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Summer Storm

Juan Garcia Hortelano; Ilsa Barea [trans.] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first English language edition of Juan Garcia Hortelano's Prix Formentor winning novel about the murder of a young woman. The first edition, first impression of the English languag…

The Hive. A Collection of the Most Celebrated Songs

Anonymous · 1729 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. Walthoe, 1729-1732 . First edition. Leather. Volumes III and IV of this 18th century anthology of 'celebrated songs' by a variety of authors. Present here are volumes III and IV only of a four volume work. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Volume…

Bertrud and Other Dramatic Poems

Lady Margaret Sackville · 1911 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Edinburgh, William Brown, 1911. Vellum. A pleasing presentation copy of this limited edition collection of poetry from Lady Margaret Sackville. Number 194 of 200 copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Author's presentation slip bound in preceding the dedication page.  In the …

Various Pieces in Verse and Prose

Nathaniel Cotton · 1791 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, J. Dodsley, 1791. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of an uncommon collection of Nathaniel Cotton's fables, tales and poems, many of which were never published before. Various Pieces in Verse and Prose, of which were never published before, a collect…

Indenture of Lease from John Lord Brownlow, Baron Brownlow, to John Fielding of Clitheroe

John Lord Brownlow [John Cust], William Groom, Francis Berthe · 1811 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Belton House, None, 1811. Loose Pages, Articles. A signed indenture from British peer John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, concerning a property lease whilst formerly MP for Clitheroe to a local felt maker. A signed indenture for John Fielding of Clitheroe leasing Kenyon Borough House,…

The Ancient Mariner and Other Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1844 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, H. G. Clarke and Co. 1844. Leather. A handsomely bound 'Clarke's Cabinet Series' edition of Coleridge's 'The Rime of The Ancient Mariner&apos. Clarke's Cabinet Series edition. With extra engraved colour title page and advertisement leaf to r…

The Enemy Within

John Creasey · 1950 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the twenty-seventh story in Creasey's Department Z Thrillers series. The first edition of this work by award winning crime novelist, John Creasey. First edition dated 1950, with no other e…

Murder!

John Arnold · 1926 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1926]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this captivating crime thriller by British author, John Arnold. The first edition of this work.  Undated, with the date established from the British Library record for this edition. Bound i…

Keep Cool, Mr. Jones

Timothy Fuller · 1951 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, William Heinemann, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this detective thriller by Timothy Fuller, the final book of the Jupiter Jones series. The first UK ediiton of this work. Originally published in Boston in 1950 by Atlantic Little, Brown.  Bou…

On the State of Europe Before and After the French Revolution

Frederick Gentz; John Charles Herries [Trans.] · 1802 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, J. Hatchard, 1802 . Leather. The first English edition of Gentz"s influential defence of European order, condemning Revolutionary and Napoleonic expansion. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards.  The first English edition, translated from the Ger…

Smith&Apos;S Gazelle

Lionel Davidson · 1971 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this signed presentation copy of Lionel Davidson's adventure novel set in the Israeli desert. The first edition. A signed presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In the pub…

The Peppermint Pig; George Beneath a Paper Moon; Circles of Deceit; Walking Naked

Nina Bawden · 1974 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan; Allen Lane; Victor Gollancz, 1974-1987. First edition. Cloth. A smart four volume set of first edition novels by acclaimed English writer Nina Bawden, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A four volume set. The first editions. In the publisher's origi…

Majority 1931-1952: An Anthology of 21 Years of Publishing

Hamish Hamilton; Various · 1952 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. A smart signed presentation copy of the first edition of this collection of works published by Hamish Hamilton, in the original dust wrapper and wrap around band. The first edition. A presentation copy for Lady Zinnia Pollock…

Down Where Changed

J. H. Prynne · 1979 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Ferry Press, 1979 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptional example of the very scarce first edition of J. H. Prynne's 1979 poem about economic alienation and modern society. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this work. A short work of poetry from Jeremy Halvar…

Selected Poems

Frances Bellerby; Charles Causley [ed.] · 1970 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Enitharmon, 1970 . First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition specially bound collection of the poetry of Frances Bellerby, signed by both Bellerby and the editor of this work, Charles Causley. The first edition of this work. Number VI of a smaller limitation of 45…

Patterns for Turning: Comprising Elliptical and Other Figures Cut on the Lathe without the Use of Any Ornamental Chuck

H. W. Elphinstone · 1872 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, John Murray, 1872 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout, this is the scarce first edition of Howard Warburton Elphinstone's manual on the production of decorative and ornamental patterns with a lathe. A scarce first edition. Illustrated with seventy plates,…

Fairbairn&Apos;S Crests of Great Britain and Ireland

James Fairbairn; Laurence Butters · 1860 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Edinburgh, A. Fullarton & Co, c1896 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with 144 plates of British and Irish crests, this is an exceptional reference guide to family crests. Complete in two volumes. With an illustrated title page to each volume, and with 144 plates to volume I…

A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field

Michael Field · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

[London], The Poetry Bookshop, 1923. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful poetry collection from Katherine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper writing under the pseudonym of "Michael Field", neatly presented in the very scarce, original dust wrapper. First edition.   In the pu…

Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children

Rev. W. Houghton · 1878 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1878 . Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on marine life, told through twelve walks along the British coast. Third edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven further colour plates and a n…

L&Apos;Apres-Guerre: Commentaires D&Apos;Un Francais

Gaston Riou · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris , Editions Baudiniere, 1926. First edition. Leather. A limited edition collection of French notes taken from 1917-1921, from pacificist and pro-European writer and politician, Gaston Riou. Number 22, being one of forty copies numbered 11 to 50 printed on Imperial Japanese …