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Three Cheers Secret Seven & Good Old Secret Seven

Enid Blyton · 1956 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Leicester , Brockhampton Press , 1956-1960 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of "Secret Seven" stories written by Enid Blyton, both works present in the first edition and complete with the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first editions. Bound in the publisher&a...

Agent&Apos;S Reference Collection of &Apos;Crash&Apos; by J.G. Ballard

J. G. Ballard · 1979 · Rooke Books

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

Various, Various, 1979-2014. Paperback. Various: Various, 1979-2014. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5"; 7.5" by 4.5"; 7.5" by 5"; 8.5" by 5.5". None. A unique set of eleven different editions of the controversial novel by J. G. Ballard, from the library of Ballard's agent....

The Tesseract; the Coma

Alex Garland · 1998 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Viking; Faber and Faber , 1998-2004. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed pair of Alex Garland's second and third novels, 'The Tesseract' and 'The Coma&apos. Signed by the author to both title pages. The first edition, first impressions of the...

My Absolute Darling

Gabriel Tallent · 2017 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, 4th Estate , 2017. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited signed first UK edition of this debut novel by American author Gabriel Tallent. A limited edition of 750 numbered copies of the first UK edition, signed by the author. With the publisher's unclipped dust wra...

Dead Sweet

Katrin Juliusdottir; Quentin Bates [translator] · 2023 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Orenda Books, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first English translation of this thrilling crime novel from Juliusdottir, signed by the author. First English translation. Signed by the author to the title page. Limited to one thousand five hundred numbered copi...

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and, Seymour, an Introduction

J. D. Salinger · 1959 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Boston; Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of these two popular novellas by J. D. Salinger, the third state of the first edition. The first edition, first printing, third state, with the dedication leaf tipped-in after the title page....

The Unfortunates

B. S. Johnson · 1969 · Rooke Books

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

London, Panther Books LTD; Secker & Warburg LTD, 1969. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this fascinating unique experimental novel by B. S. Johnson, issued in twenty-seven sections compiled here in a random order. The first edition of this work.Signed by the autho...

The Song Before It Is Sung; Return to Treasure Island; Imaginary Friend; Correspondents; High Vaultage

Justin Cartwright; Andrew Motion; Stephen Chbosky; Tim Murphy; Chris Sugden; Jen Sugden · 2007 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Bloomsbury; Jonathan Cape; Orion; Picador; Gollancz, 2007-2024. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition set spanning suspense, historical fiction, and speculative thrillers, signed by their respective authors, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In...

Luster

Raven Leilani · 2020 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Picador, 2020 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first UK edition of Raven Leilani's award winning debut novel, signed by the author to the title page. A signed first UK edition, first impression of this work, flat signed by the author.In the publisher&...

Farewell, Fond Dreams; Girl with Red Hair

Giles Gordon · 1974 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Hutchinson, 1974-1975. First edition. Cloth. Signed presentation copies of two works of literature from Giles Gordon, inscribed to celebrated publisher Carmen Callil. Two first editions, first impressions, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.With t...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Germany, Not Stated, c1900. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this very scarce collection of fables attributed to Aesop. Very scarce work. Designed in England, printed in Germany. Illustrated throughout with four chromolithograph pages. A collection of the fables attributed to Ae...

Songs Unsung

Lewis Morris · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884. Leather. A wonderful example of the fourth edition of Morris's poetry collection, in a tree calf signed binding by Riviere. First published in 1883, this is the fourth edition of Lewis Morris's poetry collection.In a tree calf s...

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth editi...

The Rockingdown Mystery

Enid Blyton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Collins, 1950. Cloth. A signed adventure novel for children by Enid Blyton, complete with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop. Signed by the author to the half-title.The third impression, published one year after the first.'The Rockingdown Mystery' is the first b...

Quae Scripsi: A Book of Verse

Francis H. Butler · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Sands and Co, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of verse poems from Francis H. Butler. A very scarce first edition. Present her is copy no. 32 of 50 copies produced.Inscribed 'To Anna from Franci...

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser; George Gilfillan [ed.] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859 . Leather. A complete five volume set of the poetical works of Edmund Spenser, in attractive half calf bindings by C. Cross, binder to Queen Victoria. Complete in five volumes.In half calf bindings, with the binder's stamp 'C. Cross, Bin...

Cat O&Apos;Nine Lives

Daisy Eckersley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Peter Lunn, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this charming children's tale about a cat, illustrated by the prominent 20th century poster designer Tom Eckersley. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in th...

The Comedies of Shakespeare; the Tragedies of Shakespeare; the Histories of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1911 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press , 1911-1912. Leather. An attractive leather-bound set of William Shakespeare's works in three volumes. A uniform set of three volumes, offering the Tragedies, Comedies and Histories of eminent English playwright, William Shake...

A Collection of Works by James Purdy

James Purdy · 1956 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York , New Directions; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1956-1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of novels and short-story collections by James Purdy, including a signed new edition of 'Color of Darkness&apos. Including one novel and six short-story/novella collect...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1910 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1910-1911. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of the works of Robert Browning. With all seventeen volumes bound in four by Riviere, in half morocco. The complete poetical works of noted Victorian poet Robert Browning, here presented in seventeen vo...