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No Wooden Overcoat
John Paddy Carstairs · 1959 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London , W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed, first edition copy of this thriller staring Garway Trenton, by John Paddy Carstairs. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper:For Lisa Partner de Luxe! Some nonsense for …
Flowering Wilderness
John Galsworthy · 1932 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1932 . First edition. Leather. The first limited signed edition of this novel by award winning novelist John Galsworthy in the original acetate dust wrapper. The first limited edition of Flowering Wilderness by John Galsworthy in the original publi…
Songs from the Silence
Minnie Ferris Hauenstein · 1909 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
Buffalo, N.Y. The Mathews-Northrup Works, 1909 . First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this anthology of poetry and song in half leather binding from the early twentieth century. First edition of Songs From The Silence by Minnie Ferris Hauenstein in half calf bind…
Fables
T. F. Powys · 1929 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first limited edition copy of this collection of fables by T. F. Powys, a wonderful collection inscribed by the author. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copies…
The Coal Carrier
Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds · 1976 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
Johannesburg, Perskor Publishers, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition signed copy of this work by Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. This novel fol…
Shalimar the Clown
Salman Rushdie · 2005 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A signed, second impression of this intriguing novel by Salman Rushdie, exploring the politics of Kashmir. A second impression of the first edition. Signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Publishers original binding with…
Derby 200: The Official Story of the Blue Riband of the Turf
Roger Mortimer; Michael Seth-Smith · 1979 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
Nottingham, Court Press, 1979. First edition. Leather. Beautifully bound in a full morocco binding, this is a wonderful Limited Edition celebration of two-hundred years of the Epsom Derby, signed by the Earl of Derby himself. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition copy of this public…
The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals
Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the firs…
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
London, Secker and Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition copy of this novel by J. M. Coetzee, the Booker Prize winner in 1999. The first edition, first impression of this work. Complete with the original pictorial dust wrapper designed by Lucy Harmer, secon…
Black Swan Green
David Mitchell · 2006 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)
London, Sceptre, 2006. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first limited edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by David Mitchell, housed in its original slipcase. First limited edition of this work, one of one-thousand copies printed, signed by the author, housed in the original,…
Remarkable Creatures
Tracy Chevalier · 2009 · Rooke Books
£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)
London, HarperCollins, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Tracy Chavalier's historical novel about famed palaeontologist, Mary Anning. A signed first edition, first impression of acclaimed author Tracy Chevalier's fictionalised account of the…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books
£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed, first edition of Mark Haddon's award-winning and critically acclaimed 2003 novel. A signed first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's celebrated mystery novel, the winner of the Whitbread Book Aw…
Swallowdale
Arthur Ransome · 1951 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1951. Cloth. A superb signed reprint of the popular children's novel 'Swallowdale', an exciting tale following on from 'Swallows and Amazons&apos. Signed by the author to the half title.Ink note to the verso of the front endpaper '…
Two Sunday Philosophy Club Novels
Alexander McCall Smith · 2004 · Rooke Books
£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,702)
London, Little Broen, 2004-06. First edition. Cloth. A fine set of two Alexander McCall Smith novels in his Isabel Dalhousie mystery series, both volumes signed by the author. The first edition, first printings.Signed by the author to the title pages.In the original unclipped du…
Play Hours with Pegasus
A.P. Herbert · 1912 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)
Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1912. First edition. Paperback. A signed, first edition copy of an early collection of poetry by A.P. Herbert, the personal copy of British novelist Dennis Wheatley. The first edition of this collection of poetry, Play Hours with Pegasus, written by twent…
The Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Marianna Alcoforado; Edgar Prestage [trans.] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)
Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A scarce Limited Edition of this series of five passionate letters between a Portuguese nun and her French lover. In a lovely full calf signed binding. A scarce, Limited Edition of this collection of passionate le…
Trivial Breath
Elinor Wylie · 1928 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of Elinor Wylie's 1928 collection of poems, dedicated to Humbert Wolfe. The first edition of this celebrated collection of poems from American novelist and poet Elinor Wylie, inscribed to …
George Morland: His Life and Works
Sir Walter Gilbey; E.D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound, first edition of this colourfully illustrated biography of artist George Morland, from a limited edition publication and signed by the author. A fascinating and comprehensive biography of eighteen…
The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Bristol
C. F. W. Dening; J. E. Barton; Lawrence Weaver · 1923 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of C. F. W. Dening's exploration of the examples of eighteenth century architecture in Bristol, signed by Dening to the front endpaper. A first edition.Signed by the author to the recto to the fro…
Poems
Jean Ingelow · 1867 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,661)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of the charming volume of poems from Jean Ingelow. Engraved by The Brother's Dalziel, and in a signed binding from H. Sotheran. The first illustrated edition of this delig…