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The Butterflies Come

Leo Politi · 1957 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated in colour, this is a signed presentation copy of Leo Politi's charming children's work, with an original illustration from Politi. The first edition, first printing.With a si...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

Mr. Gay [John Gay] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated edition of Gay's ballad opera, signed with an inscription from the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser. Signed and inscribed by Grace Lovat Frazer, the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser, born Grace Inez Crawford, an America...

Chasing the Hoopoe

John Weston · 2005 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cornwall, Peterloo Poets, 2005. First edition. Paperback. A very pleasing first edition volume of this poetry collection from English writer John Weston, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. A remarkable first...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan; Susan Buchan · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. One of John Buchan's scarcer titles, here in the first US edition, 'The Island of Sheep' presents a fictional discussion of political, economic and social issues of the time. The first ...

Tales of Fancy

S. H. Burney; Sarah Harriet Burney · 1820 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry Colburn & Co, 1820. Leather. The second edition of this omnibus of two exciting novels by Sarah Burney, the half-sister of Frances Burney. The second edition of this scarce work.Complete in three volumes.This set collects together two novels by Sarah Harriet Burn...

An Equal Music

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Wigston, The Stribling Press, 1999. First edition. Leather. A smart signed limited edition copy of this novel by Vikram Seth, only one of one hundred copies bound in leather and signed by Seth. A limited edition, published simultaneously with the trade edition, limited to one ...

Plainsong

Freda Downie · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of Freda Downie"s elegant and wistful second collection, Plainsong, signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust...

The Apes of God

Wyndham Lewis · 1955 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Arco, 1955 . Cloth. The signed, limited edition 25th anniversary edition of Wyndham Lewis's satire of London's contemporary literary and artistic scene in the 1920s. Number 1 of 1000 numbered copies of this limited anniversary edition, signed by the author Wy...

Count Karlstein

Philip Pullman · 2002 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this first newly illustrated edition of 'Count Karlstein', Philip Pullman's first children's novel. Signed by the author to the title page.First Doubleday edition, newly illustrated. Originally...

Selections from the Works of the British Classical Poets, from Shakespeare to Shelley

Maria Mary Marinack; Various · 1861 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of the best works of British poets across history, "from Shakespeare to Shelley". The first edition of this very scarce work.A lovely anthology collecting together the poeti...

Faerie Wars

Herbie Brennan · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A signed first impression of 'Faerie Wars', the first book in James Brennan's gripping young adult fantasy series. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression. With the publishe...

Shadowmancer; Wormwood

G. P. Taylor · 2003 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Faber and Faber , 2003-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set of G. P. Taylor's popular fantasy adventure novels, including both the paperback and hardback first editions. The first trade edition, first impression of 'Shadowmancer', preceded by ...

The Hedge Witch; the Fascination

Cari Thomas; Essie Fox · 2022 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, HarperVoyager; Orenda Books, 2022-2023. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful pair of signed limited editions, including a 'Threadneedle' novella from Cari Thomas and a gothic novel from Essie Fox. Both copies are limited numbered signed editions. Complete with ...

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Michelle Paver · 2004 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)

London, Orion, 2004-2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart six volume set from Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, signed by the author. Six volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written by Michelle Paver, a British novelist best kno...

A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth & Beyond the Mountains

Francesca Gibbons · 2020 · Rooke Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2020-2021. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent first edition volumes from the A Clock of Stars Series by British author Francesca Gibbons, signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Each volume ha...

Wild and Wicked Things

Francesca May · 2022 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Orbit, 2022. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition, first impression of this dark magic romance novel from English author Francesca May, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Limited to two thous...