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Mary Leland Works: The Killeen and the Little Galloway Girls

Mary Leland · 1986 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

New York; London, Atheneum; Hamish Hamilton, 1986-1987. First edition. Cloth. Two signed novels by Irish author Mary Leland, both concerning the challenges of women and their strength. A signed copy of The Killeen and the signed first edition of The Little Galloway Girls, by I...

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak · 2021 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Viking, 2021. Cloth. A signed exclusive first edition of Elif Shafak"s The Island of Missing Trees, a contemporary novel set between Cyprus and London following a teenage girl uncovering her family"s divided past. In the publisher's original bule cloth binding. Fi...

Rosarita

Anita Desai · 2024 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London , Picador, 2024. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the beautifully harrowing novel by Anita Desai, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first signed edition of the work, with author's signature to special signature page.In publisher's orig...

A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads

Longfellow; Goldsmith; Burns; Sir Walter Scott et al · 1860 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, W. Kent & Co (Late D Bogue), 1860 . First edition. Leather. The strikingly bound first edition of this beautiful collection of 19th century ballads, enriched with charming engravings throughout. The first edition of this work, vibrantly bound in a full morocco signed b...

Seven for a Secret (Never to Be Told)

Clive Woodall · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Ziji Publishing , 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited proof copy of the sequel to One For Sorrow, Two For Joy by Clive Woodall. The first edition, first proof of the work.A limited edition copy, with this being 349/1000, signed by the author to the title page...

The Highfield Mole Book One

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Not Stated, Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Limited-edition first edition of the epic subterranean children's adventure story, later re-released as the Tunnels series. Signed by both authors with tipped-in bookmark and postcard. First edition.Dual signed by ...

Morning Sorrow

John Rothenstein · 1930 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Constable & Co Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Rothenstein's only novel, 'Morning Sorrow&apos. Signed dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper, "my first, indeed only, published novel".An uncommon first edition. In th...

Morchilla and Ptarmagon

Hugh Montgomery · 2003 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Morchilla Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition of Hugh Montgomery"s Morchilla and Ptarmagon, a lyrical tale of family, survival, and the power of nature, illustrated throughout with evocative colour photography by Montgomery and Sundeep Dh...

Mule

Chris Odgers · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Cornwall, Sawhorse, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of Chris Odgers" Mule, a darkly comic illustrated fable told in rhyme, with an original ink drawing by the author to the half-title. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial hardback, with Mule t...

Pure Dead Magic; Pure Dead Wicked; Pure Dead Brilliant; Deep Trouble; Deep Water; Deep Fear

Debi Gliori · 2001 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Doubleday, 2001-2006. First edition. Cloth. A complete six-volume signed first edition, first impression, set of Debi Gliori"s Pure Dead and Deep series, delightfully gothic and humorous tales following the chaotic Strega-Borgia family. In the publisher's original...

The More Deserving Cases

Robert Graves · 1962 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Marlborough, Marlborough College Press, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed collection of Graves' old poems, from limited run of 350 cloth copies, of which this is number 90. Bound in its original blue cloth, this is a lovely, signed first edition of Graves&apo...

Poison

Chris Wooding · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Scholastic Press, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this spooky tale in the publisher's original purple cloth binding with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author. The first edition in the publisher's original purple ...

The Society of Others Seeker

William Nicholson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Doubleday; Egmont , 2004-2005 . First edition. Cloth. A set of signed first edition William Nicholson novels, in both publishers' original cloth bindings with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers.  A set of signed first edition William Nicholson novels, in...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Frome, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this exciting fantasy children's novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with a book mark and slipcase. The first edition of the work.A limited edition, with this volume being 843/1000...

The Lower World: A Poem, in Four Books, with Notes

Mr. Pratt [Samuel Jackson Pratt] · 1810 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Sharp and Hailes, 1810. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Jackson Pratt's poem The Lower World from 1810, addressed to the British Government. Preliminary leaves misbound, but present. Original advertisement on the last page for a se...

Uncle Silas

J Sheridan Le Fanu · 1899 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1899. Cloth. UK 1899 impression of Irish writer J. S. Le Fanu's Gothic magnum opus, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with gilt titling to the spine.  UK 1899 impression in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with g...

A View of the English Stage; or, a Series of Dramatic Criticisms

William Hazlitt · 1821 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, John Warren, 1821 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, second issue of William Hazlitt's volume of early 19th century theatrical criticism, a work that helped establish him as one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English lan...

Blue Peter Ninth Book

Various · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1972. Hardback. A delightful copy of the ninth Blue Peter book from the BBC, signed by presented John Noakes. Signed by the presenter John Noakes, an English television presenter and actor. He co-presented the BBC children&ap...

The Spinster at Home in the Close of Salisbury

Miss Child · 1844 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Salisbury, W. B. Brodie and Co, 1844 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of this mid 19th century Gothic tale of a spinster haunted by a child, accompanied by ballads and short stories associated with Salisbury. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this...

Private Angelo

Eric Linklater · 1957 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Privately Printed [for Sir Allen Lane and Richard Lane], 1957. Hardback. A limited private printing of this comic World War II novel from Scottish author Eric Linklater. This privately printed edition limited to two thousand copies, printed at Christmas 1957 for Sir Al...