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The Golden Heresy

Max Plowman · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London , Privately Printed, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by writer and pacifist Max Plowman. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper, with the insc…

Rhymes in Reason and Season

D. Lewis · 1920 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Hove, The Westbourne Press, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. Delightful signed poetry and short-story collection from David Lewis on a range of topics including war, current events and the English coastline. Very scarce first edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Presen…

A Catalogue of Maps, Plans, and Views of London Westminster & Southwark

Frederick Crace; John Gregory Crace [ed.] · 1878 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, No. 38 Wigmore Street, W. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this catalogue, once owned by the historic St Paul's School Library. A very scarce first edition copy of this catalogue, which was at one time owned by the St. Paul's School Library. St…

London Lays and Other Poems

Bernard Malcom Ramsay · 1903 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Elliot Stock, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this book of poems by Bernard Malcom Ramsay. The first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to half title page.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Includes poems in fou…

The Diary of Samuel Pepys Vols. I-III: 1659-1663; the Diary of Samuel Pepys Vols. IV-VI: 1664-1667; the Diary of Samuel Pepys Vols. VII-VIII: 1667-1669.

Samuel Pepys; Henry B Wheatley · 1926 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1926 . Leather. Complete full-calf Henry B. Wheatley edition of Pepys' diaries, the important account from the English Restoration period. In full calf binding with marbled endpapers. Binding signed by Bickers & Son Ltd.Complete in eight volume…

The Art Journal Volume VI (New Series) Bound with the Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition

Various · 1867 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Virtue & Co. 1867. Leather. A lavishly illustrated volume of 'The Art Journal', bound together with the Illustrated Catalogue of the Exposition Universelle of the same year. Comprising Vol VI of 'The Art Journal' New Series (1867). Bound together with…

Word from Wormingford (1997) out of the Valley (2000)

Ronald Blythe · 1997 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Viking, 1997-2000. First edition. Cloth. A set of two illustrated first edition novels by Ronald Blythe, with the original bright, unclipped dust wrappers. Out of the Valley signed by the author. A set of two first edition novels by Ronald Blythe, in the publisher's…

Eragon; Eldest

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, Doubleday, 2004-2005 . First edition. Cloth. Fine signed first UK editions of the first two novels in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of novels about a young dragon rider named Eragon. Signed first UK editions, first impressions of each of…

Three Novels

Yuri Herrera · 2021 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, And Other Stories, 2021 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed first edition of this collection of three novels by Yuri Herrera in the original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. A signed first edition of this collection of three novels by Yuri Herre…

D (a Tale of Two Worlds)

Michel Faber · 2020 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Doubleday, 2020 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition of Michel Faber's popular Dickensian adventure tale, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original cloth, signed by the author.Signed by t…

2 Vols a Singer at the Wedding; the Song of the Nightingale

Bruce Arnold · 1978 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1978-1980. Cloth. A smart two-volume collection featuring Arnold"s debut and its thematic successor, with one volume signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's origina…

The Colour of Blood Lies of Silence

Brain Moore · 1987 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Bloomsbury; Jonathon Cape, 1987-1990. First edition. Cloth. A captivating two volume set of first edition historical war novels by Brian Moore, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A captivating two volume set of novels by Northern Irish writer Brian Moore. Includin…

Arts and Crafts of Old Japan

Stewart Dick · 1904 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh; London, T. N. Foulis, 1904. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon limited first edition of this 1904 title, signed by the published, and bound in paper vellum. An uncommon first edition copy of this 1904 work.Bound in paper vellum, and decorated with an elegant gilt mo…

Poems 1830-1833

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1862 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Toronto , Privately Printed [for J. Dykes Campbell], 1862. Leather. A morocco-bound copy of this pirated edition of Tennyson's early poems, from the library of former Prime Minister, Lord Rosebery. A desirable copy of this already intriguing poetical collection, previously …

Natural History

J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally pub…

9 Vols Eoin Colfer"S Artemis Fowl Series

Eoin Colfer · 2001 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.07 | $911.59 | ¥145,569)

London; New York, Viking; Puffin; Miramax Books, 2001-2010. First edition. Cloth. A nine volume collection of works from Eoin Colfer's lauded Artemis Fowl series, with one advance copy, and all but one copy signed by the author. In the publisher's original bindings, th…

A Book of Pictured Carols Designed Under the Direction of Arthur J. Gaskin

1893 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, George Allen, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A scarce illustrated anthology of carols compiled under the direction of Arthur Gaskin, featuring the work of the Birmingham Art School. First edition. Scarce.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. A c…

Ionica

William Cory · 1891 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London and Orpington, George Allen, 1891. Cloth. A smart, and limited edition collection of Cory's poetry, in light green cloth, and half paper vellum binding. A limited edition, of which one hundred copies were printed, this being number 40.Bound in half paper vellum and l…

The Mind Readers

Margery Allingham · 1965 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Margery Allingham's eighteenth novel in the excellent Albert Campion series, the last she finished before her death. The first edition of Margery Allingham's The Mind Readers, published by Chat…

Knock Upon Silence

Carolyn Kizer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this collection of lyrical and incisive poems by Pulitzer Prize–winner, Carolyn Kizer, inscribed by the author.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A prese…