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George Payne Rainsford James · 1830 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. Leather. The scarce first edition of this early novel by George Payne Rainsford James. The bookplate of Robert J Hayhurst to the front pastedown. Hayhurst inherited and improved a group of retail pharmacies in Lancashire, John H...

Temporary Kings

Anthony Powell · 1973 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London, Heinemann, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this novel from the critically acclaimed series 'A Dance to the Music of Time' by Anthony Powell. First edition, with the original dustwrapper, unclipped Prior owner's inscription ...

Armine and Elvira, a Legendary Tale in Two Parts

Edmund Cartwright · 1772 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Oxford, J. Murray, 1772. Disbound. A disbound fifth edition of Edmund Cartwright's narrative legendary poem about Armine and Elvira. The fifth edition of this work. Bound without half-title. Otherwise, work is complete. Illustrated with a vignette engraving to the title p...

Clement Walton; or the English Citizen

Rev W Gresley · 1840 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, James Burns, 1840. First edition. Leather. An extremely smart, first edition copy of this novel. In a lovely half morocco binding. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, L B W. Another inscription to the title page, Charles B F Lock&apos. Writte...

Falstaff&Apos;S Wedding, a Comedy: As It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

W. Kenrick · 1773 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, L. Davis, 1773. Disbound. An early, scarce contemporary edition, of this comical play, a sequel written by William Kenrick to two of Shakespeare's plays. A scarce contemporary edition of this work. A new edition of this work. With a half-title and final leaf of ep...

Netherland

Joseph O'Neill · 2008 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Fourth Estate, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Joseph O'Neill's interesting novel that assess the effects of the 9/11 attacks in New York. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original publisher&...

Om Krishna

Charles Henri Ford · 1979 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

New York, Cherry Valley, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition of this poetry collection by artist Charles Henri Ford. Numbered 49 of 100 hardcover copies. Signed by Ford to the frontispiece. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper signed by Charles Hen...

The Earthquake Bird

Susanna Jones · 2001 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this award winning crime fiction novel by Susanna Jones. Jones' very first novel, 'The Earthquake Bird' won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award and the Crime Writer'...

Vita Et Fabellae Cum Interpretatione Latina

Aesop · 1505 · Rooke Books

£8,800.00 (€10,549.72 | $11,627.98 | ¥1,857,060)

Venice, Apud Aldum, 1505. First edition. Fine Binding. A very scarce early Aldine work regarding Greek allegorical techniques. A highly sought after first edition printing from the famous Aldine Press. Rebound, in a lovely morocco binding by C and C McLeish. McLeish started hi...

Public Parts and Private Places

Robin Cook · 1967 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Hutchinson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel set in an old house in England, written by Robin Cook. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. An interesting novel following Lady Quench, who lives in her Queen Anne...

Hawksmoor

Peter Ackroyd · 1985 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1985. Paperback. A nice uncorrected proof copy of Peter Ackroyd's fascinating historical novel, 'Hawksmoor', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Uncorrected proof copy of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Hawksmo...

The Model

Robert Aickman · 1988 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Robinson Publishing, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Robert Aickman's moving novel about a young girl in Russia. The first UK edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Model' is a haunting and moving novel foll...

Summertime Scenes from Provincial Life

J. M. Coetzee · 2009 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Harvill Secker , 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the third of J. M. Coetzee's fictionalized memoirs, this volume discussing his life in Cape Town in the 1970s, in the unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped ...

How to Murder a Man

Carlo Gebler · 1998 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Little Brown and Co. 1998. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of modern fiction by Carlo Gebler, signed to the title page. The first edition of the work in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Carlo Gebler is an ...

Life Mosaic the Ministry of Song and Under the Surface

Frances Ridley Havergal · 1882 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, James Nisbet & Co, 1882. Leather. A finely bound collection of poems and hymns by Frances Ridley Havergal, beautifully illustrated with chromolithograph plates by Helga von Cramm. A collection of poetry, containing the poems 'The Ministry of Song', 'Than...

IL Giardino Del Parnasol O Sia Raccolta Di Poesie, Fiori Dei Migliori Poeti Italiani Divisa in Cinque Eta, Nelle Quali Si Fi Conoscere Quali Sieno Stati, I Varj Stilii Della Poesia Italiana, Nel Corso Di Quattrocento Anni, Principiando Da Dante, Fino Al Metastasio

G. D. Pierotti · 1811 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

Edinburgh, T. Bryce, 1811. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this anthology of Italian poets throughout history, written here in the original Italian, compiled by G. D. Pierotti. The first edition of this work. Complete as two volumes in one. In Italian. A collection...

Movements in European History

D H Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Oxford, Humphrey Milford, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first illustrated edition copy of D H Lawrence's school textbook, 'Movements in European History&apos. First thus, the first illustrated edition of this work, which was first published in 1921 under ...

The Ice Raid

Richard Cox · 1983 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1983. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this exciting near future science fiction novel by the British author Richard Cox. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this work. 'The Ice Raid' is a mysterious science fiction...

A Very British Coup

Chris Mullin · 1982 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.65 | $396.41 | ¥63,309)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof of this political novel about a Labour politician who becomes Prime Minister against all odds. A very scarce uncorrected proof of this work. 'A Very British Coup' is an interesting novel a...

2010: Odyssey Two

Arthur C. Clarke · 1982 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Granada, 1982. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of this popular science fiction novel, by the renowned sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. An uncorrected proof copy of this work. '2010: Odyssey Two' is the sequel to the author's popular novel '2001: A S...