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The Dark Voyage and the Golden Mean: A Philosophy of Comedy
Albert Cook · 1949 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fascinating study of comedy and philosophy, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated September 15th 1949. A detailed study developing…
May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life
Graham Greene · 1967 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, The Bodley Head, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A fine limited edition copy of this anthology of short stories by Graham Greene, signed by the author. A limited edition of five hundred copies published alongside the first edition, of which this is numbered four hundred and …
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett Browning · 1909 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Portland Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1909. Leather. A limited edition of this influential collection of romantic poetry by the renowned Elizabeth Barrett Browning, bound in full calf by Hatchards. The fifth edition, being a limited edition of 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. Bound …
Bonsoir Therese
Elsa Triolet · 1949 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
Paris, La Bibliotheque Francaise, 1949. Paperback. An uncommon novel by Elsa Triolet, her first in French, signed by the author to her friend, Georges Sadoul. The second edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the half-title, presenting the copy to her friend, Geor…
The Reference Library of a Numismatic Bookseller
George F. Kolbe · 2012 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)
California , Cedarpines Park, 2012. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce limited edition numismatic bibliography, accompanied with a signed presentation letter by the author. A vanishingly scarce copy of this bibliography, limited to 150 copies, 10 of which are on large paper.With a tipp…
Celibates
George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)
London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Irish novelist and short story writer George Moore, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, dated June 13th 1895. A …
The Social Unrest, Studies in Labor and Socialist Movements
John Graham Brooks · 1905 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1905. Leather. A smartly leather bound copy of this important work on socialism by John Graham Brooks, with two letters from the author bound in. Bound by the Adams Bindery. With two autographed signed letters from the author bound to the front,…
The Club; or, a Gray Cap for a Green Head. A Dialogue between a Father and Son
James Puckle · 1834 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Chiswick Press; Charles Tilt, 1834 . Leather. An attractively bound and charmingly illustrated example of James Puckle's moral dialogue between a father and son. First published in 1713, this is Puckle's best known work.The author, James Puckle, is best known f…
Rummy: That Noble Game Expounded in Prose, Poetry, Diagram and Engraving
A. E. Coppard; Robert Gibbings · 1932 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
Berkshire , The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of this creative narrative of the card game Rummy by A. E. Coppard and Robert Gibbings. The limited first edition of this work, being one of 1,000 unsigned copies. With the publisher&apos…
Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe
Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of Walter De La Mare's exploration of the trope of desert islands in fiction, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which thi…
The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
Sarah Catharine Martin · 1951 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)
Plymstock, Peacock Press, 1951. Leather. A very scarce limited edition copy of this beloved nursery rhyme, signed by the printer, W. O. Reynolds. A very scarce limited edition, one of 120 copies, this being numbered 1, one of only 6 copies printed on Whatman handmade paper.Signe…
Ode to France
Charles Morgan · 1942 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London; Edinburgh, Macmillan & Co. Ltd; R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fine limited edition copy of Charles Morgan's ode to France, signed by the author, with the original envelope. A signed limited edition of this work in the publisher's…
Three Quick Readers from Royce Publishers: Nana; More Fun Than Looking Thru a Keyhole; Mr Pinkerton: Passage for One
Emile Zola; David Frome [Zenith Jones Brown]; H. Allen Smith; Ogden Nash; Ring Lardner; et al. · 1943 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Chicago; Canada, Royce Publishers, 1943-1945. Paperback. A set of colourful "Quick Readers", pocket-sized paperbacks prompted by wartime paper shortages, with stories by a range of well-known authors. A three-volume set of "Quick Readers" in the publisher's original pictori…
The Golden Carpet
Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Somerset de Chair's first hand account of his World War II campaign in the desert. A limited edition work, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Limited to five hundred copies, with numbers…
The Sirens of Surrentum & the Code of Romulus
Caroline Lawrence · 2006 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Orion Children's Books, 2006-2007. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed pair of ancient Roman children's books by Caroline Lawrence, including a very scarce copy of 'The Code of Romulus&apos. Signed by the author alongside an inscribed quote to each wo…
Jeunesse
André Gide · 1945 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)
Paris, Editions Ides et Calendes, 1945. Paperback. A smart limited edition copy of André Gide reflection on his childhood, in a binding designed by Matisse. A limited edition, this being number 404 of 1,500 copies printed on vellum.In the original glassine.A short autobiographi…
Cheshire Country Houses
Peter de Figueiredo; Julian Treuherz · 1988 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
Chichester, Phillimore, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this heavily illustrated work on the grand country houses of Cheshire, signed by both of the authors, with vibrant photographic colour plates. The first edition, first impression. Signed by both of the aut…
The Four Swans: A Novel of Cornwall 1795-7
Winston Graham · 1976 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
London, Collins, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A delightful signed first edition of the sixth 'Poldark' novel from Winston Graham. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This …
On the Edge
Peter Lovesey · 1989 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)
London, Century , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of this historical novel from Peter Lovesey. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Soon aft…
The Reaper
Peter Lovesey · 2000 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Little, Brown, and Company, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The bishop's body lies at the bottom of a quarry. In his car are a s…