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What a Carve Up!
Jonathan Coe · 1994 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Viking , 1994. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of Jonathan Coe's popular 1980s satire. A first edition, third impression. Paperback. Signed by the author. Jonathan Coe's popular satire on British politics under the Conservative government of Margaret Th…
Alentejo Blue
Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Doubleday, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed and numbered Limited Edition of Monica Ali's Portuguese-set second novel. A signed, limited edition first edition, first impression of British-Bangladeshi novelist Monica Ali's second novel, the follow up t…
The Story of General Dann and Mara&Apos;S Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog
Doris Lessing · 2005 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London and New York, Fourth Estate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In t…
Tales My Father Taught Me: An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes
Osbert Sitwell · 1962 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Hutchinson of London, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this collection of reminiscences by Osbert Sitwell, complete with striking dust wrapper. First edition of Osbert Sitwell's reminiscences with more details into incidents mentioned in his swee…
New Naturalist Monographs: The Badger; the Redstart; the Yellow Wagtail
Ernest Neal; John Buxton; Stuart Smith · 1948 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Collins , 1948-50. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions from the Naturalist Monographs series complete with dust wrapper, containing studies of the badger, redstart, and yellow wagtail. Three volumes from Collins' 'New Naturalist Monographs' series, …
The Publishing Experience
Cass Canfield · 1969 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)
Philadephia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this bibliographical lecture, in the scarce glassine wrap. The first edition of the work. With an inscription from the author, reading: 'For Deborah, with affection and …
Lost Lane
Dorothy Wellesley · 1925 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, William Heinemann, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition of this short volume of poems from 'Lady Gerald Wellesley', Dorothy Wellesley. A signed first edition of this collection of poems from Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, a pr…
Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family
Jerzy Feliks Urman; Sophie Urman; Izydor Urman; Anthony Rudolf (Ed); Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Trans) · 2016 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A collection of diaries and testimonies of the Urman family, who lived in Poland during the events of World War II, signed by the editor to Michael Berkeley, the English compose and House of Lords member. First Edition Th…
Many Brightnesses and Other Verse
Michael Juste; [Michael Houghton] · 1954 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, The Neptune Press, 1954. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition of the poetry of Michael Houghton, inscribed by the author under his pseudonym Michael Juste. Signed by the author to the front paste down, 'With compliments, from Michael Juste, Jun 23/59&apos.A very sca…
Robert Eyres Landor, Selections from His Poetry and Prose, with an Introduction, Biographical & Critical
Robert Eyres Landor; Eric Partridge [ed.] · 1927 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1927 . First edition. Vellum. Signed by the editor, Eric Parker, this is a Limited Edition anthology of the prose and verse of Robert Eyres Landor, younger brother of Walter Savage Landor. The first edition of this Limited Edition selection of the w…
The Saint&Apos;S Tragedy; or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary
Charles Kingsely, Junior · 1848 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, John W. Parker, 1848. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition of Charles Kingsley' biographical verse drama about the life of the thirteenth century saint, Elizabeth of Hungary. A bright copy of the first edition of the first published work from English pries…
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam · 1898 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat by…
A Bristol Printing House Spoken of in Several Fragments
Edward Everard · 2007 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co. c1903. Cloth. A scarce, fascinating work on Edward Everard's Printing Works, a Bristol-based historical printing press designed in the Art Nouveau style. A fascinating historical and topographical work on the Bristol-based pr…
Guides to Sissinghurst Castle and Sissinghurst Castle Garden
1966 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Bedford; Hatfield, The Sidney Press; The National Trust, 1966-1984. Paperback. Three brightly illustrated volumes of visitor's guides to Vita Sackville-West's ancestral home, Sissinghurst Castle, and its gardens, designed by Sackville-West herself. Three very scarce gu…
Yes and No
William Scammell · 1979 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Cornwall, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy containing the poetry of William Scammell, with an ink inscription from the author to the half-title page. First edition, scarce. With an ink inscription from the author to the half-ti…
La Bretagne
M. Jules Janin · 1862 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1862. Leather. A historical travelogue of Brittany in the original French, the second revised edition of this work embellished with lovely illustrations. A large paper volume exploring the French historical country of Brittany, the second revised edition. …
Sir Halewyn: Examples in Europe Balladry and Folk Song
Alexander Gray · 1949 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1949. First edition. Cloth. An interesting first edition copy on the history of European balladry, focusing upon the Dutch folk tale of Heer Halewijn, signed by the author with a letter from the author laid in to the front of text. First Editi…
Voyage East: A Cargo Ship in the 1960s
Richard Woodman · 1988 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, John Murray , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of Richard Woodman's account of life aboard a typical cargo liner, signed by the author. Richard Woodman draws on his own experiences of service in cargo liners to share the typical life aboard a Br…
Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art
Roger Fry · 1926 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge. A series of critical and speculative essays on art by Roger Fry, concerning the transmuta…
Carte Blanche
Jeffrey Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first impression of this novel by Jeffrey Deaver, a James Bond continuation after the character created by Ian Fleming. The first edition, first impression of this work. A James Bond novel written by Jeffrey…