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Brockport, New York: Beginning with "and

William Heyen · 1988 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Dallas, Northouse and Northouse , 1988. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this poetical collection from American poet William Heyen, in the publisher's dust wrapper. A limited edition, being number 15 out of 50 numbered copies.Signed by the author to th…

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy Comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding · 1991 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Faber and Faber, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A lovely signed limited edition copy of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. A limited edition specially bound copy. (Number 3 out of 400).Signed by the author to the colophon. T…

The Swastika Poems

William Heyen · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, The Vanguard Press, Inc. 1977. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this important poetical collection from William Heyen on his personal ties with the Holocaust. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page under his name. In the …

Skyraft

Charles Clarke · 1937 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.04 | ¥80,143)

London, Newnes, 1937. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon science fiction novel on time travel, the first edition, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Inscribed by the author to the title page, "To "33", affectionately, Charles Clark, Ramsay".In the origi…

Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry

William Howitt · 1840 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.97 | $1,981.72 | ¥316,354)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1840-1842. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first and second series of Howlitt's topographical work, extra-illustrated and bound in four full morocco Riviere volumes. Volumes I and II contain the first edition …

Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry

William Howitt · 1840 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1840 . First edition. Leather. An extra illustrated example of the first series of Howitt's guide to the scenery of England, in beautiful half morocco bindings by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of the first series of William Ho…

Joan Hassall: Engravings & Drawings

David Chambers; George Mackley · 1985 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Pinner, Private Libraries Association, 1985 . First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition celebration of the wood engravings of renowned artist Joan Hassall. Number 80 of 110 numbered limited edition copies, signed by Hassall to the limitation leaf, and with an additional m…

Bones and Distances

Srinivas Rayaprol · 1968 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Calcutta, Writers Workshop; P. Lal, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poetry by Srinivas Rayaprol, the first edition, signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dus…

When the Cat&Apos;S Away

Kinky Friedman · 1988 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York, Beach Tree Books, William Morrow, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Kinky Friedman's highly entertaining mystery novel about the disappearance of a star cat, and Columbian drug cartels. The first edition, first printing of this novel.Flat sign…

Rupert&Apos;S Fun & Puzzle Book and the Rupert Annuals for the Years 1995 to 2007

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Optimum Books; Pedigree Books Limited; Express Newspapers, 1983-2006. First edition. Hardback. A collection of smart first edition Rupert Bear books filled with stories and illustrations, two of which are signed by the illustrator. Ten volumes. First edition. Both The Ru…

The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones, and Robinson

Richard Doyle · 1854 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comical tale following three men's travels across Europe, an illustrated work by Richard Doyle. The first edition of this charming work from Victorian illustrator Richard Doyle, best known for h…

A Journal Kept by Richard Doyle in the Year 1840

Richard Doyle; J. Hungerford Pollen · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this entertaining journal kept by a teenaged Richard Doyle, which his comical illustrations throughout. The first edition.A journal kept by Richard Doyle in his youth in the year 1840. Doyle kept this j…

Who Goes Home

Maurice Edelman · 1953 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Allan Wingate and the Book Society, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this novel from British Labour Party politician, journalist and novelist Maurice Edelman, with the original dust wrapper designed by Mervyn Peake. The first edition of this work in th…

The Godwulf Manuscript

Robert B. Parker · 1974 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the first instalment in Robert B. Parker's 'Spencer' series, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing with the Houghton Mifflin 'C' …

William Budd: Bristol&Apos;S Most Famous Physician

Michael Dunnill · 2006 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Bristol, Redcliffe Press Ltd. 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on English physician William Budd, signed by the author. First edition. Signed to the title page with an inscription to Sir Allan Budd, a British economist, founding member of the…

The Orphan Angel

Elinor Wylie · 1926 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Elinor Wylie's unusual 1920s novel in which she reimagines the life of Percy Shelley, and has him travel to the New World in an America Ship, rather than dying at a young age. A signed limite…

Knights and Dragons and No Place for an Angel

Elizabeth Spencer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Company; Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1965-9. First edition. Cloth. Two signed first edition novels by Elizabeth Spencer, in their original dust wrappers. The true first edition, first printing to 'Knights and Dragons' and the first E…

The Invisible Gift: Selected Poems

David Morley · 2015 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Manchester, Carcanet, 2015. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this award winning collection of poetry, inscribed by the author David Morley. The first edition, first impression.Inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Jonathan and Paula, with love David". In …

Bright Journey

August Derleth · 1940 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this history of the pioneer Middle West, Hercules Dousman, from American author August Derleth, signed to the half title. First edition. Signed by the author to the half title. Spanning …

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian

Colley Cibber · 1740 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, John Watts, 1740 . Leather. The second edition of Colley Cibber's fascinating autobiographical account of the 'rise and progress of the English stage' from the late seventeenth to early eighteenth century. The second edition of this work, published in the …