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Le Morte D&Apos;Arthur; Arthurian Chronicles

Thomas Malory; Eugene Mason; Lucy Allen Paton [intro.]; Ernest Rhys [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1906-1912 . Cloth. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's or...

As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact

Oliver St. J. Gogarty · 1937 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Rich & Cowan Ltd. 1937. Cloth. An early revised edition of this extended prose work from Irish author Oliver St. J. Gogarty, signed by the author. Revised edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page to Wil...

The Laughing Hour, and, Laugh Another Day

M. Forster Knight · 1937 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1937-38. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works for children by Mary Forster Knight, both signed by the author. Two very scarce first edition works by Mary Forster Knight.Both volumes are signed by the author to the half-title. Two c...

The Inheritors: Poems 1948-55

Richard Church · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Richard Church's later poetry collection 'The Inheritors', from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's o...

Deceits of Time

Isabel Colegate · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from British author Isabel Colegate, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, o...

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This...

Casualty Ward

Robert Conquest · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

Lunchtime

Dannie Abse · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

Paolo & Francesca

Stephen Phillips · 1900 · Rooke Books

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

London and New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1900. Leather. A tragedy portraying the affair of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta, bound by the Guild of Women Binders. An unsigned binding by the Guild of Women Binders.The Guild of Women Binders were formed at the turn...

Harlequin Phoenix, or, the Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue

Thelma Niklaus · 1956 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this curious history of the Harlequin character, an illustrated volume, including with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Mervyn Peake....

Hawthorne Reading: An Essay

Julian Hawthorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cleveland, The Rowfant Club, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Julian Hawthorne's limited edition guide to the works of his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a loosely inserted signed letter by the author. Loosely inserted is a handwritten signed letter fr...

Flowers and Moonshine

Dudu · 1857 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Richardson Brothers, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming collection of whimsical short stories for children, including a group of mischievous fairies who visit a family. Signed and dedicated by the author. The first and only editi...

The Eagle&Apos;S Heart

Hamlin Garland · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition copy of this early example of an American Western by Hamlin Garland, signed by the author. The uncommon first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, a...

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebra...

Ship Island and Other Stories

Elizabeth Spencer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New York , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1968. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this wonderful collection of short stories, two of which are O. Henry Award winners. The first edition of this work.Signed and dated inscription by the author to the front free endpa...

Hollywood Station

Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernat...

The Animal That Drank Up Sound

William Stafford · 1992 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)

San Diego , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of this illustrated version of William Stafford's important poem describing the winter's waiting for spring's return, signed by the author and illustrator. Signed by the...

Men of Stones: A Melodrama

Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In...

One Came Back

Neil Bell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Collins, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of this novel set in the future, by Stephen Southwold, writing under the pseudonym of Neil Bell. First edition, bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, price-clippe...