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The Green Road

Anne Enright · 2015 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2015. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first edition of this successful novel from Irish author Anne Enright, signed by the author. First trade paperback edition, seventh impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's sixth nov...

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Nik Cohn · 1965 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce debut novel from British writer Nik Cohn, published when he was just nineteen years old. First edition. Very scarce work. The author's debut novel. A novel and a love-affair be...

The Clockwork Testament, or: Enderby&Apos;S End

Anthony Burgess · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the third of Burgess' four Enderby novels, being an account of Enderby's last day alive. First edition. The third volume of the Enderby quartet. A novella acting as an account of the ...

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James; Montague Rhodes James · 1937 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Penguin Books Limited, 1937. First edition. Paperback. The first Penguin edition of one of the most important anthology of ghost stories ever written, by Montague Rhodes James, in the iconic Penguin-orange wraps. The first Penguin edition.In the original unclipped dust...

Tom Brown at Oxford

Thomas Hughes · 1864 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1864. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of one of Thomas Hughes' popular 'Tom Brown' novels, the first edition of this novel to be complete in one volume. The first edition of this work to be complete in one volume, previousl...

Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary

Brian Alderson · 2003 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brian Alderson"s definitive, richly illustrated bibliography of Edward Ardizzone"s work from 1929 to 1970. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This volume is a...

Beasts and Saints

Helen Waddell [Editor, Translator] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition collection of pre-twelfth century tales of animals and saints, translated from their original Latin, with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red clot...

Through Connemara in a Governess Cart

Edith ÂÂOenone Somerville; Violet [Martin Ross] Martin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited. 1893. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this richly illustrated and humorous travelogue by Somerville & Ross, capturing their spirited journey through Connemara, with illustrated plates by W.W. Russell. In the publisher's original p...

Island: The Collected Stories

Alistair MacLeod · 2000 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Inc. 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alistair MacLeod"s collected stories set in Cape Breton, signed by the author to the title page, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, comple...

The Sabbath: Sabbath Walks and Other Poems

James Grahame · 1857 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, James Nisbet, 1857. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully bound and charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of James Grahame's devotional poems to feature the illustrations of Birket Foster. The first edition of these poems to feature the vignette...

The Sun-Child

R. C. Lehmann · 1904 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, [1904]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of R. C. Lehmann's beautifully illustrated children's work. The very scarce first edition of this work.Written by Liberal Party politician R. C. Lehmann, a major contributor to...

Scholar Gipsies

John Buchan · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1896. Cloth. The second edition of John Buchan's second published work, an anthology of essays and short tales, with etchings from D. Y. Cameron. The second edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated by D. Y. Cameron ...

The Man Who Killed the King; the Island Where Time Stands Still; the Rape of Venice; the Irish Witch

Dennis Wheatley · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1951-1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of first edition Dennis Wheatley novels, including volumes from his Gregory Sallust and Roger Brook series. The first editions, first impressions of these works. All complete with the original publ...

The Discworld Companion; Feet of Clay; Hogfather

Terry Pratchett · 1994 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Victor Gollancz , 1994-1996. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic set of works from Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy series, 'Discworld', including the definitive encyclopedic guide. The first edition, first impressions of these works.Comprising three Discwo...

Death in Cold Print

John Creasey · 1961 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this thrilling Inspector West novel from John Creasey, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrap...

Biggles Breaks the Silence

Captain W. E. Johns · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression copy of this Antarctic-based Biggles adventure from Captain W. E. Johns, with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher&...

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Secker and Warburg , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first impression of J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel, 'Disgrace&apos. The first edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Lucy Harmer, second state ...

Electric Light

Seamus Heaney · 2001 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber , 2001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of poems from Nobel prize-winning Irish poet and playwright, Seamus Heaney. First edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This enchanting collection explores...

The Naiad and Other Poems

Frank Eyre · 1935 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Oxford , Shakespeare Head Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poems from Frank Eyre, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. First edition. A very scarce volume.In the original cloth binding.This collection (comprising poems previously published in Th...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Book Club, 1965. Cloth. A very smart Book Club edition of the twelfth and final novel in Fleming's James Bond series. Book Club edition. The twelfth and final novel in the James Bond series. The story centres on the fictional British Secret Service operative J...