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The Apostle a Drama
George Moore · 1923 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London , William Heinemann , 1923 . First edition. Hardback. A signed, limited edition copy of The Apostle, a play by George Moore. A limited edition copy, limited to one thousand copies with this being number ten. Signed by the author to the limitation page. The Apostle is a dr…
Without Prejudice One Hundred Letters from Frederick William Rolfe Baron Corvo to John Lane
Frederick William Rolfe; Baron Corvo; John Lane; Cecil Woolf · 1963 · Rooke Books
£975.00 (€1,168.86 | $1,288.33 | ¥205,754)
London, Allen Lane, 1963. First edition. Hardback. A limited edition collection of one-hundred letters by Baron Corvo to John Lane, including a signed letter from the editor, Cecil Woolf. The first edition of this privately printed work, of which only six hundred unnumbered copi…
The Guildhall Series of Stock Rulings Petty Cash Account Book
1958 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Not stated, Not stated, 1958 . Leather. A very scarce accounts book from a company using their Guildhall Stock Rulings Book, which is bound in leather. A very scarce accounts book for petty cash of an unknown business from 1958. A Guildhall Series of Stock Rulings Book, bound in…
Little Peter the Great
H. A. Manhood; Henry Williamson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, William Jackson; Joiner & Steele, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition story by Harold Alfred Manhood, a nice copy with a lovely frontispiece by Rowland Hilder. The first limited edition, limited to 550 copies, of which this is numbered 456.Signed b…
The Cold Kiss of Death
Suzanne McLeod · 2009 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)
London , Gollancz, 2009. First edition. Paperback. A lovely uncorrected proof, signed copy of The Cold Kiss of Death. An uncorrected manuscript proof copy of this work. Signed by the author to the title page. This volume is a supernatural fiction novel which follows a woman who …
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Peter Beye · 1991 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
Stuttgart, Hatje, 1991. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition copy of this history of the Staatsgalerie, Germany. A first edition copy of this work. In both English and German. The Staatsgalerie is an art museum in Stuttgart Germany and opened in 1843. With the opening…
Birds in Mallorca
John Busby · 1988 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Kent, Christopher Helm, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this beautifully illustrated ornithological study of Mallorca. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white sketches by the author. An ornithological study of Mallorca, with reference…
Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor · 1955 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)
London, Neville Spearman, 1955. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first British edition of Flannery O'Connor's first novel, Wise Blood, in the original striking Guy Nicholls dust wrapper. The first British edition. First published in the US by Harcourt in 1952. In the …
Little Peter the Great
H. A. Manhood · 1931 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London , William Jackson, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition copy of this short story by Harold Alfred Manhood. A limited edition copy, with 550 copies being published of which this is number 87. Signed by the author to the limitation page and the front free e…
Le Lys Rouge
Anatole France · 1926 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1926 . Leather. An early edition of Anatole France's work of prose fiction in Sotheran leather binding. Early edition of Le Lys Rouge by Anatole France in Sotheran signed half calf binding and marbled boards. First published in 1894, this is a lovely wo…
When Shrimps Learn to Whistle: Signposts for the Nineties
Denis Healey · 1990 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Michael Joseph, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Denis Healey's collection of essays concerned with twentieth century European politics, signed by the author. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to title page, inscribed 'to…
Dare to Be a Daniel
Tony Benn · 2004 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
London, Hutchinson, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Tony Benn's autobiography, signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Dare To Be a Daniel by Tony Benn in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wra…
Norman Douglas, Writers and Their Work, No. 82
Ian Greenlees · 1957 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, The British Council; Longmans, 1957 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this scarce study of the life and works of British writer Norman Douglas. Ian Greenlees presents a study of popular novelist and travel writer Norman Douglas, best known for the 1…
The Social and Political Dependence of Women
Charles Anthony · 1867 · Rooke Books
£1,900.00 (€2,277.78 | $2,510.59 | ¥400,956)
London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1867 . Cloth. A signed copy of the second edition of Charles Anthony's work on the rights of Victorian era women. Directly inspired by Harriet Taylor Mill's work 'The Enfranchisement of Women' and influenced also by the work of…
The Thinker&Apos;S Library
Various · 1930 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Watts & Co. 1930-47. Cloth. Seven volumes from Watts's 'The Thinker's Library' series of essays on a variety of subjects from contemporary humanists and rationalists. One copy signed by the author. Seven volumes from The Thinker's Library in the …
Azahar Extracts from a Journal in Spain in 1881-82
E. C. Hope-Edwardes · 1883 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London and Shrewsbury, Richard Bentley & Son, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this travel journal from the late nineteenth century. First edition of Azahar, Extracts from a Journal in Spain in 1881-82 by E. C. Hope-Edwardes in the …
Position at Noon
Eric Linklater · 1958 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1958. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Eric Linklater's, 'Position at Noon', signed by the author and illustrator, and with the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Limited to 250 copies, of which only 200 were for sale.…
Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field
Sir Walter Scott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Leather. A beautifully bound mid nineteenth century edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical romance in verse, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. In a full morocco signed binding by Oldfield.Illustrated with an engraved f…
The French Lieutenant&Apos;S Woman
John Fowles · 1969 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With the i…
Vittoria and the Egoist
George Meredith · 1912 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, The Times Book Club , 1912 . Leather. Two works from the Surrey Edition by George Meredith in Riviere signed half calf bindings. Vittoria Volume I and The Egoist Volume II by George Meredith in Riviere signed half calf bindings and cloth boards. In uniform bindings from …