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A Grave Man

David Roberts · 2005 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Constable, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work of modern fiction in the original pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression. A Grave Man is an unusual murder mystery, fict…

Bleed a River Deep

Brian McGilloway · 2009 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Macmillan, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed and inscribed copy of this work of modern detective fiction. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author, reading: "'That is perhaps the best for which any of us may aim' Brian McGilloway 3/4/09"First edition,…

Free Fall

William Golding · 1966 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Penguin Books, 1966. Paperback. A signed, paperback copy of William Golding's critically acclaimed novel 'Free Fall&apos. An early edition of the novel, which is signed by the author to the first leaf. 'Free Fall' is written in the first person and i…

A Sermon Preached at the Opening of St. Mary&Apos;S Catholic Church, in Derby, October 9, Mdcccxxxix

Nicholas Wiseman · 1839 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Derby, James Storer, 1839. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce first edition of this interesting sermon delivered at the opening of a Catholic Church in Derby in 1839, by Nicholas Wiseman. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Collated, complete.This serm…

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1929 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, George G Harrap, 1929. First edition. Vellum. A fine, de luxe, limited edition of Oliver Goldsmith's noted novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Illustrated throughout, by the noted artist Arthur Rackham. Limited edition, numbered 279 of 575 copies printed. Sign…

The Mule on the Minaret

Alec Waugh · 1965 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Cassell, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Alec Waugh's exciting novel set in the Middle East, following a Professor and an M.I.5 boss, in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to a bookplate to the…

Sleepyhead [with] Scaredy Cat

Mark Billingham · 2001 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001 . First edition. Cloth. Two fine, first edition thriller novels by Mark Billingham. Being the first two novels in the 'Tom Thumb' series. 'Sleepyhead' is signed to the title page. With both volumes in the unclipped dust…

The Adamantine Palace

Stephen Deas · 2009 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Victor Gollancz, 2009. First edition. Cloth. A pristine, limited edition copy of Stephen Deas' debut novel, 'The Adamantine Palace&apos. The first edition. A scarce work, being no 31 of 150 numbered first edition copies of this novel that are signed by the auth…

La Comedie Francaise de Rouveyre Montesquiou

Andre Rouveyre; Le Comte Robert de Montesquiou · 1906 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Paris, Albin Michel, 1906. Cloth. A very scarce, signed series of Andre Rouveyre's caricatures. A bright copy of this work. This is number 352 of 400 copies. A limited edition of this work. Signed by Rouveyre to the title page. Undated, dated using Library Hub. Held in a qu…

The Bird Artist

Howard Norman · 1994 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Faber and Faber, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Howard Norman's psychologically challenging novel about murder. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original unclip…

Frozen

Richard Burke · 2003 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Orion , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of Richard Burke's novel 'Frozen&apos. Signed by the author to the title page. Richard Burke is a British author and award winning producer and director. 'Frozen' is a thriller which follows the stor…

The Compleat Angler the Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson

Izaak Walton · 1929 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. A finely bound, limited edition copy of Izaak Walton's noted work 'The Compleat Angler&apos. The editor, Geoffrey Kenyes' copy, with his signature to the edition statement. The first edition, thus of this w…

Things to Come

H G Wells · 1935 · Rooke Books

£3,850.00 (€4,614.77 | $5,086.08 | ¥812,184)

London, The Cresset Press , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed, first edition copy of HG Wells' 'Things to Come' dedicated in Wells' hand to his son, Anthony. Wells has signed the half title to his son, Anthony West. Lacking dustwrapper, as is usual…

The Resurrectionists

Michael Collins · 2002 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition and a proof copy of the Irish novelist Michael Collins' novel, set in the Upper Michigan Peninsula. In two volumes, containing the proof copy of the first, and a signed first edition first imp…

Journal Des Goncourt Memoires de la Vie Litteraire

Goncourt Brothers; Edmond de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt · 1891 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Paris, Biliotheque-Charpentier, 1891-4. Leather. The Goncourt's brothers' extensive journal on the vivid and intimate literary and artistic life in Paris. In the original French. In a signed binding by M. Wood. Incomplete in seven volumes, being volumes I-VII of a tota…

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1834 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, T Cadell, E Moxon, 1834. Leather. A finely bound copy of Samuel Roger's poetry. Beautifully illustrated, with drawings based on engravings by Turner and Stothard. The first edition of this particular collection. Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English Romantic …

History of the Lodge of Hengist

C J Whitting · 1897 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Bournemouth, W Mate and Sons , 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of Hengist Lodge, a freemasonry lodge in Bournemouth England. Signed by the author, dedicated to another brother at the lodge to the recto of front endpaper. An advanced copy of the book, …

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Paperback. The uncorrected proof of Thomas Keneally's influential and moving novel about the Holocaust 'Schindler's Ark&apos. An uncorrected proof copy of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Schindler's…

Something Like a House

Sid Smith · 2001 · Rooke Books

£27.00 (€32.36 | $35.67 | ¥5,696)

London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Hardback. An excellent signed first edition of Sid Smith's award-winning novel. This signed first edition of author and journalist Sid Smith's novel 'Something Like A House' was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize…

The City of Falling Angels

John Berendt · 2005 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, Sceptre, 2005. First edition. Hardback. An excellent, signed, first UK edition of John Berendt's sweeping non-fiction work. This signed first UK edition of acclaimed non-fiction writer and journalist John Berendt's 'The City Of Falling Angels' explore…