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Reynard the Fox
C. S. Evans · 1921 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)
London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated copy of this narrative poem, as told by C. S. Evans. Signed and inscribed by the author. Scarce edition. Signed by the author to the half title, with an inscription dated July 1923. Illustrated with a colour tip…
Der
Sybil Grafin Schonfeldt · 1972 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)
Braunschweig, Galerie Schmucking, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition volume on the art of Otmar Alt, colourfully illustrated with nine plates of Alt's works. A scarce limited edition, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered four hundred.S…
The Saturday Book, the Ninth Year
Leonard Russell [ed.] · 1949 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)
London, Hutchinson, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the ninth year of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', inscribed by Russell's family. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper…
Perfection
Eca de Queiroz; Charles Marriott [trans.] · 1923 · Rooke Books
£675.00 (€808.60 | $891.68 | ¥142,409)
London, Selwyn & Blount, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed limited edition English translation of Eca de Queiroz's tale. Signed by John Austen, the illustrator. A scarce Limited Edition.No. 85 of 250 limited edition copies produced, signed by John Austen.Transla…
Butterscotia, or a Cheap Trip to Fairy Land
Edward Abbott Parry · 1896 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.28 | $462.35 | ¥73,842)
London, David Nutt, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Limited Edition of Edward Abbott Parry's charming children's tale, illustrated throughout and signed by the publishing house. The very scarce Limited Edition of this work; number 26 of 85 copies printed on …
John Dryden
David Hopkins · 1986 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce biography on John Dryden by David Hopkins. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "For Harold With Best Wishes and Gratitude, David". This work w…
Letters: Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox
Raymond Chandler; James M. Fox; James Pepper [ed.] · 1978 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)
Santa Barbara, Neville and Yellin, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed limited edition of this book of letters between authors Raymond Charles and James M. Fox. One of this edition's 350 numbered copies, being number 278. Signed by James M. Fox and editor James…
The Nation Within
Francis Fytton · 1967 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)
New York, Pantheon Books, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Francis Fytton's debut novel, surrounding the Algerian war, with a lengthy letter from the author. The first US edition. Signed by the author, with a lengthy letter written by a group of frien…
Excitement: An Impudent Autobiography
Sydney Horler · 1933 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.48 | $330.25 | ¥52,744)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this exceedingly scarce autobiography by Sydney Horler, with a partial dust wrapper. The first edition. Vanishingly scarce. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the front portion of the origina…
The Night Watch
Sarah Waters · 2006 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Virago, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of Sarah Waters's acclaimed historical novel. Flat signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Waters's novel…
The Letter Killeth
Betty Rosenberg · 1982 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.80 | $125.50 | ¥20,043)
Los Angeles , Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, 1982. First edition. Cloth. One of the author's copies of this limited edition work, comprising three bibliographical essays of "bookish mysteries". One of the author's copies of this limited edition, being signed and unnumbe…
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova · 2005 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)
London, Little, Brown , 2005. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first UK edition of Elizabeth Kostova's eerie debut novel, blending the history and folklore of Vlad Tepes and Count Dracula. The first UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title pag…
Officers and Gentlemen
Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the second novel in Evelyn Waugh's semi-autobiographical wartime trilogy. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.…
May Fair. In Four Cantos.
[George Croly] · 1827 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€778.65 | $858.65 | ¥137,135)
London, William H. Ainsworth , 1827 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce epic poem 'May Fair', attributed to George Croly, with a signed letter tipped-in from the publisher and fellow author, William Ainsworth. The first edition. Bound in a quarter …
A Tourist&Apos;S Sketch Book of Germany, Italy, Belgium and Austria
'Margherita' · 1887 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,695.34 | $2,972.26 | ¥474,697)
Not Stated, None, 1887 . Cloth. A beautiful late nineteenth century sketchbook filled with beautiful line drawings made during a tour of Europe in the August of 1887. A charming volume with fifty-two leaves of sketches, likely the work of 'Margherita', who has signed h…
About Blady: A Pattern out of Time
Laurens van der Post · 1991 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Laurens van der Post's autobiography, billed by the publisher as 'testament to mankind's capacity for partnership with the natural world&apos. Flat signed by the author to …
Sweet Dreams
Michael Frayn · 1973 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.77 | $145.31 | ¥23,207)
London, Collins, 1973. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this fantasy novel set in a middle-class intellectual version of heaven, from Michael Frayn. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first printing. With the publisher's original u…
The Russian Interpreter
Michael Frayn · 1966 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.64 | $231.18 | ¥36,921)
London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce to see signed true first edition of Michael Frayn's second novel, with the very smart original dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page.With the publisher's …
The Lexian Chronicles: Full Circle
Harry Gallan · 2004 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)
Plymouth, Markosia Enterprises, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition hardcover of the debut novel from British fantasy writer Harry Gallan, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-one…
The Golem&Apos;S Eye: The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Jonathan Stroud · 2004 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)
New York, Miramax Books, 2004. Hardback. A very smart first US edition of the second volume from the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud, signed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. The second book of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, …