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The Seasons

James Thomson; Percival Stockdale · 1793 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, A. Hamilton, 1793. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of James Thomson's romantic rural poem, the first edition to have the notes of Percival Stockdale. This is the first edition with Percival Stockdale's notes.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignett...

Characters and Passages from Note-Books

Samuel Butler · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1908. Leather. A nicely bound collection of character sketches by the noted poet and satirist Samuel Butler, an entertaining work on Stuart society. In a signed binding by Palmer Howe & Co, Manchester.A selection of entertaining character...

The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope Hawkins · 1894 · Rooke Books

£1,290.00 (€1,546.27 | $1,704.27 | ¥272,150)

Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, 1894. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed first edition copy of Anthony Hope's adventure novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda&apos. With Hope's cut signature loosely inserted. The first edition, third state, as is usual with this work. Wi...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Andersen Press Ltd. 1984. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition of this children's work by Bernard Stone, brilliantly illustrated by Ralph Steadman and signed by both author and illustrator. This fantastic tale tells of Quasimodo and Toothy travelling to t...

Ratsmagic

Christopher Logue · 1979 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. Hardback. A superb edition of this illustrated work by Wayne Anderson, with a story told by Christopher Logue. Signed by the artist to the title page. A reprint of this work. Profusely and illustrated throughout with very charming yet intriguing an...

Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia

Brian W. Aldiss · 1970 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

New York, Doubleday and Company, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first US edition of this exciting and scarce science fiction novel by Brian W Aldiss. The first edition of this work. A scarce title. A science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss, one of the Grand ...

This Old Man

Gertrude Bone · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude and Muirhead Bone of this novella by Gertrude Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Gertrude Bone to the front free endpaper "To Mr and Mrs Jordan Bottomley wit...

Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Essay with Specimen Translations in Verse

Gavin Bone · 1946 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, The Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Getrude Bone to half title page "To ...

Satirical Poems

Siegfried Sassoon · 1926 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,696.98 | $2,972.56 | ¥474,680)

London, William Heinemann, 1926. Cloth. A collection of poetry by important poet Siegfried Sassoon, presented by the author 'from an old friend&apos. This work contains a number of poems focused on London and a number of experiences in the city, such as 'Observations...

Gone Away

Frederick Cotton · 1888 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this exciting foxhunting novel, a signed very scarce first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.Author's presentation copy, with his inscription to the rec...

A Piece of My Mind Reflections at Sixty

Edmund Wilson · 1956 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

New York, Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Edmund Wilson's essays, written when he was sixty, looking at a various of pressing global topics of the time. Inscribed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, the name ...

Work Suspended and Other Stories Written Before the Second World War

Evelyn Waugh · 1948 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1948. Cloth. A good copy of this collection of short stories by acclaimed author Evelyn Waugh. An early edition, published in 1948, six years after the first limited and signed edition. A collection of short stories by Evelyn Waugh. This collection ca...

The Freedom of Poetry

Derek Stanford · 1947 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Falcon Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed by the author of this literary study on modern verse by Derek Stanford. The first edition of this work in its original, unclipped dustwrapper. A study on the modern verse by Derek Stanford. The author...

Fragrant Harbour

John Lanchester · 2002 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Faber, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this moving novel set in Hong Kong during troubling times, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, second impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original...

Blood of Victory

Alan Furst · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A pristine first edition copy of this novel by Alan Furst, signed to title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. A historical fiction set in the 1940s background, following I.A Serbin  as he is rec...

Birds without Wings

Louis de Bernieres · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Secker & Warburg, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of one of Louis de Bernieres' most popular historical fiction novels. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.Hatchard's wr...

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Alexander McCall Smith · 1995 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Canongate, 1995. First edition. Paperback. A fine signed first edition short story anthology pondering the subject of dating, written by the prolific Alexander McCall Smith. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.A selec...

Duffy

Dan Kavanagh; Julian Barnes · 1980 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of Julian Barnes' detective fiction series featuring the detective and ex-policeman 'Duffy&apos. Signed by Barnes under his pseudonymous name Dan Kavanagh. This novel was is...

In Honour Bound

Nina Bawden · 1961 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longmans, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy inscribed and signed by the author of this mystery novel by Nina Bawden. The first edition of this work. The gripping story of a man who lost everything he had. What will a damaged man do to himself and others to adap...

Tom Brown at Oxford

Thomas Hughes · 1871 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1871. Leather. A signed copy of the popular Victorian novel 'Tom Brown at Oxford&apos. In a full morocco binding. A signed copy, in a full morocco binding.  With the author's inscription 'Sybil Irene Cutler with the best wishes of her ...