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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J. K. Rowling · 2003 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Bloomsbury, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of the fifth novel in the magical Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling. First edition. Following Harry Potter as he struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with th...

The Alcohuans: A Narrative of Sojourn and Adventure Among the Mound Builders of the Ohio Valley. Being a Free Translation from the Norraena of the Memoirs of Ivarr Bartholdsson

John Beatty · 1902 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Ohio, McClelland & Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this adventure novel following a Norse expedition to America. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with eleven plates. Collated complete. A pseudo-historical novel, acting as the memoirs of the...

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1879. Leather. A smartly bound second edition of George Eliot's last published writing, Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Eliot's last published writing and arguably...

Babylon and Candlelight

Norman Davey · 1927 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of Norman Davey's work of fiction, 'Babylon and Candlelight&apos. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original orange cloth. Very scarce. Written by English engineer, sold...

The Wooden Shepherdess

Richard Hughes · 1973 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of Richard Hughes' popular sequel to 'The Fox in the Attic', set in prohibition era America. First edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the origi...

The World&Apos;S Desire

H. Rider Haggard; Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang's interesting fantasy novel reworking the myth of Odysseus. The first edition, the issue bound without adverts, as stated in 'A Bibliography of the Work...

The Splendid Outcast

George Gibbs · 1920 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

New York; London, D. Appleton and Company, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition thriller espionage novel by noted author George Gibbs, complete with illustrations by the author. The first edition, first printing, of this scarce work.'The Splendid Outcast&apo...

These Days Poetry and Verse

Margery Lea · 1966 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Shrewsbury , Wilding and Son Ltd , [1966]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by Margery Lea, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Very scarce.In the original publisher's cloth with the vanishingly scarce uncl...

Yak Goes Home

Donald Bisset · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen, 1973. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this children's book by Donald Bisset, beautifully illustrated by Lorraine Calaora. The first edition. Illustrated throughout with colourful artwork by Lorraine Calaora. In the publisher's origina...

Benny Went First Zero Always Wins

Vaughan Kathrens; Peter Gascoigne · 1950 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Andrew Melrose: Collins, [1950]-61. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce first edition thrillers in their original dust wrappers. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two volumes. Very scarce. This set...

Girl in a Turban

Marta Morazzoni; Patrick Creagh [translator] · 1988 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Collins Harvill, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this collection of interconnected short stories from Italian educator and writer Marta Morazzoni. First English translation. Scarce edition. A collection of five interconnected short stories ...

A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories

Brian Aldiss · 1989 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories and novellas from Brian Aldiss. First edition. A collection of twenty-two short fantasy stories and four novellas, including: Day of the Doomed King, So Far from ...

Remember Your Grammar and Other Haunted Stories

Simon Raven · 1997 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,565)

Bicary, The Winged Lion, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of haunting stories from English author Simon Raven, first collected and published in this edition. First edition. Scarce work. A collection of eleven chilling and gruesome stories, as disturb...

An Ice-Cream War

William Boyd · 1982 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Booker Prize nominated novel from Scottish author William Boyd. First edition. Set in the First World War, this black comedy focuses on the East African Campaign fought between British and Germa...

The Three Gentlemen

A. E. W. Mason · 1932 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this adventure and romance novel from A. E. W. Mason, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A novel of adventure and romance following the story of a young couple in Roman tim...

The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz

Jules Verne; I. O. Evans [translator] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Arco Publications, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this little-known historical story from French novelist Jules Verne. First UK edition. Set in the eighteenth century, the secret of Wilhelm Storitz has been inherited from his father, a chemist ...

A Collection of Aardman Animations Ephemera

Aardman Animations · 1998 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Character Card Company; Ladybird Books Ltd, 1998-2000. First edition. Paperback. London: Character Card Company; Ladybird Books Ltd, 1998-2000. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 16" by 6"; 12" by 12"; 12" by 12"; 11.5" by 8.5". Aardman Animations. Two Aardman Animat...

The Man

Raymond Briggs · 1992 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Julia MacRae Books, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated book from Raymond Briggs, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout with fifty-seven pages of colour images. A short humorous g...

A Collection of Novels from the Crime Club Choice

Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis]; Joan Fleming; Harry Carmichael [Leopold Horace Ognall]; James Henderson; Rex Stout · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1968-1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of exciting thrillers and detective stories from the Collins Crime Club, with the original dust wrappers. Five volumes. Crime Club Choice. This set includes: The Private Wound, 1968. First e...

A Collection of Novels by Dornford Yates

Dornford Yates [Cecil William Mercer] · 1943 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1943-1949. Cloth. A smart collection of reprinted works from English writer, Cecil William Mercer, under his pen name Dornford Yates. Six volumes. Written by Cecil William Mercer, under the pen name Dornford Yates, an English novelist and wr...