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To Shape a Song

W. D. Snodgrass · 1988 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, Nadja, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A pristine copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of poetry by W. D. Snodgrass and illustrated by Deloss McGraw, signed by the author and artist. A limited edition, with this being 22 out of 74. From a total edition...

A Pocketful of Noses: Stories of One Ganelon or Another

James Powell · 2009 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Virginia , Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this collection of mystery tales surrounding the Ganelon family, written by James Powell. A signed, limited edition. This is number 132 of 160 copies, signed by the author to the ...

Queen - But No Queen

Arthur Maltby · 1554 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Sisley's LTD, c1908. Cloth. A very scarce historical romance focusing on Philip II of Spain, an interesting novel, illustrated with a frontispiece. Signed by the author to the verso of the front endpaper.A very scarce work. Only held in three institutions, the Bri...

Death to the Spy

Bernard Newman · 1941 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1941. Cloth. An uncommon and thrilling spy novel by Bernard Newman, set on the eve of the Second World War. An uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, dated 13/10/42.'Death to the Spy' is a thrilling spy novel in which a gro...

Clear Waters

Owen Rutter · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Michael Joseph, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this scarce novel set in Borneo from English historian and travel writer, Owen Rutter. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an additional inscription to the front endpape...

Poems by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Birket Foster; Poems by Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1872 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872 . Leather. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the poetry of Thomas Hood, with plates by Birket Foster. In a beautiful signed binding by Sotheran. Two volumes bound in one, being the first and second series of Birket's illustrated editi...

Tales of the Braganza ; or, Reminiscences of a Voyage

[T. H. Usborne] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Partridge and Oakey, 1852 . Cloth. A presentation copy, gifted from the author, of this vanishingly scarce novel depicting an exciting voyage from England to Spain. The second edition of the work, first published in 1842. Very scarce. Inscribed by the author, to '...

Suicide Hill

James Ellroy · 1986 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. Paperback. The uncommon to see proof of James Ellroy's final Lloyd Hopkins novel, a tense crime novel by the great American author. An uncorrected proof.Signed by the author to the title page.The third and final Lloyd H...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books

£560.00 (€671.25 | $739.84 | ¥118,143)

London, David Fickling Books/ Scholastic, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the final work in Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. The first edition, first impression of this work.Flat signed by Pullman to the title page.In the pub...

American Animals

David Newell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Joilet, Illnois, P.F. Volland Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A delightful signed first edition of David Newell's collection of verses on American wildlife for children, with ten colour plates by the author. A signed first edition of this playful work, published in 1...

The Miniature

Eden Phillpotts · 1926 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Watts & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this fantastical novel by Eden Phillpotts, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed by the ...

The Forbidden Hour

Maude Crossley; Charles King · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1925. Cloth. A very scarce thriller by Maude Crossley and Charles King, inscribed by the authors. The second printing.A very scarce work.Signed by the authors to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To .. artist and friend, from Maude Crossl...

Les Robinsons Lunaires

G. Le Faure · 1893 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling late nineteenth century science fiction novel about a lunar voyage, illustrated throughout by Fernand Fau. In the original French.The first edition of this science fiction novel, in which a famil...

Half Bad

Sally Green · 2014 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Penguin , 2014. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this young adult fantasy novel by Sally Green. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original publisher's hardback with the original unclipped dust w...

Murder May Follow & Message from Sirius

Susan Morrow; Cecil Jenkins · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK editions from the Crime Club by Collins, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set includes: Murder May Follow, 1960. When Elizabeth Weller reports...

La Corona and the Tin Frog

Russell Hoban · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition copy of this charming children's work by Russell Hoban, signed by Hoban and the illustrator to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Signed by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley to the t...

Cities of Gold a Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest

William K. Hartmann · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

New York , Tom Doherty , 2002. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this novel by William Hartmann, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey, with a letter from the author to Stephen. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page; "For Stephe...

The Canons of Criticism, and Glossary, Being a Supplement to Mr. Warburton&Apos;S Edition of Shakespear

Thomas Edwards · 1750 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, C. Bathurst , 1750 . Leather. The third edition of Thomas Edwards's somewhat controversial work of mid-eighteenth century Shakespearian criticism. The third edition of this work from English critic and poet Thomas Edwards.Subtitled as a 'supplement to Mr. War...

A Sheaf of Memories Speeches on Various Occasions by Sir Alexander Macdonald of the Isles

Alice Macdonald; Sir Alexander Macdonald · 1933 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, A. Brown & Sons, Limited , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition presentation copy of this collection of speeches by Alexander Macdonald, lovingly collected and prepared by his wife, Alice Macdonald. The first edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the a...

Letters to George the Account of a Rehearsal

Max Stafford-Clark · 1989 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London , Nick Hern Books, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this insight into director, Max Stafford-Clark's working methods, with two loosely inserted letters. The first edition, first impression of the work. Presentation copy, signed by the author to...