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Lord Grey of Fallodon, K.G.
Lt.-Col. Hon. Arthur C. Murray · 1947 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
Edinburgh, Reprinted for the Author by R. & R. Clark, Ltd. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this biographical sketch of British statesman and politician Lord Grey of Fallodon, signed by the author. First thus, reprinted from The Quarterly Review of January 1934. Signe…
Popular Lectures
John de Fraine · 1890 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Bowers Brothers, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of lectures by John de Fraine, signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author of the front paste down.A volume of six essays by John de Fraine, a well known lecturer who trave…
The Tapestry
Robert Bridges · 1925 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.24 | ¥167,711)
London, Privately Printed, 1925. First edition. Leather. A scarce anthology of poems written in Neo-Miltonic Syllabics by Robert Bridges, a limited edition of only one hundred and fifty copies. The scarce first limited edition, limited to one hundred and fifty unnumbered copies.…
Border Incidents
Kenneth Lindley · 1982 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)
London, Pointing Finger Press, 1982. Leather. A superb and very scarce limited edition volume of woodcuts by Kenneth Lindley, signed by Lindley. A very scarce limited edition of only fifty copies, this being numbered forty-four.Signed by Kenneth Lindley to the limitation page.A …
Love and Loss, or Remembering by Night
Anna de Bary · 1949 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)
Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce collection from English poet Anna de Bary. With a loosely inserted letter from the author. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's origi…
Zuleika in Cambridge
S. C. Roberts · 1941 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
Cambridge , W. Heffer and Sons Ltd , 1941. First edition. Paperback. A very scarcely signed work from Sydney Castle Roberts, being the sequel to Max Beerbohm's 'Zuleika Dobson&apos. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the title page, dated Chr…
The Three Gods
Maurice Collis · 1970 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this intriguing novel surrounding the court of Queen Jezebel, written by Maurice Collis. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author, inscribed "For my dear friend Alva, on the oc…
A Century of Scarlet: A Centenary Catalogue
David G. Kirby; David Cory · 1987 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)
Cambridge, Rupert Books, 1987 . First edition. Cloth. A signed and vanishingly scarce bibliographical work about Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, celebrating the centenary of 'A Study in Scarlet', with newly commissioned illustrations. A very scarce work. No. 013 of an u…
Jasmine
Bharati Mukherjee · 1989 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this novel based on the author's own experiences of dislocation, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Set in the 1980s, this novel f…
There But for the
Ali Smith · 2011 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)
New York, Pantheon Books, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first US edition of this novel from Scottish author Ali Smith, signed by the author. First US edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. Miles Garth, an 'ethical consultant' attend…
The Patriarchal Religion of Britain; or, a Complete Manual of Ancient British Druidism
Rev. D. James · 1836 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)
London, Whittaker and Co, and J. Brook, 1836 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this very scarce mid nineteenth century work on British Druids and their origins, customs, tenets and costumes. The first edition of this very scarce work.Inscribed by the author t…
Strange Meeting; the Albatross and Other Stories; a Bit of Singing and Dancing; in the Springtime of the Year; Air and Angels; the Mist in the Mirror; the Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read; the Small Hand; a Kind Man; Dolly: A Ghost Story; Black Sheep; from the Heart
Susan Hill · 1971 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)
London, Hamish Hamilton; Chatto and Windus; Sinclair-Stevenson; Profile , 1971-2017. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of twelve first edition Susan Hill books, including a signed copy of 'Air and Angels&apos. The first edition, first printings of these works. Including a …
The Birds of America
Lorrie Moore · 1998 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this New York Times bestselling short-story collection from Lorrie Moore. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Birds of America' comprises a selection…
The Lexian Chronicles: Full Circle
Harry Gallan · 2004 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
Plymouth, Markosia Enterprises, 2004. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of the debut novel from British fantasy writer Harry Gallan, signed by the author. First edition. Signed and embossed by the author to the title page, with a letter of authenticity and sig…
Our House in the Last World
Oscar Hijuelos · 1983 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
New York, Persea, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this debut novel from American writer Oscar Hijuelos, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Following the life of a Cuban family in the United States during the 1940s, o…
Three Fiction Works by Michel Faber
Michel Faber · 2001 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Canongate, 2001-08. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of three first impression fiction works by Michel Faber, a lovely exploration of the author's oeuvre, each volume is signed. Three fiction works by Michel Faber, a set of two novels and one short story collection…
The Way I Found Her; the Colour
Rose Tremain · 1997 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson; Chatto & Windus, 1997-2003 . First edition. Cloth. Signed first editions of two works of fiction from award winning English author Rose Tremain. Present here are two first editions, first impressions, both flat signed by Tremain to the title page.In t…
The Swimming Pool Season
Rose Tremain · 1985 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the first edition of Rose Tremain's about a family who decide to create the most beautiful swimming pool of all time. Flat signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression.In…
The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim
Jonathan Coe · 2010 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)
London, Viking, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this picaresque novel from British author Jonathan Coe, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A picaresque plot, told by the title character as he journe…
The Travelling Hornplayer
Barbara Trapido · 1998 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of Barbara Trapido's tragi-comic novel, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original…