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The India Cabinet Opened

Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson · 1821 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Harris and Son, 1821 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson novel for children, in which a young girl learns about conchology, botany, and the wonders of the natural world. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustra...

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie · 1988 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardback. An superb first edition of Rushdie's award winning fourth novel. A fantastic first edition, tenth impression of Rushdie's seminal fourth novel. All first edition impressions released in the same year; 1988. Bound in the...

Letters from Baron Haller to His Daughter, on the Truths of the Christian Religion

Baron Haller [Albrecht von Haller] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Longman and Rees, Cuthell and Martin, J. Harris, J. Walker, Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1803 . Leather. The new edition of Haller"s elegant defence of Christian belief in letters to his daughter, in a contemporary calf binding. In a full contemporary calf binding.First ...

3 Vols de Quincey"S Writings Published by Ticknor and Fields

Thomas De Quincey · 1855 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855-1859. Cloth. A three-volume selection from Ticknor and Fields" collected De Quincey, spanning his influential autobiographical, critical, and economic writings. In the publisher's original brown cloth bindings.A three-volume selection from...

Smiley&Apos;S People

John Le Carre · 1980 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of John Le Carre's thrilling conclusion to his 'Karla Trilogy&apos. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. 'Smiley's People' fo...

Studies in Yue Dialects 1: Phonology of Cantonese

Oi-Kan Yue Hashimoto · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive and detailed survey of the phonology of Cantonese, with folding maps. The scarce first edition.In the publisher's original brown cloth bindin...

The Master of the House

Radclyffe Hall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London; Toronto; New York, Jonathan Cape, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this religious novel from Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.The Master of the House fol...

Iceworld

Hal Clement · 1953 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Gnome Press, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel from Hal Clement, told primarily from an alien perspective. With the charming original dust wrapper. First edition. The novel was originally serialised in the magazine Asto...

Salar the Salmon

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Faber and Faber Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this ode to river wildlife by Henry Williamson, following a salmon's spring migration. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped ...

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush Life

Anthony Trollope · 1874 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle , 1874. First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Anthony Trollope's Australian novel, published using the sheets of the first edition. First illustrated edition. Published the same year as the first edition, with...

Lord Tedric

E. E. 'Doc' Smith [Gordon Eklund]; E. E. 'Doc' Smith · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Allan Wingate, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition science fiction title, in original unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. An incredibly scarce first edition, being the first edition thus to expand on the character of Lord Tedric, who first ap...

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition, first impression of Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection based on music and musicians, with the accompanying slipcase. The first edition, first impression. In the original dust wrap...

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie · 1988 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, Viking, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A near fine first impression copy of Salman Rushdie's highly ambitious and controversial novel, in the original bright unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrap...

Collision with Chronos

Barrington J. Bayley · 1977 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Allison & Busby, 1977 . Cloth. The first UK edition of Bayley"s ambitious science fiction novel exploring paradox and the instability of time. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding.The novel was first published in the United States in 1973 by DAW Books. T...

First Edition Novels by Salley Vickers

Salley Vickers · 2003 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Fourth Estate , 2003-2009. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first edition novels by acclaimed British writer Salley Vickers, with two signed copies. A three volume set.The first editions. With two copies being signed by the author to the title page.In the pub...

I Can&Apos;T Stay Long

Laurie Lee · 1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of writings by Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original green cloth binding....

Later Than You Think

M. M. Kaye · 1958 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant example of the first edition of M. M. Kaye's very scarce and highly suspenseful murder mystery set in Kenya, in the beautifully illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of...

Sour Sweet

Timothy Mo · 1982 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of Timothy Mo's award winning comedic novel, in the desirable and attractively illustrated first state dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the pictorial publisher&a...

(1956) the Nature of Passion; (1958) Esmond in India; (1972) a New Dominion.

R. Prawer Jhabvala · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd; John Murray, 1956-1972. First edition. Cloth. Smart collection of three first editions from eminent British-American novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Lovely collection of three first editions by eminent British-American noveli...

Volumes I - VIII of Cornhill Magazine

Various Authors · 1860 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1860-63. Leather. The first eight volumes of Cornhill Magazine. From the library of the Titley Court Estate. Titley Court was home to the Greenly family for over 500 years. The Greenly family have a long and fascinating history, perhaps most famous...