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Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides

Rudyard Kipling · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1923. Leather. A collection of tales intended for boy scouts by the celebrated Rudyard Kipling, bound in full crushed morroco, with a slipcase. Reprint. First published the same year in November, with this edition being published in December. Bound i...

One in a Thousand; or, the Days of Henry Quatre

G. P. R. James · 1835 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1835. First edition. Leather. A smart three volume set of the first edition of James's historical work on Henry IV, in presentation from the author. Complete in three volumes. First edition. With an inscription from the autho...

The Rendezvous, the Legend, the Assassin, & the Tamarind Seed

Evelyn Anthony [Evelyn Ward-Thomas] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1967-1971. First edition. Cloth. Four first edition thrillers from British writer, Evelyn Anthony. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Evelyn Ward-Thomas, under the pen name of Evelyn Anthony, a prolific British writer known for her historical nove...

A Collection of Novels by Evelyn Anthony

Evelyn Anthony · 1972 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Hutchinson, 1972-1988 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of nine first edition novels by British author Evelyn Anthony, each in the original dust wrapper. A collection of thirteen first edition novels. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original d...

The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods

Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour · 1910 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

London; New York, William Heinemann; Doubleday page, 1910-11. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic four epic opera dramas, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped-in colour plates, scarce to see in thei...

In Our Time

Ernest Hemingway · 1926 · Rooke Books

£1,595.00 (€1,911.86 | $2,107.22 | ¥336,495)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of the first short story collection of Ernest Hemingway, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first U.K. edition, first impression, in the second state blue cloth.In the original price-clipp...

Catch-22

Joseph Heller · 1962 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression copy of Joseph Heller's culturally important World War Two novel. A first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped second issue dust wrapper. 'Catch-22' is a significant war...

After the Rain

John Bowen · 1958 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel in which an inventor starts the second Flood. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, and the scarce promotional wrap around band.&...

The Long Earth and the Long War

Terry Pratchett; Stephen Baxter · 2012 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Doubleday, 2012-2013. First edition. Cloth. Bright first impressions of the exclusive Waterstones editions of these works from the science fiction series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The first edition, first impressions of these works in the publisher's ...

Sybaris and Other Homes

Edward E. Hale · 1869 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Boston, Fields, Osgood & Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this book of utopian literature by the author, historian and Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. An engaging piec...

Rosemund&Apos;S Victory: A Romance of the Abbey Girls

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1933 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of the sixteenth entry in Elsie J. Oxenham's Abbey Series. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Victor Cooley.In this char...

The New Abbey Girls

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1923 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London and Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the fifth novel in Elsie J. Oxenham's popular Abbey series of books for girls. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispie...

The Little Train; the Little Fire Engine; the Little Horse Bus; the Little Steamroller

Graham Greene · 1973 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, The Bodley Head, 1973-1974 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful collection of the Edward Ardizzone illustrated editions of Graham Greene's charming children's picture books, in the original dust wrappers. The first edition thus of these four volumes, being ...

Ayesha: The Return of She

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this illustrated gothic fantasy novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-one plates. Collated complete. In the sequel to Ha...

Doctor Therne

H. Rider Haggard · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting science fiction novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Following a smallpox epidemic that sweeps across England. Written as an attack on the anti-v...

In the Shadow of the Peacock & the Peacock Ring

Katharine Gordon · 1980 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980-1981. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition volumes from Gordon's Peacock series of novels. Two volumes of a six volume series. First edition. This set includes: In the Shadow of the Peacock, 1980. Following the story of Muna, th...

A Collection of Books on Children&Apos;S Illustrators

Various · 1971 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London; New York; Australia , Various, 1971-2005 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of five works surrounding children's books and illustrations, from fantasy to fairytales, one of which is signed by the author. A collection of five works surrounding children's lit...

Three Novels by H. Rider Haggard: Moon of Israel, Queen Sheba&Apos;S Ring & Jess

H. Rider Haggard · 1921 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, John Murray , 1921-30 . Cloth. A set of three novels written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, each with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Each novel is bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by English author Henry Rider ...

Dennis Martin: A Novel

Stephen Grace · 1908 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Plymouth, The Western Morning News" Co. 1908 . First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this military novel surround the theme of German invasion, inscribed by the author to CaptainC. G. C. Elens. First edition, bound in the publisher's original green c...

The Works of Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne · 1769 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)

London, Not Stated, 1769. Leather. The collected works of Laurence Sterne, containing his most beloved and influential works, with a portrait frontispiece to Volume I. Complete in five volumes.The collected works of Laurence Sterne.Each work has a separate title page with the ...