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Blood Is Dirt

Robert Wilson · 1997 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, scarcely found signed, first edition of Robert Wilson's crime thriller. This scarcely found signed first edition of acclaimed British crime writer Robert Wilson's 'Blood Is Dirt' is the th...

Dandelion Days

Henry Williamson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A scarce limited edition revised copy of Henry Williamson's second book in his 'The Flax of a Dream' series, signed and numbered by the author. Henry Williamson was a renowned English author of wildlife novels and wo...

Giant and Pygmy an Appreciation of Thomas Hardy

Hibbart Gilson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.33 | $81.92 | ¥13,084)

London, George Gill and Sons Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Hibbart Gilson's dedicatory poem to Thomas Hardy, a limited edition work, signed by the author twice. The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy, with an inscriptio...

Daily Express Adventure Book for Boys and Girls

Various · 1934 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A spectacular copy of this charming children's annual published by the Daily Express. This work is in an extremely smart condition, and still contains the cut-out goalie from one of the games in addition to t...

Childe Harold&Apos;S Pilgrimage Canto the Fourth

Lord Byron · 1818 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)

London, John Murray, 1818. First edition. Paperback. A scarce variant of the first edition, second issue of Lord Byron's Canto IV from his lengthy poem, 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage&apos. This copy is a scarce variant, with the dedication occupying pages iii-xiii...

Pericles and Aspasia

Walter Savage Landor · 1841 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1841. Leather. The second edition of Walter Savage Landor's historical fictional work on Aspasia and her relationship with Pericles. Complete in two volumes. The second edition of this work. 'Pericles and Aspasia' describes the develo...

Poems

John Lee Lewes · 1811 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

Liverpool, James Smith, 1811. First edition. Hardback. Signed by the author, this scarce collection of poems is by John Lee Lewes, son of the comic actor Charles Lee Lewes. The first edition of this poetry collection. In the publisher's original boards. Several leaves rem...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition of this romantic novel 'Aphrodite in Aulis' by George Moore. A limited edition work, being numbered 1473 of 1825. Numbers 1 to 900 were for sale in Great Britain and Ireland, numbers 901 to 1800 we...

John Halifax, Gentleman

[Dinah Craik] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1895. Leather. A copy of 'John Halifax, Gentleman' by Dinah Criak, in a signed armorial binding from the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. 'John Halifax, Gentleman' was first published in 1856. It is set in the ...

Royal School Series the Infant Reader Short Stories in Simple Words

Unamed · 0 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce work of children's fiction, anonymously published with numerous vignettes throughout. Very scarce. Part of the Royal School Series. Undated, dated using Worldcat. Collated, incomplete according to the Worldcat pa...

Difficulties with Girls

Kingsley Amis · 1988 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hutchinson, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel, signed by Kingsley Amis to the title page. In the original unclipped dustwrapper designed by Patrick McCreeth. Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. Amis's first no...

Girl, 20

Kingsley Amis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Kingsley Amis. Signed by Amis to the title page. This novel is a dissection of the flower-power phase of the 1960s. It follows the antihero, Sir Roy Vandervane, a conductor ...

The Savoy, an Illustrated Monthly: No. 3, July 1896; No. 4, August 1896

Various [ed. by Arthur Symons] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£460.00 (€551.46 | $607.83 | ¥97,074)

London, Leonard Smithers, 1896. Cloth. Two volumes in one of the influential short-lived illustrated monthly magazine of the Decadent movement, with the original paper wraps by Aubrey Beardsley bound inside. The first editions of Nos. 3 and 4 of The Savoy, the short-lived illu...

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Gustave Flaubert, [trans. and int. by Lafcadio Hearn] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, The Alice Harriman Company, 1910. Cloth. A translated edition of Fluabert's classic work on the famous biblical tale, signed by Alice Harriman, known to be the world's first female publisher. A translated American edition of The Temptation of St. Anthony, t...

Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Rosciad. The Apology. Night. The Prophecy of Famine. An Epistle to William Hogarth. And the Ghost, in Four Books. Volume I. And Poems by C. Churchill. Containing the Conference. The Author. The Duellist. Gotham, in Three Books. The Candidate. The Farewell. The Times. Independence. And Fragment of Journey. Volume II.

Charles Churchill · 1763 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, For the Author; John Churchill, 1763-65. First edition. Leather. A fantastic, leather bound first collected edition of poetic works by Charles Churchill, published by the poet with volume two signed by his brother. The very scarce, first collected works of English sati...

Not Bad for a Bad Lad

Michael Morpurgo · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Dorking, Surrey, Templar Publishing, 2010. First edition. Hardback. A collaborative work on an inspiring tale by two titans of children"s literature, signed by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman, in the collector"s edition slipcase. The first edition of Not Bad for a Lad, an...

Mog and the Vee Ee Tee

Judith Kerr · 1997 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Collins Picture Lions, 1997 . Paperback. A wonderful signed example of Judith Kerr's charming children's tale, which follows the beloved cat Mog as she has to be taken to the vet after hurting her paw. A signed example of this amusing entry in Judith Kerr&apo...

Black Venus

Angela Carter · 1985 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Chatto and Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition copy of this extraordinary short story compilation by feminist writer Angela Carter with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Signed by the author to the ...

The Picture of Dorian Gray a Play in Three Acts and Prologue from the Romance of Oscar Wilde

Grace Constant Lounsbery; Oscar Wilde · 1913 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1913. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition dramatisation of Oscar Wilde's seminal novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted for the stage by Grace Constant Lounsbery, with a Rex Whistler bookplate. An excellent firs...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: Including Introduction and Notes

Sir Walter Scott · 1882 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Frederick Warne & Co , [1882]. Leather. A prize binding of the Albion edition collection of poetry by Sire Walter Scott, illustrated with 6 plates. The "Albion" edition, stated in the introduction. In a full red calf prize binding, for Dorchester Grammar School. A sign...