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Take a Girl Like Me: Life with George

Diana Melley · 2005 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Chatto and Windus , 2005 . First edition. Cloth. A signed association copy of Diana Melly's compelling memoir, owned by the publisher and friend, Carmen Callil. With a signed presentation inscription by the author to the title page. This is a strong association cop…

Romantic Comedy

Curtis Sittenfeld · 2023 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

London, Doubleday, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK impression of this subversive romantic comedy from Curtis Sittenfeld. Signed by the author to the half title page. The first UK edition, first impression. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.A successful scr…

What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad · 2021 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Picador, 2021. First edition. Cloth. A limited signed first UK edition of this moving novel by Omar El Akkad. One of 350 numbered and signed copies of the first UK edition, this copy being number 257. First impression. With the publisher's original unclipped dust …

How to Be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary Curiosities

John Sutherland · 2014 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Random House, 2014. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this guide to five hundred great novels from John Sutherland, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of five hun…

A Collection of Adventure Novels by Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer · 2002 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London; New York, Puffin; Miramax, 2002-2005. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from Irish author Eoin Colfer, with five of the Artemis Fowl series, signed by the author. Seven volumes. First editions. All volumes other than The Seventh Dwarf have been si…

A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians

H. G. Parry · 2020 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

London, Orbit, 2020. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of the first novel from Parry's The Shadow Histories. First edition, first impression. Limited to one thousand numbered copies, of which this is number three hundred and five. Signed by …

Letters to Katie

Sir Edward Burne-Jones; W. Graham Robertson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of letters and postcards from English painter and designed Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A charming coll…

The Tenderness of Wolves, the Invisible Ones, & Under a Pole Star

Stef Penney · 2006 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Quercus, 2006-2016. First edition. Cloth. Three excellent first edition novels from Scottish filmmaker and author Stef Penney, signed by the author. Three volumes. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Stef Penney, a Scottish…

Worm in the Bud

Chris Collett · 2004 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Piatkus, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling crime novel from English author Chris Collett, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 26th August 2004. In Birmingham, a local journalist is foun…

Waterland, Ever After, Last Orders, the Light of Day

Graham Swift · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York; London, Poseidon Press; Picador; Hamish Hamilton, 1983-2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of four signed first edition novels by Graham Swift, each volume signed by Swift to the title page. A nice set of four first edition novels by the British writer Graham Swift…

Witch Hill; Cowards: The True Story of the Men Who Refused to Fight

Marcus Sedgwick · 2001 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Orion Children’s Books; Hodder Children’s Books, 2001-2003. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the author, this two-volume set includes first editions, a haunting young adult novel with author illustrations, and a compelling nonfiction account of WWI conscientious obj…

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Christy Lefteri · 2019 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Zaffre, 2019 . First edition. Cloth. A fine signed limited edition example of the first edition of Christy Lefteri's novel about the refugees of the Syrian Revolution. No. 94 of 250 limited edition first edition copies of this work, produced in association with Gold…

Select Fables

Aesop · 1820 · Rooke Books

£580.00 (€695.21 | $766.26 | ¥122,324)

Newcastle; London, S. Hodgson for Emerson Charnley; Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1820. Leather. A finely bound copy of Bewick brother's edition of Aesop, complete with their iconic woodcuts of the fables. In a beautiful quarter morocco binding with patterned cloth to the boards…

Wine List Decorations 1961-1963

R. S. Don [editor] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Bristol, John Harvey and Sons Ltd. 1963. Cloth. A very smart copy of this collection of illustrations and maps from Harveys Wine List between 1961 and 1963. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the illustrations and maps which appeared in several recent editions of Harveys Wi…

The Global Guide to Tobacco Literature

Benjamin Rapaport · 1989 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Virginia, Benjamin Rapaport, 1989. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this very scarce guide to tobacco literature, signed by the author. First edition. Very scarce. Signed by the author to the title page, dated 1989. A compendium of books, manuscripts, and …

Slay-Ride; High Stakes; in the Frame; Trial Run; Whip Hand; Reflex; Banker; Break in; Bolt; Straight; Comeback

Dick Francis · 1973 · Rooke Books

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

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1973-1991. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing set offering eleven titles from British steeplechase jockey and crime writer, Dick Francis, one of which is signed. The first edition, first impressions of these works. Including a signed copy of 'Brea…

Prohibited Immigrant

John Stonehouse · 1960 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, The Bodley Head, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this vivid account of British Labour MP John Stonehouse's time working in Zimbabwe, including events leading up to his deportation. First edition. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper…

The Eternal Now

Holbrook Jackson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.74 | ¥137,087)

London, David Nutt, 1900. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the vanishingly scarce debut volume of poems by Holbrook Jackson, the author's presentation copy. The first edition.A very scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "To Charl…

The Artist and the Book in France

W. J. Strachan · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Peter Owen, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study on French artists from writer Walter J. Strachan. First edition. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and eighty-one figures, eight of which are in colour. A detailed and comprehen…

The Chemical Catechism, with Notes, Illustrations, and Experiments

Samuel Parkes · 1819 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819 . Cloth. The ninth edition of Samuel Parkes's informative educational guide to the fundamental principles of chemistry. The ninth edition of this work.Illustrated with folding frontispiece and one further plate. Collated, complete.Par…