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Christine Falls
Benjamine Black [John Banville] · 2006 · Rooke Books
£118.00 (€141.12 | $156.23 | ¥24,967)
London, Picador, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this crime novel from Booker Prize winning novelist John Banville, published under a pseudonym. The signed first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original pri…
Eleven Terrible Months
R. L. Royle · 2007 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.82 | $59.58 | ¥9,521)
Dewsbury, Dog Horn Publishing , 2007. First edition. Cloth. A chilling fictional documentation of unexplainable events at the Walkingtons' residence in 1998, the first edition, limited to one hundred copies signed by the author. Complete with three original photographs. The…
Medusa
Michael Dibdin · 2003 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.24 | $116.51 | ¥18,619)
London, Faber and Faber , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of this novel by Michael Dibdin, featuring his popular character of Aurelio Zen. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Michael Dibdin. Signed by the author to the title …
Remainder
Tom McCarthy · 2006 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)
Richmond, Alma Books, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first UK edition copy of this thrilling novel by noted British author Tom McCarthy. In the original dust wrapper and signed by the author. The first UK edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.This …
Vendetta
Michael Dibdin · 1990 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.61 | $125.78 | ¥20,101)
London, Faber & Faber, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A crisp, first edition copy of this crime fiction novel from Michael Dibdin's famous Aurelio Zen series. The second book of this popular series. Signed by the author to the title page. The Aurelio Zen series are Dibdin&apos…
Three Scientific Essays by Bryan Robinson Robert Douglas and Browne Langrish
Bryan Robinson; Robert Douglas; Browne Langrish · 1746 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,152.69 | $2,383.18 | ¥380,852)
London, J, Nourse; R. Dodsley; C. Hitch, 1746-48. Cloth. A very scarce collection of three fascinating scientific works on natural sciences from the mid-eighteenth century, all very scarce works bound together here in one volume. A collection of three very scarce scientific work…
Gardening for the Ignorant
Mrs C.W. Earle; Ethel Case · 1912 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.51 | $158.88 | ¥25,390)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1912. Cloth. A bright copy of this very scarce twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners by Mrs C.W. Earle and Ethel Case. A very interesting early twentieth-century work on gardening for beginners, organised into chapters by months of the year.…
Le Jardin Des Reves
Laurent Tailhade; Theodore de Banville · 1880 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1880. First edition. Paperback. A scarce, first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurent Tailhade. Signed by him to the half-title. Signed by the author to the Marquis Auguste Moreau, 'son cousin eu Octave Feuillet 19 Avril 1880&apos. Auguste M…
Egyptian Government: Gebel Aulia Dam and Other Subsidiary Works on the White Nile, Sudan. General Conditions of Contract, Specification, Schedule of Prices, and Sundry Other Schedules, Bond, Formal Contract, Tender and Instructions to Persons Tendering.
1933 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)
Westminster, Wightman & Co, 1933. Cloth. The fascinating and very scarce contract made between the Egyptian Government and the engineers employed to construct the Gebel Aulia Dam on the White Nile. A fascinating and very scarce publication from the Egyptian Government detailing …
French Works
Mme la Comtesse de Segur; Girardin; et al. · 1880 · Rooke Books
£1,475.00 (€1,764.01 | $1,952.89 | ¥312,087)
Paris , Librairie Hachette; et al. 1880. Cloth. A collection of nineteen uniformly bound French works formerly from Agatha Christie's home, Greenaway House, bearing the signature of her older sister Madge Miller. Nineteen later printings of some French works, formerly from …
The Sleeping Lord
David Jones · 1974 · Rooke Books
£490.00 (€586.01 | $648.76 | ¥103,677)
London, Faber, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Limited Edition of this celebrated collection of poetic fragments from modernist David Jones, signed by the author himself. A very scarce signed Limited Edition of David Jones's final published work of poetry, no. 46…
Frank Fairleigh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil
Frank E. Smedley · 1846 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.68 | $105.92 | ¥16,927)
London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A lovely illustrated edition of Frank E. Smedley's popular novel, with designs by George Cruikshank. Bound by Potter & Son. Written by Frank E. Smedley, a nineteenth century English novelist best known for this…
Ripe Howlers
Cecil Hunt · 1939 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.35 | $211.84 | ¥33,854)
London, Methuen Publishers, 1939. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of one of Cecil Hunt's popular howlers, humorous volumes of mistakes made by schoolchildren, signed by the author, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A first edition of this work.Si…
The Passionate Climate
Geoffrey Wagner · 1945 · Rooke Books
£695.00 (€831.18 | $920.17 | ¥147,051)
London, Resurgam Books, 1945. First edition. Leather. The author's presentation copy of this scarce collection of poetry, presented to his friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, with Wagner's ink manuscript poem to the rear endpaper. The first edition of this scarce work.Aut…
Poems
Thomas Gray · 1946 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)
London, Riccardi Press for Eton College, 1946. Vellum. A nice privately printed edition of the poetical works of the Romantic Thomas Gray, printed for Eton, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Privately printed by Riccardi Press for Eton College, with an Eton presentat…
The Table-Talk and Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote
Samuel Foote; William Cooke · 1902 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€346.82 | $383.96 | ¥61,360)
London, Myers & Rogers, 1902. Fine Binding. An extra-illustrated, splendid finely bound collection of the aphorisms and humour of Samuel Foote. Samuel Foote was a British dramatist and actor active during the eighteenth century. A comic writer and playwright, he lost his leg in …
English Music
W. J. Turner · 1941 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€526.21 | $582.56 | ¥93,097)
London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition copy of this charming history of English music, bound for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The first edition of this work.A charming volume of t…
The Government of Britain
G. M. Young · 1941 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€334.86 | $370.72 | ¥59,244)
London, Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins, 1941. First edition. Leather. A first edition Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound volume by G. M. Young discussing the government of Britain, a lovely copy from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A…
Three First Edition Works by Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde · 1977 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.24 | $116.51 | ¥18,619)
London, Chatto & Windus; Viking, 1977-97. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of first edition volumes by Dirk Bogarde, including his first memoir and his final novel, all in the original unclipped dustwrappers. A lovely set of three first edition first impression works by Dirk Bog…
A Superstitious Age
Rosalind Brackenbury · 1977 · Rooke Books
£78.00 (€93.28 | $103.27 | ¥16,504)
Sussex, The Harvester Press, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed presentation copy of this historical fiction novel by Rosalind Brackenbury, a scarce novel here in the original dustwrapper. The author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the recto to the fr…