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Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
George Edward Cokayne · 1887 · Rooke Books
£3,400.00 (€4,076.03 | $4,492.63 | ¥717,500)
London, George Bell & Sons, 1887-98. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of this important authorativie reference work on the peerage of Britain, by George Edward Cokayne. The first edition of this work.Complete in eight volumes.In a fine half morocco b…
The Devil&Apos;S Motor: A Fantasy
Marie Corelli · 1910 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A strikingly illustrated first edition of this work of fantasy fiction from successful novelist Marie Corelli. A unique work, this first edition is illustrated throughout by ghoulish tipped-in colour plates from artist Ar…
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Containing the History of the Life and Reign of That Monarch, and His Own Administration Under Him. Translated from the French, to Which Is Added, the Tryal of Ravaillac for the Murder of Henry the Great.
Pierre Mathurin de l'Ãcluse des Loges · 1778 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)
London, Printed for J. Rivington and Sons; J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson; et al. 1778. Leather. The fifth edition of this fascinating collection of Maximilien de Bethune's memoirs. Complete in six volumes. The fifth edition complete in six volumes containing the Engli…
Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1879 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, The Chiswick Press, 1879. Leather. A Riviere bound collection of the poetical works and letters of the pre-Romantic Thomas Gray, illustrated with mounted photograph plates. A large paper copy.In a full calf signed binding by Riviere & Son.A collection of Thomas Gray&apos…
On Her Majesty&Apos;S Secret Service
Ian Fleming · 1963 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, featuring notorious villain Blofeld. This work follows Bond as he continues to search for Ernst Stavro Blofeld, with the quest taking him to Switzerland…
Lords, Lieutenants, and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire
John Marriott Davenport · 1868 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1868. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming works comprising lists of lord, lieutenants, and high sheriffs of Oxfordshire by John Davenport. The author's presentation copy with two signed letters tipped in. The firs…
Human Life a Poem
Samuel Rogers · 1920 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, John Murray, 1920. Leather. A reflective poem by a celebrated but largely forgotten poet of the Romantic Period. A smart copy in full calf of the 1820 second edition of Samuel Rogers's reflective poem 'Human Life&apos. His literary output was notoriously slow, …
The Welsh Sonata
James Hanley · 1978 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
New York, Horizon Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this exciting mystery novel by James Hanley. The first US edition in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition of this mystery novel by James Hanley, very prolific British author. Originall…
A Miscellany of Corps Nostalgia: Being Extracts from the Journals of the Army Service Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, and Royal Corps of Transport over a Century of Publication 1891-1991
M H G Young [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Unknown, Privately Printed, 1992. Leather. A superb limited edition, very scarce copy of this miscellaneous of extracts from the journals of the Army Service Corps, the Royal Army Service Corps, and the Royal Corps of Transport over a century of publication. Signed by the editor…
A Set of Woodcuts by Stephen Bone, Being the Illustrations to a Farmer&Apos;S Life by George Bourne
Stephen Bone · 1922 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1922. Unbound. A fascinating set of woodcuts by Stephen Bone, limited to fifty five copies and signed by the author. A limited edition to fifty five copies printed from the original wood blocks on Japanese Vellum. A signed set of woodcuts by English paint…
The L-Shaped Room
Lynne Reid Banks · 1960 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Chatto and WIndus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this popular novel by Lynne Reid Banks. The first edition of this work. A novel following the story of a pregnant young woman named Jane who moves to a boarding school in London. In the L-shap…
Journey&Apos;S End
R. C. Sherriff; Vernon Barlett · 1930 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition novel by R. C. Sherriff and Vernon Bartlett, set during the end of the First World War. A limited edition work, limited to six-hundred copies, of which this is numbered five-hundred and twenty-five.Signed by bot…
Mr Chesterton Comes to Tea or: How the King of England Captured Redskin Island
Aidan Mackey, Richard Ingrams [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Cambridge , Vintage Publications, 1978. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed limited edition copy of this novel by Aidan Mackey written to give G. K. Chesterton space to publish his drawings. A lovely limited edition copy, this volume being number twenty three of three hundr…
Rings on Her Fingers
Rhys Davies · 1930 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Harold Shaylor, 1930. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Rhys Davies' novel, complete with a slipcase. This work is the story of a married woman living in poverty.Written by Rhys Davies (1901-1978), a Welsh novelist and short story writer working in the English…
The Works of Dick Francis
Dick Francis · 1964 · Rooke Books
£5,500.00 (€6,593.58 | $7,267.49 | ¥1,160,663)
London, Michael Joseph, 1964-2000. First edition. Cloth. An excellent collection of the works of noted equestrian author, Dick Francis, many of which are signed. An exceptional set of these much-loved works. Contains: Nerve, published 1964. The first edition, first impression. O…
Rakiura
Basil Howard · 1940 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
Wellington , A.H and A. W. Reed Dunedin and Wellington, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce volume on 'Rakiura', or Stewart Island, New Zealand. The first edition in the very rare original dustwrapper of this volume on Rakiura, native name for …
The Pigeon Tunnel Stories from My Life
John Le Carre · 2016 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,877.20 | $3,171.27 | ¥506,471)
London, Penguin, Viking, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A fine, limited edition of John Le Carre's classic autobiographical work. Signed by him to the title page, in the original pictorial slipcase. Limited to only 100 copies, this is numbered 35 to the title page, with Le Car…
Saint Joan
George Bernard Shaw · 1924 · Rooke Books
£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)
London, Constable and Company , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition copy of George Bernard Shaw's play regarding Joan of Arc. Signed by the star of the play, Sybil Thorndike. Signed by many notable figures such as: Sybil Thorndike, the British actress who …
East, West
Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
New York, Pantheon, 1994. First edition. Hardback. A First US Edition, signed copy of 'East, West': an anthology of short stories by Salman Rushdie. A First US Edition copy of East, West, written and signed by Salman Rushdie.East, West is an anthology of short stori…
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel, a moving story written by Julian Barnes. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustw…