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All for Love

Dan Jacobson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Dan Jacobson's romantic and intriguing novel about a romance between a princess and her lover, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by...

Thunder Point

Jack Higgins; [Henry Patterson] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

London, Michael Joseph, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Higgins' second Sean Dillon tense espionage novel, 'Thunder Point', in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page, ...

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1949 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Nicholas Vane, 1949. Hardback. An early Goldfinch Titles edition of Jane Austen's posthumous novel. This Goldfinch Titles second edition of Jane Austen's posthumously published novel 'Northanger Abbey' features illustrated pastedowns, depicting scen...

Headlong

Michael Frayn · 1999 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression, of Michael Frayn's exceptional novel surrounding the discovery of a long lost painting by Pieter Bruegel. The first edition, first impression of this work. Signed by the author ...

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

Joshua Ferris · 2014 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Penguin Books, 2014. Paperback. A signed copy of Joshua Ferris' Booker Prize shortlisted novel. This signed copy of acclaimed writer Joshua Ferris' novel 'To Rise Again At A Decent Hour' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Dylan Thomas ...

Wintering

Kate Moses · 2003 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Sceptre, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Kate Moses' first novel exploring Sylvia Plath's last months. This first edition of Kate Moses' first novel 'Wintering' explores the last months of acclaimed writer Sylvia Plath, we...

Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 1877 · Rooke Books

£2,300.00 (€2,756.88 | $3,038.64 | ¥485,077)

London; New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1877-1878. Leather. A twenty-five volume library set collecting the novels of Sir Walter Scott. The many fictional work of Sir Walter Scott are collected in this twenty-five volume set, presented in new editions in this Routledge co...

Phillip Darrell: A Romance of English Home Life

Albert E. Rowcroft · 1875 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.41 | $1,552.35 | ¥247,811)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1875. Leather. A vanishingly scarce triple decker romance novel from Albert E. Rowcroft beautifully rebound in half calf. This scarcely found novel tells of the romance between the titular hero Phillip Darrell and the beautiful Adele De Brenne. Beauti...

Seneca de Beneficii Trasportato Dal Latino Da Angelo Nicolosi Segretario Dell Eccelso Conseglio Di Dicci

Seneca · 1682 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Venice, Appresso Giouanni Cagnolini, 1682. Hardback. An Italian edition of Seneca the Younger's collection of essays discussing morals and gifts, 'De Beneficii', illustrated with a woodcut vignette to the title. In Italian. This work is a duodecimo, with the sig...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.57 | ¥105,451)

London, Andersen Press, 1984. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this third entertaining children's book about mice, illustrated whimsically in colour throughout by Ralph Steadman. Signed by Steadman with a doodle to the title page. The first edition of th...

Selected Poems

T S Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£5,750.00 (€6,892.21 | $7,596.59 | ¥1,212,692)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first Faber and Faber edition of this T.S Eliot poetry collection. Signed by Eliot to the title page, this work is in the original dustwrapper and remains in a smart condition. This poetry collection was original...

Fables Choisies Mises En Vers

Jean de la Fontaine · 1709 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€958.92 | $1,056.92 | ¥168,722)

Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1709. Leather. Two volumes of Jean de la Fontaine's historic fables, here written in the original French, and adorned with head-pieces throughout. In two volumes, being Volumes I and II of a total of five volumes. Written in the original Fr...

Three Plays by Brieux with a Preface by Bernard Shaw the English Versions by Mrs Bernard Shaw, St John Hankin and John Pollock

Brieux · 1912 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, A C Fifield, 1912. Cloth. A collection of Brieux's plays, signed by Charlotte Frances Shaw whom translated one of the plays. This work has an extensive preface by her husband, and noted playwright, George Bernard Shaw. The second edition thus of this work, which w...

Gladys of Harlech. An Historical Romance

Anonymous · 1858 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Charles J. Skeet, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this historical romance in the original cloth binding; complete in three volumes. Often incorrectly attributed to the popular English novelist and poet Anne Beale (due to Beale's pub...

The New Foundling Hospital for Wit. Being a Collection of Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection. With Several Pieces Never Before Published

[John Almon] · 1786 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, J. Debrett, 1786. Leather. A uniformly bound collection of satirical pieces and poems, compiled by the political journalist John Almon. A new edition. Incomplete in five volumes out of six, lacking Volume I. 'The New Foundling Hospital for Wit' is a collectio...

The Adversary

A. J. Young · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, John G. Wilson, 1923. Hardback. A limited edition copy of Andrew Young's play in verse, 'The Adversary&apos. A limited edition work, limited to two hundred copies. 'The Adversary' is a dramatic play in verse featuring Satan and Job. Written by Andre...

Poets, Poems and Rhymes of East Cheshire Being a History of the Poetry and Song Lore, and a Book of Biographies of the Poets and Song Writers of the Eastern Portion of the County Palatine of Chester

Thomas Middleton · 1908 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Hyde, John Higham and Co. Ltd. 1908. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of poetical works regarding Cheshire, by noted local Mayor, Thomas Middleton. Very scarce. The first edition of the work. Reprinted from The North Cheshire Herald. The a...

The Poetical Works of Patrick Hannay, A.M. Reprinted from the Edition of 1622

Patrick Hannay · 1875 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

Glasgow, The Hunterian Club, 1875. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce collection of the poetical works of Patrick Hannay, being a facsimile of the edition of 1622 and presented in the very scarce original publisher's paper wraps. Complete in one volume with two ful...

Gilian the Dreamer, His Fancy His Love Fancy Farm Jaunty Jock and Other Stories Doom Castle a Romance the Lost Pibroch & Other Sheiling Stories Children of Tempest a Tale of the Outer Isles the Daft Days the Shoes of Fortune the New Road

Neil Munro · 1905 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1905-23. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the novels and short stories of Neil Munro, in a fine binding by Ramage in London. In nine volumes. In a signed binding by Ramage in London. A collection of novels and short stories by the Scot...

Frank Bedwell His Christmas Verses 1897-1909

Frank Bedwell · 1935 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Unknown, Printed for Private Circulation , 1935. Leather. A very scarce collection of Christmas poems by Frank Bedwell, bound in a lovely imitation morocco binding and signed by two of his sons. Whilst little is known about the author, this volume is charming example of late e...