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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Fergus W. Hume · 1888 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

London, The Hansom Cab Publishing Company, 1888. Paperback. The first UK edition of one of the most popular and important mystery novels ever written, a Melbourne based mystery by Fergus Hume. A lovely copy of this, the one-hundred and seventy-fifth thousand. This is the first...

Poems

Dora Greenwell · 1848 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, William Pickering, 1848. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dora Greenwell's first poetry collection, a lovely example of Victorian religious poetry. First edition.An early and uncommon poetry collection by Dora Greenwell, this 1848 publication being her f...

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens, · 1837 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.21 | $779.47 | ¥124,472)

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

The Wood Beyond the World

William Morris · 1895 · Rooke Books

£975.00 (€1,168.69 | $1,288.11 | ¥205,695)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1895 . Cloth. A very scarce Limited Edition of this thrilling work of high fantasy literature from William Morris. A very scarce Limited Edition copy of this fantasy novel from writer, artist and textile designer William Morris. This is number 41 o...

A Letter to Father Ignatius (Rev. Joseph Leycester Lyne) on the Death of His Mother, by His Father

Francis Lyne · 1878 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Printed for the Author, 1878. First edition. Cloth. With a touching presentation inscription, this is a very scarce work in which the author mourns the death of his wife, Louisa Genevieve Lyne, and addresses his feelings to his son, the monk Father Ignatius. A very sca...

The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope · 1867 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The smart first edition in book form of the conclusion of Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire Chronicles. Illustrated throughout by George H. Thomas. The first edition in book form of this work from Anthony Trollope, the...

The Rehearsal

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; Montague Summers [ed.] · 1914 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

Stratford-upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1914. Cloth. A bright facsimile edition of George Villiers's satirical play, one of five-hundred and ten copies. A satirical play addressed specifically to John Dryden and the pretentious theatre of the Restoration tragedy....

Tom Genuflex, or Life&Apos;S Little Day

Aunt Cherry · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Llwyn-y-brain, Whitland, South Wales, Self-Published, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce romance novel set in nineteenth-century England, written by 'Aunt Cherry&apos. A charming romance novel set in nineteenth-century rural England, cent...

Jonah and His Mother

Montague Haltrecht · 1964 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work that tells the story of a young man struggling with his identity, written by Montague Haltrecht. A compelling tale of Jonah, a young man who struggles with his relationship with his mother, his s...

Acres and Pains

S.J. Perelman · 1972 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1972. Hardback. A signed, presentation copy of this humorous novel by noted American author S.J. Perelman, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A humorous novel about a writer who moved from New York City to the Eastern American countryside and ex...

The Horses of Winter

A.A.T. Davies · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling crime novel by A.A.T. Davies, enclosed in its original dust wrapper. A thrilling crime novel about two psychopaths, Peter Keevil, the disillusioned scholar, and John Morann, the sed...

The Light of the World, or the Great Consummation

Edwin Arnold · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Leipzig, Heinemann and Balesteir, 1891. Vellum. Published in the same year as the first edition, this is a smart copy of Edwin Arnold poem about Jesus, and the origins of Christianity. An early edition of this long narrative poem about Jesus, from English poet and journalist E...

Grimms&Apos; Other Tales. A New Selection by Wilhelm Hansen.

The Brothers Grimm [Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm]; Wilhelm Hansen; Ruth Michaelis-Jena [ed.]; Arthur Ratcliff [ed.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Limited Edition collection of the tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated throughout with wood engraved plates from Gwenda Morgan. A Limited Edition collection of the fairy tales of the ...

The Critic

Wilfrid Sheed · 1970 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Wilfrid Sheed's compelling and controversial novel The Critic. This is a scarce first edition copy of Wilfrid Sheed's sixth book. The novel follows the career of one critic w...

Many Windows 22 Stories from American Review

Ted Solotaroff [ed.] · 1982 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York , Harper Colophon Books, Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of Many Windows, a collection of 22 stories from the literary journal American Review, complete with a letter to Ian McEwan from his agent. This is a well presented copy of Many Window...

Beyond the Bedroom Wall: A Family Album

Larry Woiwode · 1975 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.48 | $508.64 | ¥81,223)

New York , Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A perceptive and unconventional epic novel following a family in North Dakota in a lovely first edition copy. This epic novel follows four generations of the Neumiller family in North Dakota and Illinois, presen...

The Sporting Club

Thomas McGuane · 1968 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this sporting novel by Thomas McGuane, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The debut novel of twentieth-century American author Thomas McGuane, about a friendship rivalry between tw...

Statement Against Corpses

B S Johnson; Zulfikar Ghose · 1964 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Constable , 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this short story collection by Bryan Stanley Johnson and Zulfikar Ghose, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition of this work. Comprising of ...

Euripidis Tragoediae Quae Extant, Cum Latina Gulielmi Canteri Interpretatione

Euripides; Willem Canter [ed] · 1602 · Rooke Books

£4,950.00 (€5,933.36 | $6,539.64 | ¥1,044,296)

Geneva, Paulus Stephanus, 1602. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of the scarce and important 1602 Geneva edition of the tragedies of Euripides. A standard reference work for classical scholars of the seventeenth century. In the original Greek and Latin. With the prefatory ...

The Story of Rosina

Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poetry from Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. The beautiful first edition this volume of verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, ...