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Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1911 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1911 . Cloth. A signed presentation copy of American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin's charming children's novel with a moral message. A signed, early edition of this children's novel from American educator and author Kate Douglas Wiggin. ...

Three Cantos from to the Unborn - Greetings

Hugh Popham · 1946 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

London, The Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first edition of this Limited Edition collection of poetry from Hugh Popham, a Second World War pilot. In an attractive quarter vellum binding. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition book of verse from English poet...

The English Novelists Series: George Borrow, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Love Peacock

Martin Armstrong; Robert Ashley; Olwen Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London; New York, Arthur Barker; Roy Publishers, 1950-3. First edition. Cloth. Critical biographies of three great English novelists, first editions in 'The English Novelists' series, George Borrow volumes signed by the author Martin Armstrong. The first edition of t...

L&Apos;Hotel Woronzoff

Marie Marechal · 1887 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Paris, Librairie de Firmin-Didot , 1887. Leather. A later printing of this work of fiction by Marie Marechal, in a charming quarter morocco binding signed Fechoz. Originally published in 1877, the first edition with illustrations by S. Reichan appeared in 1886. A novel by Mari...

Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady

Michael Pearce · 1999 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, HarperCollins, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The second novel in Pearce's Dmitri Kameron series, signed by the author to the title page and presented in the unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to the tit...

Pecking Order

Chris Simms · 2004 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Hutchinson, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Simms' thriller novel, in which a man who lives on a battery farm is recruited for a 'sinister secret project&apos. First edition, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to ti...

Distance

Colin Thubron · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Heinemann, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition copy of 'Distance', signed by the author to the title page, in the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Distance' is a...

Turlough

Brian Keenan · 2000 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Jonathan, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition work of historical fiction by Brian Keenan, reimagining the life of a blind Irish harper from the seventeenth century. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Turlough&a...

Somewhere a Bird Is Singing

E. V. Thompson · 1999 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A well presented signed first edition copy of E. V. Thompson's historical novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression.Signed by the author on title page. In the original uncl...

Voyages

Hart Crane · 1957 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art , 1957. Paperback. A lovely limited edition of 'Voyages,' six poems by Hart Crane with wood engravings by Leonard Baskin, signed by the artist. A limited edition of Voyages, a sequence of six erotic poems by influential American poe...

Adventures with Benghazi

Rose Fyleman · 1946 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Eyre & Spottiswood , 1946. First edition. Cloth. The author's signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of this charming children's work by Rose Fyleman. The first edition, first impression of this work. The author's signed presenta...

The Talking Parcel

Gerald Durrell · 1974 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Collins , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovey first edition, first impression of this fantasy novel by Gerald Durrell, complete with the strikingly illustrated dust wrapper designed by Liza James. The first edition, first impression of this book by Gerald Durrell. A fa...

Theft: A Love Story

Peter Carey · 2006 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Faber and Faber, 2006. Hardback. An exceptional signed first British edition of Peter Carey's Booker Prize-longlisted novel. Signed by the author to the title page. This work was awarded the Vance Palmer Prize in 2006. It follows the tale of Michael Boone, an arti...

The Way Back Home

Freya North · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Harper Collins, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition novel by Freya North, reminiscing on the childhood of three friends. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A...

The Hand of the Devil

Dean Vincent Carter · 2006 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Bodley Head, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of this thrilling horror novel from Dean Vincent Carter. A signed first edition, first impression of this novel from English horror and fantasy author Dean Vincent Carter, in the publisher's origin...

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

London, Scholastic Ltd , 2007. Paperback. A signed limited box set of Philip Pullman's successful fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials', complete in its slipcase. A popular fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman. A successful series following the coming of age of two ...

The Year the Gypsies Came

Linzi Glass · 2006 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Penguin Books, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of this novel set during apartheid in South Africa, signed by the author to a bookplate pasted to the half title. The first edition, first impression of this work. Linzi Glass's debut novel, set ...

Hunting Season

Dean Vincent Carter · 2007 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Bodley Head, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this horror novel featuring a werewolf, signed by the author. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from English horror and fantasy author Dean Vincent Carter, in the publisher's...

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2007 · Rooke Books

£625.00 (€749.16 | $825.71 | ¥131,856)

London, Scholastic Ltd , 2007. Paperback. A signed limited box set of Philip Pullman's successful fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials', complete in its slipcase. A fantasy trilogy by Philip Pullman. A popular and successful series following the coming of age of ...

Between Each Breath

Adam Thorpe · 2007 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed first impression of this novel by Adam Thorpe, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Adam Thorpe. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 2007. A critique of Blair&...