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The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption an...

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption an...

Nuns and Soliders

Iris Murdoch · 1980 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

New York, The Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A First U.S Edition of Murdoch's 'Nuns and Soldiers' dedicated and signed. First thus, First U.S Edition. Set in England, the novel opens with Guy Openshaw on his deathbed. A story of life and death, love a...

My Enemy&Apos;S Enemy

Kingsley Amis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by popular humorous novelist Kingsley Amis. The first edition of this short story collection. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, criti...

My Enemy&Apos;S Enemy

Kingsley Amis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by popular humorous novelist Kingsley Amis. The first edition of this short story collection, held in original price-clipped dustwrapper. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, ...

Girl, 20

Kingsley Amis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K edition of this novel by Kingsley Amis. This novel is a dissection of the flower-power phase of the 1960s. It follows the antihero, Sir Roy Vandervane, a conductor and composer who is a pillar of the establishmen...

Max Fritz and Hob a Tale of Adventure

C R Coleridge · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, National Society's Depository, c1892. First edition. Cloth. A late nineteenth century novel, illustrated throughout by W S Stacey. Believed first edition. Undated. dated using Copac and inscription to the recto of half-title page. With a publisher's catalogue...

Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs

Lafcadio Hearn · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition a beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales and insightful studies which enlighten Western audiences on Japanese culture. The first edition of Kotto: Being Japanese Curios with Sundry Cobwebs...

Broad Grins; Eccentricities for Edinburgh

George Colman the Younger · 1839 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1839. Leather. Two humorous collections of verse by the witty British dramatist, bound in one attractive quarter calf volume. The eighth edition of Broad Grins, with New Additional Tales in Verse, and the first edition of Eccentricities for Edinburgh, with ...

Rhymes without Reason

Mervyn Peake · 1944 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of Peake's eccentric of nonsense verse, illustrated with sixteen colour illustrations by Peake, and complete with the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

Peter Pan and Wendy: Retold for Little People

J.M. Barrie [adapt. May Byron] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1940. Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of a popular retelling of Peter Pan for young children, with colour gravure plates by Golden Age illustrator Mabel Lucie Atwell. A lovely illustrated edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and We...

The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy

George Colman; David Garrick · 1766 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, T. Becket, P.A. De Hondt; R. Baldwin; R. Davis; T. Davies, 1766. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of Colman and Garrick"s comedy of secret marriage, manners, and social ambition, first performed at Drury Lane in 1766. Rebound in a modern r...

La Divina Commedia: Volume Secondo, Purgatorio

Dante Alighieri [ed. by Giosafatte Biagioli] · 1848 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Naples, Gabriele Rondinella, 1848. Leather. An illustrated edition of Purgatorio within Dante's Divine Comedy, including the commentary of a well-known scholar on the literary figure, Giosafatte Biagioli. The second volume Purgatorio, (Purgatory) within Dante's La Di...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Oxford, David Fickling Books, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. The first children's edition of this popular mystery novel by Mark Haddon, in the original dust wrapper. The first children's edition.  In the publisher's original red cloth binding. In the original unc...

French Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil

The Rev. Samuel G. Green · 1878 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1878]. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition of this artistic journey around France, with interesting provenance. An illustrated first edition. This copy, with the bookplate of British Conservative politician and photogr...

Perchance to Dream; Knave of Dreams

Various [ed. by Damon Knight]; Andre Norton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London; Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Victor Gollancz Ltd.; Kestrel, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Two intriguing works that focus on the concept of dreams by two science fiction authorities, excellent examples of science fiction New Wave. These two compelling works, published in 19...

Various Pieces in Verse and Prose

Nathaniel Cotton · 1791 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, J. Dodsley, 1791. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of an uncommon collection of Nathaniel Cotton's fables, tales and poems, many of which were never published before. Various Pieces in Verse and Prose, of which were never published before, a colle...

Genesis Two

L.P. Davies [Leslie Purnell Davies] · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a curious science fiction merging mystery and suspense, written by prolific British novelist of the genre L.P. Davies. The first edition of Genesis Two, an intriguing science fiction mystery, written by ...

2 Vols a Collection of the Works of William Penn, to Which Is Prefixed a Journal of His Life.

William Penn · 1726 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,896.21 | $4,294.42 | ¥685,846)

London, J. Sowle, 1726 . First edition. Leather. The scarce and important first collected edition of William Penn's writings, comprising his most influential theological and political works, complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in a 19th century quarter morocco with c...

Dancer&Apos;S Luck; Dancer in the Wings

Lorna Hill · 1958 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Two popular children's novels on fictional ballerina Annette Dancy, including a first edition, both in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Dancer's Luck and Dancer in the Wings, an early impression of the ...