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Alice Albinia · 2011 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Harvill Secker, 2011. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful signed first edition of this stimulating debut novel from English journalist, Alice Albinia. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original unclipp...

Remember Me

Fay Weldon · 1976 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Fay Weldon's novel on a vindictive ex-wife, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page, dated October 1987. Two ALS from the author to Dr P...

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey · 2010 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Faber & Faber, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Peter Carey's celebrated novel about the life of Alexis de Tocqueville. Signed to the title page by Carey, dated 10-10-10, with the opening line of the book, 'I have no doubt that some...

The Apes of God

Wyndham Lewis · 1930 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, The Arthur Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this satirical novel on London literary society by Wyndham Lewis, signed by Lewis himself. The first limited edition, one of seven hundred and fifty signed and numbered copies, of which this is ...

The Oxford Historical Pageant June 27-July 3, 1907: Book of Words with Illustrations

1907 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Oxford, Printed for the Pageant Committee, 1907. First edition. Vellum. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of scenes from the Oxford Historical Pageant, signed and inscribed by the printer. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the printer, Horace Henry Hart...

Collected Poems

Allan Ahlberg · 2008 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Puffin, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Allan Ahlberg's Collected Poems, illustrated by Charlotte Voake, with inscriptions by both. A signed first edition of the work, with its original unclipped dust wrapper. Includes inscriptions from the author: &a...

Poems

Michael James O'Brien · 2015 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Milton Keynes, Michael James O'Brien, 2015. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry from writer Michael James O'Brien, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the ti...

The Bomb

Frank Harris · 1909 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant novel on the Haymarket affair by Frank Harris, signed by Harris. The first U. S. edition, first printing. Published in London the year prior to this edition.Signed by the author...

Essays of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison; John Richard Green [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1903. Leather. A notable selection of essays from Joseph Addison, founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, in full signed calf binding by Zaehnsdorf. A selection of works from the highly regarded essayist, Joseph Addison, who founded T...

Peter Ibbetson

George du Maurier · 1892 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of George du Maurier's romantic novel, illustrated by du Maurier throughout. The first edition, second issue, stamped in black to the front boards.Complete in two volumes.In two cus...

Snack Attack

Lynette Ruschak · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Singapore, White Heat, 1990. Hardback. A very scarce Japanese edition of this humorous children's book with pop-ups. Japanese. Very scarce edition. Illustrated with five folding pop-up scenes. Collated complete and in perfect working condition. A charming and humorous chi...

Bibliographia (1951 - 1965)

Harry Harrison; Francesco Biamonti · 1965 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Trieste, Editoriale Libraria, 1965. First edition. Paperback. A scarce bibliography on the works on Harry Harrison, a signed copy from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by Harry Harrison to the title page.A lovely association copy, from ...

Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1863 · Rooke Books

£925.00 (€1,108.76 | $1,222.05 | ¥195,146)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection of poems, with a signed letter from Longfellow to his friend Hermine Kuchenmeister-Rudersdorf. The first edition of Longfellow's work, with a signed ...

Pure

Timothy Mo · 2012 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Turnaround Books , 2012. First edition. Cloth. A very scarcely signed first edition of this anticipated comeback novel from Booker Prize short-lister, Timothy Mo. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page. Pure marks the mo...

Shalimar the Clown

Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A superb signed first edition of Salman Rushdie's powerful story portraying the destruction of Kashmir. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original un...

Nova Express

William S. Burroughs · 1964 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Grove Press Inc, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of the third novel in Burroughs's experimental series 'The Nova Trilogy', signed by psychologist Victor H. Rosen. The first edition, first printing, as stated to the edition...

Prepositions: The Collected Critical Essays

Louis Zukofsky · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Rapp & Carroll, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition collection of critical essays by American poet, Louis Zukofsky. A limited edition, number 103 out of 150. Signed by the author to the edition page. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Harris in Wonderland

Philip Reid; Richard Ingrams; Andrew Osmond · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this comical mystery novel by Richard Ingrams and Andrew Osmond. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author, Andrew Osmond, to the recto of th...

A Little Intelligence

Robert Silverberg; Randall Garrett · 2009 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Virginia, Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of short mystery stories, signed by Robert Silverberg, with a separate pamphlet of Human Reaction by Randall Garrett. Limited edition of two hundred copies, of which this is number o...

The Lyre of Orpheus

Robertson Davies · 1988 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1988 . First edition. Leather. A fine, limited first edition of the third novel in the Cornish Trilogy, signed by the author Robertson Davies. The Limited First Edition, signed by the author and bound in top-grain leather. 'The Lyre o...