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The Monk and the Hangman&Apos;S Daughter, Fantastic Fables

Ambrose Bierce · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Cloth. A collection of fables by Ambrose Bierce, including the tale of a monk and his relationship with a hangman's daughter. The second printing of this collection of fables published by Albert & Charles Boni. 'The Monk and the...

Children Forever

John F. MacPherson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, John Long , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated science-fiction adventure book, set on a Counter-Earth with inhabitants that become immortal at the age of fifteen. First edition. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original green cloth, with ...

An Egyptian Princess

Georg Ebers; Eleanor Grove [trans] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Leipzig , Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1871. Leather. A smartly bound Tauchnitz edition of Georg Eber's popularly received Egyptian romance novel, complete in two volumes. The authorized Tauchnitz edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. From the publisher's 'Col...

The Odessa File; the Dogs of War

Frederick Forsyth · 1972 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hutchinson of London, 1972-1974. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition war thrillers from English writer, Frederick Forsyth. The first editions, first impressions of these thrillers by Frederick Forsyth. With the publisher's original dust wrappers, &...

A Collection of Novels from H.E. Bates

H. E. Bates · 1944 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Michael Joseph, 1944-1967. First edition. Cloth. A collection of eight volumes of fiction from British writer Herbert Ernes Bates. Eight volumes. First edition. Written by Herbert Ernest Bates, a British writer, known for his gritty realistic short stories and novels. ...

A Hot Country & Beyond the Dragon&Apos;S Mouth

Shiva Naipaul · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1983-1984. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first edition volumes from Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist Shiva Naipaul. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Shiva Naipaul, an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. This set cont...

Fireflies

Shiva Naipaul · 1970 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Shiva Naipaul's sprawling novel about the Khoja family in Trinidad, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A novel following the Khoja family, one of Trinidad's most importan...

Leave It to Me

Bharati Mukherjee · 1997 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mythological story from Indian American-Canadian writer Bharati Mukherjee. First edition. A story utilizing the myth of the Hindu Goddess, Durga, who is associated with protection, strength, m...

The Portfolio of the Martyr-Student

[Thomas Bradford] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London; Chester, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green; Poole & Boult , 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce collection of poetry, a presentation copy, inscribed "with the author's best regards". The first and only edition of the wor...

A High-Pitched Buzz

Roger Longrigg · 1956 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Roger Longrigg's scarce debut novel, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Scarce work.This copy belonging to Geoffrey Cust Faber, the...

Thoughts Upon the Four Last Things: Death; Judgment; Heaven; Hell. Part I, Death.

[Joseph Trapp] · 1734 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Lawton Gilliver, 1734. First edition. Disbound. A very scarce meditation of death by the clergyman Joseph Trapp. The first edition of this very scarce work.Part I of Joseph Trapp's four part poem 'Thoughts Upon the Four Last Things', for which each part ...

Nunquam

Lawrence Durrell · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Faber and Faber, 1970. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional first edition copy of one of Lawrence Durrell's later novels, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with ...

Silence

ShÃÂ-«saku EndÃÂ-; William Johnston · 1976 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Peter Owen, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition, first impression of ShÃÂ-«saku EndÃÂ-'s magnum opus, translated by William Johnston. The first UK edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the o...

No Highway; in the Wet; Beyond the Black Stump; the Rainbow and the Rose

Nevil Shute · 1948 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York; London, William Morrow & Co.; Heinemann, 1948-1958. First edition. Cloth. First edition copies of four novels by the popular author Nevil Shute, with their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's original cl...

Monsieur, or the Prince of Darkness; Constance, or Solitary Practices

Lawrence Durrell · 1974 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Faber and Faber, 1974-1982. First edition. Cloth. First edition copies of the first and third novels from Lawrence Durrell's 'Avignon Quintet', in their original unclipped dust wrappers. The first edition, first impressions of these two works in the publ...

The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria

Charles Godfrey Leland · 1892 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated work of children's literature from Charles Godfrey Leland. A very scarce first trade edition.Illustrated throughout with monochrome woodcuts.The work of ...

The Long Vacation. A Satyr: Addres&Apos;D to All Disconsolate Traders

Anonymous · 1708 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, H. Hills, 1708 . First edition. Unbound. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this anonymously authored satire about the complaints of traders during the season of the 'Long Vacation&apos. A very scarce first edition.A satirical poem discussing the period of th...

Bleinheim, a Poem.

John Philips · 1709 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, H. Hills, 1709 . Paperback. A scarce early edition of John Philips's celebration of Marlborough's victory at the Battle of Blenheim. First published in 1705, this work is scarce in all early editions.This poem commemorates the Duke of Marlborough's victo...

Roadside Songs of Tuscany

Francesca Alexander [trans.]; John Ruskin [ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, George Allen, 1885 . First edition. Vellum. A beautifully bound full vellum edition of Francesca Alexander's charmingly illustrated collection of Tuscan folk songs, edited by John Ruskin. The first edition of this work.Philanthropist and artist...

Wrack at Tidesend [Vol II], and, on the Continent : A Book of Inquilinics [Vol III]

Osbert Sitwell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1952-1958. First edition. Hardback. The first edition, first impression of the second and third volumes from Osbert Sitwell's England Reclaimed poetry series, with the original unclipped illustrated dust wrappers. The first edition, first imp...