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White Man Falling

Mike Stocks · 2006 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Alma Books, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine limited edition of Mike Stocks' novel following a white man falling from the sky, creating a mystery for retired Police Sub-Inspector R. M. Swaminathan. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies of the first edition…

Au Treizieme Coup de Minuit: Anthologie Du Surrealisme En Angleterre

Michel Remy · 2008 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Paris, Editions Dilecta, 2008. Paperback. An uncommon French anthology of English surrealism; a limited edition, complete with a signed engraving by Desmond Morris. Containing works by Edith Rimmington, Humphrey Jennings, Roland Penrose, Desmond Morris, Emmy Bridgewater and Davi…

Stormbreaker

Anthony Horowitz · 2005 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Walker Books, 2005. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Anthony Horowitz's popular 'Alex Rider' series, this being the first novel in the series. In the original slipcase. The first edition, first impression, of this limited edition.A signed limited editio…

The Death of Bunny Munro

Nick Cave · 2009 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Canongate, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A near fine, first edition copy of this salacious novel, 'The Death of Bunny Munro', by Nick Cave. Signed by the author to the title page and in the original dust wrapper. Presenting the second novel of British author Nick…

The Death of Bunny Munro

Nick Cave · 2009 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

London, Canongate, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this salacious novel from Nick Cave. A signed first edition, first impression of this novel from Nick Cave, author, screenwriter and actor, and lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. In the publisher&a…

No More Mister Nice Guy

Howard Jacobson · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1998. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this humorous novel by Howard Jacobson, signed by the author to the title page. A funny, intelligent novel following the protagonist Frank Ritz as he separates from his wife, pornogra…

The Lambs of London

Peter Ackroyd · 2004 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.27 | ¥6,751)

London, Chatto and Windus, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A flawless first edition copy of this acclaimed historical fiction novel by author Peter Ackroyd, in a beautiful and bright unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author. Noted historical fiction writer Peter Ackroyd bring…

Cartoons from the "Daily Express

Sidney Strube · 1927 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, London Express Newspapers LTD , 1927. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon oblong first publication of the cartoons for the 'Daily Express' by Sidney Strube. A series of cartoons from the Daily Express by Strube. The first and only edition of this work, an un…

The Golden Carpet

Somerset de Chair · 1943 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this first-hand account of a World War II campaign in the desert, a signed edition, limited to five hundred copies. The first edition of this work, offering a personal account of a British dese…

Call for the Dead

John Le Carre · 1961 · Rooke Books

£4,900.00 (€5,873.34 | $6,473.20 | ¥1,033,689)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second impression, of John Le Carre's first novel. Double signed by the author to a bookplate to the front pastedown. The first edition, second impression of John Le Carre's first novel. 'Call…

The Flora of Suffolk: A Topographical Enumeration of the Plants of the County, Showing the Results of Former Observations and of the Most Recent Researches

W M Hind · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this topographical study of Suffolk's flora, illustrated with a folding coloured map. The first edition of this topographical study of the flora of Suffolk, with descriptions of various plants foun…

Memoirs of Count Grammont

Anthony Hamilton; Sir Walter Scott · 1896 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, John C. Nimmo, 1896. Leather. Anthony Hamilton's important memoir of the life of Count Grammont, a striking copy in a Zaehnsdorf binding from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. In a Zaehnsdorf binding.The memoir of the life of Philibert de Gramont, a French no…

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine Von Gravenitz

Marie Hay · 1909 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Constable & Company LTD, 1909. Leather. A Hatchard bound semi-fictional biography on the life of the royal mistress Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Bound by Hatchards.A semi-fictional biography on Wilhelmine von Gravenitz, a German…

Les Chats

Champfleury · 1870 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,756.87 | $3,038.44 | ¥485,201)

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1870. Cloth. A lovely edition du luxe of this unique and charming work by Champfleury, a series of illustrated essays on cats. The fifth edition of this work, an impressive edition du luxe.In the original French.An entertaining series of essays on cats, hig…

Sparkenbroke

Charles Morgan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1936. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautiful, signed first edition of Charles Morgan's mystical and quasi-autobiographical work. From the library at Julians Park, the home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A limited edition, of which 210 copies have b…

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

Roddy Doyle · 1996 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition copy of this captivating novel by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, signed to the title page. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and signed by the author to the title page.This thought-pro…

Georgian Cabinet-Makers

Ralph Edwards; Margaret Jourdain · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Country Life Limited , 1944. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this work concerning Georgian cabinet-makers, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. A charming study of Georgian cabinet-makers by Ralph Edwards and Margaret Jourdain. An interesting wor…

Musci Exotici Containing Figures and Descriptions of New or Little Known Foreign Mosses and Other Cryptogamic Subjects

Sir William Jackson Hooker · 1818 · Rooke Books

£2,600.00 (€3,116.47 | $3,434.76 | ¥548,488)

London, Anon, 1818-20. First edition. Leather. A very scarce signed first edition of this work on mosses by William Jackson Hooker. Signed, with a gift inscription from the author to the half-titles of both volumes 'To Dr Knight with the Author's Best Compliments&apos.…

Music for Chameleons: New Writing by Truman Capote

Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981 . Cloth. A fine first U.K. edition of Capote's short story collection, the first he had published in fourteen years. Presented in the fine dust wrapper. Split into three parts, this collection includes stories such as 'Hospitality', &…

Armee Du Rhin Campagnes D&Apos;Allemagne Sous le General Moreau

Charles Fortin · 1899 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Anon, Anon, 1899. First edition. Vellum. A facsimile diary of soldier Charles Fortin who fought in a German campaign under General Moreau. The first printed edition of this diary, which belonged to a cavalry conscript in the 13th regiment. This diary was originally written from …