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The Danger
Dick Francis · 1983 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)
London, Michael Joseph, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Dick Francis's 'The Danger', complete with original unclipped dustwrapper. Richard Stanley Francis was a British crime writer and former full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 race…
How to Make a Saint or the Process of Canonization in the Church of England
The Prig [Thomas Longueville] · 1887 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this Anglican work, with a signed dedication to a relation of the author. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. With a dedication fr…
The Heart of Midlothian; Harry Lorrequer; Westward Ho!; John Halifax, Gentlemen; Scenes of Clerical Life; Lavengro; Coningsby; the Caxtons; the Scarlet Letter; After Dark; Ormond
Various · 1900 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
London, The Gresham Publishing Co, 1900. Cloth. A handsome eleven volume set of works, in a decorative cloth binding designed by prolific artist Talwin Morris. A handsomely bound set 11 volume set, featuring numerous popular and cultural significant literary works. Uncommon to f…
Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston
H. Montgomery Hyde · 1964 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of H. Montgomery Hyde's biography of celebrated barrister and judge Norman Birkett, including discussion of sensational murder trials and the Nuremberg proceedings. A signe…
Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, by Which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany
William Brockedon · 1828 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)
London, The Author, 1828-29. First edition. Leather. A charming first edition copy of this monumentous illustrated work, with over one-hundred engravings of original drawings after the artist and author. The first edition of this well regarded work. Two volumes bound together …
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James Dickey · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bruccoli-Clark, 1971 . First edition. Paperback. A smart signed limited edition copy of this poetry collection by American writer James Dickey. A limited edition copy, with this being no.17 of 200 signed by the author. Signed by James Dickey to the li…
Shovelling Trouble
Mordecai Richler · 1972 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)
Toronto, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, and very scarce review copy, of this delightful essay collection from Mordecai Richler, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. A very scarce review copy. Signed by the author to th…
The Blocked Heart
Edwin Brock · 1976 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
New York, New Directions, 1976. Cloth. The signed first American issue of Edwin Brock's fourth anthology, a brilliant example of confessional poetry. The first American issue of The Blocked Heart, an anthology filled with wry melancholy, written and signed by British poet E…
A Biographical Sketch of Sir Henry Havelock
Rev. William Brock · 1858 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, James Nisbet and Co. 1858. Cloth. An engaging military biography of Henry Havelock, complete with folding maps. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two folding maps, one of which is coloured. Collated, complete. An inte…
The Life of George Brummell, Esq. , Commonly Called Beau Brummell
Captain Jesse · 1844 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)
London, Saunders and Otley, 1844. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of an influential biography popularising Brummelmania, in a lovely half calf signed binding from B.G. Ward. The first edition of The Life of George Brummell, the renowned autobiography of the pre-…
The Evergreen Death
James Fraser [Alan White] · 1968 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this detective novel by Alan White, under the pseudonym James Fraser. The first edition, first impression of this work with no other impressions stated. Signed by the author to the front …
Ellery Queen&Apos;S Awards Ninth Series
Various; Ellery Queen [ed.] · 1956 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of the ninth annual collection of the best short crime fiction, selected by Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, under the pseudonym, Ellery Queen. The first edition, first impression of thi…
Twelve Apostles
Gavin Ewart · 1970 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,227)
[Belfast], An Ulsterman Publication, 1970 . First edition. Paperback. A smart signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of twelve poems by Gavin Ewart. The first edition. A presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author: 'For Audrey with love…
Blue Sonata and Quentin Crisp As Prime Minister
Jeremy Reed · 1994 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)
[Edinburgh], Privately Printed at the Tragara Press, 1994-1999 . First edition. Paperback. A smart two volume set of signed limited edition poetry books by Jersey-born poet Jeremy Reed. A two volume set. Both limited editions, signed by the author. In the publisher's orig…
Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Hugh Ross Williamson · 1972 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)
London, The Stourton Press, 1972 . Leather. A smart limited edition copy of this play in three acts by Hugh Ross Williamson, illustrated throughout by Emily Gwynne-Jones. A limited edition, set in the Aries types designed for The Stourton Press by Eric Gill, with this copy being…
Family Money; in My Own Time
Nina Bawden · 1991 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)
London, Victor Gollangz Ltd; Virago Press, 1991-1994 . First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of signed presentation copies by Nina Bawden, including a novel and an autobiography. A two volume set. The first editions. Both presentation copies, signed and inscribed by the…
Recent Poems
Stephen Spender · 1978 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Anvil Press Poetry, 1978. First edition. Paperback. A smart signed limited edition copy of this collection of four poems by noted English poet Stephen Spender. A limited edition copy, No.372/400 signed and numbered by the author. In the publisher's original paperb…
The Electrification of the Soviet Union
Craig Raine · 1986 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)
London, Faber and Faber, 1986 . First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition of the first edition of Craig Raine's libretto to Nigel Osborne's opera based on the works of Boris Pasternak, in a handsome quarter morocco binding. A limited edition, first editon work.Â…
The King&Apos;S Pictures: From Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Hampton Court
P.G. Konody, Sir Martin Conway, Lionel Cust, [signed. George V] · 1930 · Rooke Books
£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)
London, The Fine Arts Publishing Co. 1930. First edition. Cloth. The fascinating catalogue of Georgve V's royal collection, signed by both the King and the Queen Consort Mary of Teck. Signed by George V and Queen Mary of Teck. The King's Pictures: From Buckingham Palac…
A History of the Jukes Family of Cound, Shropshire & Their Descendants
Percy W. L. Adams · 1927 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)
Tunstall, Edwin H. Eardley, 1927. First edition. Vellum. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce limited edition of Percy W. L. Adams's genealogy of the Jukes family, inscribed to his daughter and with a letter from the author. A vanishingly scarce limited edition, wi…