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Rainy Day&Apos;S Adventures with Mother Goose in the Land of Nursery Rhymes
Henry Moore Picken · 1945 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, The Pilot Press Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this "something to-do" book of games, stories, and fold-out illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated in colour throughout with three spinning dial features, fifty-four punch-out s…
The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor, and, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves
Frantisek Sklar; Jaroslav Béza · 1960 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Bancroft & Co (Publishers) LTD, 1960. Cloth. Two lovely and colourfully illustrated pop-ups works retelling classic tales. Two colourful pop-up books, containing the tales 'The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor', and 'Alibaba and the Forty Thieves&apos.Two u…
Mottos and Their Morals
Sir John Courteous, Knight · 1855 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce mid-nineteenth century work on mottos and morals. A very scarce first edition.Anonymously authored, the preface is signed by the pseudonym 'Sir John Courteous, K…
Fecundity, Fertility, Sterility and Allied Topics
J. Matthews Duncan [James Matthews Duncan] · 1871 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Cloth. The second edition of this notable work which established James Matthews Duncan's reputation in obstetrics; signed by the author to the Scottish physician Allen Thomson. The second edition, revised and enlarged, of this work i…
Semna-Kumma: The Temple of Semna and the Temple of Kumma
Ricardo A. Caminos · 1998 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1998. First edition. Hardback. An excellent two-volume set containing the epigraphic surveys of the New-Kingdom temples of Semna and Kumma in Lower Nubia. The thirty-seventh memoir from the 'Archaeological Survey of Egypt', edited by …
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below
William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
London, Faber & Faber, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition, w…
Correspondence of Mr. Joseph Jekyll
Joseph Jekyll; Algernon Bourke [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)
London, John Murray, 1894 . First edition. Leather. An extra-illustrated example of the scarce first edition of the correspondence of Joseph Jekyll. The scarce first edition of this work, in a signed morocco binding by H Wood.Extra-illustrated with thirty-six plates.The correspo…
The Good Apprentice
Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)
London, Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. A limited edition, with this being no. 178 of 250 numbered and specially bound copies, flat signed by Murdoch herself.In…
The Clerkenwell Tales
Peter Ackroyd · 2003 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Chatto and Windus, 2003. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed copy of this truly immersive historical gothic novel set during the Lollard movement of the late 1390s. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.The Clerkenwell Tales is a his…
Trip-Tyque
Charles Graves · 1936 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Ivor Nicholson and Watson, 1936. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated travelogue of the author's time in Spain, signed by the author. Early edition, published the same year as the first edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. I…
Old English Drinking Glasses: Their Chronology and Sequence
Grant R. Francis · 1926 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Vellum. The limited Edition de Luxe of this unique study into eighteenth century drinking glasses, signed by the author. An Edition de Luxe copy of this work, number 17 out of 100 copies.Signed by the author to the collophon.…
Sacred Country: A Novel
Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)
London, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this award-winning novel from English author Rose Tremain, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, …
Tell It Me Again
John Fuller · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting novel from English writer John Fuller, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which …
L" Is for Lawless
Sue Grafton · 1995 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this Kinsey Millhone detective fiction with a very scarce signed insert by the author. The first edition of this work.With a very scarce signed 'Kinsey Millhone' insert. In the publish…
Taking Notes on Nature&Apos;S Wild Inventions
Conrad Hilberry · 1999 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
Indiana, Printed by Snowy Egret, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this limited work from Conrad Hilberry, signed by the author with a letter to friends. First edition. Limited to five hundred copies signed by the author of which this is number three hundr…
The Bitter Pill
A. Bertram Chandler · 1972 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
Melbourne, Wren, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this brilliant sci-fi novel by A. Bertram Chandler, signed by the author. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Bitter…
The Moon As a Slice of Pineapple
Conrad Hilberry · 1984 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Athens, University of Georgia Press, 1984 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this volume of poems by American poet Conrad Hilberry, with a signed presentation inscription from Hilberry and his wife, Marion. The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'for Edith a…
Labour in Power 1945-1951
Kenneth O. Morgan · 1984 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1984. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated political work by Kenneth O. Morgan, bound in a crushed half morocco binding by Maltbys. The first edition, first impression.Bound in a modern crushed half morocco binding by Maltbys wit…
Quicksilver Sue
Laura E. Richards · 1899 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
New York, The Century Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale for children by American author Laura E. Richards, the author's own copy from her library. The first edition of this uncommon work.Author's own copy, signed and inscribed to t…
To Shape a Song
W. D. Snodgrass · 1988 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
New York, Nadja, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A pristine copy of this very scarce limited edition collection of poetry by W. D. Snodgrass and illustrated by Deloss McGraw, signed by the author and artist. A limited edition, with this being 22 out of 74. From a total edition o…