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Mediaeval Military Architecture
George T. Clarke · 1884 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, Wyman & Sons, 1884 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition of George T. Clarke's guide to mediaeval military architecture, in half calf signed bindings by Morrell. The two volume first edition of this work.A beautifully illustrated insight into the mi…
No Word of Love
A. L. Barker · 1985 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press , 1985. First edition. Cloth. A scarce engrossing collection of short stories from A. L. Barker, with a signed and dated inscription from the author. The first edition thus of this collection. With three of the stories having been publi…
The Statement
Brian Moore · 1995 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)
London, Bloomsbury, 1995. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this thrilling novel set in the south of France, from acclaimed author Brian Moore. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.The Statement is a thriller set in …
The History of the Book War: Fair Book Prices Versus Publishers&Apos; Trust Prices
The Times · 1907 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)
London, The Times, 1907. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce essay concerning the dispute of British publishers with The Times Book Club, from the library of William Foyle, the co-founder of Foyles bookshop. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Th…
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)
London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel's award-winning sequel to 'Wolf Hall', signed by the author, in the pictorial cloth. A first edition, first impression of this work, and one of 1,…
A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress
James Robinson Planche · 1876 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1876-1879 . First edition. Leather. A sumptuously bound first edition of James Robinson Planche's vibrantly illustrated study of historical dress, in signed bindings by Bayntun. The first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Examining in de…
Chequers: The Prime Minister&Apos;S Country House and Its History
Norma Major · 1996 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London , Harper Collins , 1996. Cloth. A fascinating historical exploration of the the country house of the Prime Minister, adorned throughout with colour illustrations. An excellent early copy of this historical work.Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher&apo…
Poems of 1962
Linda Collin Wileman; Various · 1962 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
Ilfacrombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poems celebrating the publications of the year, signed by one of the contributors to W. A. Foyle. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, also in a custom…
A Waterhen&Apos;S Worlds
Eliot Howard · 1940 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
Cambridge, University Press, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Eliot Howard's detailed study on waterhens, a signed first edition copy. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, 'Gilbert Ashton, from E. H. May 1940&apos.Illustrated with two p…
The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1883 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co, 1883 . Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson's works, in a full morocco signed binding by John Bumpus. A lovely collection of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in a signed John Bumpus full morocco …
A Natural Curiosity
Margaret Drabble · 1989 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Viking, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this insightful novel from English writer Margaret Drabble, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited to one hundred and fifty copi…
A Natural Curiosity
Margaret Drabble · 1989 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Viking, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this insightful novel from English writer Margaret Drabble, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Limited to one hundred and fifty copi…
Tell It Me Again
John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which …
The Case of the Eighteenth Ostrich
Colin Curzon; [Peter Cooper] · 1944 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1944. First edition. Cloth. An exciting spy drama novel by Peter Cooper, the first edition, in the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original very scarce price-clipped dust wrapper.'The Case of the Eighteen…
The Crystal Man
Edward Page Mitchell; Sam Moskowitz · 1973 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)
New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of the brilliant short stories of Edward Page Mitchell, the first edition, signed by the editor, Sam Moskowitz. The first edition.Signed by the editor to a loosely inserted note, "Nov. 20, 1973, Importan…
London Orbital: A Walk Around the M25
Iain Sinclair · 2002 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)
London, Granta Books, 2002 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Iain Sinclair's travelogue, with a signed letter from the author to famed science-fiction bibliographer George Locke. A limited edition, with this being number sixty-five of one-hundred signed an…
Sinbad a Romance
C. Kay Scott [Frederick Creighton Wellman] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this delightful novel following the romance of two New York intellectuals. The very scarce first edition, first printing.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper w…
The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End
Peter W. Galbraith · 2006 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
New York, Simon & Schuster , 2006. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition, first impression of Galbraith's work on the Iraq War, in the original dust wrapper, with a letter from the author. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline. The author&…
Luke Karamazov
Conrad Hilberry · 1987 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)
Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this uncommon crime novel about a true story, by Conrad Hilberry, in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impression. The authors presentation cop…
Proper Lessons to Be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and Other Holy-Days Throughout the Year
None Stated · 1841 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode [printed], 1841. Leather. A scarce book of passages compiled to be read together with Sunday prayer, bound in full crushed morocco. In full crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing. Printed together with The New Testament of Our…