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Uganda to Khartoum Life and Adventure on the Upper Nile
Albert B. Lloyd; Victor Buxton · 1906 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A signed, scarce first edition of missionary, Albert B. Lloyd's memoires, compiled during his voyage across Africa. A first edition and first impression of Albert B. Lloyd's Uganda to Khartoum with a preface by Victo…
12 Vols the Birds of the British Isles
David Armitage Bannerman · 1953 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.21 | $772.82 | ¥123,410)
London, Oliver and Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition. Cloth. A complete twelve-volume survey on British birdlife, richly illustrated in colour by George E. Lodge and flat signed by the author, David A. Bannerman, to the title page of volume VIII. In the publisher's original gr…
Poems
Thomas Gray · 1928 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Privately Printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1928 . Vellum. A vellum bound privately printed collection of credited writer and scholar Thomas Gray's poetry for Eton College, signed by the head master. A collection of …
What Am I Doing Here & Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin; Nicholas Shakespeare · 1989 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Jonathan Cape; The Harvill Press, 1989-1999 . Cloth. A fascinating two volume set of works related to the travel writer Bruce Chatwin and his life, including a signed copy. A two volume set.In the original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Bruce Cha…
The Works of Hannah More
Hannah More · 1834 · Rooke Books
£415.00 (€497.44 | $548.24 | ¥87,547)
London, H Fisher R Fisher and P Jackson, 1834. Leather. The works of Hannah More uniformly bound in six volumes. With an illustrated frontispiece to volumes I and II. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, bo…
The Bombay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling in Twenty-Five Volumes
Rudyard Kipling · 1913 · Rooke Books
£2,750.00 (€3,296.26 | $3,632.92 | ¥580,131)
London, Macmillan & Co Ltd. 1913-1919. Cloth. The complete limited and signed collection of works from prolific author, novelist and poet, Rudyard Kipling. Volume one is neatly signed in ink by Rudyard Kipling. Limited edition set, with only 1050 originally being published. Eigh…
Rabbit Factory
Marshall Karp · 2006 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)
San Franciso, MacAdam Cage, 2006. First edition. Cloth. The signed first printing of this mystery novel from Marshall Karp. It tells the story of detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs as they investigate a series of murders directed at fictional company Lamaar, a parody of Disne…
The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes
June Thomson · 1993 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)
London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fictional work surrounding Doyle's well known protagonist, Sherlock Holmes. Featuring the original illustrated and unclipped dustwrapper. Designed by Splash Studio, and illustrated …
Beneath These Stones (1999), Shades of Murder (2000), Restless Evil (2002), Watching out (2003), That Way Murder Lies (2004), Mixing with Murder (2005) a Rare Interest in Corpses (2006), Rattling the Bones (2007)
Ann Granger · 1999 · Rooke Books
£215.99 (€258.89 | $285.34 | ¥45,565)
London, Headline, 1999 - 2007. First edition. Cloth. Eight fine copies of Granger's various mystery books, 5 of which are signed by the author Five of the books are signed First Editions Bound in paper with gilt lettering and unclipped dust wrappers. Patricia Ann Granger, b…
Authors by Profession Volume One
Victor Bonham-Carter · 1978 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, The Society of Authors, 1978. First edition. Cloth. The first signed edition of 'Authors by Profession' by Victor Bonham-Carter. A very scarce signed, first edition of Victor Bonham-Carter's study into how authors and dramatists have practised their profes…
Perfectly Pure and Good
Frances Fyfield · 1994 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)
London, Bantam Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this mystery novel from Frances Fyfield. Signed by the author to the title page. This is the second in Frances Fyfield's Sarah Fortune series of novels. In a blue cloth binding with original unclipp…
Waxwings
Jonathan Raban · 2003 · Rooke Books
£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)
London, Picador, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jonathan Raban's second novel. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Jonathan Raban is a British travel writer, critic, and novelist. He has received several awards, such…
Unholy Crusade
Dennis Wheatley · 1967 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)
London, Hutchinson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A first edition signed presentation copy of 'Unholy Crusade&apos. Inscribed by the author: 'For D. Denham, With kindest remembrances from Dennis Wheatley&apos. A first edition. In a cloth binding with gilt lettering to sp…
The Collected Dramatic Works of John Symonds: Volume One: The Bicycle Play
John Symonds · 1981 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, The Pindar Press, 1981. Paperback. The first volume from John Symonds' Collected Dramatic Works, The Bicycle Play. "A tragedy in two acts", this is a play about "men and women who are disorientated by the conflicts in themselves and the chaos in the contemporary wor…
The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach · 2012 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)
London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A US first edition of this work about a junior baseball player. he novel focuses on the best year of the Westish basebell team, which Henry Skrimshander joins. Chad Harbach (1975-) is an American author and editor. In a cloth bi…
Selected Novels of Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope · 1992 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)
London, Bloomsbury, 1992 - 1998. Cloth. A five volume collection of novels by Joanna Trollope. Titles are: The Men and the Girls A Spanish Lover The Best of Friends Next of Kin Other People's Children The Best of Friends is signed by Joanna Trollope to the title page. Joann…
Deadly Admirer a Kate Kinsella Mystery
Christine Green · 1992 · Rooke Books
£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)
New York, Walker, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first American edition of this UK crime novel. Kate Kinsella is both a private investigator and an Registered Nurse. Her worlds collide when she finds a client amongst her patients - a paranoid fellow nurse who ch…
Petrus Borel: The Lycanthrope His Life and Times
Enid Starkie · 1954 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this biography of Petrus Borel. Signed by the author on the day of publication. Petrus Borel was a French writer of the Romantic movement and is credited as foreshadowing surrealism, though he was not…
Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady
Michael Pearce · 1999 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)
London, Harper Collins, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Pearce's second novel in the witty and fascinating Dmitri Kameron series. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original unclipped illustrated dustwrapper, designed b…
The Life of the Right Reverend Thomas Wilson and an Address from a Clergyman to His Parishioners
Hugh Stowell; Richard Valpy · 1822 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, F C and J Rivington; Longman and Co. 1822-1823. Leather. Two religious works comprising of a biography and some sermons. Two volumes bound as one. The first volume is a memoir of Reverend Thomas Wilson. With a portrait frontispiece and written by Hugh Stowell, a vigorous…