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Cecil Aldin · 1930 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London; New York, H. F. & G. Witherby; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Vellum. A lovely work by Cecil Aldin on dog, complete with his original illustrations, a smart signed limited edition. A limited edition of three hundred and ten copies, of which this is numbered one hund…

Autobiography by Louis Zukofsky

Louis Zukofsky; Celia Zukofsky · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York, Grossman Publishers, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of Louis Zukofsky's autobiographical collection of poems set to music by Celia Zukofsky. The first edition, first printing of this work in the publisher's original boards,…

Our Times: The United States 1900-1925. Volume IV: The War Begins 1909-1914

Mark Sullivan · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the fourth volume of Mark Sullivan's analysis of American History. The first edition, first printing, with Scribner's A and publisher's seal to the colophon.Inscribe…

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol; Costance Garnett [trans.] · 1975 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.44 | $1,519.22 | ¥242,600)

Verona, Bodoni, 1975 . Cloth. A beautifully produced and scarce limited edition of Gogol's short story 'The Overcoat', illustrated with etchings by Pietro Annigoni, and signed by him. A scarce, limited edition work. Number 49 of 160 copies of this work produced, …

Er of Pamphylia and Other Poems

Edward Henry Pember · 1908 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, At the Chiswick Press for Private Circulation, 1908 . First edition. Leather. Edward Henry Pember's scarce limited edition collection of poems, with a signed presentation inscription from the author. A limited edition work, with this being number 143 of 200 copies p…

Who Is Angelina?

Al Young · 1975 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Al Young's moving novel about race in 1970s America. The first edition, first printing, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Inscri…

Three &Apos;Daw&Apos; Science Fiction Novels

Egon Friedell; George H. Smith; Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1972 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, Daw Books, 1972-78 . First edition. Paperback. Three first edition science fiction novels, including a signed copy of 'Stormqueen! by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and two novels based on 'The Time Machine' and 'War of the Worlds' by the iconic H. G. …

Chad Hanna

Walter D. Edmonds · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company , 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this drama romance novel in the original unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author Walter D. Edmonds. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the page following…

Orpheus

Donald Davie · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

From an Australian Country Sequence

Geoffrey Lehmann · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

In the Basilica of the Annunciation

D. J. Enright · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1971. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

Faster! Faster!

Patrick Bair · 1950 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this dystopian fable written by Patrick Bair, inscribed to Sir Edwin Herbert. The first edition.Inscribed by the author 'For Sir Edwin & Lady Herbert - who sheltered a jaguar. Patrick Bair…

Watchers of the Dark

Lloyd Biggle Jr. · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Lloyd Biggle Jr. signed by both the author and by fellow sci-fi writer, William F. Temple. The first edition. Signed by the author to fellow science-fiction writer…

Lydia Bailey

Kenneth Roberts · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this exciting historical fiction novel set in Haiti, signed by the author. A limited edition of one-thousand and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and ten.Signed by the author to …

The Breath of Once Live Things in the Field with Poe

Larry Eigner · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition work of poetry by celebrated Black Mountain School poet Larry Eigner, signed by Eigner himself. Number 162 of 250 numbered copies sewn in paper wraps, signed by Eigner himself in his typi…

The Venus Project

M. E. Patchett · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Mary Patchett's scarce sci-fi novel about an alien crash landing in the Australian outback. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, in the publisher's original un…

The Rupert Annuals from 1980-2022

Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood; James Henderson et al. · 1980 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Egmont; The Daily Express, 1980-2022. First edition. Hardback. A impressive thirty-one volume collection of 'The Rupert Annual' from 1880-2022, with vibrant illustrations and stories about Rupert and his friends, with two volumes inscribed by the visual artist …

Black & White

Shiva Naipaul · 1980 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Shiva Naipaul's autobiographical work on his trip to Guyana after the Jonestown Massacre. The first edition. Alternatively titled ';Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy' in the U.S.Â…

Bob Woolmer: Pirate and Rebel? an Autobiography

Bob Woolmer · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this autobiography from controversial cricketer and coach, Bob Woolmer. The first edition of this work.Signed and inscribed by Bob Woolmer to the title page, with thanks for support "especi…

A Discourse Concerning Baptismal and Spiritual Regeneration

Samuel Bradford · 1819 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1819. Disbound. The ninth edition of this very scarce writing on spiritual regeneration through baptism from English churchman Samuel Bradford. Ninth edition. Very scarce work. Designed for the promotion of Christian knowledge, this treatise discu…