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Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia
Brian W. Aldiss · 1970 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)
New York, Doubleday and Company, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first US edition of this exciting and scarce science fiction novel by Brian W Aldiss. The first edition of this work. A scarce title. A science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss, one of the Grand Ma…
This Old Man
Gertrude Bone · 1925 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude and Muirhead Bone of this novella by Gertrude Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Gertrude Bone to the front free endpaper "To Mr and Mrs Jordan Bottomley with …
Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Essay with Specimen Translations in Verse
Gavin Bone · 1946 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.71 | $277.42 | ¥44,301)
London, The Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Getrude Bone to half title page "To Os…
Satirical Poems
Siegfried Sassoon · 1926 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,696.94 | $2,972.39 | ¥474,653)
London, William Heinemann, 1926. Cloth. A collection of poetry by important poet Siegfried Sassoon, presented by the author 'from an old friend&apos. This work contains a number of poems focused on London and a number of experiences in the city, such as 'Observations i…
Gone Away
Frederick Cotton · 1888 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this exciting foxhunting novel, a signed very scarce first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.Author's presentation copy, with his inscription to the recto…
A Piece of My Mind Reflections at Sixty
Edmund Wilson · 1956 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
New York, Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Edmund Wilson's essays, written when he was sixty, looking at a various of pressing global topics of the time. Inscribed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, the name of…
Work Suspended and Other Stories Written Before the Second World War
Evelyn Waugh · 1948 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1948. Cloth. A good copy of this collection of short stories by acclaimed author Evelyn Waugh. An early edition, published in 1948, six years after the first limited and signed edition. A collection of short stories by Evelyn Waugh. This collection came…
Gandhi to Vinoba: The New Pilgrimage
Lanza del Vasto, Philip Leon [trans.] · 1956 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Rider and Company, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of this fascinating biography of Vinoba Bhave. The first edition, illustrated. Inscribed and signed by brilliant comedian and author Spike Milligan. The first edition of this work. Inscribed and signed by Spike…
The Freedom of Poetry
Derek Stanford · 1947 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, The Falcon Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed by the author of this literary study on modern verse by Derek Stanford. The first edition of this work in its original, unclipped dustwrapper. A study on the modern verse by Derek Stanford. The author h…
Fragrant Harbour
John Lanchester · 2002 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Faber, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this moving novel set in Hong Kong during troubling times, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, second impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original u…
Blood of Victory
Alan Furst · 2002 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A pristine first edition copy of this novel by Alan Furst, signed to title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. A historical fiction set in the 1940s background, following I.A Serbin as he is recru…
Birds without Wings
Louis de Bernieres · 2004 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Secker & Warburg, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of one of Louis de Bernieres' most popular historical fiction novels. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.Hatchard's wrap…
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
Alexander McCall Smith · 1995 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)
London, Canongate, 1995. First edition. Paperback. A fine signed first edition short story anthology pondering the subject of dating, written by the prolific Alexander McCall Smith. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.A selecti…
Duffy
Dan Kavanagh; Julian Barnes · 1980 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of Julian Barnes' detective fiction series featuring the detective and ex-policeman 'Duffy&apos. Signed by Barnes under his pseudonymous name Dan Kavanagh. This novel was issu…
In Honour Bound
Nina Bawden · 1961 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
London, Longmans, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy inscribed and signed by the author of this mystery novel by Nina Bawden. The first edition of this work. The gripping story of a man who lost everything he had. What will a damaged man do to himself and others to adapt …
Tom Brown at Oxford
Thomas Hughes · 1871 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1871. Leather. A signed copy of the popular Victorian novel 'Tom Brown at Oxford&apos. In a full morocco binding. A signed copy, in a full morocco binding. With the author's inscription 'Sybil Irene Cutler with the best wishes of her Go…
Marianne Williams a Study of Life in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1823-1879
Sybil Woods · 1977 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
Unknown, Privately Printed, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of this biography of Marianne Williams, with hand written letter and signed by the author. The first edition of this work limited to sixty copies printed for the press, this volume being number…
Headlong Hall
[Thomas Love Peacock] · 1816 · Rooke Books
£2,100.00 (€2,517.15 | $2,774.23 | ¥443,009)
London, T. Hookham, 1816. Leather. A lovely second edition of Thomas Love Peacock's first novel, from the library of the Bloomsbury founder Lytton Strachey. The second edition of this work; the first and second edition were published in the same year, and both are very scar…
Un Epicurien Anglais Thomas Love Peacock
Jean-Jacques Mayoux · 1933 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
Paris, Nizet et Bastard, 1933. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition of Mayoux's biography on Thomas Love Peacock, a very scarce work inscribed from the author to a fellow professor. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the …
A History of British Carpets
C. E. C. Tattersall, Stanley Reed · 1966 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
Leigh-On-Sea, F. Lewis , 1966. Cloth. A revised, enlarged edition of this charming volume detailing the British history of carpets, thoroughly illustrated. An interesting volume on the British history of carpets from the early seventeenth to the twentieth century, originally pub…