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Mr Barrett&Apos;S Secret and Other Stories
Kingsley Amis · 1993 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Hutchinson, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by Kingsley Amis. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. In the original dustwrapper designed by Mark Edwards. Contains the stories: Mr Barrett's Secre…
Beyond the Fall of Night
Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford · 1990 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction work, signed by Gregory Benford. First edition, first impression, with complete number line. Signed by Benford to the title page. Beyond the Fall of Night begins with the no…
Henry Et Caton
Iris Murdoch · 1980 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
Paris, Gallimard, 1980. Cloth. A French language edition of this novel by Iris Murdoch. Signed by an inscription from the author to her friend, Isla Fletcher, in Amsterdam. 'With all fond wishes to Isla Fletcher in Amsterdam&apos. Translated into French by Suzanne Mayoux. &…
The Secret of Annexe 3
Colin Dexter · 1986 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detective fiction novel from the popular 'Inspector Morse' series by Colin Dexter. Signed by the author. This is the seventh novel in the Morse series and begins following the murder of a h…
Alexandria in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds
Nick Bantock · 2002 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2002. First edition. Hardback. An interactive, epistolary novel from Nick Bantock's 'Morning Star' trilogy. This is the first edition. This is the second work in the 'Morning Star Trilogy&apos. Alike to his other works, this bo…
Arbitration
Gabriel Wells · 1925 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
New York, The Country Life Press, 1925. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce first edition of this lecture by Gabriel Wells. Inscribed by Wells to Thomas Hatton to the title page. Gabriel Wells was a noted bookseller, historian and author. Famous as one of the most importa…
Mr. Pye
Mervyn Peake · 1969 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New York, The Overlook Press, 1969. Cloth. A charming American edition of Peake's quirky tale following the evangelism of Mr. Pye on the Channel island of Sark, including his illustrations. A charming American edition of Mr. Pye, the satirical novel of salvation and sin, wr…
The Holkham Bible: A Facsimile
Michelle P. Brown · 2007 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, The British Library, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce presentation copy of the first trade edition of this facsimile reproduction of the Holkham Bible, with coloured plates. The first trade edition. A very scarce presentation copy, signed by the author to the …
A Reverie of Bone and Other Poems
Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Bertram Rota, 1967 . First edition. Paperback. A superb numbered first edition of Peake"s final lifetime poetry collection, uniting twenty-four of his poems with four of his own drawings in one of only 320 copies. In the publisher"s original stiff card wraps. Complete wi…
Scribbleomania; or, the Printer&Apos;S Devil&Apos;S Polichronicon: A Sublime Poem
Anser Pen-Drag-on [William Henry Ireland] · 1815 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1815. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of a fascinating series of satirical poems poking fun at the current literary scene, written by the devilish yet talented Shakespeare forger William Henry Ireland. The first edition of Scribbleo…
Significant Wreckage
Iain Sinclair · 1988 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
Child Okeford, Dorset, Words Press, 1988. First edition. Paperback. An enigmatic poem filled with divine symbolism, written and signed by abstract British writer Iain Sinclair. The signed limited edition of Significant Wreckage, Mir Poets Six within the ten volume collection by …
Ten Poems
Anne Ridler; E. J. Scovell · 1984 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Leamington Spa, The Other Branch Readings, 1984. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon copy of this first and limited edition collection of varied Oxford poetry, doubly signed to the title page. A very smart and uncommon first edition. Bound in publisher's original paper co…
The War Illustrated: Complete Record of the Conflict by Land and Sea and in the Air, Volumes I and II (September 1939 - July 1940)
Various [ed. by Sir John Hammerton] · 1939 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, The Amalgamated Press, 1939-1940. Leather. A brilliant visual record of the Second World War as key developments unfolded, edited and signed by Harmsworth Encyclopedia creator John Alexander Hammerton. Volumes I and II of the popular series The War Illustrated: Complete …
The Captain from Nantucket and the Mutiny on the Bounty
Walter Hayes · 1996 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Michigan, The William L. Clements Library, 1996 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed limited edition copy of this illustrated recollection of Mayhew Folger, in the original slipcase. A limited edition copy, one of only five-hundred copies numbered and signed by the author, wit…
Frontwards in a Backwards Movie
Ken Smith · 1975 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
Todmorden, Arc Publications, 1975. First edition. Paperback. A very smart, signed copy of this limited edition first edition collection poetry, formatted as prose. A first edition volume of modern British poetry. Bound in original pictorial covers. One of a limited edition, wit…
Poems
W. B. Yeats · 1922 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1922 . Leather. A wonderful anthology of the poetry of celebrated Irish literary icon W. B. Yeats, in a signed full morocco binding by Hatchards. First published in 1895, this is a later edition of this classic collection of W. B. Yeats's poetry. In…
Abraham Lincoln, a Play
John Drinkwater; Arnold Bennett [intro.] · 1928 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928 . Leather. Handsomely bound in a half calf signed binding, this is a wonderful example of John Drinkwater's drama about the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. The twenty-second impression of this work, published in April 1928.…
Les Lunes Poetiques Des Deux-Mondes
J.-P.-R. Cuisin · 1840 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.37 | $1,849.91 | ¥295,441)
Paris, Le Bailly, 1840 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce 1840 reissue of the first edition of Cuisin's eccentric Romantic panorama of nocturnal Paris, illustrated with nine striking lithographic plates. In a contemporary quarter green straight-grained morocco bindin…
East South East
F. V. Morley · 1929 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1929 . Cloth. The first edition of Morley"s exiting maritime adventure, a presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author and complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pale blue cloth binding, complet…
Ukulele Music
Peter Reading · 1985 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. A smart signed first edition copy of this poetry collection in two parts by English poet Peter Reading. The first edition. Signed to the title page by the author. In the publisher's original paperback binding. A p…