokosch · 1944 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.88 | $138.74 | ¥22,158)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1944. Cloth. A super copy of this selection of poems by Frederic Prokosch. A collection of Frederic Prokosch' poems, in the original, unclipped dustwrapper. Comprising fifteen lyrics, eleven elegies, eleven landscapes, seven legends, and one ode b...

The Son of the Ruler

Derek McCulloch · 1954 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, John Murray, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work for children by a renowned BBC Radio presenter, known as 'Uncle Mac&apos. This is a fast-paced adventure novel for children detailing a plot to kidnap a native prince who is studying in E...

Cat-in-the-Manager

Phyllis E. Bentley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.39 | $693.71 | ¥110,791)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Phyllis Bentley's second published novel, before her rise to fame for her regional fiction. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the verso to the front endpaper, ' To ...

The Earthly Paradise

C.S. Forester · 1940 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Michael Joseph, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A very handsome first edition copy of The Earthly Paradise by the well-known novelist C. S. Forester. The first edition copy of The Earthly Paradise, by well-known novelist C.S. Forester. In the publisher's original red...

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios

Yann Martel · 2004 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

London, Canongate, 2004. First edition. Hardback. A fine copy of the first Canongate edition of Yann Martel's short stories, written before his award winning novel 'Life of Pi&apos. The first Canongate edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page....

Moon Tiger

Penelope Lively · 1987 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Penelope Lively's 1987 winning Booker Prize novel. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwra...

Great Horses and Gallant Horsemen

Various; Mary Vaughan · 1988 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Quiller Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this equestrian poetry collection, signed by the illustrator, John King. The first edition of this work.Signed by the illustrator to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dust...

The Roman Lewis Carroll&Apos;S Copy

Sydney Yendys, [Sydney Dobell] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£2,200.00 (€2,637.43 | $2,907.00 | ¥464,265)

London, Richard Bentley, 1852. Cloth. Lewis Carroll's copy of Sydney Dobell's noted poem on political liberty in Italy, 'The Roman&apos. Signed by Carroll to the title page. There are references to Dobell in Carroll's letters when he discusses meeting Tenny...

Poems in the Porch

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, S.P.C.K. 1954. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of John Betjeman's popular verses that he read on the radio, signed and illustrated by John Piper. The first edition of this work.Signed by the illustrator, John Piper, to the title page.'Poems i...

Primeval Gods

Christopher Sandford · 1934 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London, Boar's Head Press, 1934. Vellum. A scarce signed limited edition work, specially bound in a quarter vellum binding, a poetry collection illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Signed by the author to the edition page.A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred and...

Skin Deep

Hugh Miller · 1991 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Hugh Miller's thrilling murder mystery novel. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'To my old pal, Jim Leslie - with continuing best wishes - Hug...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this novel from Ian Fleming's noted James Bond series. In the original Richard Chopping designed dustwrapper. With the original dustwrapper unclipped, and in a very bright condition. P...

Morse&Apos;S Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

Colin Dexter · 1993 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this collection of Inspector Morse stories by Colin Dexter. This work comprises eleven short stories, six of which feature Inspector Morse. The first edition. Colin Dexter was a popular English crim...

Right Royal

John Masefield · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. Vellum. A scarce, signed limited edition of this poem by John Masefield. Signed by Masefield to the limitation page. John Masefield was a noted English poet and writer. He was poet laureate for over thirty-seven years. His best ...

Brief Lives and Other Selected Writings

John Aubrey; Anthony Powell · 1949 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

London, The Cresset Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Anthony Powell's edited selection of the works of John Aubrey, inscribed by Powell. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the title page, inscribed to his friend Miranda W...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this novel from Ian Fleming's noted James Bond series. In the original Richard Chopping designed dustwrapper. With the original dustwrapper unclipped.Posthumously published, 'The M...

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy

Laurence Sterne · 1760 · Rooke Books

£8,500.00 (€10,190.07 | $11,231.57 | ¥1,793,751)

London, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760-1767. First edition. Leather. The complete nine volumes of Laurence Sterne's noted work, 'The Life and Opinons of Tristram Shandy&apos. Volumes III-IX are first editions. Laurence Sterne has signed volumes V, VII and IX as calle...

Original Manuscript Poem Laurence Housman

Edmund J Sullivan · 1898 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,035.10 | $5,549.72 | ¥886,324)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1898. Cloth. An original unpublished manuscript poem by Laurence Houseman written to the half-title of Thomas Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus&apos. 'To Iris, Xmas 1898Until Man blossoms into wingsand sits upon a cloud and singsHe has to ...

Pastworld

Ian Beck · 2009 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Bloomsbury, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition and scarce proof copy of this work of mdern fiction. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author to the title reading 'It was the cold hour before the dawn&apos. With a loosely inserted promotional slip....

Shadowplay

Karen Campbell · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

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...