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Legs

William Kennedy · 1975 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first printing of this gripping novel about the gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, signed by the author, William Kennedy. The first edition, first printing.Signed by the author to the title page.…

Gowans&Apos;S International Library: The Seven Princesses, Alladine and Palomides, the Intruder, Everyman

Maurice Maeterlinck; Anonymous · 1909 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, Gowans and Gray, 1909-30. Paperback. Four plays published as part of Gowans's International Library, three of which are by the Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck. Four volumes from 'Gowans's International Library&apos.Each volume is bound in decorative…

Pathfinder; Sandrider; Starchaser

Annie Sage · 2014 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Bloomsbury, 2014-2016 . First edition. Cloth. A complete signed first-edition set of Angie Sage"s Todhunter Moon trilogy, an enchanting fantasy adventure set in the world of Septimus Heap. In the publisher's original cloth bindings complete with the original unclipp…

Under the Skin; the Apple; Undying

Michel Faber · 2000 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2000-2016 . First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of three signed first edition works from novelist Michael Faber, including a signed example of 'Under the Skin&apos. Faber is a Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction, best known for '…

The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

E. M. Forster · 1911 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first impression of this fantastical short-story collection from E. M. Forster. The first edition, first impression. One of 1,000 copies printed. In the original decorative cloth binding. With endpapers des…

The Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad Boo

Arnold Shircliffe · 1934 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

Chicago, Hotel Monthly Press, 1934. Cloth. A smart, signed copy of this illustrated salad recipe book from the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Signed by the author to the half title page. The fifth printing. In the publisher's decorative cloth binding.Offering an extensive variety o…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; J. B. Rundell · 1869 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1869 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of J. B. Rundell's 'revised and re-written' edition of the fables of Aesop, featuring the striking illustrations of painter and illustrator Ernest Griset. The very sca…

Fables of Aesop, and Others

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1803 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, J. Brambles, A. Meggit, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley, 1803. Leather. A finely bound edition of Samuel Croxall's important Aesop translation, complete with illustrations. Smartly, if slightly idiosyncratically, rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned p…

Norwich Inns

Leonard P. Thompson · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Ipswich , W. E. Harrison & Sons Ltd, 1947. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon look at the inns and pubs of Norwich, signed by the author. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Leslie Forse, w…

Ulick and Soracha

George Moore · 1926 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Nonsuch Press, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of this signed limited edition historical romance by George Moore, in the original Marion V. Dorn dust wrapper. A limited edition of twelve hundred and fifty copies printed on japon vellum, of which this…

All Manner of Folk, Interpretations and Studies

Edward Lear; Holbrook Jackson [editor] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon work of literary criticism by Holbrook Jackson, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, with his bookplate to…

North-South: A Programme for Survival

Willy Brandt; Et Al. · 1980 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.27 | ¥92,821)

London, Pan Books, 1980 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound copy of Willy Brandt's important report highlighting the North-South divide, signed by the author with a dedication to one of the report's contributors, Edward Heath. First edition.Bound in full morocco,…

Romeyn de Hooghe to the Burgermasters of Haarlem

Romeyn de Hooghe · 1971 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

Massachusetts , Gehenna Press, 1971. Hardback. A very scarce limited edition reproduction of a seventeenth century letter by Romeyn de Hooghe, signed by the artist Leonard Baskin. A very scarce limited edition of one hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-four.Signed by…

London Fabric

James Pope-Hennessy · 1941 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941 . Cloth. The charmingly illustrated second edition of James Pope-Hennessy's portrait of London on the brink of World War II. The revised second edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Eric Ravi…

The New English Bible: New Testament

1961 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Oxford University Press, 1961. Leather. A smartly bound copy of the New English Bible, previously held in the library of Sir Rohan Delacombe. Previously held in the library of Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, a senior British Army officer who, after retiring from the a…

The History of North Wales

William Cathrall · 1828 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Manchester, J. Gleave and Sons, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce illustrated history of North Wales, a smart copy in a modern binding. The first edition.A scarce work.Complete in two volumes.A detailed history of North Wales, exploring the country f…

History of the Education of the Blind

W. H. Illingworth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce historical study on the education of the blind. First edition. Very scarce work. A detailed treatise on the important and interesting study on the history of education b…

Sir Edward Burne-Jones: A Record and Review

Malcolm Bell · 1899 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1899 . Leather. The fourth edition of this richly illustrated study of the works of Edward Burne-Jones, in a handsome full calf prize binding. The fourth edition of Malcolm Bell's biography of the life and work of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, th…

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Henry Frowde, 1896 . Leather. An attractive late nineteenth century edition of the poetical works of Lord Byron, in an attractive full calf signed binding by Mudie. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.Featuring Byron's best known poetic works, including 'D…

Tommy and Grizel

J. M. Barrie · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Cassell and Company , 1900. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition of this "Tommy" novel from J. M. Barrie, bound in signed polished calf. First edition. Bound in full signed polished calf by Root & Son, with gilt to the spine and dentelles. With the original c…