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Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies

Fritz Leiber · 1992 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Newark , The Wildside Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of this charming fictional work on cats by Fritz Leiber, bound in full crushed morocco. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Bound in the publisher'...

Ben-Beor. A Story of the Anti-Messiah

H. M. Bien · 1891 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Baltimore, Isaac Friedenwald Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biblically inspired science fiction novel, written by H. M. Bien. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the German-born author and Rabbi, H. M...

Once Upon a Time in the North & Serpentine

Philip Pullman · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London; New York, David Fickling Books; Alfred A. Knopf, 2008-2020. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these companion texts to the His Dark Materials trilogy, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Written by Philip Pullman, an English writer known fo...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two

J. K. Rowling; John Tiffany; Jack Thorne · 2016 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Little, Brown, 2016. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this original story from the Harry Potter universe, written by J. K. Rowling and adapted into a play by Jack Thorne. First edition. Special rehearsal edition script. From an original story, set nine...

The White Dawn

Belle Hagen Winslow · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Minneapolis , Augsburg Publishing House, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this adventure story from Belle Hagen Winslow. First edition. Very scarce. Set in the age of the Vikings, this fantastic adventure tale features links to Norse mythology and the...

The Prince of Atlantis

Lillian Elizabeth Roy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

New York, The Educational Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, concerning the flight of Atlanteans from a destroyed Atlantis. The first edition of this uncommon work.'The Prince of Atlantis' is a...

Hickory Dickory Dock

Agatha Christie · 1955 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Agatha Christie's exciting Hercule Poirot murder mystery, a gripping novel by the Queen of Crime. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings mentioned.In t...

Half Bad

Sally Green · 2014 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Penguin , 2014. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this young adult fantasy novel by Sally Green. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original publisher's hardback with the original unclipped dust w...

Time Burial: The Collected Fantasy Tales of Howard Wandrei

Howard Wandrei; D. H. Olson [editor] · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Minneapolis , Fedoran & Bremer, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of fantasy tales from American artist and writer Howard Wandrei. First edition. Illustrated with five full-page illustrations and one photograph. Collated complete. A collectio...

Murder May Follow & Message from Sirius

Susan Morrow; Cecil Jenkins · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK editions from the Crime Club by Collins, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set includes: Murder May Follow, 1960. When Elizabeth Weller reports...

A Near Thing for Captain Najork

Russell Hoban · 1975 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1975 . First edition. Hardback. An excellent, first edition of Russell Hoban's amusing story of Tom and Captain Najork, wonderfully illustrated by Quentin Blake. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial boards. Written by American a...

William - the Dictator

Richmal Crompton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the twentieth 'Just William' volume, an anthology of ten entertaining short stories. The first edition, second impression, published in November 1938. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&a...

Loving Cup

Joan Butler; [Robert William Alexander] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce comical novel by Robert William Alexander, written under his pseudonym Joan Butler. The first edition, first impression.A scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Lovin...

Musrum

Eric Thacker; Anthony Earnshaw · 1968 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this well regarded fantasy book written by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw. The first trade edition.In the original publisher's glassine wrap. A cult classic fantasy book by Eric Thacker and ...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · 1970 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of this bestselling work, a charming tale for children following a baby caterpillar on his feasting adventures. The uncommon to see first U.K. edition of this popular work. One day, a tiny and very...

La Corona and the Tin Frog

Russell Hoban · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition copy of this charming children's work by Russell Hoban, signed by Hoban and the illustrator to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Signed by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley to the t...

In Kings&Apos; Byways

Stanley J. Weyman · 1902 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories with a historical theme by Stanley J. Weyman. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stanley ...

The Incredible Island

Christine Campbell Thomson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling adventure novel from Christine Campbell Thomson. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a colour title page.Christine Campbell Thomson was the editor of ele...

Cities of Gold a Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest

William K. Hartmann · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York , Tom Doherty , 2002. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this novel by William Hartmann, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey, with a letter from the author to Stephen. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page; "For Stephe...

The Masked Man

Gaston Leroux; Hannaford Bennett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

New York, The Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannaf...