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The Conjunction

Terence Wheeler · 2006 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€418.58 | $463.40 | ¥74,055)

London, Angus and Robertson, 2006. Cloth. A limited edition of Terence Wheeler's debut novel in the original dust wrapper. A limited edition of The Conjunction by Terence Wheeler, in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. An out of series l…

Edinburgh

Rosaline Masson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.43 | $185.36 | ¥29,622)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition of this charming volume on Edinburgh, with illustrations throughout. Signed by the publisher. First edition. The edition de luxe is limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number 122.…

Swing Time

Zadie Smith · 2016 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, Hamish Hamilton; Penguin Books, 2016. First edition. Hardback. An exclusive first signed edition of Zadie Smith's bestselling novel 'Swing Time', a fine copy in the original dust wrapper. The first exclusive signed edition, first impression, inscribed to t…

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

Clare Morrall · 2003 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.72 | $92.68 | ¥14,811)

Birmingham, Tindal Street Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Lovey signed first impression of Clare Morrall's compelling debut novel. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to title page. Debut novel of English author Clare Morrall, tell…

Poems

Thomas Hoos · 1866 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.55 | $145.64 | ¥23,274)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1866 . Leather. The nineteenth edition of this collection of poetry by Thomas Hood in Bickers calf binding. Nineteenth edition of Poems by Thomas Hood in full Bickers signed calf binding. Thomas Hood was an early nineteenth century English poet and hu…

Sea Fights and Corsairs of the Indian Ocean Being the Naval History of Mauritius from 1715 to 1810

H. C. M. Austen · 1935 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€777.36 | $860.59 | ¥137,530)

Mauritius, R. W. Brooks, 1935. Cloth. A scarce second impression of this illustrated naval history of Mauritius, signed by the author. Second impression, 1935. Originally published 1934. Signed with the author's compliments to front endpaper. Illustrated with coloured front…

Works by Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters · 1980 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,674.31 | $1,853.59 | ¥296,219)

London, Macmillan and Co.; Headline, 1980-1994. Cloth. A collection of seventeen novels from Ellis Peters' Cadfael Chronicles. This is a collection of seventeen works by Ellis Peters. Ellis Peters is the pen name for Edith Mary Parteger who is known for her historical fict…

Notes on the Ecclesiastical and Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in Bristol; with Antiquarian, Historical, Biographical, and Heraldic Elucidations

George Pryce · 1853 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London; Bristol, Houlston and Stoneman; J. Lavers, 1853. Cloth. Historian George Pryce details the history and architectural features of Bristol's ecclesiastical buildings. Signed by the author. An interesting work on Bristol's ecclesiastical and monumental architectur…

The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright

Mrs Frank Lloyd Wright; Various · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.60 | $64.88 | ¥10,368)

Not Stated , Bramhall House, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A new edition of this study of the life-work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, an excellent copy. A new edition of this work, printed on both verso and recto and with smaller margin compared to the previous facsimi…

Donatienne

Rene Bazin · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1947 . Leather. The scarce definitive edition of this novel by French author Rene Bazin in Hachette leather binding. Definitive edition of Donatienne by Rene Bazin in Hachette signed half calf binding and cloth boards. One of Bazin's early novels, firs…

This Morning I Met a Whale

Michael Morpurgo · 2008 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.74 | $86.06 | ¥13,753)

London, Walker Books Ltd, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this illustrated work by Michael Morpurgo, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated throughout. The story of a young boy's relationship with a whale that swam up the Ri…

Tales of My Landlord, Second Series [the Heart of Midlothian]

Jedediah Cleishbotham [Sir Walter Scott] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€454.46 | $503.12 | ¥80,402)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable, 1818. First edition. Leather. The four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian', the second work in his 'Tales of My Landlord' series. The first edition, first issue: lacking signature on …

Ionica

William Johnson Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.53 | $152.26 | ¥24,332)

London , George Allen, 1891. Leather. A leather bound second edition copy of this collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. an anonymously published collection of poems by William Johnson Cory. Some of the poems that appear in this volume include Desiderato, Iole, Asterope a…

Time and Tide

Edna O'Brien · 1992 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.01 | $60.90 | ¥9,733)

London , Viking , 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, third impression signed copy of this moving novel by Edna O'Brien. A first edition, third impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Time and Tide is an unforgettable novel about the bonds…

Words Unreturned

Pankaj Saha; Andrew Warham [trans] · 1989 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

Calcutta , Papyrus , 1989. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first English translation of this very scarce anthology of poems by Pankaj Saha, signed by the author. A very scarce first English edition of this work, rarely seen on the market. Only one copy is catalogued on Copac at the…

James White Novels

James White · 1967 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.49 | $165.50 | ¥26,448)

London, Corgi Books; The New English Library, 1967-79. Paperback. Group of eight paperback editions of the science fiction novels of James White, two copies signed by the author. James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction, well-known for his 'Sector General&…

Holland

Beatrix Jungman; Nico Jungman · 1904 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.09 | $297.90 | ¥47,607)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition, topographical, work on Holland. With numerous colour plates by Nico Jungman. The scarce De Luxe Edition. Limited to 350 copies, of which this is number 274. Published in the same year as the f…

A Notelet About Richard Drake of Esher in Surrey

Sir William Richard Drake · 1878 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

London , Private Press, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this notelet on Richard Drake of Esher, with a signed letter from the author. With a letter signed by the author bound within the volume. This is a very scarce volume of A Notelet About Richard Drake of Esher in Surrey …

Marrying the Mistress

Joanna Trollope · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.86 | $46.34 | ¥7,405)

London , Bloomsbury , 2000. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition first impression of this moving tale of human emotion. A first edition, first impression copy. Signed by the author to the title page. Marrying the Mistress is an emotional minefield of a novel, exploring…

English Exercises and Key to the Exercises

Lindley Murray · 1810 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

York, Thomas Wilson & Son, 1810-1811. Leather. Two volumes in one of English grammar exercises. Two volumes bound within one, containing English Exercises adapted to Murray's English Grammar, which have been designed for the benefit of private learners as well as for the us…