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Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of All Nations of the Universe

Lady Augusta Hamilton · 1822 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Chapple and Son, 1822 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Lady Augusta Hamilton's fascinating study of marriage rites around the globe. The first edition of this work. The author's only published work, the first edition was attributed to Lady Augusta…

Landor&Apos;S Tower or the Imaginary Conversations

Iain Sinclair · 2001 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London; New York, Granta Books, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A first edition first impression of this unconventional novel, inscribed by the author. A first edition first impression, with complete number line.  Bound in publisher's original black cloth, with unclipped dust …

A Day out for Mehmet Erbil

Louis de Bernieres · 1999 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Belmont Press, 1999. Hardback. A very smart limited edition copy of this illustrated story, doubly signed. A limited edition, bound in charming pictorial boards, with coloured endpapers. This short tale, following two botanists, is fittingly illustrated throughout with a…

Worse Things Waiting

Manly Wade Wellman · 1973 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Carcosa, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The signed deluxe first edition of a celebration of the ghost stories from the Dean of Fantasy and literary master of pulp magazines, with grisly illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. The deluxe first edition of Worse …

The Birds of Pakistan

T.J. Roberts · 1991 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Karachi, Oxford University Press, 1991-1992. First edition. Hardback. A smart complete two volume set of these profusely illustrated ornithological works on the wildlife of Pakistan, with a signed card from the author. Complete in two volumes.  The first editions.  Presentatio…

The Carnal Island

Roy Fuller · 1970 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of the first edition of writer and poet Roy Fuller's tender novel about the importance of poetry. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper…

The Bridge

Iain Banks · 1986 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Macmillan, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of the first edition of Iain Banks's third novel, in the striking original dust wrapper depicting the Forth Railway Bridge. Inscribed to the title page 'To Steve from Iain Banks 8/8/88&apos…

The Microscopist; or, a Complete Manual on the Use of the Microscope: For Physicians, Students, and All Lovers of Natural Science

Joseph H. Wythes · 1852 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1852. Cloth. A very scarce, illustrated microscopy guide from Joseph Henry Wythe. Very scarce. Early edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and further figures in the text. An insightful…

De Flagello Myrteo: Thoughts and Fancies on Love

[Richard Garnett] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of musings by Richard Garnett, with a signed presentation slip by the author. A scarce first edition.  With a tipped-in presentation slip signed by the author to the front free endp…

The Comic History of England; the Comic History of Rome

Gilbert A. A'Beckett · 1851 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)

London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c1880. Leather. An elegantly bound example of Gilbert A. Beckett's humorous history of England and Rome, richly illustrated by John Leech with hand-coloured plates. A fabulous copy of these two historical works of satire by Gilbert Abbot à Be…

Snow on the North Side of Lucifer Mir Poets Ten Three Poems from Canto Two of the Rats the Mentality of the Picaresque Hero

Alan Sillitoe · 1973 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Knotting; Okeford; London, The Sceptre Press; Words Press; Ithaca Press; Alan Sillitoe; Turret Papers, 1973-1993. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Knotting; Okeford; London: The Sceptre Press; Words Press; Ithaca Press; Alan Sillitoe; Turret Papers, 1973-1993. First edition. Br…

Shall We Join the Ladies?; Margaret Ogilvy; a Window in Thrums; Dear Brutus: A Comedy in Three Acts; the Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan

J.M. Barrie · 1930 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1930-1942. Cloth. A charming group of works showcasing the talent of Scottish literary figure J.M. Barrie, including illustrated editions of both his plays and novels. Later printings of novels and plays written by prolific writer J.M. Barrie, inclu…

10 Vols Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries

Sue Grafton · 1986 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Macmillan; Pan Macmillan, 1986-1994. First edition. Cloth. Ten smart UK first editions from Sue Grafton"s celebrated Alphabet series, including a signed copy of J is for Judgment and a signed slip accompanying C is for Corpse, complete with the original unclipped dust wr…

First Day; Straight or Curly?

Clifford Dyment · 1935 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1935-1937. First edition. Hardback. A smart two volume set of first edition signed presentation copies of twentieth century rural poet Clifford Dyment's first two collections of poetry to be published. A two volume set. First editions. Both sig…

Love&Apos;S Journeys

Peter Redgrove · 1971 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Bow, Creditson, Devon, Richard Golbertson, 1971 . First edition. Paperback. A signed, limited edition first edition of Peter Redgrove's poetry collection, with this being one of sixteen copies with five handwritten manuscript poems by the author. A limited edition work, of …

The Silver Scythe

Stanley Snaith; Gordon Bottomley · 1933 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Blythenhale Press, 1933 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce signed limited edition of Stanley Snaith's mid-1930s volume of poetry, in the publisher's original dust wrapper and wraparound band. A scarce first edition. Number 246 of 300 signed and numbered co…

The Fauna of Shropshire

H. Edward Forrest · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

Shrewsbury, L. Wilding, 1899 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of H. Edward Forrest's account of the mammals, birds, reptiles and fish of Shropshire. The first edition of this work. A signed presentation copy from the author, inscribe…

Permit Me Refuge

Edwin Rolfe · 1955 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.84 | ¥31,433)

Los Angeles, The California Quarterly, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of poet Edwin Rolfe's final collection. A limited edition work, inscribed by the poet's wife, Mary Rolfe. With a signed presentation inscription from the author's widow, Mary Rol…

Bruno, Chief of Police

Martin Walker · 2008 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Quercus, 2008 . First edition. Cloth. An exciting signed first edition of the first installment in Martin Walker's successful "Bruno" detective series, encased in the original dust wrapper. First edition.   Signed by the author to the title page and dated to the ye…

Historical Sketches, Speeches, and Characters

Rev. George Croly · 1842 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1842 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this historical selection of conservative papers, attractively bound in full calf. First edition. Very scarce.   In a handsome full-calf binding.   With the signature of Welsh a…