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The Most Amazing Night Book

Robert Crowther · 1995 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Harmondsworth , Viking , 1995. First edition. Hardback. A fantastic first impression copy of this entertaining children's movable book, set in a city during the night time. The first edition and first impression of this work by Robert Crowther. A highly entertaining mova...

Mrs Fisher or the Future of Humour

Robert Graves · 1928 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Company, 1928. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating insight on humour by the acclaimed poet Robert Graves. The first edition of this work. The first impression with plum paper covered boards and Skelto...

Poems 1926-1930

Robert Graves · 1931 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, William Heinemann , 1931. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this collection of poems by Robert Graves, noted British author, in its original dustwrapper. The first edition of this collection of poems by the celebrated author Robert Graves. In th...

Country Sentiment

Robert Graves · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Martin Secker , 1920. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by the popular author Robert Graves. The first edition of this work by Robert Graves, a very popular British poet and novelist whose works never went out of print.A collecti...

Quasimodo Mouse

Bernard Stone · 1984 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Andersen Press Ltd. 1984. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition of this children's work by Bernard Stone, brilliantly illustrated by Ralph Steadman and signed by both author and illustrator. This fantastic tale tells of Quasimodo and Toothy travelling to t...

Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1820 · Rooke Books

£4,200.00 (€5,034.37 | $5,548.79 | ¥886,070)

London & Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co. 1820-1825 . First edition. Fine Binding. A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and ...

Moon Rocket

Arthur Wilcox · 1946 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting work, looking into the science behind sci-fi, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A unique work, looking at the scientific...

The Brow of Courage

Gertrude Bone · 1916 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Duckworth and Co. 1916. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce little book comprising nine tales celebrating nature and simplicity in life. An exceptional copy in its unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. A very scarce volume, institutionally held by four...

The Little Dove the Little Lamb

F. A. Krummacher, C. Schmid · 1838 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Edinburgh, Thomas Clark , 1838-1839. First edition. Paperback. The first scarce English edition of these German children's tales. The first English editions of this works. Two scarce copies translated from the original German. A lovely set of two volumes comprising lovel...

The King of Beasts

Ronald Searle · 1980 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1980. First edition. Hardback. An excellent first edition copy of this children's book by the renowned artist Ronald Searle. The first edition of this work by Ronald Searle. A lovely volume containing comical and colourful illustrations of various ...

Barefoot in the Head: A European Fantasia

Brian W. Aldiss · 1970 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Doubleday and Company, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first US edition of this exciting and scarce science fiction novel by Brian W Aldiss. The first edition of this work. A scarce title. A science fiction novel by Brian W. Aldiss, one of the Grand ...

Planets and Dimensions

Clark Ashton Smith; Charles K. Wolfe [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Baltimore, The Mirage Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy bound in full cloth of this collection of nonfiction by Clark Ashton Smith, in the original, unclipped dusrtwrapper. The first edition, limited to five hundred copies bound in full cloth, this volu...

The Furrowed Earth

Gertrude Bone · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto and WIndus, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce first edition copy of this collection of poems by Gertrude Bone, profusely illustrated with woodcuts by Stephen Bone. The first edition of this work. A selection of poems by Gertrude Bone, Edwardian Britis...

This Old Man

Gertrude Bone · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude and Muirhead Bone of this novella by Gertrude Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Gertrude Bone to the front free endpaper "To Mr and Mrs Jordan Bottomley wit...

Anglo-Saxon Poetry: An Essay with Specimen Translations in Verse

Gavin Bone · 1946 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)

London, The Clarendon Press, 1946. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone. The first edition of this work, inscribed by Getrude Bone to half title page "To ...

Nothing Like Leather

V. S. Pritchett · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1935. Cloth. A first edition of V. S. Pritchett's fifth work, presented by the author to Kingsley Martin, editor of the New Statesman, later owned by Christopher MacLehose. This is a work of drama.Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997) wa...

Dreadful Sanctuary

Eric Frank Russell · 1951 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Reading, Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Russell's science fiction work, with a pictorial dust wrapper. This is a thrilling science fiction work, following John J. Armstrong as he attempts to discover why seventeen rockets...

Selected Poems

Clark Ashton Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.72 | ¥22,152)

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition collection of the poetry of prolific writer Clark Ashton Smith, published by Arkham House. This is a first edition, with just over two thousand copies published.Contains a number of translat...

Tales of Science and Sorcery

Clark Ashton Smith · 1964 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

Sauk City, Wisconsin, Arkham House, 1964. Cloth. A smart first edition of Ashton Smith's collection of science fiction short stories. This was Clark Ashton Smith's fifth collection of stories to be published by Arkham House, with twenty-five hundred copies released.C...

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

Richard Powers · 1988 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. Cloth. A first British edition of Richard Powers' debut novel, using parallel narratives in his characteristic style. This work follows three young Europeans as seen in an August Sanders photograph from before the First World War. It...