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Tell It Me Again

John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of whic...

The Case of the Eighteenth Ostrich

Colin Curzon; [Peter Cooper] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1944. First edition. Cloth. An exciting spy drama novel by Peter Cooper, the first edition, in the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original very scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.'The Case of the Eighte...

The Crystal Man

Edward Page Mitchell; Sam Moskowitz · 1973 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of the brilliant short stories of Edward Page Mitchell, the first edition, signed by the editor, Sam Moskowitz. The first edition.Signed by the editor to a loosely inserted note, "Nov. 20, 1973, Import...

Sinbad a Romance

C. Kay Scott [Frederick Creighton Wellman] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this delightful novel following the romance of two New York intellectuals. The very scarce first edition, first printing.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper...

The Swastika Poems

William Heyen · 1977 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York , The Vanguard Press, Inc. 1977. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this important poetical collection from William Heyen on his personal ties with the Holocaust. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page under his name. In t...

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol; Costance Garnett [trans.] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.46 | $1,519.31 | ¥242,614)

Verona, Bodoni, 1975 . Cloth. A beautifully produced and scarce limited edition of Gogol's short story 'The Overcoat', illustrated with etchings by Pietro Annigoni, and signed by him. A scarce, limited edition work. Number 49 of 160 copies of this work produced...

Er of Pamphylia and Other Poems

Edward Henry Pember · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, At the Chiswick Press for Private Circulation, 1908 . First edition. Leather. Edward Henry Pember's scarce limited edition collection of poems, with a signed presentation inscription from the author. A limited edition work, with this being number 143 of 200 copies...

Who Is Angelina?

Al Young · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Al Young's moving novel about race in 1970s America. The first edition, first printing, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Insc...

Three &Apos;Daw&Apos; Science Fiction Novels

Egon Friedell; George H. Smith; Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1972 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Daw Books, 1972-78 . First edition. Paperback. Three first edition science fiction novels, including a signed copy of 'Stormqueen! by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and two novels based on 'The Time Machine' and 'War of the Worlds' by the iconic H. G...

Chad Hanna

Walter D. Edmonds · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company , 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this drama romance novel in the original unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author Walter D. Edmonds. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the page followi...

Orpheus

Donald Davie · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

From an Australian Country Sequence

Geoffrey Lehmann · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

In the Basilica of the Annunciation

D. J. Enright · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1971. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poem...

Faster! Faster!

Patrick Bair · 1950 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this dystopian fable written by Patrick Bair, inscribed to Sir Edwin Herbert. The first edition.Inscribed by the author 'For Sir Edwin & Lady Herbert - who sheltered a jaguar. Patrick Ba...

Watchers of the Dark

Lloyd Biggle Jr. · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Lloyd Biggle Jr. signed by both the author and by fellow sci-fi writer, William F. Temple. The first edition. Signed by the author to fellow science-fiction writ...

Lydia Bailey

Kenneth Roberts · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this exciting historical fiction novel set in Haiti, signed by the author. A limited edition of one-thousand and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and ten.Signed by the author t...

The Breath of Once Live Things in the Field with Poe

Larry Eigner · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition work of poetry by celebrated Black Mountain School poet Larry Eigner, signed by Eigner himself. Number 162 of 250 numbered copies sewn in paper wraps, signed by Eigner himself in his ty...

The Venus Project

M. E. Patchett · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Mary Patchett's scarce sci-fi novel about an alien crash landing in the Australian outback. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, in the publisher's original ...

The Rupert Annuals from 1980-2022

Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood; James Henderson et al. · 1980 · Rooke Books

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

London, Egmont; The Daily Express, 1980-2022. First edition. Hardback. A impressive thirty-one volume collection of 'The Rupert Annual' from 1880-2022, with vibrant illustrations and stories about Rupert and his friends, with two volumes inscribed by the visual artis...

Hawthorne&Apos;S Faust

William Bysshe Stein · 1953 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work of literary criticism, looking into Hawthorne's use of Faustinan symbols in his works. From the library of Nathaniel Hawthorne specialist, Norman Holmes Pearso...