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Bring Back the Gods: The Epic Career of the Emperor Julian, the Great

Napoleon Bonaparte; Somerset de Chair · 1962 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel on Emperor Julian, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A novel following the life of one of the most versatile figures in history, ...

The Crab-Apple Tree

Richard Church · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this insightful novel from Richard Church, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. After seven years at sea, Jim Bright returns home to find a sadly ch...

A Vicious Circle

Amanda Craig · 1996 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Fourth Estate, 1996. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel on the life of the fictional character 'Amelia' and her journey through motherhood, signed by the author Amanda Craig The first edition, first impression. With a complete numberline.Â...

Ss-Gb: Nazi Occupied Britain 1941

Len Deighton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this alternative history novel from Len Deighton. First edition. An alternative history novel set in a Great Britain conquered and occupied by Germany in the Second World War. Set less than a year after th...

The Trap

John Treherne · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of John Treherne's mystery novel, evoking village life in the 1930s. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

The God Beneath the Sea

Kathleen M. Lines · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London , Longman, 1970 . First edition. Hardback. A beautifully signed first edition on mythology. The first edition.Signed by the author and artist. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The God Beneath The Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology. The story ...

Volcano Dancing

Owen O'Neill · 2003 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Argyll, Thirty Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this collection of poetry, signed with an inscription from the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an inscription that reads: To Rod, onwards and upwards, love O...

The Pedlar&Apos;S Revenge and Other Stories

Liam O'Flaherty · 1976 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1976 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Irish author Liam O'Flaherty, one of the foremost socialist writers of the twentieth century. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publi...

English Reprints

Edward Arber · 1868 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Southgate , 1868. Leather. A handsomely bound sammelband containing four volumes. Very scarce. A collection of four English reprints bound as a sammelband. This four-volume collection is handsomely bound in quarter cloth. Bound in a Spink and Thackery signed binding.Â...

Original Plays

William Schwenck Gilbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1910 . Leather. A fine-paper edition of W. S. Gilbert's original plays, in a smart, red calf binding. Rebound in a smart, full, red calf binding, by Henry Sotheran, London. The fine-paper edition of the work. First published c1856. A collection ...

Trilogy. Conversations between Three Friends on the Emendations of Shakespeare&Apos;S Text Contained in Mr. Collier&Apos;S Corrected Folio, 1632, and Employed by Recent Editors of the Poet&Apos;S Works

[John Payne Collier] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£3,800.00 (€4,554.90 | $5,020.33 | ¥801,682)

London, T. Richards, [1874]. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce work by John Payne Collier, a smartly bound copy of his defense on the Perkins' Folio. The first and only edition of this vanishingly scarce limited edition work, limited to only twenty-five unnumbe...

The Owls of Olynn Belfry. A Tale for Children.

A.Y.D. · 1885 · Rooke Books

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

London, Field & Tuer, [1885]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce children's tale illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, in a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this very scarce work, dated 1885 via the British Library.In a half moroc...

Poems

Walter Strachan · 1976 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Christopher Hewett, 1976 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully presented first edition of Walter Strachan's poetry, with engravings by Charles Marq, in the original slipcase. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with blue paper cov...

Capital

John Lanchester · 2012 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber and Faber, 2012. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this contemporary novel from Lanchester, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With the original "signed copy" paper wrap. Set in London before and duri...

Backwards and Forwards

Summer Spring · 1905 · Rooke Books

£960.00 (€1,150.71 | $1,268.29 | ¥202,530)

London, Henry J. Glaisher, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century science fiction novel. With the inscription 'with the author's compliments Xmas 1910' to the verso of the front fr...

Pig

Andrew Cowan · 1994 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Michael Joseph, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this award-winning novel from Cowan, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, reading: "for Jonathan, with best wishes." The debut novel of Cowan...

Hard Times

Sara Paretsky · 1999 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First UK edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The nineth V. I. Warshawski novel. When Warshawski swerves to avoid hitting...

The Girl on the Boat

P. G. Wodehouse · 1925 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1925. Cloth. An early edition of an entertaining novel by P. G. Wodehouse, set upon an ocean liner sailing to England. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The fif...

Dogs of Character

Cecil Aldin · 1927 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. A limited edition of Cecil Aldin's charmingly illustrated tale about the dogs Mickey and Cracker, an Irish wolfhound and a bull terrier. Limited to two-hundred and fifty copies. This copy is lacking the signed ori...

Blood Shot: The 5th V.I. Warshawski Novel Guardian Angel: The 7th V.I. Warshawski Novel Hard Time: The 9th V.I. Warshawski Novel Total Recall: The 10th V.I. Warshawski Novel Blacklist: The 11th V.I. Warshawski Novel Fire Sale: The 13th V.I. Warshawski Novel Breakdown: The 15th V.I. Warshawski Novel Brush Back: The 17th V.I. Warshawski Novel Shell Game: The 19th V.I. Warshawski Novel

Sara Paretsky · 1988 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

COMPLETE, Hodder & Stoughton; Delacorte Press; Putnam; Hamish Hamilton, 1988-2018. First edition. Cloth. A 9 volume collection of detective works featuring V. I. Warshawski by Sara Paretsky including a signed copy of 'Total Recall&apos. Nine Volumes of detective works by ...