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Taking Notes on Nature&Apos;S Wild Inventions
Conrad Hilberry · 1999 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
Indiana, Printed by Snowy Egret, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this limited work from Conrad Hilberry, signed by the author with a letter to friends. First edition. Limited to five hundred copies signed by the author of which this is number three hundr…
Rings
Charles L. Harness · 1999 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
Framingham, MA, The NESFA Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this omnibus edition of four novels from American science fiction writer Charles Leonard Harness. First thus. An omnibus of four novels: The Paradox Men, The Ring of Ritornel, Firebird, and Dru…
The Limestone Tree
Joseph Hergesheimer · 1931 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first trade edition of this novel following generations of the Sash family, from American writer Joseph Hergesheimer. First trade edition. Set in Kentucky, this is the story of Gabriel Sash and his family descendants…
The Loafers of Refuge
Joseph Green · 1965 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the first U.K. edition of Joseph Green's first full-length sci-fi novel. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, in the original wraparound. 'The Loafers of Re…
Greenland and Other Poems
James Montgomery · 1819 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition copy of this brilliant anthology of poems by James Montgomery. The first edition of this work.An anthology of the poems of James Montgomery, leading with his epic 'Gre…
Anecdotes of the Bench and Bar
William Henry Grimmer · 1852 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, Hope and Co., 1852. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce compilation of anecdotes on the bench and bar, the first edition of this interesting work on the Victorian legal system. The first edition of this very scarce work.A series of entertaining legal anecdotes of the ben…
The Bitter Pill
A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitter…
Beyond the Beyond
Poul Anderson · 1970 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this captivity anthology of five science fiction novellas by the eminent author Poul Anderson. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of five sci-fi nov…
Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes
R. H. Elkin [trans.]; J. Rontgen · 1917 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Augener Ltd. 1917. First edition. Cloth. A colourfully illustrated first UK edition of this collection of Old Dutch nursery rhymes, rendered into English and harmonised. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with a colour plate…
Utopian Craftsmen: The Arts and Crafts Movement from the Cotswolds to Chicago
Lionel Lambourne · 1980 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Astragal Books, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of this beautifully illustrated guide to the Arts and Crafts Movement, by Lionel Lambourne, who was Head of Paintings for the V&A Museum. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi…
Occasional Demons; Hi Bonnybrig and Other Greetings; Life Drawing; the Wolfclaw Chronicles; the Tin Man
Raymond Soltysek; Shug Hanlan; Linda Cracknell; Tom Bryan; Martin Shannon · 2000 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
Glasgow, 11:9, 2000. Paperback. Bright uncorrected proof copies of these scarce Scottish publications, including novellas and short story collections. Five uncorrected proof copies of these scarce works in pictorial laminated paper wraps.A selection of uncorrected proof copies o…
The Moon As a Slice of Pineapple
Conrad Hilberry · 1984 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this volume of poems by American poet Conrad Hilberry, with a signed presentation inscription from Hilberry and his wife, Marion. The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'for Edith a…
Bogue&Apos;S Fortune
Julian Symons · 1957 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Julian Symon's thrilling novel, set in a progressive school in England, named Bramley Hall. First published the year prior in the UK under the title 'The Paper Chase', this is the fi…
Quadriphobia
Alan Ryan · 1986 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
New York, Doubleday & Company, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of four short novellas by Alan Ryan, the American author best known for his 1980s horror fiction. The first edition, first printing of this work.In the publisher's original uncli…
Nutwood Journals and Ephemera from the &Apos;Followers of Rupert&Apos;
Alfred Bestall · 1983 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)
Brighton, Tony Shuker; Daily Express Publications, 1983-91. First edition. Paperback. A collection of scarce Rupert Bear 'Nutwood' journals, including two special issues, with a large selection of paraphernalia from the 'Followers of Rupert', an organisation …
Au Pays Des Betes Sauvages
Rene Guillot · 1948 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
Paris, G.-T. Rageot, 1948. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this charming illustrated adventure story for children from French writer Rene Guillot, in the original French. French. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Following a young boy named Sanga and his …
Landscape-Historical Illustrations of the Waverley Novels; Nouvelles Illustrations Anglaises Des Romans de Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott; M. C. Pelle · 0 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)
London, Fisher, Son & Co. c1840 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful collection of illustrations to accompany scenes from Sir Walter Scott's acclaimed Waverley novels, with descriptions in both English and French by M. C. Pelle. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled p…
The London Chronicle: Or, Universal Evening Post
Various · 1759 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)
London, The London Chronicle, 1759. Disbound. A run of over one-hundred issues of this popular London-based Georgian evening paper. One-hundred and five issues of 'The London Chronicle' bound in one volume, for February 3rd 1759 to October 4th 1759, being issues 329 to…
The Blithedale Romance
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce two volume first UK edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about life on a utopian farming commune. The scarce first UK edition of this work, complete in two volumes.This edition of 'The Blithdale Romanc…
The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen
John Frank Newton · 1821 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.31 | $1,651.43 | ¥263,629)
London, The Pamphleteer, 1821 . First edition. Unbound. A very scarce edition of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism. A vanishingly scarce contemporary edition of John Frank Newton's important work.First p…