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Judith, the Widow of Bethulia

Richard Ziegler · 1946 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1946. First edition. Hardback. Lovely limited edition of Richard Ziegler's manuscript facsimile of the apocryphal tale of Judith, the widow of Bethulia. An abridgement of the Book of Judith in the apocrypha, concerning an Assyrian invasion of Israel...

Gateway to Romance: Sixteen Stories for Girls

Herbert Strang [ed.] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce copy of this first edition short story anthology for girls edited by Herbert Strang. The first edition of this work, a very scarce copy. Containing a series of sixteen short stories and romances written b...

The Wanderer&Apos;S Necklace

H. Rider Haggard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Cassell and Company , 1914. First edition. Cloth. First edition of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel concerning Norseman Olaf in the eighth century. First edition of this work. H. Rider Haggard writes of Olaf's adventures after challenging the Norse god Odi...

Hans Andresen&Apos;S Fairy Tales

Hans Andersen · 0 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Boots the Chemists, Hodder and Stoughton, c1923. Cloth. Bright Boots edition of this collection of fairy tales by Hans Andersen with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. Famous fairy tales by Hans Andersen collected in this large paper volume, published by Boots the Che...

Theft a Love Story

Peter Carey · 2006 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, faber and faber, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first printing of this novel by Peter Carey in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Theft, A Love Story by Peter Carey in the original publisher's binding and unclipped...

The Skull Beneath the Skin

P. D. James · 1982 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, faber and faber, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this crime detective novel by P. D. James in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of The Skull Beneath the Skin by P. D. James in the original publisher's bindin...

Fifty Romantic Lyric Poems

Richard Aldington; Various · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition, first printing of this collection of romantic poetry, signed by the author and book designer. The first limited edition, first printing of Fifty Romance Lyric Poems, collected and translated by Ric...

Two Western American Anthologies: Still Wild, Short Fiction of the American West, and Lone Star Literature from the Red River to the Rio Grande.

Larry McMurtry; Don Graham; Various · 2000 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Simon & Schuster; W. W. Norton & Company, 2000-2003 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition anthologies of short fiction from the West of America and Texas in the original dust wrappers. Two anthologies of the American Wes...

Mr Paul

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition, first printing of this novel by Gertrude Bone with illustrations by Stephen bone, signed by the author and illustrator. First limited edition, first printing of Mr Paul by Gertrude Bone in the origi...

Two Works by Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks · 2015 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hutchinson, 2015-2018 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions, first printings of two works by Sebastian Faulks signed by the author in the original dust wrappers. First editions, first printings of two works by Sebastian Faulks in the original publisher's bind...

Roche-Blanche; or, the Hunters of the Pyrenees

Anna Maria Porter · 1822 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this early nineteenth-century historical romance by Anna Maria Porter, uniformly bound in half calf. A sweeping historical romance set in sixteenth-century France, where a Protest...

A Legend of Saint Kew. In Three Parts. Being a Sheet Omitted in the Ancient Annals of Kewstock.

F. S. A. · 1888 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Cheltenham, Not Stated, 1888. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition copy of this three part ballad regarding the legend of Saint Kew in Kewstoke. A very scarce first edition. In the original cloth binding with gilt lettering. With an illustrated frontispiece by A. ...

The Flying Cat

Vicars Bell · 1964 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Faber and Faber , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, illustrated copy of this sweet children's story by the popular children's author, Vicars Bell. A scarce first edition copy. In the original cloth binding with gilt lettering, and the publisher&ap...

The Scenery and Poetry of the English Lakes. A Summer Ramble.

Charles Mackay · 1846 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is the scarce first edition of Charles Mackay's study of the Lake District. The scarce first edition of Scottish poet and author Charles Mackay's illustr...

Ainslie Gore: A Sketch from Life

Major Gambier-Parry [Ernest Gambier-Parry] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce early twentieth century novel by Ernest Gambier-Parry, with a loosely inserted letter from the author's sister-in-law, written on the occasion of her husband's death. An ...

The Claverings

Anthony Trollope · 1867 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1867 . First edition. Leather. The two volume first edition in book form of this classic Victorian era Anthony Trollope novel. The first UK edition in book form, originally published serially from February 1866 to May 1867 in the Cornhill Magazine....

Unconditional Surrender

Evelyn Waugh · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Chapman & Hall , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the brilliant conclusion to Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honor series, Unconditional Surrender. A first edition, first impression copy of this work.  Unconditional Surrender is the conclusion of ...

The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation

Sir Edwin Arnold · 1890 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. First edition. Leather. A smart, leather bound copy of Sir Edwin Arnold's enlightening verse, The Light of Asia. The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation is a volume of the life and teaching of Gautama as told in verse b...

Bouncing Buffalo

Posy Simmonds · 1994 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1994. First edition. Hardback. Lovely copy of the scarce first impression of this children's tale by Posy Simmonds. Children's tale by Posy Simmonds, British cartoonist and illustrator, best known for her association with The Guardian. Scarce...

The Mirror of Kong Ho

Ernest Bramah · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1905. First edition. Cloth. Uncommon first edition of this comical novel by Ernest Bramah. The first edition of this work, an uncommon volume. Ernest Bramah's amusing book containing a series of letters written by Kong Ho, a Chinese man visiting...