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Island: The Collected Stories

Alistair MacLeod · 2000 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Inc. 2000. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alistair MacLeod"s collected stories set in Cape Breton, signed by the author to the title page, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete…

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie · 2024 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2024 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first edition of Salman Rushdie's account of the attempt on his life made in 2022, signed by Rushdie himself. Flat signed by Rushdie to the title page.The first edition, first impression, in the publi…

A Spiritual Spiritualism

Ritherdon Clark · 1934 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd, [1934]. First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation, first edition copy of this very scarce work on spiritualism, written by a believer and frequent writer on the topic, signed by the author and in the original glassine protective dust wrapper…

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Secker and Warburg , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first impression of J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel, 'Disgrace&apos. The first edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Lucy Harmer, second state wi…

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

Mr. Gay [John Gay] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Cloth. A brightly illustrated edition of Gay's ballad opera, signed with an inscription from the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser. Signed and inscribed by Grace Lovat Frazer, the widow of Claud Lovat Fraser, born Grace Inez Crawford, an American …

Chasing the Hoopoe

John Weston · 2005 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Cornwall, Peterloo Poets, 2005. First edition. Paperback. A very pleasing first edition volume of this poetry collection from English writer John Weston, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. A remarkable first c…

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan; Susan Buchan · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1920 . First edition. Cloth. One of John Buchan's scarcer titles, here in the first US edition, 'The Island of Sheep' presents a fictional discussion of political, economic and social issues of the time. The first US…

The Invasion of the Crimea; Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan

Alexander William Kinglake · 1863 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.75 | $3,170.75 | ¥506,167)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition set of Alexander William Kinglake's magnum opus, studying the history and causes of the Crimean War. A rare to see full first edition set of this renowned wo…

Sarum Close: A History of the Life and Education of the Cathedral Choristers for 700 Years

Dora H. Robertson · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this excellent history concerning the Choristers School in Salisbury Cathedral Close. Signed inscription by the author to the half title. First edition. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with a fron…

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries

Henry Hallam · 1873 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, John Murray, 1873. Leather. An attractive complete fifth edition of Henry Hallam's European literary history, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full tree calf. The fifth edition of this work. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in full signed tree calf by Zaehnsdorf, w…

Camping Voyages on German Rivers

Arthur A. MacDonell · 1890 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Edward Stanford , 1890. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce travelogue detailing voyages down German rivers, in full signed calf prize binding. A very scarce first edition of this work. In full signed calf prize binding by Henry Young & Sons.A …

Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt Sonderschau

1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Leipzig, Not Stated, 1975. Cloth. A smartly bound award from the Schonste Bucher Aus Aller Welt competition and exhibition for the year 1975, signed by two of the judges. German. Signed by Dr. Karl-Heinz Muller, Lord Mayor of the city of Leipzig and Hoffman, chairman of the Germ…

Weiss-Fraktur Die Schrift Des Tempel-Verlags

E. R. Weiss · 1913 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Frankfurt, Bauersche Foundry, 1913. Hardback. A detailed artistic study of the Tempel-Verlag typeface, designed by Emil Rudolf Weiss. In the original German. German. Illustrated with numerous examples of the typeface of Tempel-Verlag. A typographic specimen book printed in colou…

Tales of Fancy

S. H. Burney; Sarah Harriet Burney · 1820 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, Henry Colburn & Co, 1820. Leather. The second edition of this omnibus of two exciting novels by Sarah Burney, the half-sister of Frances Burney. The second edition of this scarce work.Complete in three volumes.This set collects together two novels by Sarah Harriet Burney…

An Equal Music

Vikram Seth · 1999 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Wigston, The Stribling Press, 1999. First edition. Leather. A smart signed limited edition copy of this novel by Vikram Seth, only one of one hundred copies bound in leather and signed by Seth. A limited edition, published simultaneously with the trade edition, limited to one hu…

Plainsong

Freda Downie · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of Freda Downie"s elegant and wistful second collection, Plainsong, signed and inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust w…

The Apes of God

Wyndham Lewis · 1955 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Arco, 1955 . Cloth. The signed, limited edition 25th anniversary edition of Wyndham Lewis's satire of London's contemporary literary and artistic scene in the 1920s. Number 1 of 1000 numbered copies of this limited anniversary edition, signed by the author Wynd…

Cranborne Chase

Desmond Hawkins · 1980 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd , 1980. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition of this compelling history of Cranborne Chase, from author and BBC features producer Desmond Hawkins. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition. With the publisher's un…

Drawn Direct to the Plate: Noel Carrington and the Puffin Picture Book

Joe Pearson · 2010 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Penguin Collectors Society, 2010. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition of this study of the work of English book designer Noel Carrington for the Puffin Picture Books, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to an edition of one thousand one hundred c…

A Typographic Journey: The History of the Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000

Jack Werner Stauffacher; Glenn Humphreys · 1999 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

California , The Book Club of California , 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition of this typographic history of The Greenwood Press, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Limited to four hundred and fifty copies. This copy is signed and inscribed …