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The Persian Lady: A Woodland Mystery

Charles Burrard Nelson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, Figurehead , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this woodland mystery written and illustrated by Charles Burrard Nelson. A whimsical tale for children and adults alike set in the Wiltshire village of Coneybury and its surrounding woods, inhabited by ...

A Loyal Young Rebel; Sabre and Spurs!; the Testing of the Torment

D H Parry; Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Cassell and Company, 1925-6. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes from the illustrated series of adventure books for boys by Cassell and Co. Three first editions from 'Cassell's New Boys' Library' comprised of children's books with colourful ill...

Maurice or the Red Jar: A Tale of the Magic and Adventure for Boys and Girls

The Countess of Jersey [Margaret Elizabeth Child-Villiers] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Macmillan and Co , 1894. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the Countess of Jersey's illustrated children's novel. The first edition of this work, a scarce book rarely seen in commerce. Children's tale by the Countess of Jersey, Margaret E...

A Collection of Works by P.D. James

P. D. James · 1997 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber, 1997-2008. First edition. Cloth. Four first editions from English novelist, Phyllis Dorothy James. Four volumes. First editions. Written by Phyllis Dorothy James, an English novelist and life peer best known for creating the police commander Adam Dalgl...

Disgrace

J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this Booker Prize winning novel by John Maxwell Coetzee. First edition, first impression. A novel following South African professor, David Lurie, as he loses everything from his reputation and ...

Idlings in Arcadia

E. D. Cuming · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this delightfully illustrated collection of wildlife sketches. First edition. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. A collection of wildlife sketches with notes on ...

The Outcry

Henry James · 1911 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Methuen & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Henry James's novel, The Outcry. First edition. Originally conceived as a three-act play, this work was converted into a novel in 1911 and was the last novel completed by James before his death in 1916...

Pixie: A Fairy Tale

Frances Reddaway · 1904 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Manchester, Sherratt & Hughes, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this rare and lovely fairy tale, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All edges gilt. A charming Victorian...

The Romance of Adventure; or, True Tales of Enterprise for the Instruction and Amusement of the Young

Anonymous · 1852 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1852 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of this charming and illustrated collection of adventure stories for children. With an illustrated frontispiece and title page, and with five further illustrated plates, engrav...

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens · 1865 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form, first issue, of one of Charles Dickens's final novels. The first edition of this work is book form. The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with ...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens · 1837 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form of Charles Dickens' immensely popular first novel. With the two Buss plates and many first issue points present, and illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition in book form of C...

Bonecrack

Dick Francis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London , Micheal Joseph, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this crime thriller by Dick Francis. A first edition, first impression copy. Bonecrack is a crime thriller novel by Dick Francis. His novels usually centre on horse racing in England. B...

The Rainbow Twins

Florence Mary Anderson [Florence Mary McArthur] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Joseph Johnson, [1919]. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon illustrated children's work by children's writer and illustrator Florence Mary Anderson. Dated via Jisc. The first edition published by Joseph Johnson. An uncommon copy, not o...

Close-Up

Len Deighton · 1972 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1972. First edition. Cloth. A bright first impression of Len Deighton's satirical novel of Hollywood. The first edition, first impression of this work. Expose of the Hollywood film industry, inspired by Deighton's own experiences. Complete wit...

A Prospect of the Sea and Other Stories and Prose Writings

Dylan Thomas · 1955 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories and essays by Dylan Thomas in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression, of A Prospect of the Sea and Other Stories and Prose Writings by Dylan Th...

Peter Duck & We Didn&Apos;T Mean to Go to Sea

Arthur Ransome · 1937 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1937. Cloth. Two very smart volumes from English author, Arthur Ransome, with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Arthur Ransome, an English author and journalist best known for writing and illustrating the Swallows and Amazons series for children. Pe...

The Works of the Late Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill · 1753 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Printed for the Benefit of the Family, 1753. First edition. Leather. Volume I of the first edition of Aaron Hill's collected work, this volume containing many of his original letters written to various eminent figures. Volume I only of the first collected edition ...

The Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope · 1787 · Rooke Books

£735.00 (€881.01 | $971.04 | ¥155,062)

London, C. Bathurst, J. Rivington and Sons, 1787-1788 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated six volume edition of the literary works of Alexander Pope, one of the most prominent English poets of the eighteenth century. A delightful late eighteenth century edition of the works o...

The Theatre of Life

George Robert Sims · 1881 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, John P. Fuller, 1881 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of short stories from prolific poet, journalist and writer George Robert Sims, in the vibrant publisher's original paper covered boards. The first edition in book form of this sho...

Out of the Depths the Story of a Woman&Apos;S Life

[Henry Gladwyn Jebb] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1859. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this novel, Out of the Depths. Out of the Depths, or The Story of a Woman's Life is written by Henry Gladwyn Jebb. The novel is based on the life of a rejected fallen woman.With one page of ad...