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Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin&Apos;S Collection of Sculptured Marbles

1816 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, House of Commons, 1816. First edition. Unbound. The first edition of this very scarce report by the British government into the legality of Elgin's acquisition of the "Elgin Marbles". The first edition of this very scarce work.The House of Commons' report into …

Winter Words

Thomas Hardy · 1928 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the final poetry anthology of Thomas Hardy, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this final volume of poetry by Thomas Hardy.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This anthology wa…

Substance of the Speech of Charles Marsh, Esq. In a Committee of the House of Commons [... ] in Support of the Amendment [... ] on the Clause in the East-India Bill

Charles Marsh · 1813 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Black, Parry and Co. 1813. First edition. Unbound. The very scarce first edition of Charles Marsh's speech defending India from evangelical reformers. He believed limited Christian conversions would prioritise colonial control. A very scarce first edition.In this sp…

Caxtoniana: A Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners

Sir E. Bulwer Lytton · 1863 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863 . First edition. Leather. A bright example of the two volume first edition of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's charming collection of essays on a diverse range of subjects. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.The work o…

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first state of Thomas Hardy's last published novel, in the original cloth. The first edition, first state, with all the half blanks numbered through the signatures A-H as called for. A r…

My Uncle Oswald

Roald Dahl · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Michael Joseph, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this salacious Uncle Oswald comedy from Roald Dahl. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character previo…

The Sixth Lamentation

William Brodrick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first impression and signed uncorrected proof of this moving debut novel by William Brodrick. Both signed and dated by the author to the title pages. This set includes a signed first edition, first impressio…

Touchstone Trilogy

Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent complete first edition set of the Touchstone Trilogy from British author Steve Augarde, signed by the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Written and…

The Duchess Cookery Book

Susan, Duchess of Somerset · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming cookery book and household guide from Susan Margaret St Maur, Duchess of Somerset. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of good and valuable recipes found in the ho…

A Collection of Uncommon Cookery Books

Marjorie Swift; Lilian Whitling; G. F. Scotson-Clarke; Ann Mears · 1925 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Geoffrey Bles; Harrods Ltd.; Jonathan Cape; Arrowsmith, 1925-1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of four uncommon cookery books for home life. Four volumes. Uncommon works. This set contains: Feed the Brute!, 1925. First edition. Dated from the British Library…

Reaper of Souls

Rena Barron · 2021 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Harper Voyager, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of this thrilling novel from American writer Rena Barron, signed by the author. First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Limited to two hundred and fifty numbered copies, of which …

Tales of a Monstrous Heart

Jennifer Delaney · 2024 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Gollancz, 2024. First edition. Cloth. An excellently presented first edition of this fantasy novel from English author Jennifer Delaney, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. One of two thousand copies of a special…

Undressing

James O'Neill · 2019 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Short Books, 2019. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novella from Irish writer James O'Neill, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, in presentation to Ca…

A Collection of First Uk Edition Modern Novels, Signed by the Authors

Various · 2014 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London, Mantle; Orion Books; William Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Century; Jonathan Cape, 2014-2023. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing collection of first UK edition, first impression novels from modern authors. Each volume is signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK ed…

The Comedies of Plutus and the Frogs

Aristophanes · 1822 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Oxford; London, D. A. Talboys; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Leather. An English translation of two classical Ancient Greek comedies by Aristophanes. An English prose translation of these two comical Ancient Greek plays by Aristophanes.'Plutus' was first…

Constable&Apos;S Wine Library

Andre L. Simon; Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,034)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1933-35. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of six first edition works from Constable's 'Wine Library', edited by Andre L. Simon. One volume is signed by the author. A set of six first edition, first impression volumes from Constable&ap…

The Eternal Lover, Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, and, Jungle Girl

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1927 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Methuen; Cassel & Company; Odhams Press, 1927-33. First edition. Cloth. A set of three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, all exciting fantasy adventure tales. Three first U.K. edition novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.This set contains:'The Eternal Lov…

The Strange Adventures of a Toy Soldier

Cyril W. Beaumont · 1926 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, C. W. Beaumont, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated fairy tale for children, following the adventures of a toy soldier. The first edition.Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Francis Beloe, on his sixth birthd…

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway · 1964 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. An wonderful first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published memoir about life in Paris in the 1920s. The first UK edition, first impression of this classic work.In the publisher's original price clipped…

Five Are Together Again

Enid Blyton · 1963 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Enid Blyton's final 'Famous Five' novel, published twenty-one years after the first instalment of the series. The first edition, first impression of this work, i…