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Le Lys Rouge
Anatole France · 1926 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1926 . Leather. An early edition of Anatole France's work of prose fiction in Sotheran leather binding. Early edition of Le Lys Rouge by Anatole France in Sotheran signed half calf binding and marbled boards. First published in 1894, this is a lovely wo…
When Shrimps Learn to Whistle: Signposts for the Nineties
Denis Healey · 1990 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Michael Joseph, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Denis Healey's collection of essays concerned with twentieth century European politics, signed by the author. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to title page, inscribed 'to…
Dare to Be a Daniel
Tony Benn · 2004 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)
London, Hutchinson, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Tony Benn's autobiography, signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Dare To Be a Daniel by Tony Benn in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wra…
Norman Douglas, Writers and Their Work, No. 82
Ian Greenlees · 1957 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, The British Council; Longmans, 1957 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of this scarce study of the life and works of British writer Norman Douglas. Ian Greenlees presents a study of popular novelist and travel writer Norman Douglas, best known for the 1…
The Social and Political Dependence of Women
Charles Anthony · 1867 · Rooke Books
£1,900.00 (€2,277.43 | $2,510.18 | ¥400,716)
London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1867 . Cloth. A signed copy of the second edition of Charles Anthony's work on the rights of Victorian era women. Directly inspired by Harriet Taylor Mill's work 'The Enfranchisement of Women' and influenced also by the work of…
The Thinker&Apos;S Library
Various · 1930 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London, Watts & Co. 1930-47. Cloth. Seven volumes from Watts's 'The Thinker's Library' series of essays on a variety of subjects from contemporary humanists and rationalists. One copy signed by the author. Seven volumes from The Thinker's Library in the …
Azahar Extracts from a Journal in Spain in 1881-82
E. C. Hope-Edwardes · 1883 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
London and Shrewsbury, Richard Bentley & Son, 1883 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this travel journal from the late nineteenth century. First edition of Azahar, Extracts from a Journal in Spain in 1881-82 by E. C. Hope-Edwardes in the …
Position at Noon
Eric Linklater · 1958 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1958. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Eric Linklater's, 'Position at Noon', signed by the author and illustrator, and with the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Limited to 250 copies, of which only 200 were for sale.…
Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field
Sir Walter Scott · 1855 · Rooke Books
£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Leather. A beautifully bound mid nineteenth century edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical romance in verse, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. In a full morocco signed binding by Oldfield.Illustrated with an engraved f…
The French Lieutenant&Apos;S Woman
John Fowles · 1969 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With the i…
Vittoria and the Egoist
George Meredith · 1912 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)
London, The Times Book Club , 1912 . Leather. Two works from the Surrey Edition by George Meredith in Riviere signed half calf bindings. Vittoria Volume I and The Egoist Volume II by George Meredith in Riviere signed half calf bindings and cloth boards. In uniform bindings from …
The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories
Sylvia Groves · 1966 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)
London, Country Life Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this history of needlework, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to title page, dated 1971. Illustrated throughout with 199 half-tone plates and 13 line drawings in the te…
Introductory Lectures on Modern History Delivered in Lent Term, Mdcccxlii with the Inaugural Lecture Delivered in December, Mdcccxli
Thomas Arnold · 1874 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Leather. A gorgeous early edition of Thomas Arnold's lectures on modern history in full diced calf binding signed J. O. Wilbee. Sixth edition of English educator and historian Thomas Arnold's eight introductory lectures on modern …
Three Works by Minette Walters
Minette Walters · 1993 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)
London, Macmillan, 1993-1998 . First edition. Cloth. Three first editions, first impressions of these crime fiction works by Minette Walters. Three first edition, first impression works of crime fiction by Minette Walters in the original publisher's cloth bindings and uncli…
Gemma Bovery
Posy Simmonds · 1999 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1999 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this beautiful graphic novel signed by the author. First edition, first impression of Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrappe…
Desperate Measures
Dennis Wheatley · 1974 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
London, Hutchinson, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of Dennis Wheatley's Napoleonic war era final Roger Brook novel. Signed by Wheatley to the title page, with the inscription 'For Michael Wilde, with every…
The Irish Witch
Dennis Wheatley · 1973 · Rooke Books
£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,344)
London, Hutchinson, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of Dennis Wheatley's occult novel of Satanic worship. Signed by Wheatley to the title page, with the inscription 'For Michael Weeks, with all kind thought…
En Route
Joris-Karl Huysmans · 1908 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1908. Leather. A later edition of this Durtal novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans in a lovely Hatchards binding. Thirtieth edition of this work. First published in 1895, second of Joris-Karl Huysmans's novels to feature the character of Durtal, autobiog…
The Private Patient
P. D. James · 2008 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)
London, Faber & Faber, 2008. Cloth. A limited edition of this exciting work by P. D. James, signed by the author. Limited edition. Number 832 of 1000 copies signed by the author. The fourteenth and last novel in the Adam Dalgliesh series. This work follows a once magnificent man…
Killing Critics
Carol O'Connell; Barry Maitland · 1995 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Blakeney, Scorpion Press, 1995. Leather. A lovely limited edition of this Kathy Mallory mystery novel, signed by the author Carol O'Connell. Number 33 of 85 copies of this limited signed edition, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acetat…