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The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot

Angus Wilson · 1958 · Rooke Books

£72.00 (€86.30 | $95.12 | ¥15,190)

London, Secker and Warburg, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Angus Wilson's award winning novel about a new widow. The first edition, first impression of English novelist Angus Wilson's James Tait Black Memorial Prize winning novel, in…

A Compendium of the Veterinary Art

James White · 1818 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818-23. Leather. All four volumes of James White's conclusive dictionary on the veterinary art, with many plates and colour plates throughout. Complete in four volumes.Scarce to find all four volumes together as a set.An exten…

Fe Fi Foe Comes

William C. Samples · 2007 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

The European Union, Vel Nordr Editions, 2007. First edition. Paperback. A scarce signed first edition of William C. Samples' unusual novel. Signed by the author, William C. Samples, to the half title page.A Galley Proof Edition; an unabridged print of the author's manu…

Pixel Juice Stories from the Avant Pulp

Jeff Noon · 1998 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Doubleday, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of this exciting speculative short stories by Jeff Noon, a wonderful collection showcasing his popular work. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.…

The Reavers

George MacDonald Fraser · 2007 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Harper Collins, 2007. First edition. Cloth. An as new unopened signed limited edition novel by George MacDonald Fraser, the final work to be published during his lifetime. A signed first limited edition of this work.Unopened in the original plastic.A comical historical n…

Iron Council

China Mieville · 2004 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first limited edition of this popular weird fantasy novel by China Mieville, an impressive work here in the original dust wrapper and slipcase. The first edition, first impression of this work, a limited edition of one…

Blade of Fire

Stuart Hill · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Somerset, Chicken House Ltd. 2006. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fantasy novel, the second in the 'Icemark Chronicles', written by Stuart Hill. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to th…

Silverfin and Blood Fever

Charlie Higson · 2005 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Puffin, 2005-2006. Paperback. The first two volumes of Charlie Higson's thrilling Young Bond series, both signed by the author. The first two works in Charlie Higson's 'Young Bond' series, a series of children's novels commissioned by Ian Fleming…

John Constantine, Hellblazer: The Red Right Hand

Denise Mina · 2007 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

New York, Vertigo, 2007. First edition. Paperback. A signed first edition collection of issues from this long running comic about a streetwise detective magician. Signed by the author, Denise Mina. The first collected edition of these issues from the DC Comics series 'John …

Occupied City

David Peace · 2009 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Faber and Faber , 2009. First edition. Paperback. A lovely first impression of this crime fiction by David Peace, flat signed by the author to the title page. An exquisitely dark novel based on the Hirasawa Sadamichi case in 1948 Tokyo, told in a Rashomon-like style. A s…

The Best Worker in Europe

Ted Hughes · 1985 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

Cambridge , The Atlantic Salmon Trust , 1985. First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition booklet of poetry by Ted Hughes, including three drawings by Charles Jardin. Signed by both the author and artist. The first edition of this poem by Ted Hughes, limited to one hundre…

For Special Services

John Gardner · 1982 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A very bright copy of this James Bond continuation novel by John Gardner. This is the second continuation novel by John Gardner. He wrote sixteen Bond novels total. 'For Special Services' shows Bond team up with CIA ag…

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1903 . Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's popular depiction of Victorian rural life, in a bright signed Bumpus binding. A beautifully bound straight grained morocco edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's episodic Victoria…

Jack Lenor Larsen&Apos;S Long House

Jack Lenor Larsen's Long House · 2010 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

San Francisco , Chronicle Books , 2010. First edition. Cloth. A splendid first impression of this charming volume exploring Jack Lenor Larsen's impressive LongHouse Reserve with numerous illustrations. The first edition, first impression exploring the impressive reserve of …

Somerset Parish Registers: Marriages

W.P.W. Phillimore et. al. · 1898 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Phillimore & Co. 1898-1905. Cloth. A limited edition set of these marriage registers from various parishes Somerset through the years 1559 to 1812, signed by the editor to each volume. A very smart, uniformly bound set of Somerset parish registers of marriages from 1559 …

Soames and the Flag

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition of John Galsworthy's novella tying into his 'Forsyte' series, presented in a slipcase. This work follows Galsworthy's popular character Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and connoisseur.Written b…

Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D Lasker

John Gunther · 1960 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

New York, Harper & Brothers , 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of Albert Lasker by John Gunther, an association copy inscribed by the author to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work, a biography of Albert Lasker by John Gunth…

Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage and the Hybrids & Varieties Which Occur Amongst Them

John Guille Millais · 1894 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Sotheran & Co, 1894. Cloth. The second edition of John Guille Millais' fascinating sporting work, an entertaining treatise on hunting complete with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work.John Guille Millais' entertaining series of shoot…

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge · 1823 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, Printed for Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823-34. First edition. Leather. Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings. A set complete in twelve volumes o…

Miss Marple&Apos;S Final Cases and Two Other Stories

Agatha Christie · 1979 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A fine first impression copy of this volume of Christie's final Marple short stories, gripping murder mystery stories by the Queen of Crime, The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original uncli…