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Fatal Fortune

Marian Babson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

London, The Crime Club , 1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this crime thriller from Marian Babson. First Crime Club edition. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper, designed by James Hobsley. "The whole thing teeters on the edge of farce, but attractively bitch…

Accordion Crimes

E. Annie Proulx · 1996 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

New York, Scribner , 1996. First edition. Cloth. Number 731 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies, signed by the author Follows an accordion as it travels America, passing through the hands of a variety of different people. In a cloth binding with dustcover, with a protective pla…

A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair

Jonathan Gash · 1999 · Rooke Books

£71.99 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,192)

London, Macmillan, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Jonathan Gash's A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair. Bound in bule paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Signed by author. John Grant (b.1933) is an Engli…

Carnival of Spies

Robert Moss · 1987 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of this wartime spy thriller by Robert Moss. With an ink inscription to front blank addressed to Patrick, dated 1987. First edition. In a paper covered binding with original unclipped du…

Letters from Longstock

Geoffrey Snagge · 1968 · Rooke Books

£43.99 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Pelham Books, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Geoffrey Snagge's Letters from Longstock. Bound in paper covered boards with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. With foreward by Miss Read. Illustrated by Bernard Knight. Signed by the author…

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)

London, William Heinemann, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A signed limited edition of George Moore's Aphrodite in Aulis. Bound in vellum with gilt lettering and decoration and bevelled. A nice clean copy. First edition. Signed. Limited edition, number 305 of 1825. George Augu…

A Treatise on the Chemical and Medical Powers of Some of the Most Celebrated Mineral Waters

William Saunders · 1800 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, William Phillips, 1800. First edition. Leather. A fascinating first edition of William Saunders' scientific work, 'On Mineral Waters&apos. First Edition (referencing World Cat). An in-depth study of mineral waters, a matter that was of interest to the elite at …

The Brook Kerith a Syrian Story

George Moore · 1921 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Edinburgh, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1921. Leather. A limited fifth-edition of George Moore's novel, first published 1916. With an ink dedication, consistent with other examples of the author's handwriting, under which is written in pencil "in George Moore's hand". Th…

My Official Wife

Richard Henry Savage · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1892. Leather. A scarce copy of Richard Henry Savage's My Official Wife. In an attractive leather binding. Known for adventure books which were in keeping with his own somewhat daring and glamorous life as a military officer and writer in …

The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copies…

A Volume of Handwritten Poetry by Fanny Crofton to Her Sister

Fanny [Crofton] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Handwritten, 1831. Leather. A volume of handwritten poetry by 'Fanny' to her sister Mary Crofton, dated 1831 from Cadogan Place in London. The poems are neatly written, sometimes in a portrait and sometimes a landscape orientation. They generally cover romantic…

Grandma&Apos;S Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories

Mary D Brine · 0 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,854)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1881. Leather. A beautifully illustrated children's story, 'Grandma's Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories' written by Mary D Brine. In a charming decorative leather binding, profusely illustrated throughout. With 37 ill…

Reveries of a Bachelor

Ik Marvel [Donald Grant Mitchell] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, C. H. Clarke, c1853. Leather. A interesting work by the american author and essayist, Donald Grant Mitchell, illustrated throughout. Binder's label of Pring and Price to rear pastedown. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates. A work from American author, Donald…

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£38.99 (€46.74 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, George Allen, 1901. Leather. An attractively bound pair of essays by critic and philanthropist, John Ruskin. Containing two lectures: Of King's Treasuries and Of Queen's Gardens. Fifty-fourth thousand in original form, with new preface. In an Allman's and …

The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£84.99 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,935)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1919. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Bound by Bickers and Son (binder's ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper). Heavily influenced by his poetic predecessors, in particular John Keats and the …

Poems by Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1937 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Eton, Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1937. Vellum. A collection of the poetry of Thomas Gray, privately printed by Eton College. Including a leaving gift dedication page. With many of Gray's famous odes, epitaphs, and elegies. In a vellum binding with a…

The Gaberlunzie&Apos;S Wallet

James Ballantine · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh, John Menzies, 1843. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of 'The Gaberlunzie's Wallet' by James Ballantine. Inscribed by the author James Ballantine, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Jot.' With numerous illustrations on steel and wood …

The Pleasures of Imagination

Mark Akenside · 1803 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1803. Leather. An illustrated copy of The Pleasures of Imagination by Mark Akenside. With three engraved plates, a frontispiece and a critical essay by Anna Barbauld. Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician. In this, his most famous work, h…

Borland Hall and Olrig Grange

Hermann Kunst · 1872 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1872-74. Fine Binding. Two beautifully bound volumes of poetry by Hermann Kunst, from the library of Sir Charles Tennant in a signed binding. Hermann Kunst is a pseudonym for Walter Charles Smith, a hymnist, poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotl…

Illustrations of the Bible Volume I & II

Westall and Martin · 1835 · Rooke Books

£825.00 (€989.04 | $1,090.12 | ¥174,099)

London, Edward Churton, 1835. First edition. Leather. 96 full page illustrations of Biblical scenes each with the accompanying text rarely seen. Very crsip and unusually clean copy direct from a Regency Country house library, so a one owner book. The descriptions accompanying th…