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The Prodigal Son and Other Parables Shown in Pictures
1931 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Oxford , Basic Blackwell, 1931. First edition. Hardback. A very scarcely signed copy of this work that illustrates various parables, from English artist Thomas Derrick. The first trade edition. Signed by the illustrator to the front free endpaper. Very scarce to find for this w…
Celandine & Winter Wood
Steve Augarde · 2005 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, David Fickling Books, 2005-2008. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition from the Touchstone Trilogy by British author and artist Steve Augarde, Celandine is signed by the author. Two volumes. First edition, first impression. Volumes two and three of the Touchstone…
Correspondance
Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle]; Henri Martineau [editor] · 1933 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
Paris, Le Divan, 1933-1934. Hardback. A complete ten volume set of this limited edition collection of the correspondence of the French writer known as Stendhal, in the original French. French. Complete in ten volumes. Limited to one-thousand eight-hundred and twenty-five copies,…
Tales from the Arabian Nights
Various · 1920 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1920. Cloth. A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of Middle Eastern folktales, designed for younger readers. Illustrated with forty-eight colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in th…
The Week-End Book
Francis Meynell; Vera Mendel; John Goss · 1924 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Nonesuch Press, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The Nonesuch Press's most popular publication; a charming anthology of poems, songs, games, recipes and first aid advice created for weekend reading. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth bi…
The Saturday Book, the Tenth Anniversary Issue
Leonard Russell [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
London, Hutchinson, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the tenth anniversary of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', inscribed by Russell's family. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust…
Poems
John Cowper Powys · 1899 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, William Rider & Sons, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of poetry from John Cowper Powys. A first edition.Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, to English poet Anna Bunston de Bary, with 'A. Bu…
Attacks of Taste
Evelyn B. Byrne [ed]; Otto M. Penzler [ed] · 1971 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)
New York, Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy being presented to the celebrated queen of crime, Agatha Ch…
The Lindsay Report
Ethel Lindsay · 1963 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
Courage House, Surrey, Ethel Lindsay, 1963 . First edition. Paperback. A unique and very scarce report from fanzine publisher Ethel Lindsay, documenting her important trip to the US after winning the TAFF, or Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund, in 1962. The first edition. Very scarce work,…
Changing My Mind
Zadie Smith · 2009 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2009. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon to see signed copy of this anthology of essays by Zadie Smith The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title, uncommon to see signed.An anthology of essays by Zadie Smith. T…
The Seasons
James Thomson · 1797 · Rooke Books
£2,800.00 (€3,356.20 | $3,698.97 | ¥590,679)
London, P. W. Tomkins, 1797. Leather. A superb illustrated folio edition of the best known poetical work of James Thomson. A folio edition of 'The Seasons', the best known poem by James Thomson.Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, and fifteen engraved vignettes…
The Prince of Mull, or, Glimpses of Royal Life
[Mary Ellis Smith] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
Chicago, A. N. Marquis & Company, 1884. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce satire on the British Royal Family, signed by the author. The first edition of this very scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, "Presented by the Author, Mary Ell…
Right Off the Map, a Novel
C. E. Montague · 1927 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A special limited edition of Charles Edward Montague's anti-war novel, signed by the author. No. 259 of 260 copies of the special edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Signed by the author…
The Kentish Coronal; Consisting of Original Contributions, in Prose and Poetry
H. G. Adams [ed.] · 1841 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
Lonon, Simpkin & Marshall, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. H. G. Adams's own copy of the first edition of his very scarce anthology of Kentish poems, illustrated with a frontispiece from murderer Richard Dadd. A very scarce first edition.The editor Henry Gardiner Adams's …
The Loop
Nicholas Evans · 1998 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Bantam Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this novel by Nicholas Evans about a woman who is sent to protect a pack of wolves. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original cloth w…
From One Hell to Another
Liz Cowley Donough O'Brien · 2019 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Leicester, Matador; Troubador , 2019 . First edition. Paperback. An inscribed first edition copy of this scarce novel set during Hitler's war on France, written by the husband and wife duo Liz Cowley and Donough O'Brien. The first edition, first impression. Inscribed …
The Letter Killeth
Betty Rosenberg · 1982 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
Los Angeles , Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1982. First edition. Cloth. One of the author's copies of this limited edition work, comprising three bibliographical essays of "bookish mysteries". One of the author's copies of this limited edition, being signed and unnumbe…
The Believers
Zoe Heller · 2008 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Fig Tree [an imprint of Penguin Books] , 2008. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Zoe Heller's tragicomic novel centring on the family of a controversial New York lawyer. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing.…
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Trouble Begins (Movie Tie-in Boxed Set): The Bad Beginning; the Reptile Room; the Wide Window
Lemony Snicket [Daniel Handler] · 2004 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
New York, HarperCollins Publishers; HarperEntertainment , 2004. Hardback. This excellent boxed set contains the first three novels upon which its film adaptation, starring Jim Carrey as Count Olaf, was based upon. A collectible movie tie-in edition of this box, which contains th…
Puffball
Fay Weldon · 1980 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this supernatural drama novel by English author Fay Weldon, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author, including a dated, dedicated inscription (Oct. 87) to the front free endpaper an…