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Biggles and the Black Raider

Captain W. E. Johns · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated Biggles adventure from Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight colour plates. Collated complete. The fort...

Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I. D. And His Special Air Police

Captain W. E. Johns · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure, featuring the colour illustrations of Leslie Stead. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout with monochromatic colour images. The thirty-fourth book i...

Biggles Forms a Syndicate

Captain W. E. Johns · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition, first impression of this adventurous Biggles novel, illustrated throughout by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the original pictorial laminated boards. Ink mar...

Beacon Flashes

John Thomas · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, F. F. Longley , c1878. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce fiction work intended to teach morals and warn against alcohol, written and illustrated by John Thomas. The first edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and twenty-six mono...

Allan and the Ice Gods

H. Rider Haggard · 1929 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. c1929. Cloth. A 12th thousand edition of this thrilling adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard, with original unclipped dust wrapper. A 12th thousand edition of this work.Undated, but probably published in 1929 according to institutional sources. Ori...

The Music of the Heart & Where Did Everybody Go?

Noel Langley · 1946 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1946-1960. First edition. Cloth. Two first UK edition novels from South African-born American writer Noel Langley. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Noel Langley, a South African-born American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director ...

Colonel Quaritch, V.C. Tale of Country Life

H. Rider Haggard · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1933. Cloth. A smart copy of this romance novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard, with the original dust wrapper. With a frontispiece. The story of retired army officer Harold Quaritch who moves into his deceased aunt's home ...

Fish and Company

Ralph Arnold · 1951 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this intriguing murder mystery novel set by Lake Como, written by Ralph Arnold. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. V...

Six Novels by Bruce Marshall

Bruce Marshall · 1947 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Collins; Constable, 1947-1960 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of six first edition novels by Bruce Marshall, each in their original, bright and unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of six first edition novels written by prolific Scottish author, Bruce Marshall. Ea...

Somewhere a Voice

Eric Frank Russell · 1965 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of sci-fi stories by Eric Frank Russell. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of seven science fiction short stories and novellas...

Moominland Midwinter

Tove Jansson; Thomas Warburton · 1958 · Rooke Books

£1,395.00 (€1,672.37 | $1,843.30 | ¥294,386)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of the sixth Moomin book, written and illustrated by Tove Jansson, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first English language edition, first impression, translated by Thom...

Maiwa&Apos;S Revenge

H. Rider Haggard · 1891 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1891. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of this short H. Rider Haggard novel, following a hunter set on revenge. The first illustrated edition of this work in the publisher's original red pictorial cloth binding with white end papers. I...

The Steam House (Part I. ): The Demon of Cawnpore

Jules Verne; A. D. Kingston [trans.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1893 . Cloth. A smart English language translation of Jules Verne's novel 'The Demon of Cawnpore', the first part of his larger work 'The Steam House&apos. An early UK edition of this work, which was first published i...

Death at the President&Apos;S Lodging

Michael Innes · 1936 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Gollancz, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first John Appleby novel by Michael Innes. The first edition, first impression of this detective novel by the British writer Michael Innes.This was the first of Innes's novels featuring John Appleby, ...

A Fall of Moondust

Arthur C. Clarke · 1961 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling science-fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, reviewed as 'the most plausible and exciting book of its king that I have yet read' by Dennis Wheatley. The first UK edition, f...

The Amber Spyglass

Philip Pullman · 2000 · Rooke Books

£560.00 (€671.35 | $739.96 | ¥118,177)

London, David Fickling Books/ Scholastic, 2000 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the final work in Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series. The first edition, first impression of this work.Flat signed by Pullman to the title page.In the pub...

The Great Train Robbery

Michael Crichton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this exciting, best selling historical novel by Michael Crichton, the author of 'Jurassic Park&apos. The first UK edition. Published earlier in the same year in the U.S by Alfred A. Knopf. In ...

American Animals

David Newell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Joilet, Illnois, P.F. Volland Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A delightful signed first edition of David Newell's collection of verses on American wildlife for children, with ten colour plates by the author. A signed first edition of this playful work, published in 1...

Our Darlings: The Children&Apos;S Treasury of Pictures and Stories

Numerous Contributors · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , John F. Shaw and Co. c1903. First edition. Cloth. An early edition of this Edwardian children's annual, with numerous illustrations including three monochrome illustrations by artist Arthur Rackham. An early edition of this Edwardian children's annual. Publi...

St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks

Various · 1913 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, The Century Co. 1913-1914. Cloth. A smart three volume collection of articles, short stories, and illustrations for young folk from St. Nicholas magazine. Three volumes. Volume XL Part I - November 1912 to April 1913, Volume XLI Part I - November 1913 to April 1914, ...