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More Rupert Adventures

Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall · 1952 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

London, Daily Express Publications, 1952. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of Rupert Bear adventures, with bright illustrations throughout. First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear w...

Tomorrow&Apos;S Child: A Comedy in Three Acts

John Coates · 1947 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Samuel French Limited, 1947 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first edition of this comedic, science-fiction play which was performed at the Lyric Theatre in 1946, written by John Coates. French's Acting Edition.Bound in the publisher's original pict...

The Sweet Singers

William Croft Dickinson · 1953 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1953 . First edition. Hardback. An uncommon, first edition of this anthology of four ghost stories written by William Croft Dickinson, with illustrations by Joan Hassall. The first edition, first impression, of this uncommon work. An anthology of fo...

The Clocks of Rondaine and Other Stories

Frank R. Stockton · 1892 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1892 . First edition. Leather. A wonderfully illustrated, first edition if this charming collection of tales by American author and humorist, Frank Stockton. The first edition. Bound in a smart, contemporary half morocco with marbled pa...

God Likes Them Plain

Eric Linklater · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this humorous collection of short stories by Eric Linklater, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original dust wrapper and an extra dust wrapper i...

The Quick or the Dead?

Amelie Rives · 1888 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888. First edition. Cloth. The first separate edition of the notorious first novel of Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, a controversial love story. The first edition of this work published separately, originally published in the April 1888 issu...

The Present State of Literature; a Poem, Delivered in New-Haven, at the Public Commencement of Yale-College, September 10, 1800

Warren Dutton · 1800 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Hartford, Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. First edition. Leather. A scarce poem discussing literature, delivered at Yale University upon the author's receiving his M.A. The first edition of this uncommon work.This is a sprightly poem discussing the state of literature at the tu...

With Double Pipe

Owen Seaman · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Oxford; Cambridge; London, Blackwell; Johnson; Simpkin, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this volume of poetry by British writer and poet Owen Seaman. The first edition of this work, inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author with 'To Mr ...

The Circular Staircase

Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1908 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart example of the first edition of Mary Roberts Rinehart's popular and thrilling mystery novel, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first printing, with the September statement of publi...

In the High Valley

Susan Coolidge [Sarah Chauncey Woolsey] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1891 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the final entry in Susan Coolidge's 'What Katy Did' series. Works signed by the author are exceptionally scarce. A signed first edition of the fifth and final novel in the autho...

The Captain Lost His Bathroom

Clarence Winchester · 1941 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, John Crowther, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of short stories by British editor and author Clarence Winchester, including tales about flying machines. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original...

This Crooked Way

Elizabeth Spencer · 1952 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York , Dodd, Mead & Company, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling novel about a power hungry and cruel man's rise to power, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original very scarc...

A Terrible Coward and Son Philip

G. Manville Fenn · 1903 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Blackie and Son Limited , c1885. Cloth. An early edition of this collection of two stories by G. Manville Fenn. An early edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one monochrome plate. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth. This novel was writ...

The Flame Flower and Other Stories

Jas. F. Sullivan · 1896 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. M. Dent and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of stories, illustrated and written by Jas. F. Sullivan. The first edition. Illustrated by the author with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes and twenty-three monochrome p...

The Brigadier

Oliver Moxon · 1956 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Peter Owen , [1956]. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this satirical novel about a retired brigadier by Oliver Moxon. The first edition. Gift inscription from the author to front free endpaper.A scarce work. This work was written by Edward Moxon an...

A Longshore Lass

James Blyth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work by prolific popular fiction author James Blyth of friendship and romance set in a quaint fishing village. A first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With publish...

The Member for Easterby

James Blyth · 1909 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , John Long , 1909. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce novel by prolific popular and science fiction writer James Blyth, with publisher's advertisements. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.With leaves of publi...

The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon

Tom Spanbauer · 1991 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition review copy of this explorative novel from American author Tom Spanbauer. First edition. Review copy. Told primarily in flashback by its protagonist, a biracial bisexual Native America...

The Country Girl: A Play in Three Acts

Clifford Odets · 1951 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

New York, The Viking Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this dramatic play from American playwright Clifford Odets, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A dramatic play which was adapted into a film staring Bing Crosby and Grac...

Last Night at the Brain Thieves Ball

Scott Spencer · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel by American author Scott Spencer. First edition, first printing. The first novel from the author. Paul Galambos is a power-hungry professor of experimental psy...