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Three &Apos;Daw&Apos; Science Fiction Novels

Egon Friedell; George H. Smith; Marion Zimmer Bradley · 1972 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

New York, Daw Books, 1972-78 . First edition. Paperback. Three first edition science fiction novels, including a signed copy of 'Stormqueen! by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and two novels based on 'The Time Machine' and 'War of the Worlds' by the iconic H. G. …

Chad Hanna

Walter D. Edmonds · 1940 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company , 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this drama romance novel in the original unclipped dust wrapper, signed by the author Walter D. Edmonds. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the page following…

Orpheus

Donald Davie · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

From an Australian Country Sequence

Geoffrey Lehmann · 1973 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1973. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

In the Basilica of the Annunciation

D. J. Enright · 1971 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1971. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…

Faster! Faster!

Patrick Bair · 1950 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this dystopian fable written by Patrick Bair, inscribed to Sir Edwin Herbert. The first edition.Inscribed by the author 'For Sir Edwin & Lady Herbert - who sheltered a jaguar. Patrick Bair…

Watchers of the Dark

Lloyd Biggle Jr. · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel by Lloyd Biggle Jr. signed by both the author and by fellow sci-fi writer, William F. Temple. The first edition. Signed by the author to fellow science-fiction writer…

Lydia Bailey

Kenneth Roberts · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

New York, Doubleday & Company Inc, 1947. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this exciting historical fiction novel set in Haiti, signed by the author. A limited edition of one-thousand and fifty copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and ten.Signed by the author to …

The Breath of Once Live Things in the Field with Poe

Larry Eigner · 1968 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1968 . First edition. Paperback. A scarce limited edition work of poetry by celebrated Black Mountain School poet Larry Eigner, signed by Eigner himself. Number 162 of 250 numbered copies sewn in paper wraps, signed by Eigner himself in his typi…

The Venus Project

M. E. Patchett · 1963 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of Mary Patchett's scarce sci-fi novel about an alien crash landing in the Australian outback. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work, in the publisher's original un…

The Rupert Annuals from 1980-2022

Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood; James Henderson et al. · 1980 · Rooke Books

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

London, Egmont; The Daily Express, 1980-2022. First edition. Hardback. A impressive thirty-one volume collection of 'The Rupert Annual' from 1880-2022, with vibrant illustrations and stories about Rupert and his friends, with two volumes inscribed by the visual artist …

Black & White

Shiva Naipaul · 1980 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Shiva Naipaul's autobiographical work on his trip to Guyana after the Jonestown Massacre. The first edition. Alternatively titled ';Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy' in the U.S.Â…

Bob Woolmer: Pirate and Rebel? an Autobiography

Bob Woolmer · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this autobiography from controversial cricketer and coach, Bob Woolmer. The first edition of this work.Signed and inscribed by Bob Woolmer to the title page, with thanks for support "especi…

A Discourse Concerning Baptismal and Spiritual Regeneration

Samuel Bradford · 1819 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1819. Disbound. The ninth edition of this very scarce writing on spiritual regeneration through baptism from English churchman Samuel Bradford. Ninth edition. Very scarce work. Designed for the promotion of Christian knowledge, this treatise discu…

Naples Past and Present

Arthur H. Norway · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1905. Cloth. A smart second edition of this brightly illustrated work on Naples, Italy. Second edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-four colour plates. Collated complete. Designed as a supplementary to a guide of Naples, this work…

A Darkening Green: Notes from the Silent Generation

Peter S. Prescott · 1974 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this book about the end of childhood, from American author Peter S. Prescott. Signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Signed to the front endpaper with the inscription: "F…

Wild Wicklow: Nature in the Garden of Ireland

Richard Nairn; Miriam Crowley · 1998 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

Dublin, Town House, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming work on Wicklow, the "Garden of Ireland" with illustrations, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by Richard Nairn to the title page, dated 1999. Illustrated with numerous figures and p…

Confessions of an Incurable Collector

Desmond Coke · 1928 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Desmond Coke's illustrated account of a life spent collecting. Illustrated throughout, and with a significant number of additional images tipped in by a prior owner. The first edition of this work, …

Hawthorne&Apos;S Faust

William Bysshe Stein · 1953 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work of literary criticism, looking into Hawthorne's use of Faustinan symbols in his works. From the library of Nathaniel Hawthorne specialist, Norman Holmes Pearson.…

Mortal Remains

Margaret Yorke · 1974 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed example of the first edition of Margaret Yorke's very scarce thriller, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. Inscribed to the front free endpaper with 'from the Author, 1974&apos.The first edition, first …