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The Green Fields Beyond

Evelyn Hart · 1995 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Surrey, Severn House, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Evelyn Hart's romantic novel. This signed first edition of well-loved author Evelyn Hart's 'The Green Fields Beyond' sets a romantic tale against the backdrop of the brink of the seco…

Afterwards

Rachel Seiffert · 2007 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.53 | ¥8,230)

London, Heinemann, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Rachel Seiffert's novel 'Afterwards&apos. Seiffert is a Booker Prize shortlisted author for her novel 'The Dark Room&apos. Signed to the title page, with the author's signature and…

Norman and English History During the 11th and 12th Centuries

Emma, Lady Pender · 1891 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Edinburgh, Privately Printed, 1891. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce and beautifully created historical work on the Normans and their relation to English history. A privately printed work, with illuminated letters, red and black text, in addition to fine illustrations. The f…

Still Life with Raspberry

Ralph Steadman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, Rapp & Whiting, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Ralph Steadman's satirical work looking at the decade of the 1960s, illustrated profusely throughout. Signed by Steadman, with a unique doodle. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author…

A Fairy Garland Being Fairy Tales from the Old French

Charles Perrault; Madame d'Aulnoy; Count Anthony Hamilton · 1928 · Rooke Books

£980.00 (€1,174.86 | $1,294.93 | ¥206,809)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1928. Vellum. A signed limited edition of Edmund Dulac's beautifully illustrated collection of French short stories, illustrated in colour throughout. A signed limited edition, being numbered five-hundred and eighty of one-thousand copies…

A Letter to Both Houses of Parliament on the Subject of Their Present Proceedings Against the Roman Catholicks of England

F. P. · 1679 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Paris, Not Stated, 1679. Disbound. A very scarce letter to the Houses of Parliament, discussing their persecution in the late seventeenth century against the Roman Catholics in England. A very scarce work. This work is a quarto, with the signatures running as [A4], B4. ESTC cita…

For Her Friends and Mine a Book of Aspirations, Dreams and Memories

Erwin F Smith · 1915 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Washington, Privately Printed, 1915. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, association copy of this poetry collection by noted plant pathologist, Erwin Frink Smith. This collection was privately printed and has been gifted by the author's wife to one Dr Clinton. This particula…

Handley Cross, or Mr Jorrocks&Apos;S Hunt

Robert Surtees · 1926 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Bath, George Bayntun, 1926. Leather. A handsome copy of Robert Surtees's nineteenth century classic focusing on the adventures of a grocer turned Master of Fox Hounds, in a signed Bayntun half crushed morocco binding. Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and…

The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick; Humbert Wolfe · 1928 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, The Cresset Press Ltd. 1928. First edition. Hardback. A particularly smart, beautifully presented, limited edition set of Robert Herrick's poetry. Held in the original scarce slipcase. First thus, the first edition of this imprint. Numbered 94 of 750 sets that were …

The Hessian Prisoner

H. E. Bates; Edward Garnett (Foreword) · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, William Jackson (Books) Ltd, 1930. Cloth. A limited edition signed work by the English author, H. E. Bates, with an illustrated frontispiece by John Austen. Limited edition copy, being number 440 of 500. Signed by the author. This being No. 2 of the Furnival Books. With …

The Titanic

E J Pratt · 1935 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this poem by Canadian poet Edwin John Dove Pratt, regarding the Titanic. An association copy, with a dedication by the author to one Fred Clarke, 'To my dear Friend Fred Cl…

Queen&Apos;S Counsel W.F. Swords, Q.C. , B.A. , M.A. , L.L. B. (Cantab), B. Sc. (Lond)

Molly St. Patrick Swords · 1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Unamed, Unamed, 1975. Leather. A signed copy of this work by Molly St. Patrick Swords charting the history of her own ancestor's, whom acted as the Queen's counsel. Written by Molly St. Patrick Swords. With the author's ink signature to the front endpaper. Illustr…

An Arctic Boat-Journey in the Autumn of 1854

Isaac I. Hayes · 1860 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Richard Bentley, 1860. Cloth. Isaac Israel Hayes's fascinating account of the 'Second Grinnell Expedition' of 1853–1855, led by Elisha Kane to search for Franklin's lost expedition. Isaac Israel Hayes was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and po…

Wild Sports of the World a Boy&Apos;S Book of Natural History and Adventure

James Greenwood · 1862 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, S. O. Beeton, 1862. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this profusely illustrated work regarding hunting, complete with many coloured plates, engravings and fold out maps, and handsomely bound in a half morocco binding. The first edition with no further impress…

Amid the High Hills

Sir Hugh Fraser · 1923 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, A and C Black, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this beautifully illustrated natural history work by Hugh Fraser. Signed by the author, with a dedication to the recto of front endpaper, 'E F Bathurst with love and kindest wishes from the a…

Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Len Deighton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating historical novel by Len Deighton, best known as one of the top three spy novelists of his generation. This work is set in Britain in early 1944 and is noted by critics to successfully…

La Fortune Du Theatre Cornelien En France Sous le Consulat L&Apos;Empire Et la Restauration These Presentee Par M. Reginald Fraser Amonoo En Vue Du Doctorat D&Apos;Universite de Paris

Reginald Fraser Amonoo · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

None, None, 1970. First edition. Paperback. A late twentieth century dissertation on the seventeenth century French dramatist Corneille's works under the Bourbon restoration. Signed by the author, Reginald Fraser Amonoo and dated 1970. This theses was written whilst Amonoo …

Speech of Lieutenant General William Thornton in the House of Commons, on Thursday the 7th of May 1818 on His Motion to Repeal the Declarations, Against the Belief of Transubstantiation and Asserting the Worship of the Church of Rome to Be Idolatrous with Authorities and Illustrations, Deductions and Conclusion

William Thornton · 1818 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of Lieutenant General William Thornton's parliamentary speech on transubstantiation and the idolatry nature of the Catholic Church. With the inscription to the half titl…

The Platitudes of a Pessimist

Thomas Longueville · 1897 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'The Platitudes of a Pessimist' with a dedication from the author. With a dedication from the Author: 'A.M. Longueville From The Author 5 May 1897' With publish…

The Wind Blows over

Walter de la Mare · 1936 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Faber and Faber, 1936. Cloth. A scarce signed, limited edition copy of this collection of short stories by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition of seventy five copies, of which this is number fifty eight. Signed by de la Mare to the colophon. Printed on English hand-made p…