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Falling Angels
Tracy Chevalier · 2001 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, HarperCollins , 2001. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition, first impression of Tracy Chevalier's novel set during in twentieth century, signed by the author. A New York Times bestseller by Tracy Chevalier, author of international bestsellers The Girl with …
Oh, Play That Thing
Roddy Doyle · 2004 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A flawless, first edition copy of the second book of 'The Roundup Series' by Irish author Roddy Doyle, signed by the author to the title page. A compelling novel narrating the life of Henry Smart, a young Irish boy gro…
Espresso Tales
Alexander McCall Smith · 2005 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
Edinburgh, Polygon, Birlinn Ltd , 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this second novel in the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander M. Smith, signed by the author. First edition, first impression of this work. Second novel in Alexander McCall Smith's &ap…
Continual Dew a Little Book of Bourgeois Verse
John Betjeman · 1977 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)
London, John Murray; W. & J. Mackay Limited, 1977. Cloth. A superb facsimile of an early poetry collection by John Betjeman, signed by the author. Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.Including the original publisher's bookmark.The 1977 facsimile of this …
The Life and Work of Charles Henry Von Bogatzky
Rev. John Kelly · 1889 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1889. Leather. A scarce 19th century biographical sketch of Charles Henry Von Bogatzky and his work, 'The Golden Treasury', signed by the author and presented to his wife. A fascinating biographical sketch of the life and career of …
Restless
Restless · 2006 · Rooke Books
£67.00 (€80.31 | $88.51 | ¥14,134)
London, Bloomsbury , 2006. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of this spy novel by William Boyd, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this book by Scottish author William Boyd, one of the first novels to deal with the British Security Coordin…
The Blue Afternoon
William Boyd · 1993 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first impression of William Boy's award-winning novel, signed by the author. Novel by Scottish author William Boyd, winner of the Sunday Express Book of the Year in 1993, and the Los Angeles Times Book Pri…
Building Towers, Forming Gardens: Landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford
Christopher Thacker · 2002 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)
London, St Barnabas Press , 2002. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first limited edition of this study of landscape gardening by Christopher John Charles Thacker. A charming study of landscape gardening, focussing on the influence of garden enthusiast Charles Hamilton and garden o…
Tinker Tailor... " a Child&Apos;S Guide to the Professions
A.P. Herbert · 1922 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1922. Cloth. A.P. Herbert's early 20th century children's work about careers and professions, a signed presentation copy from the author to his acquaintance, the physician Dr William Hale-White. A collection of verses and poems about differen…
A Certain Justice
P. D. James · 1997 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)
London, Faber and Faber , 1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this Adam Dalgliesh novel by P. D. James, signed by the author. Successor of Original Sin in the police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh series, following the mysterious murder of Venetia Aldridge, a…
The World of William Clissold
H. G. Wells · 1926 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)
London, Ernest Benn LTD, 1926. First edition. Vellum. A very special signed limited edition of H. G. Wells' longest novel, a unique copy inscribed by Wells himself. The first limited edition, limited to 198 copies.Signed by H. G. Wells to the limitation page to Volume I.Com…
The Works of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1836 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, William Pickering, 1836-43. Leather. The collected works of the pre-Romantic Thomas Gray, a wonderful collection which includes a detailed life of the poet. Complete in five volumes.Bound by J. Clarke.The collected poems and letters of Thomas Gray. Also including his var…
The Norfolk & Norwich Hospital 1700 to 1900
Sir Peter Eade · 1900 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)
London, Jarrold & Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. Sir Peter Eade's fascinating illustrated history of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital from 1700 to 1900, signed by the author and presented to noted physician Sydney Monckton Copeman. A compelling and rich history of the No…
Looms of Life
Herman Scheffauer · 1908 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
New York and Washington, The Neale Publishing Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of an early poetry collection by Herman Scheffauer, the author's presentation copy. First edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front e…
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata: From Their Discovery and Conquest by the Spaniards to the Establishment of Their Political Independence.
Sir Woodbine Parish · 1852 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)
London, John Murray, 1852. Cloth. A fascinating Victorian study on Buenos Aires, written by Woodbine Parish, who worked in the city for almost a decade. The second edition.Illustrated with a frontispiece, cloth-backed folding map, five plates, and eighteen in-text engravings.Col…
David Douglas Miscellanea
David C. Douglas · 1928 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)
Various, Various, 1928-52. Leather. An exciting collection of articles by David C. Douglas in two miscellaneous volumes from the author's personal library. A collection of twenty-one historical articles by David C. Douglas, bound in two uniform volumes in full morocco, bear…
Aphrodite in Aulis
George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)
London, William Heinemann , 1930. First edition. Vellum. First edition of George Moore's romantic novel, limited and signed by the author in a pleasing full leather binding. A limited edition of one-thousand, eight-hundred, and twenty-five copies, this one of nine-hundred f…
The Legendary Ballads of England and Scotland
John S. Roberts [ed.] · 1890 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)
London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1890. Leather. A collection of English and Scottish classic ballads in a full calf prize binding. A collection of famous ballads from England and Scotland compiled by John S. Roberts for the "Chandos" classics series. In a full calf Bickers signed b…
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
John Hanning Speke · 1863 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the richly illustrated first edition of John Hanning Speke's first hand account of his discovery of the source of the River Nile. The first edition of Captain John Hanning Speke…
Songs of the Maid and Other Ballads
John Huntley Skrine · 1896 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)
Westminster, Archibald Constable, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Huntley Skrine's very scarce 1896 volume of ballads and lyrical poets. A presentation copy of the very scare first edition of this collection of poetry from John Huntley Skrine. Wi…