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Penruddock, a Tale
[Frances Rose] · 1835 · Rooke Books
£465.00 (€557.37 | $614.29 | ¥98,095)
London, Whittaker & Co. 1835. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this nineteenth-century novel by Frances Rose, a presentation copy from the author to her daughter, Philippa Rose. A mid-nineteenth-century novel about the relationships, comings, and goings at Astol Mano…
Polly
John Gay · 1923 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
London, William Heinemann, 1923 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of Polly by John Gay, limited edition signed by the illustrator William Nicholson. Limited edition of Polly by John Gay in the original publisher's cloth binding. With illustrations by William Nicho…
My Journey Round the World
Captain S. H. Jones-Parry · 1881 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London , Hurst and Blackett, 1881. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed complete two volume set of My Journey Around the World. A first edition complete two volume set. Signed by the author to the half title page of volume one, with the authors love, 1880. These volumes give a…
Pleasant Days in Pleasant Places
Edward Walford · 1896 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, W. H. Allen, c1885. Leather. A smart Relfe Brothers bound topographical exploration of Britain, a charming illustrated work. In a signed binding by the Relfe Brothers, a smart prize binding for Gainsborough Grammar School, with their prize label to the recto to the front…
Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical
Mrs. Jameson · 1880 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
London, George Routledge & Sons, 1880 . Leather. Offering insight into the attitudes of the late nineteenth century, this is a lovely copy of Mrs. Jameson's study of Shakespeare's female characters. In a full calf Bicker's signed prize binding.Also published under…
The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn
Alan Brownjohn · 1961 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, The Digby Press, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this anthology of poetry by Alan Brownjohn signed by the author. First edition, first impression of The Railings, Poems by Alan Brownjohn in the original publisher's binding and unc…
Verses 1943-1962
Richard Faber · 1962 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Not Stated, Privately Printed, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed, copy of Richard Faber's short poetry collection. A scarce first edition. Privately printed in full cloth binding with gilt lettering. With an inscription by the author to the front free endp…
From Here to Obscurity the Comedy Magic of Val Andrews
Val Andrews · 1952 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
Bideford , The Supreme Magic Company, c1960. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart and fascinating signed copy of a record of a comedy magic performance by Val Andrews. This is a fascinating volume of a record of one of Val Andrews' performances, containing various acts…
Illywhacker
Peter Carey · 1985 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)
London, Boston, faber and faber, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Peter Carey's award winning novel with the original dust wrapper signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Illywhacker by Peter Carey in the original publisher…
The Norman Doorways in the Churches in the Northern Part of Hampshire
Charles E. Keyser · 1915 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)
Reading, Reading Observer , 1915. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating volume on the doorways of churches in Hampshire, with illustrations. A scarce volume on The Norman Doorways in the Churches in the Northern Part of Hampshire, by Charles E. Keyser. The contents of this volume …
Circe and Ulysses, the Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen There January 13, 1614
William Browne; Gwyn Jones [ed.] · 1954 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954 . Leather. Illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Mark Saverin, this is a scarce limited edition printing of an early seventeenth century drama by William Browne. A Limited Edition work, this is one of one-hundred specially bound copie…
Kenya Mountain
E. A. T. Dutton; Hilaire Belloc [Intro.] · 1930 · Rooke Books
£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1930 . Cloth. The second edition of Dutton's account of his ascent of Mount Kenya in 1926, signed by the author and illustrated throughout. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of E.A.T. Dutton's account of his trip up Mount Kenya in …
The Luck of the Bodkins
P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935 . Cloth. The first edition, first printing of P. G. Wodehouse's romance novel. First edition, first printing of The Luck of the Bodkins by P. G. Wodehouse in the original publisher's red cloth binding. First printing stated to t…
Ingomar, the Barbarian: A Play
Maria Lovell · 1851 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)
London, Davidson, 1851. First edition. Leather. The very scarce play 'Ingomar, The Barbarian' by Maria Lovell, a presentation copy from the author to a friend, handsomely bound in full morocco by Proudfoot. Ingomar, The Barbarian: A Play in Five Acts was written by Mar…
Two Works by William Boyd
William Boyd · 1998 · Rooke Books
£575.00 (€689.22 | $759.61 | ¥121,300)
London, Bridgewater Press, 1998-2000. First edition. Cloth. Two first limited signed editions of some of William Boyd's autobiographical works. First editions, first printings of Protobiography (1998) and A Haunting (2000) by William Boyd.Signed as part of a limited edition…
The Little Stranger
Sarah Waters · 2009 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)
London, Virago , 2009. Hardback. A limited edition, signed copy of The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters, still in manufacturer's shrinkwrap. This edition was limited to 1000 copies. Signed by the author. In a beautiful red cloth binding with slipcase. Still in the manufactur…
The Equilibriad
William Sansom · 1948 · Rooke Books
£1,600.00 (€1,917.83 | $2,113.70 | ¥337,531)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of William Sansom's 1948 novella, illustrated by Lucian Freud, and signed by Sansom. A Limited Edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hund…
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Roddy Doyle · 1996 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the signed first edition of this novel set in modern day Ireland by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle. The signed first edition, first impression of Irish writer Roddy Doyle's celebrated novel about a …
The Margate R.N. L. I Station and Its Lifeboats from 1860
A. P. Walters · 1997 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Berkshire , Axxent, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, illustrated copy of The Margate R. N. L. I Station and its Lifeboats from 1860. A first edition copy of The Margate R. N. L. I Station and its Lifeboats from 1860. Margate is in the North East corner of the K…
The Monastery; the Abbot; the Talisman
Walter Scott · 1822 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)
Edinburgh , Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Archibald Constable & Co; John Ballantyne; et al. 1822-5. First edition. Leather. Four Waverley novels in nine uniformly bound volumes, each a first edition. Three historical novels by Walter Scott in uniform half ca…