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The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu

Michael Stanley [Michael Sears, Stanley Trollip] · 2009 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

New York, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of this detective mystery novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, second printing of The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu by Michael Stanley in the original publishe...

Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo · 1866 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1866. First edition. Cloth. Victor Hugo's well-received adventure Toilers of the Sea, uncommon in this three-volume set. Volume I (first edition), Volume II (second edition) and Volume III (first edition) of Victor Hugo's Toilers o...

The Shadowless Man; Bean Flower and Pea Blossom; Fables and Parables

Adelbert Chamisso; Charles Nodier · 1845 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, James Burns; Chapman and Hall, 1845-1846. Cloth. The scarce mid nineteenth century children's tales bound in one slight volume, and illustrated throughout. The first of the three charming tales present here is the 1845 James Burns edition of Adelbert Chamisso&apos...

Alice&Apos;S Adventure in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1907 · Rooke Books

£3,250.00 (€3,895.64 | $4,293.70 | ¥685,649)

London , Cassell and Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, first illustrated Cassell edition of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland, with colour plates. This is a first UK edition of this illustrated edition published by Cassell and Company. Stated as first...

Frank, Rosamond, Harry and Lucty Etc.

Maria Edgeworth · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1870. Cloth. A scarce volume of tales by prolific children's writer Maria Edgeworth. A scarce volume. Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults and children's works and was one of the first to write i...

An Inquiry Into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Collier&Apos;S Annotated Shakespeare, Folio, 1632

N. E. S. A. Hamilton · 1860 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Richard Bentley , 1860. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this literary inquiry into the work of Shakespeare, with illustrations. A first edition copy of this work which is An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne Colli...

Works by Reginal Hill

Reginald Hill · 1988 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London , Harper Collins, 1988-2007. First edition. Cloth. Eight wonderful first edition first impression copies of books by crime writer Reginald Hill. Eight first edition works by the crime writer Reginald Hill. In 1995 he was the winner of the Crime Writers' Association...

The Human Factor

Graham Greene · 1978 · Rooke Books

£116.00 (€139.04 | $153.25 | ¥24,472)

London, The Bodley Head, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of Graham Greene's The Human Factor, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, second state, with publisher's device in a square to the title page, of this novel in ...

Fungus the Bogeyman Plop-Up Book

Raymond Briggs · 1982 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First edition. Hardback. A charming first edition of this delightful pop up book, by much loved author of The Snowman, Raymond Briggs. The first edition of the work, first impression. With no dust wrapper, as issued. With six pages of interactive...

A Treasury of Sayers Stories

Dorothy L Sayers · 1967 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Cloth. A very smart early edition of this collection of short stories, by noted crime writer, Dorothy L. Sayers. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The fourth impression of the work, first published in 1958. An uncommon edition of this c...

The Yellow Admiral

Patrick O'Brian · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition, first impression of this novel by acclaimed author Patrick O'Brian. The first edition, first impression of The Yellow Admiral, eighteenth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by popula...

Nearer and Dearer: A Tale out of School

Cuthbert Bede [Edward Bradley] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Richard Bentley , 1857. First edition. Leather. Uncommon first edition of this novelette by Edward Bradley. First edition of this work, an uncommon copy. School novel by Edward Bradley, published under pen name Cuthbert Bede. With numerous illustrations in text and in ...

Eight First Edition Novels by Pat Barker

Pat Barker · 1989 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London; New York, Virago; The Leisure Circle; E. P. Dutton; Viking; Hamish Hamilton, 1989-2012. First edition. Cloth. A near fine set of eight popular first edition novels by the Booker Prize winning novelist Pat Barker. A lovely set of eight impressive first edition novels by...

The True Story Book

Andrew Lang · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Andrew Lang's classic anthology of children's fairy tales, with engravings from a number of popular illustrators. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictori...

Idylls of the King

Alfred Tennyson · 1874 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Henry S. King and Co. 1874. Leather. Tennyson's first four narrative poems of Idylls of the King, concerning King Arthur's accession and marriage, in a smart full calf binding. In a full calf binding, with the binder's label of A. Holden to the front pas...

The Monk of Fife Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of Pitcullo, Concerning Marvellous Deeds That Befell in the Realm of France in the Years of Our Redemption, MCCCCXXIX-XXXI. Now First Done Into English out of the French by Andrew Lang

Norman Leslie; Andrew Lang [translator] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first edition third impression of The Monk of Fife, illustrated by the noteworthy Selwyn Image. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. 4 full page engravin...

Freston Tower; or, the Early Days of Cardinal Wolsey

Rev. Richard Cobbold · 1850 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Henry Colburn, 1850. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated work of historical fiction inspired by the Tudor style Freston Tower, a scarce to find work. A fascinating historical novel narrating the early days of Freston Tower, a red brick Tudor sty...

The Deliverance of Robert Carter

Hugh Westbury [Hugh Farrie] · 1891 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel by nineteenth-century English novelist Hugh Farrie, known by his penname Hugh Westbury. A religious-themed romance novel, The Deliverance of Robert Carter, written by nineteent...

Monsell Digby

W. Marshall · 1880 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Remington and Co. 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by W. Marshall, a signed presentation copy by the author to his niece. A thrilling, late nineteenth-century Victorian novel by W. Marshall. This novel is set in 1815 rural ...

Orley Farm

Anthony Trollope · 1862 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition in book form, Sadleir's fourth and second issue, of Anthony Trollope's favourite novel amongst his own works. Two smart early issues of the first edition in book form of this Anthony...