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Anita Brookner · 1984 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Anita Brookner's award-winning novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners

Jules Verne · 1875 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 . Cloth. The second English language edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne. Illustrated throughout, and in the publisher's decorative pictorial cloth. The second English language edition of this work, publi...

Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch

Constance MacEwen · 1891 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

London, F.V. White & Co, 1891 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Constance Gardner's vanishingly scarce all-female retelling of Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work.Published in 1889, this was one...

A Tangled Web

Nicholas Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)

London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of Nicholas Blake's crime thriller. This is a First Edition copy of the work in original publisher's black cloth binding with original unclipped Dust Wrapper. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Cecil ...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Possessed

Jack Woodford · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, The Woodford Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Woodford's thrilling novel about a young woman who fears she may be possessed. The first edition of this work, in the vibrantly illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper. Fl...

The Case of the Buried Clock

Erle Stanley Gardner · 1943 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the third printing Eric Stanley Gardner's twenty-second Perry Mason novel. The first edition, third printing of this work, published three months after the first edition. In the publisher&...

A Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merdhin

Sharon Turner · 1803 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, E. Wiilliams, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this wonderful discussion of works by ancient Welsh poets, edited by historian Sharon Turner. The first edition of this very scarce work.English historian Sharon Turner presents a disc...

Mamista; City of Gold; Violent Ward

Len Deighton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, HarperCollins; Century, 1991-3. First edition. Cloth. Three lovely first edition novels of Len Deighton in their original dust wrappers. Three thrilling novels by Len Deighton, all first editions. Comprising: First UK edition of 'Mamista'; First UK edition ...

The Case Against Butterfly

Gregory Tree · 1951 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this mystery novel by Gregory Tree, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Mystery novel by American author Gregory Tree, aut...

Win, Place and Die!

Lawrence Lariar · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Lawrence Lariar's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. Thrilling novel concerned with the intrigue of "men who will st...

Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds End of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind

Charles G. D. Roberts · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Duckworth & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition of this Canadian adventure, following the experiences of the Red Fox as it learns life lessons and how to survive. This is a First Edition of the work, bound in green cloth with a fox motif to the front b...

Soldier Tales and &Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos;: A Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling · 1896 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing (first reprint) of the first edition of Soldier Tales, published November 1896, a month after the first edition...

The Wayfaring Tree

B.B. [Denys Watkins Pitchford] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hollis & Carter Ltd. 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical work from Denys Watkins Pitchford, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven full-page images and many in-text sketches. Collated comp...

The English Illustrated Magazine

Various · 1884 · Rooke Books

£770.00 (€922.97 | $1,017.28 | ¥162,446)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1884-96. First edition. Cloth. A scarce group of fourteen volumes from 'The English Illustrated Magazine&apos. Fourteen volumes from 'The English Illustrated Magazine', the first edition. Scarcely seen in larger sets. In the original pu...

All of a Piece: New Essays

E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from humorist E. V. Lucas, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of essays including: Oil&ap...

Life and Works of William Blake

Alexander Gilchrist · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,875.00 (€2,247.48 | $2,477.14 | ¥395,567)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1880 . Leather. A beautifully bound copy of the preferable second edition of Alexander Gilchrist's richly illustrated biography of William Blake. The two volume second edition of this work. First published in 1863, this second edition is expanded...

Nursery Rhymes and Tales: Their Origin and History

Henry Bett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Methuen & Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce study of the origin and history of nursery rhymes and tales, with the very scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the origina...

A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse

Carleton Brown · 1916 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1916-1920. First edition. Cloth. Two extensive works on Middle English verse. Complete in two volumes. First edition copies. These works are an interesting reference work on Middle English religious and didactic verse which has been complied...

Voyages Extraordinaires: Hector Servadac: Voyages Et Aventures a Travers le Monde Solaire

Jules Verne · 1878 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

Paris, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation/ J. Hetzel et Cie, 1878. Leather. A smart early edition of Jules Verne's science fiction novel, also known as Off on a Comet; part of his 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series. An early edition of this work in a q...