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Poem of the Month Club: A Collection of Eight Printed Broadsides

Various · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1970. Loose Pages, Articles. A collection of seven individual sheets from the Poem of the Month Club, each signed by their authors. Seven individual sheets from the Poem of the Month Club. Signed by the author. During the period 1970-77 the ...

Selected Works of Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Edward Moxon, 1862-1868 . Leather. A wonderful collection of many of the most important poetical works from Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In full calf signed prize bindings by Wiseman. Six works from Tennyson are found here bound in seven volumes. In prize calf ...

The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1915. Leather. A vibrant Riviere bound edition of Charles Lamb's charming collection of essays, beautifully illustrated by C. E. Brock. The ninth edition of this work to be illustrated by Brock.Illustrated with a frontispiece and ninety-three pl...

The Ice

Laline Paull · 2017 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, 4th Estate in association with Goldsboro Books, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Laline Paull's thrilling novel set after the melting of the Arctic Sea ice, in the limited edition slipcase. A limited edition, being number 194 out of 250 numb...

Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Three Adventures

Garth Nix · 2013 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Subterranean Press, 2013. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition, first impression of this collection of three adventure stories from Garth Nix, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Special edition limited to one ...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce · 2012 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Doubleday, 2012. First edition. Hardback. A very smart limited edition of the first edition of Joyce's award-winning debut novel, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A special edition limited to five hundr...

The Court of Miracles

Grant Kester · 2020 · Rooke Books

£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.52 | ¥14,135)

London, Harper Voyager in association with Goldsboro Books, 2020. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Kester Grant's historical fiction novel set during the French Revolution, with a limited edition gold foiled hardback binding and housed in a gilt slipcase....

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke · 2004 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Bloomsbury, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed fine first edition of Susanna Clarke's immensely popular fantasy historical novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars, in the black binding variant. The first edition, first impression of this work, with a complete numb...

A Collection of Crime Novels by Stuart Macbride

Stuart MacBride · 2005 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Harper Collins , 2005-2019. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing signed collection of Stuart MacBride's popular crime novels, set in the "Granite City" of Aberdeen. Signed by the author to each work's title page, several accompanied by his original drawings....

Fabulous

Lucy Hughes-Hallett · 2019 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, 4th Estate , 2019. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first impression of these modern retellings of ancient myths, from the library of Carmen Callil, founder of feminist publisher Virago Press. Signed dedication inscription by the author to the title page. The firs...

Young Sherlock Holmes Series: Red Leech; Death Cloud; Black Ice; Fire Storm; Snake Bite; Knife Edge; Stone Cold; Night Break

Andrew Lane · 2010 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Macmillan Children's Books, 2010-2015. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic complete signed set of Andrew Lane's 'Young Sherlock Holmes' novels. Signed by the author to all volumes. The first editions, first impressions, with limited copies detailed be...

Mrs March

Virginia Feito · 2021 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, 4th Estate, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited signed edition of this psychological thriller, being a suspenseful portrait of a successful novelist's wife. A limited signed edition of 1,500 numbered copies of the first edition. This copy is number 1,457....

Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow; Jesse Jameson and the Bogie Beast; Jesse Jameson and the Curse of Caldazar; Jesse Jameson and the Vampire Vault

Sean Wright · 2003 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of signed first impressions of the first four volumes from Sean Wright's 'Jesse Jameson' fantasy series. Each is signed by the author to the title page. The first editions, first impressi...

The Gone-Away World

Nick Harkaway [Nicholas Cornwell] · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, William Heinemann, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition, first impression of this debut post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's debut n...

Blood Eagle; the Ghosts of Altona

Craig Russell · 2005 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hutchinson; Quercus Publishing Ltd. 2005-2015. First edition. Cloth. This is a gripping two-volume set of signed first editions by award-winning author Craig Russell, dark, intelligent European crime fiction, each in its original unclipped dust jacket. In the publisher...

The High Mountains of Portugal; in the Heart of Hidden Things; the Romantic

Yann Martel; Kit Whitfield; William Boyd · 2016 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London; Edinburgh, Canongate; Jo Fletcher; Viking, 2016-2022. First edition. Cloth. A smart three-volume set of signed first editions, spanning magical realism, folklore, and sweeping historical fiction. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, and one copy in the publ...

Barnabae Itinerarium, or Barnabee&Apos;S Journal

Richard Brathwaite; Joseph Haselwood [ed.] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, J. Harding by R. and A. Taylor, 1818. Leather. A bright example of the charmingly illustrated seventh edition of this brilliant satirical poem by Richard Brathwait. The seventh edition of this lively poem by Richard Brathwaite, first published in 1683.Barnabee's J...

The Wine-Ghosts of Bremen

W. Hauff; E. Sadler; C. R. L. Fletcher · 1889 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Oxford; London, B. H. Blackwell; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co, 1889. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first U.K. edition of this comical novella about drinking by German author Wilhelm Hauff, signed by one of the translators. The scarce first U.K. edition in English.Signed by one ...

The Eternal Now

Holbrook Jackson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, David Nutt, 1900. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the very 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, "With love fro...

Collected Poems

Philip Robinson · 1965 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, The Fortune Press, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the scarce first edition of Philip Robinson's poetry collection, divided into such sections as war poems, social poems, and nature poems. Flat signed by the author to the title pageThe first edition,...