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The Mighty and Their Fall

I. Compton-Burnett · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition of this later work by Ivy Compton-Burnett, presented in a Gollancz yellow dust wrapper. Dialogue-heavy in the author's characteristic style, this is a tale of dysfunction within a well-off ...

Coridon&Apos;S Song and Other Verses

Various; Austin Dobson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1894. Cloth. A nicely bound second printing of this charming collection of country poetry, with beautiful illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The first edition, second printing, published the month after the first printing.A charming collection of verse on...

The Uninvolved

Peter de Polany · 1959 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition love story by Peter de Polnay, a unique novel, here in the original scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A unique love story between a w...

The School for Donkeys and Other Stories

Mrs. Manners Lushington · 1905 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London; New York, J. M. Dent & Co; E. P. Dutton & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming collection of short stories by Henrietta Manners Lushington, illustrated throughout by Margaret Dobson. The first edition of this very scarce work.A collection ...

Possessed: A Historical Novel

Bruce Allsopp · 1959 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce historical novel set in seventeenth century France. The very scarce first edition of this work of historical fiction, in the publisher's original illustrated price unclipped dus...

The House of Green Turf

Ellis Peters · 1989 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

New York, William Morrow & Company , 1989. First edition. Cloth. Ellis Peters recounts of a car crush survivor who is convinced she committed murder in this sensational novel, an excellent first edition. The first edition of this mystery novel by Ellis Peters, in which he tell...

Conquest

Julian Stockwin · 2011 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. An exceptional first edition of this 'Thomas Kydd' novel by Julian Stockwin, inscribed and signed by the author. The first impression of this work, twelfth novel in the 'Thomas Kydd' historical serie...

Passage to Mutiny; in Gallant Company; a Tradition of Victory; Success to the Brave

Alexander Kent [Douglas Reeman] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Hutchinson of London , 1976-83. First edition. Cloth. An excellent collection of four historical novels from the Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent, the first editions. Four lovely first editions in the 'Richard Bolitho' series by Alexander Kent, compri...

Hornblower and the Atropos

C. S. Forester · 1953 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Michael Joseph , 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester&a...

Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying

Roald Dahl · 1946 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first UK impression of this collection of ten short stories by Roald Dahl, in the unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of short stories by the famed author Roald Dahl. The first UK edition and impression, the true first ed...

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first trade edition of this illustrated collection of poems by A. E. Housman, in the unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of poems by A E Housman, the first trade edition, published simultaneously as a limited editio...

Sketches of Animal Life and Habits

Andrew Wilson · 1877 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London and Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. A nineteenth century zoologist's illustrated guide to animals, aimed especially for children curious about the subject. The first edition of this delightful work from Scottish zoologist, physiologist and...

In Borderland

R. S. Craig · 1899 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Harwick, W. & J. Kennedy, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce illustrated first edition of this collection of Scottish poet R. S. Craig's works. The very scarce first edition of this collection of verses from R. S. Craig, a Scottish poet responsible for both this ...

How to Be a Hero

Yunge · 1938 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, The Cresset Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming illustrated poem by Yunge. A charming first edition of this illustrated poem by Yunge, published in 1938. A very scarce copy, rarely found on the market. The poem follows the l...

The Tempest

William Shakespeare · 1928 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Faber and Gwyer, [1928]. Cloth. A scarce facsimile edition of the First Folio text of William Shakespeare's comedy 'The Tempest,' in the extremely scarce dust wrapper. A scarce facsimile edition reproducing the original text of the First Folio of The Te...

Sayings and Doings; or, Sketches from Life. Third Series

[Theodore Hook] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the third series of Theodore Hook's popular and comical short stories, this series comprising of two novellas, 'Cousin William' and 'Gervase Skinner&apos. The first edition of this wo...

Q. Horatii Flacci Opera, Cum Scholiis Veteribus Castigavit

Horace · 1796 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Glasgow and London, in aedibus academicis excudebat Jacobus Mundell, 1796. Leather. A delightful new edition of the works of Horace, complete with notes by Joseph Zeunius, Joseph Matthias Gesner and Gulielmus Baxter. ESTC Citation No. T46147.Horace (65-8BC) was a Roman lyric p...

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Bickers & Son, 1886. Leather. A lovely collection of prose essays by twelve important writers, bound for Grosvenor School, Twickenham. Containing twelve essays: 'The Mutability of Literature' by Washington Irving, 'Imperfect Sympathies' by Charles L...

Poems in Two Volumes

William Wordsworth · 1807 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1807. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of the first volume of William Wordsworth's collected poems. Only 500 copies of this edition were printed, and therefore it is a particularly scarce work.  Volume I onl...

The Engagement

Bryan Guinness · 1969 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Hertfordshire, The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British L. First edition. Cloth. Hertfordshire: The Stellar Press, Undated (dated 1969 by British Library). First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8.5" by 5". Olwyn Bowey. A charming, limited edition copy of Bryan Guinnes...