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Our Kind of Traitor

John le Carre · 2010 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this popular novel by John le Carre, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Our Kind of Traitor by John le Ca...

Antic Hay

Aldous Huxley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this comic novel depicting life following the end of World War One. First edition. A comic novel which takes place in London and depicts the self-absorbent culture of the elite in the turbulent times follo...

Ararat

D. M. Thomas · 1983 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this work. The first of Thomas' series of novels about Soviet Russia. First edition of this work. First of a series of novels from Thomas about Soviet Russia with the theme of improvisat...

Secret Gardens a Study of the Golden Age of Children&Apos;S Literature

Humphrey Carpenter · 1985 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of Carpenter's study of the Golden Age of Children's Literature, inscribed by the author. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's origi...

Rimes of the Diables Bleus

Henry Baerlein · 1917 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

1917, Selwyn & Blount , 1917. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition collection of poetry from the Chasseurs Alpins, French mountain infantry, during the First World War. A vanishingly scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only two UK libraries. Reb...

Happily Ever After

Ian Serraillier · 1963 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Oxford University Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this delightful children's poetry collection, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's full cloth binding, with the original, unclipped ...

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Charles Dickens · 1850 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition, first issue of Charles Dickens's Victorian bildungsroman, David Copperfield. Illustrated throughout by Phiz. The first edition, first issue. Bound from the parts, with small stab holes to the g...

Carnival of the Animals

Keisuke Tsutsui; Ann King Herring · 1973 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London , Frederick Warne , 1973. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful exploration of colour and the imagination, in its first edition and in the original dust wrapper. A first English edition of this children's book, Carnival of the Animals which is adapted by Keisuke Tsu...

Carte Blanche

Jeffery Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , 2011. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed first edition copy of this thrilling 007 novel. A signed first edition first impression copy of this 007 novel by Jeffery Deaver. Signed by Deaver to the title page.Jeffrey Deaver is an American myst...

Ballet in Pop-Up Action Pictures

Violet La Mont · 1954 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Publicity Products ltd, [1954]. First edition. Hardback. A charming pop-up book of ballet for children by Violet La Mont. Truly charming pop-up book illustrative of the world of ballet for children by Violet La Mont. The UK edition, published by arrangement with Maxton...

Green Song and Other Poems; the Song of the Cold

Edith Sitwell · 1944 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1944-5. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition anthology of poems by Edith Sitwell, each enclosed in its dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Two collections of verses by Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sit...

The Darling Buds of May; a Breath of French Air

H. E. Bates · 1958 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Michael Joseph, 1958-9. First edition. Cloth. Bright first impressions of the first two volumes in H. E. Bates series concerning the Larkins. The first editions, first impressions of these books. Two of five novels concerning a rural family from Kent written by H. E. B...

The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell · 1930 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

Not Stated , Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first impression of the collected poems by Edith Sitwell enclosed in its unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work. Complete with errata slip. The collected poems of Edith Sitwell, British p...

Franny and Zooey

J. D. Salinger · 1962 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Melbourne and Toronto, Heinemann, 1962 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of novellas by renowned American author J. D. Salinger in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition of Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger in the original publisher's cloth bi...

The Animals&Apos; Trip to the Sea

Clifton Bingham · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ernest Nister, c1900. Cloth. A delightfully illustrated children's story about a voyage aboard the fictional 'S.S. Crocodile', written by Clifton Bingham and illustrated by G.H. Thompson. An early twentieth-century humorous children's story about a ...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Allan Wingate, 1954. Cloth. The first edition thus of this edition of Lewis Carroll's classic works of children's fiction, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. This edition features sixty-five illustrations from British author and artist Mervyn Peake, best...

The Phoenix and the Carpet

E. Nesbit [Edith Nesbit] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908 . Cloth. The third impression of this delightful children's fantasy novel from beloved Edwardian era children's author, Edith Nesbit. This fantasy novel, first published in 1904, is the second in a trilogy of novels beginning with the we...

Hotspur the Beagle

John Vickerman · 1932 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Constable & Co, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Hotspur The Beagle, illustrated by Cecil Aldin. A charming first edition copy of this work on dogs. This volume follows the life and career of Hotspur from life as a puppy, in the kennels and ...

The Invasion of 1910

William le Queux · 1906 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London , Eveleigh Nash , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, second impression copy of this fascinating invasion novel by William Le Queux. A first edition, second impression copy. The Invasion of 1910 is a fascinating novel written mainly by journalist and writ...

Progress at Pelvis Bay

Osbert Lancaster · 1936 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London , John Murray , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Osbert Lancaster's Progress at Pelvis Bay, illustrated beautifully by the author. A first edition copy of Osbert Lancaster's of the fictional Seaside town Pelvis Bay. The volume traces ...