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The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories
Sylvia Groves · 1966 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Country Life Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this history of needlework, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to title page, dated 1971. Illustrated throughout with 199 half-tone plates and 13 line drawings in the te…
Introductory Lectures on Modern History Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii with the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccxli
Thomas Arnold · 1874 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. A gorgeous early edition of Thomas Arnold's lectures on modern history in full diced calf binding signed J. O. Wilbee. Sixth edition of English educator and historian Thomas Arnold's eight introductory lectures on modern …
Three Works by Minette Walters
Minette Walters · 1993 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Macmillan, 1993-1998 . First edition. Cloth. Three first editions, first impressions of these crime fiction works by Minette Walters. Three first edition, first impression works of crime fiction by Minette Walters in the original publisher's cloth bindings and uncli…
Gemma Bovery
Posy Simmonds · 1999 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this beautiful graphic novel signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrappe…
Desperate Measures
Dennis Wheatley · 1974 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Hutchinson, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of Dennis Wheatley's Napoleonic war era final Roger Brook novel. Signed by Wheatley to the title page, with the inscription 'For Michael Wilde, with every…
The Irish Witch
Dennis Wheatley · 1973 · Rooke Books
£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)
London, Hutchinson, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of Dennis Wheatley's occult novel of Satanic worship. Signed by Wheatley to the title page, with the inscription 'For Michael Weeks, with all kind thought…
En Route
Joris-Karl Huysmans · 1908 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1908. Leather. A later edition of this Durtal novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans in a lovely Hatchards binding. Thirtieth edition of this work. First published in 1895, second of Joris-Karl Huysmans's novels to feature the character of Durtal, autobiog…
The Private Patient
P. D. James · 2008 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Faber & Faber, 2008. Cloth. A limited edition of this exciting work by P. D. James, signed by the author. Limited edition. Number 832 of 1000 copies signed by the author. The fourteenth and last novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series. This work follows a once magnificent man…
Killing Critics
Carol O'Connell; Barry Maitland · 1995 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Blakeney, Scorpion Press, 1995. Leather. A lovely limited edition of this Kathy Mallory mystery novel, signed by the author Carol O'Connell. Number 33 of 85 copies of this limited signed edition, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acetat…
Butchers and Other Stories of Crime
Peter Lovesey · 1985 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine collection of short stories that will thrill and surprise the reader, signed by the author and in its first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A first edition copy. This is a fine collection of crime sho…
Cheat-the-Boys
Eden Phillpotts · 1924 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, William Heinemann, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this novel by British author Eden Phillpotts, a lovely copy signed and inscribed by the author. The first edition of this work. A scarce novel by Eden Phillpotts, English author known for his many n…
Cinderella
0 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Murrays Sales and Service Co. c1981. Hardback. A beautiful pop-up edition of the classic children's tale of Cinderella, designed by the celebrated pop-up artist VojtÄch Kubata. Pop-up fairy tale of 'Cinderella' with illustrations by VojtÄch Kubata, des…
The Fifty Years&Apos; Struggle of the Covenanters, 1638-88
James Dodds · 1860 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Edinburgh, Thomas Constable by Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of James Dodds's history of the seventeenth century Scottish religious and political movement of 'The Covenanters&apos. Detailing the history of the group …
Music for Chameleons
Truman Capote · 1981 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first UK edition of Capote's short story collection with the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper des…
Adults
Emma Jane Unsworthy · 2020 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, The Borough Press, 2020. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful first impression of this modern fiction novel by Emma Jane Unsworthy, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this novel. A satire of social media age by Emma Jane Unsworthy, exploring the trut…
Stokers and Pokers: Or, the London and North-Western Railway, the Electric Telegraph, and the Railway Clearing House Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land; Including a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and Through the Country East of the Jordan
[Francis Bond Head]; Charles Leonard Irby; James Mangles · 1847 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, John Murray, 1847-49. First edition. Leather. Two interesting first edition works bound in one volume, exploring technology and travels across the world. Two volumes bound in one.'Stokers and Pokers' by Francis Bond Head, the first edition, published in 1849. A…
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood; the Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves; the Ugly Duckling
Charles Perrault, J. C. Mardrus, E. Powys Mathers, Hans Christian Andersen, Jean Hersholt · 1949 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
New York, The Limited Editions Club , 1949. Cloth. A beautiful three volume limited edition set of these classic children's stories, two of which are signed. A handsome limited edition, three volume set of 'The Evergreen Tales; or Tales for the Ageless&apos. In full cl…
The Musical Bijou, an Album of Music and Poetry for 1848
F. H. Burney · 1848 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
London, D'Almaine and Co. 1848 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this album of music and poetry for the year 1848 in quarter calf binding with colour chromolithographs. First edition of The Musical Bijou, An Album of Music and Poetry for 1848 edited…
English Men of Letters: Milton; Hawthorne; Southey; Lamb
John Morley [ed.] · 1879 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1879-82. Leather. Four volumes of biographies in John Morley's 'English Men of Letters' series in uniform H. Wood signed bindings. A collection of four volumes from the 'English Men of Letters' series of biographies edited by Jo…
Diary of a War Artist
Edward Ardizzone · 1974 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edward Ardizzone's illustrated account of his life during the Second World War. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with the vignet…