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The Tyger Voyage & One Old Oxford Ox
Nicola Bayley; Richard Adams · 1976 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976-1977. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart children's books with beautiful colour illustrations, one of which is signed by children's book illustrator and author, Nicola Bayley. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Tyger Voy…
Verses
Ernest Dowson · 1896 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.24 | $1,710.77 | ¥273,189)
London, Leonard Smithers, 1896 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of Ernest Dowson's uncommon, limited edition collection of poems, in a binding designed by Aubrey Beardsley. An uncommon, limited edition work, with this being one of only three hundred 'small pa…
The Military Philosophers
Anthony Powell · 1968 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London, Heinemann, 1968 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of the ninth entry into Anthony Powell's literary cycle 'A Dance to the Music of Time&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the vibrant publisher's original …
Bring Back the Gods: The Epic Career of the Emperor Julian, the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte; Somerset de Chair · 1962 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel on Emperor Julian, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A novel following the life of one of the most versatile figures in history, Em…
Ilex and Olive: An Account of a Journey Through France and Italy
Michael Swan · 1949 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)
London, Home and Van Thal, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated account of the author's travels through France and Italy. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-one plates. Collated complete. An account of the author's tour through…
The Crab-Apple Tree
Richard Church · 1959 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, William Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this insightful novel from Richard Church, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. After seven years at sea, Jim Bright returns home to find a sadly chan…
A Collection of Several Remarkable and Valuable Sermons, Speeches, and Exhortations
Various · 1741 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)
Glasgow, George Paton, 1741. Leather. A scarce collection of sermons and speeches relating to the National Covenant, an interesting piece of Scottish history. A scarce work.A collection of sermons published for the National Covenant of Scotland, with pieces by Andrew Cant, Thoma…
Notes & Views of the Purple Emperor
I. R. P. Heslop; G. E. Hyde; R. E. Stockley · 1964 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
England , The Southern Publishing Co Ltd, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated monograph on the Purple Emperor butterfly, in the original dust wrapper and inscribed by one of the authors. The first edition. Presentation copy. Inscribed by one of th…
A Vicious Circle
Amanda Craig · 1996 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London , Fourth Estate, 1996. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel on the life of the fictional character 'Amelia' and her journey through motherhood, signed by the author Amanda Craig The first edition, first impression. With a complete numberline. S…
Ss-Gb: Nazi Occupied Britain 1941
Len Deighton · 1978 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this alternative history novel from Len Deighton. First edition. An alternative history novel set in a Great Britain conquered and occupied by Germany in the Second World War. Set less than a year after the …
The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
James C. Fernald; Frank H. Vizetelly · 1927 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1927. Leather. A smart copy of this illustrated concise standard English dictionary. Illustrated with seven hundred and eighty illustrations in-text. A standard and concise English dictionary designed to provide the orthography, pron…
The Twisting Lane: Some Sex Offenders
Tony Parker · 1969 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, Hutchinson of London, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this interesting study of human behaviour, by sociologist Tony Parker. First edition, in the publisher's original grey cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by t…
The Trap
John Treherne · 1985 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of John Treherne's mystery novel, evoking village life in the 1930s. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped d…
The God Beneath the Sea
Kathleen M. Lines · 1970 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London , Longman, 1970 . First edition. Hardback. A beautifully signed first edition on mythology. The first edition.Signed by the author and artist. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The God Beneath The Sea is a children's novel based on Greek mythology. The story ex…
Volcano Dancing
Owen O'Neill · 2003 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
Argyll, Thirty Books, 2003. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this collection of poetry, signed with an inscription from the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an inscription that reads: To Rod, onwards and upwards, love Owe…
The Pedlar&Apos;S Revenge and Other Stories
Liam O'Flaherty · 1976 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1976 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Irish author Liam O'Flaherty, one of the foremost socialist writers of the twentieth century. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publish…
English Reprints
Edward Arber · 1868 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
London , Southgate , 1868. Leather. A handsomely bound sammelband containing four volumes. Very scarce. A collection of four English reprints bound as a sammelband. This four-volume collection is handsomely bound in quarter cloth. Bound in a Spink and Thackery signed binding. …
Original Plays
William Schwenck Gilbert · 1910 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1910 . Leather. A fine-paper edition of W. S. Gilbert's original plays, in a smart, red calf binding. Rebound in a smart, full, red calf binding, by Henry Sotheran, London. The fine-paper edition of the work. First published c1856. A collection of…
Trilogy. Conversations between Three Friends on the Emendations of Shakespeare&Apos;S Text Contained in Mr. Collier&Apos;S Corrected Folio, 1632, and Employed by Recent Editors of the Poet&Apos;S Works
[John Payne Collier] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£3,800.00 (€4,554.84 | $5,020.03 | ¥801,636)
London, T. Richards, [1874]. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce work by John Payne Collier, a smartly bound copy of his defense on the Perkins' Folio. The first and only edition of this vanishingly scarce limited edition work, limited to only twenty-five unnumbere…
The Owls of Olynn Belfry. A Tale for Children.
A.Y.D. · 1885 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
London, Field & Tuer, [1885]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce children's tale illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, in a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this very scarce work, dated 1885 via the British Library.In a half morocco…