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Katherine John · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Century, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A well presented, signed first edition of this work of crime fiction by Welsh author, Katherine John. This is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's smart black cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust w…

Basil Seal Rides Again, or, the Rake&Apos;S Regress

Evelyn Waugh · 1963 · Rooke Books

£545.00 (€653.26 | $719.98 | ¥114,971)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Cloth. A smart limited edition short story by Evelyn Waugh, signed by the author. An interesting association from the library of the son of one of Waugh's lovers. A limited edition work, a U.S. limitation of 1,000 copies, of which th…

Basil Seal Rides Again, or, the Rake&Apos;S Regress

Evelyn Waugh · 1963 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1963. Cloth. A signed limited edition short story by Evelyn Waugh, signed by Waugh himself, from the library of a son of one of his lovers, Joyce Gill. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty numbered copies, of which this is numbered s…

Red Anchor Pieces

Reginald Blunt · 1928 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Mills and Boon, Limited , 1928. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition signed copy of this work on art and history by Reginald Blunt. A scarce limited edition of this work. In quarter paper vellum with paper boards. This copy is number 62 out of 105. Large paper edit…

Ss-Gb: Nazi Occupied Britain 1941

Len Deighton · 1978 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,704)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this alternative history novel by British author, Len Deighton. This is a first edition of the work, in smart black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper, with an eye-catching red fore edge…

Kidnapped the Graphic Novel

Robert Louis Stevenson; Alan Grant · 2008 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

New Lanark, Waverley Books, 2008. Cloth. A very smart limited edition graphic novel of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel, signed by the artist and actor of the graphic novel. A scarce to see limited edition graphic novel of 'Kidnapped', one of 500 copies, o…

The Future of the World

Charles David Ley · 1955 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Tunbridge Wells, Peter Russell, 1955 . First edition. Paperback. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce limited edition science fiction play. A presentation copy of this very scarce work, inscribed 'To Hilary Gardner with best wishes for this Christmas season and th…

Newaera; a Socialist Romance, with a Chapter on Vaccination

Edward G. Herbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, P.S. King & Son, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Edward Geisler Herbert's science fiction novel about a socialist utopia in decline. The first edition of this early twentieth century work of speculative fiction, flat signed to the …

Local Records; or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, Which Have Occurred Exclusively in the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, Town and Country of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Berwick Upon Tweed

John Sykes · 1824 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Newcastle, John Sykes Bookseller, 1824. First edition. Leather. A comprehensive chronology of events in the North-East of England between AD120 and AD1799. This is a First Edition of the work by John Sykes, in half calf binding with green cloth boards. This work was originally p…

Adam&Apos;S Rib and Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth

Robert Graves · 1955 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, Trianon Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed work by Robert Graves in which he explores the Creation myth, a smart limited edition work with illustrated by James Metcalf. A signed limited edition, this copy numbered 126 of an 250. Signed by Graves and Metcalf to t…

Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica. Or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: In the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Acton Frederick Griffith [ed.] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Thomas Davison for the Proprietors of the Collection, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this bibliographical catalogue of works of Early English poetry, in a signed half morocco binding by Morrell. The first edition of this bookseller's catalogue o…

R.U. R. Rossum&Apos;S Universal Robots

Karel Capek · 1923 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.89 | $5,944.77 | ¥949,306)

Praha [Prague], Aventinum, 1923 . Leather. A signed copy of the fifth edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play, an important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to modern language. In the original Czech.Flat …

The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807)

Andrew W. Tuer · 1886 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Field & Tuer, 1886-1887. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this fragile original binding. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated and hand coloured study of fashions in 1807. First edition. Three editions simultaneously published, this is the demy octavo,…

Literary Sessions

Eric Partridge · 1932 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Scholartis Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this scarce collection of articles of literary criticism by Eric Partridge. One of 650 limited edition copies of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribed …

Stories from the Arabian Nights

Anonymous; Laurence Housman · 1923 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Nottingham, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1923. Cloth. The Boots edition of the tales of Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman, illustrated with lovely colour plates by Edmund Dulac. The Boots edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictoria…

The Chase; a Poem

William Somervile · 1802 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, W. Bulmer and Co, 1802 . Leather. The second Bewick edition of William Somervile's most popular poem, delightfully illustrated throughout by Thomas Bewick, after the designs of his brother. The second edition of this work to feature the Bewick illustrations.'Th…

Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe

Richard Doyle; Percival Leigh · 1849 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Bradbury, Evans, and Co. 1849. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of articles originally written for Punch. Illustrated with forty full-page black-and-white images. Collated complete. A collection of humorous articles originally submitted to Punch magazine, co…

The Passionate Pilgrim; Shakespeare&Apos;S Pericles; Shakespeare&Apos;S Lucrece

William Shakespeare; Sidney Lee [ed] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.61 | ¥81,218)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1905. Leather. Limited edition of three works by William Shakespeare, first quarto editions reproduced in facsmile bound in uniform Bumpus bindings. With half titles. Number 673 of one thousand copies, originally released in a set of five volumes.…

Wellington

The Hon John Fortescue · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Williams and Norgate, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fortescue's biography of Wellington, signed by the author's wife. The first edition of this work. Biography of the Duke of Wellington by British military historian John Fortescue.This c…

The Poets&Apos; Pleasaunce: Or, Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers

Eden Warwick · 1847 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this beautifully designed work exploring the relationship of English poets with flowers. A scarce first edition, in which artist Henry Noel Humphreys uses thirty repeating full…