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Let&Apos;S Go to the Circus

George Theiner · 1963 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Bancroft & Co, 1963 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce children's movable book, illustrated and designed by prominent paper engineer Rudolf Lukes. The first edition of this very scarce work.From Czech illustrator Rudolf Lukes, a promin…

Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up

Robert Sabuda · 1997 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Little Simon (Simon and Schuster), 1997. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this charming pop-up book for young children to help with counting. First edition. Illustrated with ten intricate and brightly coloured pop-up pages. Collated complete and in per…

Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island

H. G. Wells · 1928 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of H. G. Wells' story surrounding a shipwreck on Rampole Island, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the highly pictorial dus…

Modern Love

George Meredith; C. Day Lewis [intro.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948 . Cloth. A delightful mid twentieth century edition of Meredith's celebrated sonnet sequence, from the library of science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. A lovely 1948 edition of Meredith's 'novella in verse' about the failure of …

Just One Village 1910-1960

E. J. Standen · 1910 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1960. Paperback. A typed manuscript for this very scarce history of the village of Pembury, signed by the author. A very scarce work, this being a typed manuscript.Signed by the author to the title page.Only one copy held institutionally, at the Universi…

Le Morte D&Apos;Arthur; Arthurian Chronicles

Thomas Malory; Eugene Mason; Lucy Allen Paton [intro.]; Ernest Rhys [ed.] · 1906 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1906-1912 . Cloth. Three volumes of Arthurian legend, including the famous 'Le Morte D'Arthur' and 'Arthurian Chronicles', edited by Ernest Rhys as part of Everyman's Library. Three volumes in the publisher's orig…

As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy in Fact

Oliver St. J. Gogarty · 1937 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Rich & Cowan Ltd. 1937. Cloth. An early revised edition of this extended prose work from Irish author Oliver St. J. Gogarty, signed by the author. Revised edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page to Willi…

The Laughing Hour, and, Laugh Another Day

M. Forster Knight · 1937 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1937-38. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works for children by Mary Forster Knight, both signed by the author. Two very scarce first edition works by Mary Forster Knight.Both volumes are signed by the author to the half-title. Two cha…

The Inheritors: Poems 1948-55

Richard Church · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Richard Church's later poetry collection 'The Inheritors', from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's ori…

Deceits of Time

Isabel Colegate · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from British author Isabel Colegate, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of …

Here to Stay

John Hersey · 1963 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this collection of moving essays by John Hersey, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing.Singed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'For Fred and Marg…

Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This i…

Sixteen Science Fiction Novels and Periodicals

David Meltzer; Ray Luther; Michael Moorcock; Edward E. Smith; Manly W. Wellman; Wade Wellman; Spider Robinson; Brian W. Aldiss; E. C. Tubb; George C. Foster; Judith Reeves-Stevens; William F. Temple; Curt Siodmak; · 1953 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

New York; California, Brown, Watson Limited; Ace Books; Hamilton & Co; Warner Books; Granada; et al. 1953-81. First edition. Paperback. A sixteen volume set of first edition science fiction novels and magazines, including works based on the popular series 'Star Trek', …

Casualty Ward

Robert Conquest · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

Lunchtime

Dannie Abse · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

Paolo & Francesca

Stephen Phillips · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London and New York, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1900. Leather. A tragedy portraying the affair of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta, bound by the Guild of Women Binders. An unsigned binding by the Guild of Women Binders.The Guild of Women Binders were formed at the turn o…

Harlequin Phoenix, or, the Rise and Fall of a Bergamask Rogue

Thelma Niklaus · 1956 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Bodley Head, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this curious history of the Harlequin character, an illustrated volume, including with colour plates. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Mervyn Peake. …

How It Must Work: In an Address to the Freeholders and Electors of the United Empire

Henry Francis Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham · 1832 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, James Ridgway, 1832 . Unbound. A signed copy of the second edition of Henry Francis Roper-Curzon, 14th Baron Teynham's appeal for various reforms. A scarce work, inscribed by the author to the head of the title page with 'with the author's best compliments…

Hawthorne Reading: An Essay

Julian Hawthorne · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Cleveland, The Rowfant Club, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Julian Hawthorne's limited edition guide to the works of his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne. With a loosely inserted signed letter by the author. Loosely inserted is a handwritten signed letter from…

Flowers and Moonshine

Dudu · 1857 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Richardson Brothers, 1857. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this charming collection of whimsical short stories for children, including a group of mischievous fairies who visit a family. Signed and dedicated by the author. The first and only edition…