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Ashenden or the British Agent

W. Somerset Maugham · 1928 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London , William Heinemann , 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Ashenden or the British Agent by William Somerset Maugham. A first edition, first impression copy. William Somerset Maugham was an English writer known for his plays, novels and short stories. ...

Magnum Bonum or Mother Carey&Apos;S Brood

Charlotte M Yonge · 1879 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charlotte M Yonge's novel in three volumes. The first edition of this work, complete in three volumes. With two advertising leaves to rear vol. III. Complete with half titles.Continuous pagination....

The Silkworm

Robert Galbraith · 2014 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Great Britain, Sphere, 2014 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second novel from the Cormoran Strike series by J. K. Rowling using her pseudonym. First edition of The Silkworm in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. By J. K. Ro...

The Spectator

[Joseph Addison]; [Richard Steele]; [Various] · 1711 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, c1753. Leather. A complete set of the popular short-lived periodical by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, complete with a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.'The Sp...

Sylvie and Bruno

Lewis Carroll · 1889 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's final novel, with forty six illustrations by Punch illustrator Harry Furniss. A first edition of Lewis Carroll's final novel, with forty six illustrations by Punch illustrator H...

An Unofficial Rose

Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Iris Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose&apos. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Iris Mur...

September Roses

Andre Maurois; Gerard Hopkins [trans.] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Bodley Head, 1958 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this translation of Andre Maurois's novel in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition and English translation of September Roses by Andre Maurois in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped...

A Note in Music

Rosamond Lehmann · 1930 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1930 . Cloth. The scarce first Services Library edition of Rosamund Lehmann's second novel in the original dust wrapper. Early edition of A Note in Music by Rosamond Lehmann in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper...

The Works of Monsieur de Moliere, Volume the Fifth

Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]; John Ozell [trans.] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1714 . First edition. Leather. The fifth volume only of John Ozell's six volume prose translation of the works of French playwright Moliere. A smart single volume of the first collected English translation of Moliere's works. This fifth volum...

A Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage

Jeremy Collier · 1738 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, Samuel Birt; Thomas Trye, 1738 . Leather. A very smart copy of Jeremy Collier's influential argument against the English stage, which he believed undermined public morality and promoted vice. Theatre critic Jeremy Collier argues against the immorality and lack of ...

Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,079)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this poetry anthology by Thomas Hardy. A first edition copy of Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses by Thomas Hardy. This anthology of poetry contains the works Weathers, Summer Sc...

The Tales of Grampa Cat

Lee Wardlaw · 1996 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London , Pavilion, 1996. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this illustrated children's book by Lee Wardlaw. A first edition copy. This charming children's tale by Lee Wardlaw is illustrated by Ronald Searle. Lee Wardlaw is the author of several child...

Hedda Gabler

Henrick Ibsen; John Osborne · 1972 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this play, adapted by John Osborne. A first edition of this edition, adapted by John Osborne. Hedda Gabler is a play by Henrik Ibsen, which premiered in 1891. The play has been described as a master...

Bertie on the Beach

Jane Johnson · 1981 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London and Tonbridge, Ernest Benn, 1981 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce presentation copy of this children's book, signed by the author and from the library of Tom Maschler. A beautiful and near fine first edition copy of this uncommon children's book by Jane Joh...

Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley · 1987 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first illustrated edition of this classic story of an African childhood in the years before the First World War. First illustrated edition. Illustrated in colour throughout with frontispiece, twenty-eight full p...

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Allen Lane Penguin Books LTD, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular novel by RIchard Adams, inscribed by the author to the title page. The first edition, second state of this novel, with the female protagonist being named 'Karin Fo...

Cora the Rook and Zig-Zag the Bee

Mirabel Cecil · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Methuen/Walker Books, 1980. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition children's works, colourfully illustrated throughout by Christina Gascoigne. Both volumes inscribed by the illustrator to the publisher Tom Mascler. First editions.Presentation copy, insc...

The Old Men at the Zoo

Angus Wilson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , Secker & Warburg , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this apocalyptic novel The Old Men at the Zoo.  A first edition copy of Angus Wilson's The Old Men at the Zoo. Intensely exciting, this novel deals with the events before a nuclear att...

The Haunted School

Edwy Searles Brooks · 1974 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Howard Baker , 1974. Cloth. Bright omnibus edition of eight St Frank's haunted stories by Edwy Searles Brooks, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Omnibus edition containing the entire Ezra Quirke collection in eight novels, each with unique pagination. First ed...

Four Comedy Plays by Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele · 1730 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Linton, Tonson, Draper; Tonson; Lintot, 1730-1751. Leather. Five mid eighteenth century editions of humorous plays by Sir Richard Steele, bound together in a single volume. Four plays by Sir Richard Steele, the Irish writer, playwright, and politician who co-founded th...