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Chemistry and Other Stories

Ron Rash · 2007 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York, Picador, 2007. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition, second impression of this short story collection from American writer Ron Rash, signed to the title page. First edition, second impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of thirtee...

The Poems of Edmund Blunden

Edmund Blunden · 1930 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed, limited edition, large paper copy of this impressive volume of the poetry of Edmund Blunden. No. 181 of 200 very scarce large paper copies, signed by the author, Edmund Blunden.A very scarce limited e...

I, Claudius

Robert Graves · 1941 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

Harmondsworth, Allen Lane, Penguin, 1941. Cloth. A very scarce signed example of Robert Graves's popular historical novel. Rebound from the two volume 1941 Penguin edition of the best-selling work. The 1941 two volume Penguin edition of Robert Graves's enormously pop...

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Canongate, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of this very popular novel by Michel Faber, historical fiction set in Victorian England, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page. In t...

The Night Watcher

Sarah Waters · 2006 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Virago Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this acclaimed historical novel from Sarah Waters, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. 'The Night Watch' was shortlisted for the 2006 Booker Prize and ...

The Impressionist

Hari Kunzru · 2002 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first editon copy of Hari Kunzru's award winning debut novel. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the Betty Trask Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. The novel ...

Kaeti & Company

Keith Roberts · 1986 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Salisbury, Kerosina Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this collection of short stories from English science fiction author Keith Robert, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to two hundred copies numbered and signed by the author which ...

Incarnate

Ramsey Campbell · 1983 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York and London, Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc.; Granada , 1983-1984. First edition. Cloth. A smart uncorrected US proof copy and first UK edition of this fascinating novel from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell, both copies are signed by the author. Two volumes...

A Sammelband of Six Nineteenth Century Plays

Ben Jonson; James Kenney; Pedro Calderon de la Barca; John Gay; Helmina von Chezy · 1806 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Various , 1806-1842 . First edition. Leather. A collection of six plays performed at London's Theatre Royal and Prince's Theatre, including two by James Kenney which are signed to the title page. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Endpapers...

Trash: Stories by Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison · 1988 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)

Ithaca, Firebrand Books, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition, first impression of Dorothy Allison's award-winning collection of short stories. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Signed by the a...

Les Nouvelles Amoureuses

Charles Aubert · 1883 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Chez Tous les Libraires, 1883. Leather. A charming volume of ten of the engaging novellas of Charles Aubert, in a signed binding from Seton & Mackenzie. In the original French.Ten racy and entertaining novellas from Charles Aubert, bound in one volume.Each work is publi...

The Various

Steve Augarde · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, David Fickling Books, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first volume in the Touchstone Trilogy. Signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper which reads: "M...

Verses

Anna de Bary · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1932 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce volume of verses from poet Anna de Bary. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author, with the inscription 'Dear Fran Roberts, from ...

The Laws of Poetry, As Laid Down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire, in His Essay on Poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon in His Essay on Translated Verse, and by the Lord Lansdowne on Unnatural Flights in Poetry, Explain&Apos;D and Illustrated

[Charles Gildon] · 1721 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, J. Morley, 1721. First edition. Leather. Charles Gildon's insightful analysis on poetry, the first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work. This copy is the issue with 'J. Morley' as the printer, and without the autho...

Serial Damage

Liz Cowley; Donough O'Brien · 2016 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Kent, Urbane Publications, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this very scarce and gripping serial killer thriller by the husband and wife duo, Liz Cowley and Donough O'Brien. The first edition, first impression. Inscribed by the authors to the half...

Female Friends

Fay Weldon · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Heinemann, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Fay Weldon's acerbically witty novel concerning three female friends. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped ...

Welcome to the Grand Hotel

Donald Thomas · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly inscribed first edition of this poetry collection from Donald Thomas, a British crime writer. First edition, first printing.With a signed inscription from the author and his wife, "with all best wishes...

The Bad Beginning and the Reptile Room

Lemony Snicket · 1999 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

New York, HarperCollins; Harper Trophy, 1999. Paperback. A sought after advance copy of the first two novels in the 'Series of Unfortunate Events', signed by the author. An advance reading edition of the first two novels in the popular 'A Series of Unfortunate E...

The Stones Remember

Bryn Griffiths · 1967 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1967. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition, first impression of this anthology of poetry by the Welsh poet Bryn Griffiths, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and with the author's inscription and signature . The first edit...

American Heaven

Maxine Chernoff · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Minneapolis , Coffee House Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel about four lonely people who come together to form life changing bonds. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. Inscribed by the author to the title page;...