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Six Tennyson Essays
Charles Tennyson · 1954 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Cassell and Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this detailed and interesting essays on Alfred Tennyson's poetry by the poet's grandson, Charles Tennyson. The first edition of this work. Inscribed by the author to front free endpaper:…
Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia
John Bland-Sutton · 1911 · Rooke Books
£525.00 (€629.30 | $693.60 | ¥110,759)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. Bland-Sutton's journal of his time hunting in Eastern Ethiopia, signed by him to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page, 'To Miss M. Phillips, a surgical nurse…
Peter Grimes from the Borough
George Crabbe · 1985 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
London, The Old Style Press, 1985. Cloth. A lovely limited edition signed by the artist of this illustrated book comprising George Crabbe's poem, Peter Grimes. A limited edition to two hundred and twenty copies designed and signed by the artist, J. Martin Pitts; this volume…
The Voyage of Ithobal
Edwin Arnold · 1901 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, John Murray, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Arnold's epic poem, inscribed by the author and profusely illustrated. Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English journalist and poet. His best known work is 'The Light of Asia', and his ot…
Zanzibar
Giles Foden · 2002 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Faber and Faber, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A superior signed first edition of this thrilling novel by Giles Foden. The first edition, first impression of this novel by Giles Foden. A crime thriller discussing the threat of al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden before the attack…
The Observances in Use at the a Augustinian Priory of S. Giles and S. Andrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire
John Willis Clark [ed.] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, limited to three hundred copies, of this volume on the Augustinian rituals at S. Giles and S. Andrew. The first edition, limited to three hundred copies, uncommon thus. A volume exploring the rituals he…
The Intrusion of Jimmy
P. G. Wodehouse · 1910 · Rooke Books
£3,250.00 (€3,895.64 | $4,293.70 | ¥685,649)
New York, W J Watt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy&apos. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum&apos. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of &apos…
Strange Encounters: Mysteries of the Air
David Beaty · 1982 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Methuen, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exploration into aircraft mysteries and accidents, by a pilot, author and pioneer of human factors. David Beaty (1919-1999) was a British author and pilot. He wrote twenty novels with aviation at the hea…
Cursus Mathematicus Mathematical Sciences in Nine Books
William Leybourn · 1690 · Rooke Books
£5,500.00 (€6,592.62 | $7,266.27 | ¥1,160,329)
London, Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke et al , 1690. Leather. A scarce, illustrated mathematical work written by William Leybourn. An encyclopaedic work. Illustrated, collated complete with forty-four plates (35 folding).This copy is in need of a caring restoration to the binding…
The Reavers
George MacDonald Fraser · 2007 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this fictional novel by George MacDonald fraser, in the original pictorial slipcase. A limited signed edition in slipcase. The last George MacDonald Fraser's novel before his death in 2008. It is…
Verses
Aunt Mary (M.E.B.) · 1901 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Florence, Florentine Typographical Society, 1901. Hardback. A very scarce personal collection of poems written and published by an Aunt Mary for the distribution to family members and close friends. A lovely collection of verses published "at the loving request" of the author&ap…
The Sassoons
Stanley Jackson · 1968 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, Heinmann, 1968. Leather. A signed limited edition of Stanley Jackson's study into the Sassoon dynasty, a beautiful work illustrated throughout. A limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number twelve.Signed by the author to th…
The Looking Glass War
John Le Carre · 1965 · Rooke Books
£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)
London, Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of John Le Carre's espionage novel, 'The Looking Glass War&apos. This spy novel explores the unglamorous nature of espionage and the dangers of nostalgia. It follows an incompetent British Intellige…
Last Orders
Graham Swift · 1996 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Picador, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Graham Swift's Man Booker winning novel revolving around a group of veterans in London. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped d…
The Gathering
Anne Enright · 2007 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Anne Enright's Booker Prize winning novel, ruminating on family and the narrator's troubled family history. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title pa…
The Wrong End of Time
John Brunner · 1971 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
New York, Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful signed first edition of John Brunner's exciting science fiction novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipp…
Officers and Gentleman a Novel
Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books
£9,800.00 (€11,746.85 | $12,947.17 | ¥2,067,496)
London, Chapman & Hall, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A signed, association copy of Evelyn Waugh's World War II novel. Signed by Evelyn Waugh to fellow 'Bright Young Things' associate and fellow author, Beverley Nichols. Signed by the author to the recto of front en…
O, How the Wheel Becomes It!
Anthony Powell · 1984 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
London, Penguin Books, 1984. Paperback. A signed copy of Anthony Powell's short comical novel about Geoffrey Shadbold. Signed by the author to the title page, signed to Powell's friend Miranda.A comedic novel revolving around the sometimes novelist and critics, Geoffre…
The Water Gipsies
A. P. Herbert · 1930 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Methuen, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of this romantic copy, signed by the author and in an impressively smart early dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original pictorial dustwrapper. With publisher's advertisements to th…
This Unknown Island
S. P. B. Mais · 1932 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
London, Putnam, 1932. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound first edition of S. P. B. Mais' charming look at the topographical scenes of Britain. The first edition of this work.In a signed binding by Leighton Straker.A charming topographical work on England, looking a…