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Enemies at Home

Lindsey Davis · 2014 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Set in Ancient Rome, Private Investigator Flavia Albia solves a robbery and murder. A first edition of this work, with a dedication from the author to the title: 'To dear Loyd, lovely to meet you at Sloane and Rome, ...

Any Old Iron

Anthony Burgess · 1989 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hutchinson, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed second impression of Burgess's fantasy novel, a modern take on the Excalibur legend. A signed second impression of the work, with its original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this fantasy novel by Anthony B...

The Zoo Story and Other Plays

Edward Albee · 1962 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. Cloth. A collection of plays by the talented American playwright, Edward Albee, featuring two of his most popular works 'The Zoo Story' and 'The Sandbox', signed by the Scottish actor Robert Urquhart and in the original dust wra...

Mantis Poets

Guy Butler; Patrick Cullinan · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cape Town, David Philip, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Patrick Cullinan and Guy butler, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by Cullinan. The first edition. Inscribed by one of the author, Patrick Cullinan, ...

Poems and Poemas

Charles David Ley · 1942 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Lisbon, Not Stated, 1942. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry written in both English and Portuguese, signed by the author. English and Portuguese. First edition. Very scarce. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front ...

The Microcosm. A Poem.

Abraham Coles · 1866 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1866 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of Abraham Coles's poem, inscribed by the author to his sister. A signed presentation copy of this poem by the American physician, translator, author and poet Abraham Coles.Inscri...

Poems of Love and Earth

John Drinkwater · 1912 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, David Nutt, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this poetry collection, inscribed by Drinkwater to the Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.In...

A King&Apos;S Daughter, a Tragedy in Verse

John Masefield · 1923 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Heinemann, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's tragic drama, retaining the original dust wrapper. A signed limited edition, first edition.Number 211 of 250 limited edition copies, signed by the author.In the publish...

The Harbourmaster

William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee, retaining the original slip case. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to...

Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories

Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Theodore Dreiser's second collection of short stories, containing fifteen tales from the American novelist. The limited edition, first edition of this work. Number 138 of 440 limited edit...

The Providence Athenaeum: A Brief History 1753-1939

Grace Fisher Leonard; W. Chesley Worthington · 1939 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Providence, R.I. Privately Printed, 1939 . First edition. Hardback. An association copy of this very scarce history of the Providence, Rhode Island subscription library, with a typed letter to its publisher, Eugene A. Clauss. A very scarce limited edition, first edition work. ...

Alice Meynel: At Night

Alice Meynel [Alice Meynell] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Georgia, Dumbiedykes, Americus, 1978 . Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition production of Alice Meynell's poem 'At Night', signed by Wm. Jonathan Murray at his press. A very scarce work, with only two intuitionally held copies recorded.Fifty-five copi...

Immortal Names and Other Poems

T. Wilson Parry · 1937 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, The Mitre Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this poetry collection from geologist T. Wilson Parry. The uncommon first edition of this work.Signed 'To Fred Edgcombe with the Author's kindest regards...

1913 Conte Sous-Marin. Papillon, Roi de Ruthie. Fanfreluche. Annette Et Doric.

Laure Hovine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

Bruxelles, Industrielle et Financiere, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this very scarce limited edition French children's work, charmingly illustrated throughout. In the original French.A very scarce work, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.Inscribed b...

The World and the Artist

John Drinkwater · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Bookman's Journal, 1922. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition essay on artists by John Drinkwater, signed by the author. A limited edition of 140 copies, of which this is numbered 131, an uncommon work here first published in book form.Signed by t...

Money Magic

Hamlin Garland · 1907 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A popular novel by Hamlin Garland, an illustrated novel on the American Dream in the Midwest, a smart signed first edition copy. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endp...

Horace Walpole: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1960, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis · 1960 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this biography of Horace Walpole, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work, one of an unspecified number produced for private distribution....

Wayside Courtship

Hamlin Garland · 1897 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Hamlin Garland's novel about courtship between classes in late nineteenth century America. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author in two locat...

The New Gulliver

Wendell Phillips Garrison · 1898 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Jamaica, Queensborough, New York, The Marion Press, 1898 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Wendell Phillips Garrison's satirical lost race satire, with an additional signed dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this work, one of three hundred copies...

1000 Monsters

Alan Benjamin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York and London, Scholastic Book Services, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated interactive children's book. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour plates which split into three sections and work independently. Co...