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Twist of Gold

Michael Morpurgo · 1983 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Kingswood, Kaye & Ward, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of one of Michael Morpurgo's popular novels for children, this historical tale set during the potato famine. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the o...

The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill

Charles Churchill; W. Tooke [ed.] · 1844 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, William Pickering, 1844 . Leather. The complete three volume Aldine Edition of the poetical works of Charles Churchill, in a half morocco binding from John Wanamaker. A first edition thus, complete in three volumes.With copious notes and a life of the author from W. To...

Bertie and the Crime of Passion; Diamond Dust

Peter Lovesey · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Little, Brown and Company , 1993-2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of signed first edition novels by British detective novelist Peter Lovesey, with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to both books' title pages. The first edition, first...

Mimff-Robinson

H. J. Kaeser · 1958 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition of this delightful children's tale inspired by 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This charming advent...

The Tasking

Siegfried Sassoon · 1954 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cambridge , University Press, 1954. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce limited anthology of work by leading English war poet Siegfried Sassoon. A very scarce limited edition of 100 copies. This copy unnumbered and out of series.In the publisher's original quarter clot...

A Collection of Thrillers by Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell · 1985 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York; London, Pantheon Books; The Mysterious Press; Hutchinson, 1985-2001. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of works from English thriller writer Ruth Rendell. Four volumes. Written by Ruth Barbara Rendell, an English author of thrillers and psycholog...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1891. Leather. A smartly bound Albion edition of this collection of poetry from English author and historian Sir Walter Scott. The "Albion" edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, a English ...

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1922 . First edition. Cloth. A superior example of the first edition of this collection of poetry from Thomas Hardy, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With an exceptional example of the publisher's unclippe...

A Guilty Thing Surprised

Ruth Rendell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Hutchinson, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The fifth Inspector Wexford novel by Ruth Rendell, a smart copy of the first edition. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'A Guilty Thing Surprised' is the fifth of Ruth Rendell&ap...

Edith Sitwell: Fire of the Mind; Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell; Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions; Sacheverell Sitwell: Splendours and Miseries; Osbert Sitwell

Edith Sitwell; Elizabeth Salter; Allanah Harper; John Pearson; Victoria Glendinning; Sarah Bradford; Philip Ziegler · 1976 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Michael Joseph; Macmillan; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Sinclair-Stevenson; Chatto & Windus, 1976-1998. First edition. Cloth. Bright first editions of these five works on the Sitwells, with their original dust wrappers. The first editions of these five works in the publisher...

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the first trade edition of this collection of poems from English classical scholar and poet A. E. Housman. The first trade edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrap...

The Livery of Eve

F. W. Bain · 1917 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Methuen and Co. 1917. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this fantasy story that purports to be translated from a Sanskrit manuscript by F. W. Bain. The first edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum and paper covered b...

The White Paternoster and Other Stories

T. F. Powys · 1930 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1930. Cloth. A handsome signed, limited edition copy of this short-story collection from T. F. Powys. Signed by the author to the colophon.A special edition of this work, limited to three hundred and ten copies, of which three hundred are for sale. ...

Romance de Paris: Lithographies Originales de Pierre Eugãƒâ¨Ne Clairin

Francis Carco · 1949 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris , Societe des Francs-Bibliophiles, 1949 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce collection of poetry on the topic of Paris written by French author, Francis Carco, accompanied by beautiful and colourful lithographs by Pierre Eugène Clairin. Limited edition. This copy is No....

Idylls of the King

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1859 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1859. First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue, of this Arthurian poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, focusing on the story of King Arthur and Guinevere. The first edition, second issue of this work, with the printer's imprint to the ve...

Oeuvres de Honore de Balzac

Honore de Balzac · 1912 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1912-51. Leather. A set of four brilliant novels in Balzac's "La Comedie Humaine" series, in the original French. A five volume set of the works of Balzac, all in the original French. These four novels are all part of his forty-eight volume series...

Indian Tales for Little Folks

W. S. Phillips · 1914 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, The Platt & Peck Co, 1914. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of tales about Native Americans by W. S. Phillips, the first edition of this illustrated work, in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition.In the scarce unclipped dust wrapper.A volume of storie...

The White Llama, Being la Venganza Del Condor

V. G. Calderon; Richard Phibbs [trans.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce limited edition of Calderon's thrilling tale, illustrated by Clifford Webb and in a Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding. Number 44 of 75 numbered and specially bound copies produced.The first En...

The D.A. Takes a Chance, and the D.A. Breaks an Egg

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Thriller Book Club; William Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling crime novels featuring the popular D.A, Doug Selby, written by Erle Stanley Gardner, in their original dust wrappers. The scarce first Australian edition to 'Breaks an Egg', ...

The Week-End Book

John Donne; Henry King; et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Cloth. A lovely copy of this colourfully illustrated anthology of poetry, plays and more from the 1920s, published by Nonesuch Press. The 12,000th hundred. First published in 1924, going through 21 editions to 1929 due to its immense popularit...