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How to Be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary Curiosities

John Sutherland · 2014 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Random House, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this guide to five hundred great novels from John Sutherland, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of five h...

A Collection of Adventure Novels by Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer · 2002 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London; New York, Puffin; Miramax, 2002-2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from Irish author Eoin Colfer, with five of the Artemis Fowl series, signed by the author. Seven volumes. First editions. All volumes other than The Seventh Dwarf have been ...

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

H. G. Parry · 2020 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, Orbit, 2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel from Parry's The Shadow Histories. First edition, first impression. Limited to one thousand numbered copies, of which this is number three hundred and five. Signed b...

The Tenderness of Wolves, the Invisible Ones, & Under a Pole Star

Stef Penney · 2006 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Quercus, 2006-2016. First edition. Cloth. Three excellent first edition novels from Scottish filmmaker and author Stef Penney, signed by the author. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Stef Penney, a Scotti...

Worm in the Bud

Chris Collett · 2004 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Piatkus, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling crime novel from English author Chris Collett, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 26th August 2004. In Birmingham, a local journalist is fo...

Waterland, Ever After, Last Orders, the Light of Day

Graham Swift · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

New York; London, Poseidon Press; Picador; Hamish Hamilton, 1983-2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four signed first edition novels by Graham Swift, each volume signed by Swift to the title page. A nice set of four first edition novels by the British writer Graham Swi...

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri · 2019 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Zaffre, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition example of the first edition of Christy Lefteri's novel about the refugees of the Syrian Revolution. No. 94 of 250 limited edition first edition copies of this work, produced in association with Go...

Select Fables

Aesop · 1820 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.32 | $766.39 | ¥122,397)

Newcastle; London, S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1820. Leather. A finely bound copy of Bewick brother's edition of Aesop, complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. In a beautiful quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boar...

Slay-Ride; High Stakes; in the Frame; Trial Run; Whip Hand; Reflex; Banker; Break in; Bolt; Straight; Comeback

Dick Francis · 1973 · Rooke Books

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

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973-1991. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set offering eleven titles from British steeplechase jockey and crime writer, Dick Francis, one of which is signed. The first edition, first impressions of these works. Including a signed copy of 'Br...

The Eternal Now

Holbrook Jackson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, David Nutt, 1900. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the vanishingly scarce debut volume of poems by Holbrook Jackson, the author's presentation copy. The first edition.A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Cha...

Bodily Responses

George Buchanan · 1958 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Gabebocchus Press Ltd. 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition volume of poetry from British author George Buchanan, with an inscription from the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper to "Louise and Otto", dated Chris...

The Making of an Immortal: A Play in One Act

George Moore · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, The Bowling Green Press, 1927. First edition. Hardback. A smart first US edition of this short play from Irish novelist George Moore, limited to 1240 copies signed by the author. First US edition. Limited to twelve hundred and forty copies signed by the author, of wh...

Rosemary and Pansies

Bertram Dobell · 1904 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, By the Author, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A rather unique, first edition of this poetry collection from Bertram Dobell, with an additional handwritten poem from the author to the front endpaper. First edition. Inscribed by the author with a handwritten poem entitled ...

Jane&Apos;S Adventures in and out of the Book

Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Alan Ross, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this early novel from Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, charmingly inscribed by him alongside a sketch signed by the illustrator. With a lengthy signed inscription by the author to the recipient, Hele...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School Days

An Old Boy; [Thomas Hughes] · 1868 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1868. Leather. A sought after signed copy of Thomas Hughes' popular children's school novel, describing Rugby School during the 1830s. Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Tho. Hughes, written for his old friend, W. H. H...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1860 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)

London, Bradbury and Evans; Smith, Elder and Co. 1860-1867. Leather. A pleasing selection of works from William Makepeace Thackeray, gifted to and previously owned by English poet and essayist, Austin Dobson. This collection was gifted to Henry Austin Dobson, an English poet a...

Krotkaja

Fyodor Dostoevsky [Fjiodor Dostojewskij]; Alexander Eliasberg [trans.] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Munich, Drei Masken Verlag, 1922 . Leather. A limited edition German language translation of Doestoevsky's tragic tale, signed by the illustrator, Willi Geiger. A German language edition of Dostoevsky's short story. Translated from the original Russian by Alexander E...

Rough Cider

Peter Lovesey · 1986 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, The Bodley Head , 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this gripping crime novel by Peter Lovesey. Signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. &apos...

Twelve Poems

Anthony Thwaite · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

King's Lynn, Daedalus Press [printer], c1978. Paperback. A signed first thus of this poetry collection by Anthony Twait. Signed by the author to the copyright page. First thus of this poetry collection by Anthony Twaite, including twelve works which originally appeared i...

Swing, Swing Together

Peter Lovesey · 1976 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Sergeant Cribb novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A Sergeant Cribb novel. Sergeant Cribb and Constabl...