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The Age of Anxiety
Pete Townshend · 2019 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Coronet, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of musician Pete Townshend's debut novel, exploring the anxieties and madness of modern life. The signed first edition, first impression of this novel from Pete Townshend, English musician and principal so…
The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral
Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books
£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)
Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first pr…
Triumphs and Tragedies of the Turf
Campbell Russell · 1930 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, John Long, [1930]. First edition. Cloth. A collection of horse-racing stories by Campbell Russell, a scarce first edition inscribed by the author. A collection of stories of success and failure relating horse-racing, compiled by Russell Campbell, owner-trainer and rider.…
The Utmost Island
Henry Myers · 1951 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
New York, Crown Publishers , 1951. Cloth. The Book Club edition of this epic novel, signed by Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. An epic tale of Iceland Vikings and the Norse gods they worshipped a thousand years prior, but the new Christian religion clashes with this ancient worshipping…
The Royal George 1819-1904
Giles St. Aubyn · 1963 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Constable, 1963. First edition. Leather. An illustrated first edition biography on the life of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge, a lovely copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.An insightful biography into the …
Exploration Du Parc National de la Garamba
Jacques Verschuren · 1957 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Bruxelles, M. Hayes, 1957. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce signed first edition of this French biologist's scientific study of the bats of the Congo's Garamba National Park. In the original French.The very scarce first edition of the biologist and ornithologi…
Abraham Lincoln Mary Stuart Oliver Cromwell
John Drinkwater · 1921 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD, 1921. First edition. Leather. A Hatchards bound collection of the three popular historical plays by John Drinkwater, on Lincoln, Mary Stuart, and Cromwell, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A lovely volume of three …
Babel Tower
A. S. Byatt · 1996 · Rooke Books
£92.00 (€110.29 | $121.57 | ¥19,415)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this wonderful novel by A. S. Byatt, a superb copy of this novel which is generally considered to be one of the best. A first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the ti…
Cambridge Blue
Alison Bruce · 2009 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Soho Constable, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this detective novel by Alison Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author. A thrilling detective novel set in Cambridge, England, and starring DC Gary Goodhew, th…
The Diddakoi
Rumer Godden · 1972 · Rooke Books
£1,850.00 (€2,217.84 | $2,444.52 | ¥390,405)
London, Macmillan, 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this children's novel about a Romani child from British author Rumer Godden. The first edition, first impression of this children's novel from English author Rumer Godden, in the publisher's…
Jours de Cirque
2002 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Monaco, Grimaldi Forum , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully and brightly illustrated celebration of the circus, signed by Prince Rainier of Monaco. A delightful first edition publication of the history of the circus, colourfully illustrated throughout with depictions of t…
Holland
Beatrix Jungman · 1904 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Adam and Charles Black , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming guide to Holland, adorned with numerous coloured plates. A guide to Holland, described by Beatrix Jungman who shares her observations and explorations of various cities and areas in t…
The Veracity of the Gospels & Acts of the Apostles, Argued from the Undesigned Coincidences to Be Found in Them, When Compares 1. With Each Other, - and 2. With Josephus
John James Blunt · 1828 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce Anglican study on undesigned coincidences in the Gospels and works of the Apostles, the first edition of this study by John James Blunt. The first edition of this very scarce work.An interesting Anglican work, con…
Graven Image, an Autobiographical Textbook
John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1940. Hardback. A signed, very smart copy of this work on art and autobiography by noted illustrator John Farleigh. A fascinating autobiographical account of the well-known wood-engraver and illustrator John Farleigh.Farleigh is well known for his illus…
Bill Brandt, a Retrospective Exhibition
David Mellor · 1981 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
London, Cameron and Tayleur, 1981. First edition. Paperback. An exhibition catalogue for a celebration of the work of Bill Brandt, signed by the photographer himself. A signed first edition exhibition catalogue for a retrospective of British photographer Bill Brandt's work.…
A Portfolio Honoring Harold Hugo
Various Contributors · 1978 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Not Stated , Meriden Stinehour Incorporated, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A charming portfolio in honour of printed Harold Hugo and his work, the first edition. A complete group of thirty eight unbound portfolios collected in their cloth casing honouring the work of Harold Hugo. …
The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster
Edward Wedlake Brayley · 1818 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, J. P. Neale, 1818. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated history into the architecture and antiquities of Westminster Abbey, a wonderful work on the important landmark. The first edition of this work.Volume I only out of a total of II volumes. Vol…
Queer Fish
Robert Overton · 0 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Dean and Son, c1883. Hardback. A curious collection of nine short stories drawn from late Victorian Era magazines. The second edition of this collection of nine tales, or 'character sketches', from author Robert Overton. The preface to the work identifies that …
The Capel Letters: Being the Correspondence of Lady Caroline Capel and Her Daughters with the Dowager Countess of Uxbridge from Brussels and Switzerland,1814 - 1817
The Marquess of Anglesey [ed.] · 1955 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1955. First edition. Leather. A first edition collection of correspondences between the English nobility, from 1814-1817. Illustrated, and with a folding genealogical table. The first edition of this work, in a signed binding from Sangorski and Sutcliffe.I…
Wavell Scholar and Soldier to June 1941
John Connell · 1964 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, Collins, 1964. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Connell's biography on Archibald Wavell, an important figure in the British Army, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Harry Bailey & Raymond Whitaker.A biograp…