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We&Apos;Re Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen · 1993 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London , Walker Books, 1993. Hardback. A fantastic signed copy of the popular children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt. A lovely reprinted copy of We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. Signed by Michael "Rosen hello! Michael Rosen was here"Michael Rosen...

Raggedy Ann and Andy with Animated Illustrations

1944 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Akron, Ohio, The Saalfield Publishing Company , [1944]. Hardback. A charmingly animated edition of children's tale featuring Johnny Gruelle's characters of Raggedy Ann and Andy. First animated edition. Tale of Raggedy Ann and Andy, characters created by American writ...

Killigrew Series

Jonathan Lunn [Daniel Hall] · 2000 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Headline, 2000-05. First edition. Cloth. Lovely complete collection of the 'Killigrew' series by Jonathan Lunn, all first impressions, four of six are signed by the author. Complete Killigrew series with six novels: Killigrew RN; Killigrew and the Golden Drag...

A Burnt-out Case

Graham Greene · 1961 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first UK edition of Graham Greene's A Burnt-Out Case, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrappe...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1866 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Charles Griffin and Company , 1866. Leather. Illustrated edition of the collected poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith in a Warner signed binding. Oliver Goldsmith was an important and prolific Anglo-Irish author in the eighteenth century. The present work contains a col...

Sapphics Against Anger and Other Poems

Timothy Steele · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, Random House , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this poetry collection by the prolific American poet, Timothy Steele, with an additional signed letter. A second printing of the first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding with th...

Tim to the Lighthouse

Edward Ardizzone · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Oxford University Press, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the first edition, second issue of Edward Ardizzone illustrated children's tale. The first edition, second issue of this charming children's book, illustrated and authored b...

Hollywood a Novel of the Twenties

Gore Vidal · 1989 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , Andre Deutsch, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition, signed copy of Gore Vidal's fifth installment of the Narratives of Empire series. A first edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page.Hollywood, a novel of the twenti...

Perlycross a Tale of the Western Hills

R. D. Blackmore · 1894 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company Limited, 1894. Cloth. An early reprint of this popular novel by R. D. Blackmore, a signed association copy, inscribed from the author to his niece. Signed by the author to the half-title, a touching association copy. Inscribed 'To m...

1938 Hot Water

P. G. Wodehouse · 1938 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1938 . Cloth. The fourth printing of P. G. Wodehouse's drama novel. Early edition, fourth printing of Hot Water by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's red cloth binding. 'Fourth printing completing 51,007 copies' to...

The Moment and Other Essays

Virginia Woolf · 1947 · Rooke Books

£455.00 (€545.47 | $601.22 | ¥96,018)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this collection of twenty nine essays by noted Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf, in the decorative unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell. The first edition, first impression. In the original unc...

Elmet

Fiona Mozley · 2017 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.15 | $60.78 | ¥9,707)

London, JM Originals, 2017 . First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition, first printing of Fiona Mozley's debut novel with unclipped French folds. First edition, first printing of Elmet by Fiona Mozley in original publisher's paper wraps with unclipped French...

The World of Raymond Chandler

Miriam Gross (Ed.) · 1977 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating first edition collection of essays regarding the life and works of Raymond Chandler. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper designed by David Go...

Armadillo

William Boyd · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1998. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of this novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. William Boyd's seventh novel, first to be set in Britain. Following Lorimer Black, a successful loss adjuster, as his life starts to unr...

A World of Love Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962

Joseph P. Lash · 1984 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1984. First edition. Leather. A stunning, limited first edition signed book containing the letters of Eleanor Roosevelt collated by her close friend Joseph Paul Lash. This is a stunning limited first edition of A World of Love, which has b...

The Unfortunate Traveller

Thomas Nash · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , The Verona Society , 1930. Cloth. An illustrated re-print of the adventurous and enthralling novel The Unfortunate Traveller. This is a reprinted copy of Thomas Nash's novel The Unfortunate Traveller: Or the Life of Jack Wilton first published in 1594. The text h...

Depositio Cornuti Typographici: A Mirthful Play Performed at the Confirmation of a Journeyman

William Blades [rans.]; James Moran [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Colchester , Maximilian Editions/Bertram Rota, 1962. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely copy of this limited edition play complete with slipcase, signed by the editor. A limited edition, one of five hundred copies signed by the editor James Moran, this number three-hundred and twenty...

Collection of New Year&Apos;S Greetings

Various · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967-79. First edition. Cloth. A collection of seven limited edition works published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, containing promotional extracts of a range of then un-released books by authors such as Mary McCarthy, John Pearson, and Char...

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush

Ian Maclaren · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1896 . Hardback. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition of this charming collection of Scottish stories by Ian Maclaren, complete with the very scarce original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout by William Hole. The scarce signed Limited Edition ...

My Name Was Judas

C.K. Stead · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Harvill Secker, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this reimagining of the life and betrayal of Jesus's disciple, Judas, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A charming and enthralling reimagining of the life of one of the twelve discipl...