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Enigma Variations and
Paul Roche · 1974 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Gloucester, Thornhill Press, 1974. First edition. Paperback. A signed poetical anthology from Bloomsbury Group member Paul Roche, best known for his acclaimed translations and companionship with Duncan Grant. The first edition of Engima Variations And, a lyrical anthology, writt…
Bless the Thief & the Lightning Cage
Alan Wall · 1997 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1997-1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of first edition thrilling novels by British writer Alan Wall, including a signed copy and a postcard. A two volume set. The first editions, including a signed copy. In the publisher's origi…
Yes and No and for Whom the Bell Chimes
Graham Greene · 1983 · Rooke Books
£299.00 (€358.45 | $395.09 | ¥63,098)
London; Sydney; Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first limited edition of two short plays by Graham Greene, in the original glassine wraps. First edition. No. 222 of a limited edition of 750 copies signed by the author. In the publisher's origi…
The Imprisoned Sea
James Reeves · 1949 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Editions Poetry, 1949. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of an introspective anthology which fuses fantasy with direct observation, written and signed by a celebrated poet best known in children's literature. The first edition of The Imprisoned Sea, an intr…
A Widow&Apos;S Story
Joyce Carol Oates · 2011 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
[Connecticut], [Easton Press], [2011]. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition copy of this memoir about the grief that accompanies the loss of a partner by Joyce Carol Oates, new in a shrink wrap. The first edition, signed by the author. In the publisher's origina…
Number Three Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls
Walter de la Mare; G. K. Chesterton; A. A. Milne; Laurence Housman; Compton Mackenzie; Hilaire Belloc; Hugh Chesterman; Et al. · 1925 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Cloth. The first American edition of the third Joy Street annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, Walter de la Mare, G. K. Chesterton, and many others, in the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. I…
Three Private Presses: Saint Dominic&Apos;S Press, the Press of Edward Walters, Saint Albert&Apos;S Press
Brocard Sewell · 1979 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Wellingborough, Christopher Skelton, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Brocard Sewell's illustrated limited edition study of three private presses, Saint Dominic"s Press, the Press of Edward Walters, and Saint Albert"s Press. The first edition of this l…
Repetitious
Peter Reading · 1999 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
Not Stated, Laertides Press, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, individually bound poem; number 39 of a limited edition, signed to the rear cover. A very scarce work, in the publisher's original pictorial boards. In the limited edition - one of 250 copies, this …
To the Ends of the Earth Trilogy: Rites of Passage; Close Quarters; Fire Down Below
William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Faber & Faber, 1980-1989. First edition. Cloth. The first impressions of the acclaimed nautical trilogy written by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding, including his signature to Fire Down Below. The first impressions, first editions of the acclaimed To the Ends o…
S. Francis of Assisi: The Mirror of Perfection
Sebastian Evans [Trans.]; Leo of Assisi; Paul Sabatier [Ed.] · 1898 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)
London, David Nutt, 1898 . Vellum. The first English edition of "The Mirror of Perfection," signed and dated at Assisi by its editor Paul Sabatier, in a striking contemporary hand-painted vellum binding. In a contemporary hand-painted vellum binding, with a stylised foliate desi…
The High Tower
Frances Horovitz · 1970 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, New Departures, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A limited edition signed copy of this collection of poetry by English poet and broadcaster, Frances Horovitz. A limited edition copy of the first edition, where twenty five were numbered and signed by the author, this copy…
The Iron Chest: A Play; in Three Acts.
George Colman · 1796 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, W. Woodfall for Messrs. Cadell and Davies, 1796 . Leather. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of George Colman's scarce melodrama, in a handsome quarter calf binding. The second edition of this scarce work. Inscribed by the author to the half title, &a…
Sectionum Conicarum Elementa Methodo Facilllima Demonstrata. In Usum Juventutis Academicae
L. Trevigar · 1731 · Rooke Books
£349.00 (€418.39 | $461.16 | ¥73,649)
Cantabrigiae, Typis Academicis; Prostant apud N. Prevost, & A. Vandenhoeck , 1731. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce Latin academic textbook on conic sections, complete with folding engraved plates. The first edition of this Latin textbook, designed as a practical study of co…
Roy Fisher Collected Poems 1968
Roy Fisher · 1969 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Fulcrum Press , 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition copy of this collection of poems by noted English poet Roy Fisher. A limited edition, with this copy being No. 90/100. Hand-numbered and signed by the author. Of this first edition, one-hundred …
Canal Dreams
Iain Banks · 1989 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Macmillan, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of Iain Banks's political thriller about a ship trapped in the Panama Canal, termed 'an action book' by the author. Inscribed by the author to the title page 'To Steve from Iain B…
A Collection of Modern Poems: The Love of Fame; the Last Day; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; Hymn to Adversity; the Grave; the Hermit; the Splendid Shilling
Various [Edward Young; Mr. [Thomas Gray]; Robert Blair; Thomas Parnell; Mr. Philips] · 1762 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, J. James, 1762. Leather. A very scarce and charming collection of great poems from the Enlightenment era, bound in a lovely later quarter calf binding from Bath. A Collection of Modern Poems, a charming selection from Britain's best poets of the era, including Edwar…
Transitional Poem
Cecil Day Lewis · 1929 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Transitional Poem, an abstract exploration of wholeness considered to be the Poet Laureate's first great work. The first edition of Transitional Poem, a reflective piece considered to be the first gr…
Collected Poems 1913-25
Herbert Read · 1926 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this collection of poetry by English art historian and poet, Herbert Read. Limited edition of fifty copies on English hand-made paper, signed by the author. This copy unnumbered and thus out of series.Â…
The World&Apos;S Wife
Carol Ann Duffy · 1999 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, Picador, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional signed first edition of this celebrated collection of feminist poems from Carol Ann Duffy, including 'Little Red Cap&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original unclipp…
Sonnets Pour Hermes
Septime · 1959 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
Pondichery, l'Ashram Sri Aurobindo, 1959 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition collection of French language poems published in India, inscribed by the author to French poet and art historian Yves Bonnefoy. In the original French. A limited editio…