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The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first ...

The Utmost Island

Henry Myers · 1951 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, Crown Publishers , 1951. Cloth. The Book Club edition of this epic novel, signed by Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. An epic tale of Iceland Vikings and the Norse gods they worshipped a thousand years prior, but the new Christian religion clashes with this ancient worshippi...

Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell

John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of thre...

Babel Tower

A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books

£92.00 (€110.29 | $121.57 | ¥19,415)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ...

Cambridge Blue

Alison Bruce · 2009 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Soho Constable, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this detective novel by Alison Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author. A thrilling detective novel set in Cambridge, England, and starring DC Gary Goodhew, ...

The Diddakoi

Rumer Godden · 1972 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)

London, Macmillan, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this children's novel about a Romani child from British author Rumer Godden. The first edition, first impression of this children's novel from English author Rumer Godden, in the publisher&apos...

Queer Fish

Robert Overton · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Dean and Son, c1883. Hardback. A curious collection of nine short stories drawn from late Victorian Era magazines. The second edition of this collection of nine tales, or 'character sketches', from author Robert Overton. The preface to the work identifies tha...

Palai

Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the ...

Gunmen&Apos;S Holiday

Charles Maxwell Knight · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)

London, Philip Allan, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce first edition copy of Charles Maxwell Knight's detective fiction novel 'Gunmen's Holiday&apos. With fascinating association. Accompanied by a hand-painted wooden diorama of a dalmation and chi...

The Black House

Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publi...

The Lion and the Unicorn: A Play in Three Acts

Clemence Dane [Winifred Ashton] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. Hardback. An excellent limited edition copy, signed by the author, of this illustrated play by Clemence Dane. A limited edition printed to one thousand copies signed by the author, this volume being number two hundred and ten in the series....

Space Platform

Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young...

Lies of Silence

Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubl...

Christ the Hunter

John Lehmann · 1965 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Lehmann's spiritual prose poem, signed by the author. This work was first broadcast in 1964 on the BBC Third Programme, and is autobiographical and spiritual in nature.John Lehmann (1907-...

According to Queeney

Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel about Samuel Johnson, and his friendship with Queeney Thrale. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title pag...

The Edwardians

Vita Sackville West · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1931. First edition. Paperback. The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication. The first edition of this work, part of the 'Collection of British and American Authors...

The Deeds of Doyly Mcpurr

Lawrance Smith · 1974 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Rex Collings, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this immensely entertaining and heart-warming novel, inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the verso of the half-title, 'This is Lucy's...

Noble in Reason

Phyllis Bentley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of one of Phyllis Bentley's Yorkshire novels, lovingly inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'For Marjorie, fr...

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed First Edition, first impression o East, West: an anthology of short stories by Salman Rushdie A signed First Edition, first impression copy of East, West, written by Salman Rushdie. East, West is an anthology of short...

Redback

Howard Jacobson · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Bantam Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of one of Howard Jacobson's early novels, a wonderful example of his witty prose. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dus...