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Enemies at Home
Lindsey Davis · 2014 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. First edition. Cloth. Set in Ancient Rome, Private Investigator Flavia Albia solves a robbery and murder. A first edition of this work, with a dedication from the author to the title: 'To dear Loyd, lovely to meet you at Sloane and Rome, ho…
Flights of Passage: Recollections of a World War II Aviator
Samuel Hynes · 1988 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Bloomsbury, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first edition recalling Hynes's years as World War II aviator, with a dedication signed by the author. A first UK edition of this work, with a dedication from the author on the title: 'Sheelah: To the head of the Hynes …
Any Old Iron
Anthony Burgess · 1989 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Hutchinson, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A signed second impression of Burgess's fantasy novel, a modern take on the Excalibur legend. A signed second impression of the work, with its original unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this fantasy novel by Anthony Bur…
The Zoo Story and Other Plays
Edward Albee · 1962 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. Cloth. A collection of plays by the talented American playwright, Edward Albee, featuring two of his most popular works 'The Zoo Story' and 'The Sandbox', signed by the Scottish actor Robert Urquhart and in the original dust wrapp…
Mantis Poets
Guy Butler; Patrick Cullinan · 1978 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
Cape Town, David Philip, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Patrick Cullinan and Guy butler, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by Cullinan. The first edition. Inscribed by one of the author, Patrick Cullinan, to…
Understanding the Structure of Scientific and Technical Literature: A Case Study Approach
Raymond V. Turley · 1983 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Clive Bingley, 1983. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this scarce work on critical study, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Scarce work. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper and title page. Illustrated throughout. Bas…
Poems and Poemas
Charles David Ley · 1942 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)
Lisbon, Not Stated, 1942. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry written in both English and Portuguese, signed by the author. English and Portuguese. First edition. Very scarce. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front en…
Lettres a Felice
Franz Kafka; Marthe Robert [translator] · 1972 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Paris, Gallimard, 1972. Paperback. A smart complete set of this collection of letters from Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer, translated into French. Signed and inscribed by the translator. Complete in two volumes. French. Signed and inscribed by the translator. With eight plates to t…
Flying Feathers
Horatio Bigelow; Archibald Rutledge [Intro.] · 1937 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
Virginia , Garrett and Massie , 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this collection of reminiscences of hunting adventures in the South of America, with a lengthy inscription from the author. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original burlap bin…
My Life, Volume Two
Frank Harris · 1925 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Germany, Privately Printed, 1925. Cloth. A limited pirated edition of Volume II of Frank Harris' explicit and banned memoir. Volume Two of Frank Harris' memoir, 'My Life and Loves', an autobiography published across four volumes.This is a pirated edition, rel…
The Film Game
Low Warren · 1937 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work on the history of cinema, signed by the author and his wife. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author and his wife, with a lengthy inscription to the recto of th…
Lawrence of Arabia Memorial
Allenby, F. M.; Herbert Baker; Winston Churchill; Lionel Curtis; Augustus John; G. Bernard Shaw; Evelyn Wrench · 1935 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Not Stated, Privately printed, 1935. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet proposing plans for a memorial to T. E. Lawrence in St. Paul's Cathedral, and for Clouds Hill to be given to the National Trust. The first edition of this work. A single sheet of paper, folded…
The Microcosm. A Poem.
Abraham Coles · 1866 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1866 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of Abraham Coles's poem, inscribed by the author to his sister. A signed presentation copy of this poem by the American physician, translator, author and poet Abraham Coles.Inscribe…
Poems of Love and Earth
John Drinkwater · 1912 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, David Nutt, 1912 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this poetry collection, inscribed by Drinkwater to the Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Insc…
A King&Apos;S Daughter, a Tragedy in Verse
John Masefield · 1923 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London, William Heinemann, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of John Masefield's tragic drama, retaining the original dust wrapper. A signed limited edition, first edition.Number 211 of 250 limited edition copies, signed by the author.In the publisher…
The Harbourmaster
William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee, retaining the original slip case. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to t…
Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories
Theodore Dreiser · 1927 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Theodore Dreiser's second collection of short stories, containing fifteen tales from the American novelist. The limited edition, first edition of this work. Number 138 of 440 limited editio…
The Providence Athenaeum: A Brief History 1753-1939
Grace Fisher Leonard; W. Chesley Worthington · 1939 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)
Providence, R.I. Privately Printed, 1939 . First edition. Hardback. An association copy of this very scarce history of the Providence, Rhode Island subscription library, with a typed letter to its publisher, Eugene A. Clauss. A very scarce limited edition, first edition work. Th…
Alice Meynel: At Night
Alice Meynel [Alice Meynell] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
Georgia, Dumbiedykes, Americus, 1978 . Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited edition production of Alice Meynell's poem 'At Night', signed by Wm. Jonathan Murray at his press. A very scarce work, with only two intuitionally held copies recorded.Fifty-five copies…
Immortal Names and Other Poems
T. Wilson Parry · 1937 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, The Mitre Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of this poetry collection from geologist T. Wilson Parry. The uncommon first edition of this work.Signed 'To Fred Edgcombe with the Author's kindest regards a…