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[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.18 | $2,774.39 | ¥443,035)

London, T. Hookham, 1816. Leather. A lovely second edition of Thomas Love Peacock's first novel, from the library of the Bloomsbury founder Lytton Strachey. The second edition of this work; the first and second edition were published in the same year, and both are very sc...

Love Among the Ruins a Romance of the Near Future

Evelyn Waugh · 1953 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed limited edition dystopian novella, signed by Evelyn Waugh. A limited edition work, limited to three-hundred and fifty copies, of which fifty were signed by the author. This copy is numbered forty-eight.Sign...

A Jackdaw in Georgia a Book of Polite Parodies and Imitations of Contemporaries and Others

William Kean Seymour · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John G. Wilson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first, uncommon signed edition of this volume comprising humorous poems and rhymes by William Kean Seymour. The first edition stated of this clever and amusing anthology of poems, written by William K Seymour on his conte...

The Home of Mankind the Story of the World We Live in

Hendrick Willem van Loon · 1939 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, George G. Harrap & Company LTD. 1939. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated history of the world and it's many countries, illustrated with detailed colour plates, and many monochrome plates. An educational history of the world for children.In this work van Loon explore...

A Smell of Burning

Margaret Lane · 1965 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this enthralling novel set against the backdrop of Morocco. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Duncan Grant.A ch...

The Sellout

Paul Beatty · 2016 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Oneworld, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A fine signed first edition of Paul Beatty's humorous Man Booker winning novel. The first edition, first impression of this work. This paperback is the true U.K. first, being published in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus, and Gi...

Milkman

Anna Burns · 2018 · Rooke Books

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

London, Faber and Faber, 2018. First edition. Hardback. A fine signed first edition of Anna Burns' Man Booker winning novel, signed to the book and to a bookmark. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, and to one of the lo...

Poems for Charles Causley

Various · 1982 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Enitharmon Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of this commemorative poetry collection, published for the sixty-fifth birthday of Charles Causley. Inscribed by David Gascoyne. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by David Gascoyne to h...

Set in Darkness

Ian Rankin · 2000 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Orion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Ian Rankin's eleventh Inspector Rebus novel, part of his immensely popular and thrilling series. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the origi...

The Complaints

Ian Rankin · 2009 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London, Orion, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Ian Rankin's first Malcolm Fox novel, a thrilling mystery. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Complaint...

Noon and the Night Series

Robert Ryan · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Review, 2002-2005. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition set of Robert Ryan's 'Noon and Night Series&apos. Comprising all four volumes, one of which is signed. 'Night Crossing' is signed to the title page. Comprising: Early One Morning (2002)...

The Swaying Pillars

Elizabeth Ferrars · 1968 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Collins, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Elizabeth Ferrars' mystery novel, a thrilling read. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Swaying Pillar...

The James Bond Dossier

Kingsley Amis · 1965 · Rooke Books

£840.00 (€1,006.87 | $1,109.76 | ¥177,214)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed copy of Kingsley Amis' analysis of the James Bond Novels. Signed by Kingsley Amis to a tipped in bookplate to the recto of front free endpaper: 'Signed for a member of the New Fiction Society&apos. &a...

Five Novels by Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley · 1874 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1874-5. Leather. A Bickers bound collection of five popular novels by the English author Charles Kingsley. In a signed binding by Bickers & Son.A collection of five popular novels by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley was a priest for the Church of E...

The Rescue of Piglet/Piglet and the Flood

A A Milne · 1959 · Rooke Books

£12,000.00 (€14,383.90 | $15,853.68 | ¥2,531,627)

London, The Evening News, c1925. First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce, truly unique work. Signed by A.A Milne and Ernest H Shepard, this work comprises mounted press-cuttings from the Evening News of 'The Rescue of Piglet&apos. This story of Piglet and the flood ...

The Other Side of the Fire

Alice Thomas Ellis · 1984 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Viking, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first American edition of Alice Thomas Ellis's novel 'The Other Side of the Fire&apos. This novel is a humorous, sharp-edges story about love, passion, and friendship. It follows middle aged Claudia Bohannon, wh...

Shelley&Apos;S Centenary and Lachrymae Musarum

William Watson · 1996 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Rivendale Press, 1996. Paperback. A limited edition collection of two of William Watson's eulogical poems on Percy Shelley and Alfred Tennyson, signed by the author of the introduction. A limited edition work, limited to seventy-five copies, of which this in n...

Shadowplay

Karen Campbell · 2010 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first edition of this work of modern detective fiction. Very scarce. With a loosely inserted bookplate signed by the author. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. Shadowplay is C...

The Creator&Apos;S Map

Emilio Calderon · 2008 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, John Murray, 2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first UK edition of this work of modern fiction by Emilio Calderon. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. First UK edition, first impression with complete numberline. First published in 2006 in Sp...

The Blighted Cliffs

Edwin Thomas · 2003 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Bantam Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this work of modern maritime fiction, presented in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression with complete numberline. The Blight...