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Nemesis

Agatha Christie · 1971 · Rooke Books

£122.00 (€146.24 | $161.18 | ¥25,738)

London, The Crime Club, by Collins, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Miss Marple mystery novel by Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.&apo...

The African Queen

C.S. Forester · 1936 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, William Heinemann, 1936. Cloth. The scarce 'cheap edition' of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa. The scarce 1936 cheap edition of t...

The Cave of a Thousand Columns

T.E. Grattan-Smith · 1938 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this thrilling adventure novel about giant monsters who live in caves beneath Australia, in a vibrantly illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the very scarc...

Adventures of Latimer Field, Curate

Silas K. Hocking · 1903 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this mystery novel about young curate Latimer Field, illustrated throughout. The publisher's own copy of this work, with 'Sample Room Copy' stamp to the head of the front free endp...

The Green Isle of the Great Deep

Neil M. Gunn · 1944 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Faber & Faber, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this dystopian novella by Neil M. Gunn, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wra...

Up-to-to-Morrow, or Mr Chumson&Apos;S Experiments

W. Carter Platts · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, John Long, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories about failed futuristic inventions. The first edition of this very scarce collection about Mr. Chumson's comically ill-conceived futuristic inventions.A conte...

Death on the Bridge

Royce Howes · 1935 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Garden City, New York, The Crime Club by Doubleday, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this crime novel by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Royce Howes, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing, in the publisher's original pri...

Newaera; a Socialist Romance, with a Chapter on Vaccination

Edward G. Herbert · 1910 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, P.S. King & Son, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Edward Geisler Herbert's science fiction novel about a socialist utopia in decline. The first edition of this early twentieth century work of speculative fiction, flat signed to th...

Loup-Garou!

Eden Phillpotts · 1899 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Sands & Co, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this volume of ten short stories by Eden Phillpotts, tales which include supernatural themes. The first edition of this scarce work.A collection of short stories by Eden Phillpotts.All of the storie...

Democracy

Shaw Desmond · 1919 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A superior first edition copy of this vivid Near Future novel by Shaw Desmond following a revolution, a smart copy of this scarce work. The first edition of this scarce work, published in May 1919.In the origi...

The Fascination of the King

Guy Boothby · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Boothby's adventure novel, illustrated by Stanley L. Wood. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding with a colour plate pasted to the front board. Gu...

The Great Impersonation

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's extremely popular mystery novel. The scarce first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original orange cloth binding. E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946...

The Political Songs of England, from the Reign of John to That of Edward II

Thomas Wright · 1839 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, For the Camden Society by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1839. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of translated political songs from the thirteenth century, compiled by Thomas Wright. This work contains a collection of political songs from the r...

Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica. Or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: In the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown

Acton Frederick Griffith [ed.] · 1815 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Thomas Davison for the Proprietors of the Collection, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this bibliographical catalogue of works of Early English poetry, in a signed half morocco binding by Morrell. The first edition of this bookseller's catalogue...

Wither&Apos;S Motto. Nec Habeo, Nec Careo, Nec Curo.

George Wither · 1814 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

Birmingham, R. Beilby and T. Knott, 1814 . Hardback. An early nineteenth century reprint of this very scarce satirical poem by George Wither, a work that was considered libellous and led to the author's imprisonment. First published in 1621, contemporary seventeenth centu...

The Finger of Destiny and Other Stories

Edmund Snell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Quality Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of short stories from Edmund Snell, a prolific English author known for his thrillers, detective novels, and works of science-fiction. The first edition, first impression of th...

The Green Man of Kilsona

Festus Pragnell [Frank William Pragnell] · 1936 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Philip Allan, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Festus Pragnell's thrilling science fiction novel about the discovery of a miniature world found within an atom. The first edition, first impression of this work.The work of Frank William 'Festus...

In the Shadow of Gold

Paul Studer · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, Greenberg, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating 1930s novel about an attempt to create a single world currency, with the moral message of teaching the reader that 'you too are living in the shadow of gold&apos. The first edition, fi...

R.U. R. Rossum&Apos;S Universal Robots

Karel Capek · 1923 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,393.96 | $5,945.13 | ¥949,360)

Praha [Prague], Aventinum, 1923 . Leather. A signed copy of the fifth edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play, an important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to modern language. In the original Czech.Fla...

The Trials of the Phideas

E Laurie Long · 1944 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this adventure novel by E Laurie Long in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy. Adventure novel following the tale of the paddle steamer 'Phineas' as i...