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Hypnotism and the Power Within
S. J. Van Pelt · 1951 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)
New York, Skeffington and Son, 1951 . Cloth. A signed copy of the third printing of Sydney James Van Pelt's work on hypnotism. Inscribed 'To Josephine Hannah, Van Pelt' to the front free endpaper.The third printing of this work, published ten months after the firs…
Blind Jack of Knaresborough Road-Builder Extraordinary
Garry Hogg · 1967 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London , Phoenix House , 1967. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce uncorrected proof of Blind Jack of Knaresborough by Garry Hogg. The uncorrected proof is in the original publisher's wraps.Very scarce. This book explores the story of John Metcalf also known as Blind Jack. …
The Birth of Venus
Sarah Dunant · 2003 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this historical fiction from Sarah Dunant, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Set in the late fifteenth century in Florence, Italy, this novel follows the y…
Britain: It&Apos;S Earliest History and Connection with Other Nations
[Francis Sewell Cole] · 1851 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
London, Jas. Bain; Henry Lamb, 1851. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this very scarce history of Britain by Francis Sewell Cole. The first edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original blind stamped cloth. Inscribed by the author with initials to the …
Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books
£2,950.00 (€3,535.99 | $3,897.13 | ¥622,323)
London, Fourth Estate, 2009-20. First edition. Cloth. London: Fourth Estate, 2009-20. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6"; 11.5" by 8"; 8" by 5". Not Stated. A striking signed first impression set of Hilary Mantel's magnum opus, a trilogy following the rise and fall…
Daniel Martin
John Fowles · 1977 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1977 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's bildungsroman about 'what it is like to be English in the late 20th century&apos. Flat signed 'Rosemary, best wishes, John Fowles 7.X.77' to t…
The Post and the Paddock with Recollections of George IV, Sam Chifney and Other Turt Celebrities
The Druid; [Henry Hall Dixon] · 1895 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London , Frederick Warne and Co, 1895. Leather. A fascinating book on the history breeding of Hunters. Very Scarce. Revised and Re-edited edition from c.1895. Handsomely bound in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. Bound in a Birdsall signed binding. Written under the …
Philip Van Artevelde a Dramatic Romance in Two Parts
Henry Taylor · 1883 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London , Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 1883. Vellum. Part one of Taylor's acclaimed play. Part One only. Very scarce. Handsomely bound in a quarter vellum.In a signed Moodie binding. Originally published in 1834 this edition is from 1883. Philip van Artevelde a dramatic roman…
A Late Sumer, the Memories of E.R. Cartwright
E. R. Cartwright · 1964 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)
London, The Caravel Press, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. R. Cartwright's autobiographical account of fourteen years spent in the far east following the First World War. The first edition, first impression, in the publishe…
A New Earth and a New Heaven
William Boyle Hill · 1936 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London, Watts & Co, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this thrilling science fiction novel, signed by the editor of the work. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed to the …
Kai Lung&Apos;S Golden Hours
Ernest Bramah · 1924 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)
London, Grant Richards, 1924 . Leather. A beautifully bound, signed limited edition of Ernest Bramah's fantasy novel, in a half calf signed binding with slip case. First published in 1922, this is one of two-hundred and fifty signed copies of this limited edition to be prod…
Tunnel Vision
Sara Paretsky · 1994 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
New York, Delacorte Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from Paretsky, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The eighth V. I. Warshawski novel. Hard up for money, Warshawski needs a lucrativ…
Now We Are Dead
Stuart MacBride · 2017 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, HarperCollins, 2017. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this work of crime fiction by Scottish novelist Stuart MacBride. In the publisher's original black cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page.…
A Legacy of Demons
Pat Molloy · 1989 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Dyfed, Gomer, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this uncommon thriller novel, signed by the author Pat Molloy. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust w…
The Raptor Zone: A Miss Pink Mystery
Gwen Moffat · 1990 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of one of Gwen Moffat's Miss Pink crime novels. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters · 2009 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Virago, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Sarah Waters's gothic ghost story, a work that was short-listed for the Booker Prize. The first edition, first impression, flat signed to the title page.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, pri…
Death of a World
J. Jefferson Farjeon · 1948 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)
London, Collins, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of J. Jefferson Farjeon's science fiction novel, in which aliens land on a long dead Earth. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Signed by the au…
The Day of Uniting
Edgar Wallace · 1930 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
New York, The Mystery League, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this thriller by Edgar Wallace, about a World War I era government conspiracy. The first US edition, first printing, in the publisher's original unclipped Art Deco dust wrapper, designed by E…
A Journal of Summer Time in the Country
R. A. Willmott · 1928 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, The Scholartis Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition work on the beauties of summer by Robert Aris Willmott, signed and inscribed twice by the editor, Eric Partridge. A limited edition, limited to 750, this copy being 1 of 75 copies printed on Millbourn Handmade Paper, n…
The Jaunts and Jollities of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr John Jorrocks
R S Surtees · 1932 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Cloth. Illustrated limited edition of the first book following the adventures of Mr John Jorrocks by R S Surtees, signed by the illustrator Gordon Ross. Limited edition with illustrations in water-colour by Gordon Ross and an introducti…