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The Lair of the White Worm

Bram Stoker · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, W. Foulsham & Co, 1925 . Cloth. The first Foulsham abridged edition of Bram Stoker's much-maligned horror novel about the legend of the Lambton Worm. The first Foulsham abridged edition. The novel was first published by Rider and Son in 1911, to very bad reviews. ...

Gentleman Jim

Raymond Briggs · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this illustrated Children's book by noted illustrator Raymond Briggs. The first edition.  In the publisher's original pictorial hardback.Profusely illustrated throughout with full colour i...

The Man

Raymond Briggs · 1992 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Julia MacRae Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated children's book by English illustrator Raymond Briggs in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the orig...

Poems in the Porch

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, S.P.C.K, 1954. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this collection of poetry by John Betjeman with illustrations by John Piper. The first edition. In the publisher's original paper covers. Illustrated throughout with vignettes by John Piper. This col...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this play by T. S. Eliot in the original dust wrapper with the first state misprint. The first edition. First impression, first state. With the original misprint on pp.7 with 'Ihad' instead of ...

The Book of Numbers

Robert Deane Pharr · 1970 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Calder and Boyars , 1970. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first UK edition of this work published in 1970. The first UK edition. First published in the US the year prior. Very scarce.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This hardboiled crime novel tells the...

Don Quichotte de la Manche

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · 1909 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Hachette & Cie. 1909. Cloth. A very smart new illustrated edition of the Spanish epic novel Don Quixote, in the French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece, twenty-four full page images, and many in-text figures. The Spanish epic novel of Don Quixote...

The Yellow Admiral

Patrick O'Brian · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this thrilling novel from O'Brian with the original unclipped dust wrapper and slip case. First edition. The eighteenth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series. Captain Aubrey is...

Goldenballs

Richard Ingrams · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Private Eye/Andre Deutsch, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition of 'Goldenballs' by Richard Ingrams, in the original, unclipped, dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original, smart black cloth binding, with the original, unclip...

Summer in Retreat

Edmund Ward · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this work of fiction by Edmund Ward, in the original, striking dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original smart cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. ...

Trader Random

Ottwell Binns · 1932 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition suspense novel by Ottwell Binns, an adventurous romance set in the Solomon Islands. The first edition of this very scarce work.'Trader Random' is a intriguing tale of suspense a...

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P. D. James · 1982 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, Faber and Faber, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition copy of the second of P. D. James' Cordelia Gray novels, an exciting murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A thrilling mystery novel by P. D....

The Trap

John Treherne · 1985 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of John Treherne's mystery novel, evoking village life in the 1930s. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

Unconditional Surrender

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of the final work in Waugh's impressive 'Swords of Honour' trilogy. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. "Unconditional Surrender" is Waugh"s third ...

Heritage

Vita Sackville-West · 1919 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1919. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Vita Sackville-West's first novel, Heritage. The first edition of the work. Scarce. The author's first novel, telling the story of Ruth Pennistan, a farmer's daughter born...

The Comedians

Graham Greene · 1966 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Bodley Head , 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this politically charged novel by noted author, Graham Greene, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Comedians' is...

A Maggot

John Fowles · 1985 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1985. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice. The first e...

The Ebony Tower

John Fowles · 1974 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Fowles's charming collection of five novellas and short stories. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the exceptionally bright publisher's original price unclipped dust wrap...

Graphic Pictures, More Graphic Pictures, Gleanings from the Graphic, Last Graphic Pictures

Randolph Caldecott · 1883 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1883-1889 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant collection of four first edition picture books by the British illustrator Randolph Caldecott. The first editions of four charmingly illustrated picture books from popular Victorian era artist and il...

The Children

Alice Meynell · 1897 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York , John Lane; Bodley Head, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on children by Alice Meynell in the original illustrated gilt cloth. The first edition of the work. Also published in the U.S by The Bodley Head in the same year. In the publisher&ap...