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A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies; or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses

Anonymous · 1790 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, F. Power and Co, 1790. Cloth. The very scarce twelfth edition of this fascinating educational guide for the 'little masters and misses' of the latter half of the eighteenth century. Covering a variety of subjects. The twelfth edition of this very scarce eight...

The Myths: A Short History of Myth, the Penelopiad, and Weight. With an Original Essay by Philip Pullman

Karen Armstrong; Margaret Atwood; Jeanette Winterson; Philip Pullman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.28 | $713.42 | ¥113,923)

London, Canongate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman. No. 580 of 1500 signed, limited edition ...

Troop-Ship

Dick Field · 1986 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Arthur H. Stockwell , 1986 . First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition, first impression of this very scarce poetry anthology by Dick Field, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems by Dick Field reflective of the lif...

Poems New and Old

Edith Sitwell · 1940 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of Edith Sitwell's anthology of poems. First edition collection of Edith Sitwell's poetry from throughout her life and career.   Edith Sitwell was the eldest of the Sitwell siblings, sist...

Colt Verdict, Owl-Hoot Trail, and the Gringo Kid

Jamie Boyd; Webb Anders; Pete Tolson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Fiction House Ltd. c1950. Paperback. Three very scarce 20th-century Western novels 'Colt Verdict', 'Owl-Hoot Trail', and 'The Gringo Kid', part of the Smashing Western series by Fiction House. Three mid-twentieth-century Western novels, pa...

Select Westerns by T.A. And E. Pemberton

Norman A. Fox; Nelson C. Nye; J.E. Grinstead; Glen Colt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Manchester, T.A. and E. Pemberton , 1948-9. Paperback. Early editions of these scarce mid-twentieth-century Westerns, all in their original pictorial paperback binding by T.A. and E. Pemberton. A delightful four volume collection of scarce mid-twentieth-century Westerns, in th...

Wisdom for the Wise

A. P. Herbert · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Methuen & Co , 1930. First edition. Cloth. A first edition satirical collection of verses that first appeared in Punch, by A. P Herbert, with illustrations throughout. Alan Patrick Herbert was an English humourist, novelist, playwright and law reformist and worked for...

Die Reisen Des Doctors Syntax

William Combe · 1983 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Frankfurt , Insel Verlag, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A stunning first edition two volume set of The Travels of Doctor Syntax in German and presented in a beautiful slipcase. A stunning two volume set with illustrated slipcase of The Travels of Doctor Syntax or Die Reisen Des ...

Voices &Apos;69 an Anthology of New Verse

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Liverpool, The Seel House Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this first edition poetry anthology, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. A collection of poems from 1969 Liverpool, a very scarce work. Featuring numerous p...

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books

£108.00 (€129.46 | $142.68 | ¥22,785)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2011. First edition. Cloth. Signed first impression of this Booker Prize winning novel by Julian Barnes. Winner of the Booker Prize in 2011. The first edition, first impression of this work. Narrating of retired Tony Webster's reminiscences on his ...

Codd&Apos;S Last Cases and Other Misleading Cases

A. P. Herbert · 1952 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Methuen & Co. 1952. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of misleading cases by A. P. Herbert, with original dust wrapper. First edition of this work. A collection of 'misleading cases' following the original series Misleading Cases...

Gerald Seymour&Apos;S Novels

Gerald Seymour · 1982 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.29 | ¥104,641)

London, Bantam Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Harper Collins; Collins Harvill, 1982-2019. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful group of sixteen first impressions of the crime and espionage novels of Gerald Seymour, including some signed copies. Gerald Seymour is a British author known ...

Shenstone&Apos;S Miscellany 1759-1763

William Shenstone; Ian A. Gordon [ed.] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Oxford , Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this anthology of miscellaneous poems by William Shenstone edited by Ian A Gordon, complete with vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. A miscellany of eighteenth century poetry printed from a manus...

He Died Twice

Martin Hadley · 1940 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Columbine Publishing Company, LTD, 1940. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce and exciting murder mystery novel by Martin Hadley, a gripping tale about a seemingly illogical murder. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original very scarce unc...

The Sabbath Slayer

Barbara Heygate · 1939 · Rooke Books

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

London, C. Arthur Pearson, LTD. 1939. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this exciting murder mystery by Barbara Hepgate, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling...

Rhwng Cyfnos a Gwawr

T. Wilson Evans · 1964 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Dinbych, Gwasg Gee, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in the original Welsh, a touching tale of a couple living in the country, by T. Wilson Evans. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original Welsh.In the original unclipped dust wrapp...

The History of Pendennis

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's iconic novel, 'The History of Pendennis', illustrated throughout by the author. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, f...

Prose Writings of Donald Lamont 1874-1968

Thomas M Murchison · 1960 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd for the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of the prose of Donald Lamont, in the original Gaelic, and enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A compelling collection of prose writing by Gaelic...

The Anonymous Venetian

Donna Leon · 1994 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Macmillan, 1994. Cloth. A fine, first UK edition copy of this mystery novel from Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti series, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A thrilling crime and mystery novel by Donna Leon, featuring her noted Italian detective Guido Brunetti. InÂ...

Cut with His Own Diamond

Paul Cushing · 1891 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London and Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Victorian novel by Paul Cushing, complete in three volumes bound together as one. A first edition copy of this compelling Victorian novel, Cut With His Own Diamond. Writte...