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Insurrection

Robyn Young · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A brilliant signed copy of the first novel of Robyn Young's striking trilogy, 'Insurrection', based on the exploits of Robert the Bruce. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The first editio...

The Unknown Errors of Our Lives: Stories

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

New York, Doubleday, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition first printing of this collection of stories from Indian-American author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt · 1998 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Norwalk, Connecticut , The Easton Press, 1998 . Leather. A leather-bound, "Collector's Edition" of John Berendt's debut novel, signed by the author to the edition page and to a Certificate of Authenticity. The Collector's Edition. First published in 1994. Bound ...

White Ladies

Francis Brett Young · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. Leather. One of the very scarce presentation copies of this Mercian novel from Francis Brett Young, specially bound and signed by the author. One of the first twenty-five copies of 'White Ladies', specially bound fo...

La Lyre Francaise

Gustave Masson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1903. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this French poetry anthology, compiled by English-born educational writer, George Masson A later edition of this collection. From the publisher's Golden Treasury Series. In full signed crushed...

Montes the Matador

Frank Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant collection of five stories by Frank Harris, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing. This first U. S. edition was published ten years after the first Londo...

Cavanagh Forest Ranger, a Romance of the Mountain West

Hamlin Garland · 1910 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Hamlin Garland's popular Western romance, this copy being thrice signed by Garland. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, with an inscription to the rec...

The Princess&Apos; Blankets

Carol Ann Duffy · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Templar Publishing , 2008 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition of this enchanting fairy tale written by Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations by Catherine Hyde. Limited edition, with this copy being number 339 out of 500 copies printed. Signed...

Scripta Manent

Alfred Bovet; Philippe Godet · 1887 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Neuchatel, Attinger Freres, 1887. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound limited edition work on the autograph collection of Alfred Bovet, signed by Bovet himself. The first edition of this scarce limited edition. Limited to six hundred copies, of which this is numbered five ...

Rainy Day&Apos;S Adventures with Mother Goose in the Land of Nursery Rhymes

Henry Moore Picken · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this "something to-do" book of games, stories, and fold-out illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated in colour throughout with three spinning dial features, fifty-four punch-out...

The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, and, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

Frantisek Sklar; Jaroslav Béza · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bancroft & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1960. Cloth. Two lovely and colourfully illustrated pop-ups works retelling classic tales. Two colourful pop-up books, containing the tales 'The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor', and 'Alibaba and the Forty Thieves&apos.Two...

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Faber & Faber, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition,...

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. A limited edition, with this being no. 178 of 250 numbered and specially bound copies, flat signed by Murdoch herself....

The Clerkenwell Tales

Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a h...

Sacred Country: A Novel

Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author...

Tell It Me Again

John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of whic...

L" Is for Lawless

Sue Grafton · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this Kinsey Millhone detective fiction with a very scarce signed insert by the author. The first edition of this work.With a very scarce signed 'Kinsey Millhone' insert. In the publi...

The Bitter Pill

A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitt...

The Moon As a Slice of Pineapple

Conrad Hilberry · 1984 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this volume of poems by American poet Conrad Hilberry, with a signed presentation inscription from Hilberry and his wife, Marion. The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'for Edith...

Quicksilver Sue

Laura E. Richards · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Century Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale for children by American author Laura E. Richards, the author's own copy from her library. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's own copy, signed and inscribed to...