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Earthly Possessions
Anne Tyler · 1977 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1977 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Anne Tyler's novel about a thirty-five year old woman who has decided to leave her husband, but is taken hostage by a bank robber. The first UK edition, first impression.In the publisher's or…
Seven Alfred Duggan Novels
Alfred Duggan · 1951 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Faber and Faber, 1951-1963 . First edition. Cloth. A smart set of seven Alfred Duggan first editions, including historical novels set in Ancient Greece and in the Byzantine Empire. The first editions, first impressions of seven works of historical fiction by Argentine-bo…
The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud · 2003 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
New York, Miramax; Hyperion, 2003 . First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof of the first US edition of Jonathan Stroud's first novel in the Bartimaeus Sequence, about a teen magician and a thousand-year-old djinni. An 'uncorrected galley proof' of the first…
The Vision of Emma Blau
Ursula Hegi · 2000 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
New York, Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first printing of this epic novel by Ursula Hegi, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of the work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.The Vision of Emma Bl…
The Feast of Stephen
Rosemary Aubert · 1999 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
New York, Bridge Works Publishing Company, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this 'Ellis Portal' mystery novel by Rosemary Aubert, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to t…
Winter Harvest
Andrew Young · 1933 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Andrew Young's nature poems, a collection that earned him his long-awaited recognition. The first edition of this poetical collection from Scottish poet and clergyman, Andrew Young. In the publish…
Irish Literary Portraits
W. R. Rodgers · 1972 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)
London, British Broadcasting Corporation , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A delightful compilation of W. R. Rogers' BBC Radio portraits of some of the great Irish writers. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Collected here as a singl…
Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid · 1985 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition first printing of this novel from AntiguanÂAmerican writer Jamaica Kincaid, signed by the author. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. The author's …
Popular British Ballads: Ancient and Modern
R. Brimley Johnson · 1894 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of popular British ballads. Complete in four volumes. First edition. Limited to one hundred copies of which this is number five. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text i…
Streams of Ocean
Aubrey de Selincourt · 1923 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, William Heinemann, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce work from English writer Aubrey de Selincourt. First edition. Very scarce. The author's first published work. A collection of essays, including: The Plough, Streams of Ocean, Sm…
Trilby: A Novel & the Martian
George du Maurier · 1895 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.; Harper & Brothers, 1895-1898. Cloth. Two volumes of illustrated works by George Du Maurier, in the original cloth bindings. Two volumes. Written and illustrated by George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, a Franco-British cartoonist and writer kn…
Mulliner Omnibus
P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An omnibus of thirty-two 'Mr Mulliner' stories by P. G. Wodehouse, the first edition of this collection. The first edition of this impressive omnibus, containing thirty-two of P. G. Wodehouse's Mr Mullin…
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
Ursula K. le Guin · 1990 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Victor Gollancz, 1990 . First edition. Cloth. Fine first UK edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's fourth Earthsea novel, in the vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This …
Quest for Sita
Maurice Collis · 1947 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, The John Day Company, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Maurice Collis's retelling of 'The Ramayana', illustrated by Mervyn Peake. The first U.S. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A beautifully illustrated rete…
Exploits and Wonders
A. W. Mathews [ed.]; John Dunton · 1926 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Fair Oak, Hants, The Grayhound Press, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce limited, privately published edition of four early eighteenth century extracts. A very scarce limited edition, privately published work.This copy is number 15 of 106 copies produced.This volu…
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
Angela Carter · 1974 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)
London, Heinemann, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Angela Carter's first short story collection, inspired by her years spent living in Japan. With a publisher's review slip loosely inserted. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's …
The Revised Code of the Committee of Council on Education Dispassionately Considered. An Address to the Clergy of the Deanery of Doncaster.
Charles John Vaughan · 1861 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Cambridge; London, Macmillan and Co, 1861 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce discussion of The Revised Code of 1862, from scholar, schoolmaster and churchman Charles Vaughan. A very scarce first edition.A critique and analysis of the educatio…
English Sacred Poetry of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries.
Selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott, M. A. · 1863 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, New York. Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1863. Fine Binding. A scarce richly illustrated anthology of major English religious poetry, selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott. An early edition of the work, with 1861 as the earliest record of its being published; the n…
The Mink
Nigel Dunstone · 1993 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, T & A. D. Poyster, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this natural history work on the mink written by Nigel Dunstone and illustrated with colour photographic plates, and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Part of the &…
Jewellery
H. Clifford Smith · 1973 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Cloth. H. Clifford Smith's profusely illustrated work on jewellery from around the world and its history. A later edition. First published in 1908 with this being a recreation of that original edition. Illustrated with a monochrome front…