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Paradise Row or a Broken Piece of Old Chelsea

Reginald Blunt · 1906 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Macmillan & Company Limited, 1906. First edition. Vellum. A limited edition of this illustrated historical study of Chelsea by Reginald Blunt, a signed presentation copy. First edition. Limited to one hundred and ten copies, of which this is number eighty-four. The autho…

Mrs. Coachman&Apos;S Florida Recipes

Jessie Candler Coachman · 1938 · Rooke Books

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

Florida, Kumquat Sweet Shop, 1938. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, author-signed first edition of this charming citrus focused Florida recipe collection, with no known institutional holdings. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial pa…

New Arabian Nights

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1924. Leather. A smart new impression of Robert Louis Stevensons' short-story collection, in signed half calf prize binding. New impression. In signed half calf prize binding by Best & Co, for Heddon Court School. With a contemporary prize bookpl…

Das Ideale Buch Oder Schone Buch Eine Abhandlung Uber Kalligraphie Druck Und Illustration Und Uber Das Schone Buch Als Ein Ganzes

T. J. Cobden-Sanderson; Jan Tschichold [translator] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Basel, Kurrus & Co. 1963. Paperback. A very smart limited edition of this translation of Cobden-Sanderson's treatise on calligraphy, signed by the translator Jan Tschichold. German. Limited to one thousand two hundred copies signed by the translator. Very scarce work. A tre…

Marbled Notebook from Compton Marbling

2000 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Wiltshire, Compton Marbling, c2000. Cloth. A very smart notebook or sketchbook from Compton Marbling, a Wiltshire based paper design company. A charming marbled notebook, journal, or sketchbook, measuring between the A4 and A5 sizes. With approximately ninety plain pages. Compto…

A History of Greece

George Grote · 1846 · Rooke Books

£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)

London, John Murray, 1846-1856 . First edition. Leather. A uniformly bound, complete set of George Grote's celebrated History of Greece, complete with folding maps and plans. The first edition, published between 1846 and 1856. Complete in twelve volumes. Uniformly bound i…

Inside Somerset

Monica Hutchings · 1971 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Dorset, The Abbey Press, 1971. Paperback. A richly illustrated guide to Somerset"s landscape, heritage, and hidden gems, signed by the author and complete with period photographs and a fold-out map. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. This volume is the revis…

The Arabian Nights Entertainments

Jonathan Scott [trans.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£2,450.00 (€2,937.14 | $3,237.34 | ¥517,022)

London, Longman, Hurst, Orme, Brown, 1811. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the first Jonathan Scott translation of the Arabian Nights, beautifully bound in half straight grain morocco by Morrell, and with a frontispiece to each volume. The first edition of this wo…

Hospitality

Nell Heaton · 1955 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Cassell, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Nell Heaton's guide to hospitality, with an additional tipped in letter from the author. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper…

Garden Herbs: Culture, Storage, Uses

George E. Whitehead · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Adam & Charles Black , 1942. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of George Whitehead's guide to growing and using garden herbs, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the front fr…

The Sixth Lamentation

William Brodrick · 2003 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

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 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

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…

Reaper of Souls

Rena Barron · 2021 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

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 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

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 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

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 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

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…

Constable&Apos;S Wine Library

Andre L. Simon; Various · 1933 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

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…

Scarlet

Genevieve Cogman · 2023 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Tor in association with Goldsboro Books, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Genevieve Cogman's historical vampire novel, with a striking and detailed sprayed fore-edge. A limited edition, being number 1,599 out of 2,000 numbered copies of the fi…

A Collection of Thriller Crime Novels by Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick · 2002 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London, Century; Bantam Press, 2002-2019. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic signed collection of Simon Kernick's crime novels, complete with the fine unclipped dust wrappers. Signed by the author to each volume. The first editions, first impressions of these works. All co…

The Worm in the Bud; the Liar&Apos;S Chair; What Alice Knew; Zodiac; a Nearly Normal Family

Chris Collett; Rebecca Whitney; T. A. Cotterell; Sam Wilson; M. T. Edvardsson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Piatkus; Mantle; Doubleday; Michael Joseph; Macmillan , 2004-2019. First edition. Cloth. A superb set of modern thrillers and mystery novels, all of which are either signed first impressions or limited signed editions. A gripping selection of mystery and crime thrillers.…