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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition. Paperback. The final uncompleted work of Charles Dickens, here in the original six serialised parts. Complete in the six original parts.The first issue of Part VI, with the 'eighteenpence' slip pasted over the original on ...

Bumpy Flight

Alec Lumsden · 1936 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, The Popular Library, [1936]. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting action novel, in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. Undated, dated from copies held at the British Library. In the scarce original pic...

Crewe Train

Rose Macaulay · 1926 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this satire from noted author Rose Macaulay. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. Very scarce, particularly in the first impressi...

The Last Galley

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1911 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories, by noted detective fiction author, Arthur Conan Doyle. The first edition. One of only six thousand copies. Green & Gibson A35. With a colour frontispiece by N. C. ...

All on a Summer&Apos;S Night

Maurice Edelman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this novel concerning power and inner conflict, inscribed by the author Maurice Edelman. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

The Lord of the Isles

Sir Walter Scott · 1815 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne; Archibald Constable; Longman, Hurst, Rees et al. 1815 . Leather. The fifth edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical narrative poem about Robert the Bruce, published in the same year as the first edition. Set in Scotland between 1307 and 1314, ...

The Antiquary

Sir Walter Scott · 1816 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable; Longman, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The three volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourite of his own novels, 'The Antiquary&apos. The complete three volume first edition of this work, set in th...

A Widow&Apos;S Tale and Other Poems

Bernard Barton · 1827 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, B. J. Holdsworth, 1827 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition volume of early nineteenth century poems by Bernard Barton, presented to Sir John Bowring. The scarce first edition of this work, signed by the author with the ins...

Lost on Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1938 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1938 . Cloth. The uncommon second UK edition of this work of science fantasy by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Early edition of Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The uncommon second UK edition, in the original publisher's cloth binding. An intrigu...

The Saga of the West Coast Loggers

George L. McInnis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Vancouver, Vancouver, B. C. 1968 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this collection of poems inspired by loggers in America. First edition of The Saga of the West Coast Loggers by George L. McInnis in the original publisher's paper covered boards. ...

Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright [ed] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. Two volumes of the letters and literature of poet Edward Fitzgerald. Two volumes only. A collection of the letters and writings of English poet, Edward Fitzgerald, a writer best known for his English translation of The Rubaiyat...

Heretics in Love

James Lees-Milne · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting and intense novel by James Lees-Milne. First edition. Following twins Augustus and Augusta as they grow up through the inter-war years under the care of their affectionate grandmother, Donn...

Play Power

Richard Neville · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The interesting essays of the prominent counterculture figure Richard Neville, in a decorative and colourful dust wrapper designed by Martin Sharp. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Lac...

Science Fiction Works

Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Various, 1977-2004. First edition. Paperback. A selection of works, some of which are first editions, from award-winning science fiction authors. Thirteen works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A bright selection of exciting novels, seven of whic...

Science Fiction Novels

Henry Kuttner; Richard C Meredith; David Drake; Walter Jon Williams; Ian McDonald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , Hamlyn; Grafton; Vista, 1979-1997. Paperback. A collection of nine science fiction paperbacks by various science fiction writers. A collection of nine science fiction novels from the authors Henry Kuttner, Richard C Meredith, David Drake, Walter Jon Williams and Ian M...

Das Badische Gesetz Vom 8. Mãƒâ¤Rz 1868 ãƒâ¼Ber Den Elementarunterricht Sammt Den Dazu Gehãƒâ¶Rigen Verordnungen Mit Benuetzung Amtlicher Quellen

August Joos · 1868 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Heidelberg, Verlagsbuchhandlung Emmerling, 1868. First edition. Leather. Concerned with German elementary school edition in the nineteenth century, the scarce first edition. Report on the Baden law of 8th March 1868, which stated that public elementary schools in the Grand Duc...

Platform, Press, Politics & Play

T. H. S. Escott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of stories and sketches of contemporary celebrities. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of sketches on contemporary celebrities around the south of England, including: B...

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Beatrix Potter · 1919 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1919. Hardback. A very early reprint of one of the charming and beloved tales of Beatrix Potter, complete with her original colourful plates. A very early printing of the first edition, with no date to the title page, first edition endpapers ...

The Region of the Summer Stars

Charles Williams · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Editions Poetry, 1944. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this work of poetry by Charles Williams. First edition. A work of poetry from the calling of Taliessin, to the Queen's servant and the prayers of the Pope. Written by Charles Williams, a British no...

A Maggot

John Fowles · 1985 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon to see uncorrected proof copy of this sixth major novel of John Fowles, a fine copy of this postmodern novel. An uncorrected proof copy.'A Maggot' is an intriguing postmodern novel by John Fowles, tol...