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Not in Israel

Guy Thorne; [Cyril Ranger Gull] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by Guy Thorne, his presentation copy to the dedicatee of the novel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.Author's presentation copy, signed to the de...

Time of Hope

C. P. Snow · 1949 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Faber and Faber, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first chronological novel in the Strangers and Brothers series from C. P. Snow, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The first chronological novel in t...

Brown&Apos;S Requiem

James Ellroy · 1984 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Allison & Busby, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of Jemes Ellroy's deut novel, a gripping crime tale set in L.A. signed by the author. The first U.K. edition, first impression. This U.K. edition was published three years after the U.S. first.Ins...

Swallow-Flights

Louise Chandler Moulton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1877. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first UK edition of this collection of poems by Louise Chandler Moulton. The very scarce first UK edition of this work, and the first to be published under this title. The work ...

Paris Spleen 1869

Charles Baudelaire; Louise Varèse [trans.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, New Directions, 1947. Cloth. Baudelaire's posthumously published collection of prose poems, translated into English by Louise Varèse. A later edition of the English translation of this work in a quarter cloth binding, with decorative paper boards, designed by G...

The Disk: A Tale of Two Passions

Edward A. Robinson; George A. Wall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Boston, Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of this fantastical science-fiction novel, inscribed by co-author George A. Wall. The scarce first edition of this work, in the red cloth variant of the publisher's ...

The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1929. Leather. A collection of stories about Greek heroes and mythology, by the noted Charles Kingsley, bound in full crushed morocco and a slipcase. Reprint. First published in December 1855. Bound in full crushed morocco with a cardboard slipcase. I...

So Much

Trish Cooke · 1994 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Trish Cook's delightful children's book, with a signed bookplate by the illustrator, Helen Oxenbury. The first US edition, first impression, in the publisher's origin...

A View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction

Neil Gaiman · 2016 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Headline, 2016 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fascinating collection of non-fiction essays and writings by Neil Gaiman. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed b...

Elenchus Brown the Story of an Experimental Utopia Compiled by a Student of Battersea Polytechnic

Bertha Louisa Bowhay · 1929 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, H. R. Allenson, Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this very scarce satirical novel, with illustrations by Harvey Langdon. The first edition. Very scarce.Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the illustrator: ...

The Scarecrow and His Servant

Philip Pullman · 2004 · Rooke Books

£97.00 (€116.29 | $128.17 | ¥20,470)

London, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 2004. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming illustrated children's story from Philip Pullman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated throughout. The story of a scare...

Coffin on the Water

Gwendoline Butler · 1986 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Gwendoline Butler's popular and gripping John Coffin novels, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, &apos...

Nicola Bayley&Apos;S Book of Nursery Rhymes

Nicola Bayley · 1976 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1976. Hardback. A signed copy of this collection of children's nursery rhymes, beautifully illustrated by Nicola Bayley. The second, revised edition. First published in 1975. Signed by the author and illustrator Nicola Bayley to the title page ; "...

Public Eye: An Investigation Into the Disappearance of the World

Brian Fawcett · 1990 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Toronto, Harper Collins, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Brian Fawcett's detective story investigating the disappearance of humanity. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by Canad...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, David Fickling; Scholastic, 2000. First edition. Cloth. An impressive fine first edition copy of the conclusion of the 'His Dark Materials' series, signed by Pullman, and with the very scarce alethiometer, signed by Pullman and the artist. The first edition, ...

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Bodley Head, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this politically inspired novel from Graham Greene, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Set in Haiti under the rule of Francois Duvalier and his police, this novel follo...

The Gardens of Gray&Apos;S Inn and Other Verses

Christian Tearle · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this charming poetry collection by Christian Tearle. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to F. Wheeler to the...

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; John Forster · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,895.00 (€2,271.79 | $2,503.98 | ¥399,901)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1900 . Leather. A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists. The twelve volume Wakefield Edition of Goldsmith's works, l...

Continual Dew: A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse.

John Betjeman · 1977 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, John Murray; W. & J. Mackay Limited, 1977 . Cloth. A signed facsimile edition of an early collection by Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, illustrated throughout. Flat signed by Betjeman to the front free endpaper.A facsimile of the 1937 first edition of this work, in th...

Rosy Is My Relative

Gerald Durrell · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Collins, 1968. Cloth. The first edition of this work of fiction by Gerald Durrell, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dustwrapper designed by Jack Larkin. This fiction novel was written by...