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Randall and the River of Time

C. S. Forester · 1951 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Michael Joseph, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this historical novel by popular author C. S. Forester. The first UK edition stated of this work by the creator of Captain Hornblower, C.S. Forester.With this novel set in modern setting, the author in...

The Russia House

John Le Carre · 1989 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this thriller novel by popular author John le Carré. The first edition stated of this thriller novel by popular author John le Carré. The title of this volume was taken from the nickname that w...

Whom God Hath Joined

Arnold Bennett · 1906 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, David Nutt, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting novel by Arnold Bennett. The first edition of this interesting novel, discussing divorce in the early twentieth century. Part of Arnold Bennett's Five Towns novels, it is a powerful read...

A Pig in a Poke

Rhys Davies · 1931 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Joiner and Steele , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this collection of stories by Rhys Davies in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Copy number 737 of 1000 copies. First edition stated. The first collection of stories by Rhys Davies, most fir...

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Francis Hodgson Burnett · 1901 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. 1901. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated edition of this celebrated work by Francis Hodgson Burnett, with a pictorial cover. Francis Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was a British novelist whose later works included 'A Little Princess' and &apo...

She Died Dancing

Kelley Roos; [Audrey Roos]; [William Roos] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this entertaining and witty murder mystery novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.An uncommon work.Published in the U....

Birthday Gifts and Other Stories

G. D. H. Cole; Margaret Cole · 1946 · Rooke Books

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

London, Cimetec; Polybooks, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of these four thrilling short stories by the husband and wife G. D. H. Cole and Margaret Cole. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A selectio...

The Twenty-Third Man

Gladys Mitchell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Michael Joseph, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Mrs. Bradley murder mystery novel set on a spooky volcanic island, in the original scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A classic Mrs Bra...

A Jackdaw in Georgia a Book of Polite Parodies and Imitations of Contemporaries and Others

William Kean Seymour · 1923 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, John G. Wilson, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first, uncommon signed edition of this volume comprising humorous poems and rhymes by William Kean Seymour. The first edition stated of this clever and amusing anthology of poems, written by William K Seymour on his conte...

For My Country&Apos;S Freedom

Alexander Kent · 1995 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting historical novel, part of the Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent. The first edition stated of this historical novel, twenty-third in the Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent...

Relentless Pursuit

Alexander Kent · 2001 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 2001. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting historical novel, part of the Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent. The first edition stated, first impression, of this historical novel, twenty-seventh in the Richard Bolitho ser...

Lieutenant Hornblower

C.S. Forester · 1952 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition, first impression copy of the second of C. S. Lewis's Hornblower series, Lieutenant Hornblower. A first edition, first impression copy of Lieutenant Hornblower, one of C. S. Forester's series followi...

The Martian

George du Maurier · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London & New York, Harper & Brothers , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical novel by George du Maurier in the publisher's original binding. George du Maurier (1834-1896) was a Franco-British writer and cartoonist who published in Punch...

The High Wire

William Haggard; [Richard Henry Michael Clayton] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Cassell, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tense spy thriller written by William Haggard, a prolific author. In the beautiful original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The High Wi...

Randall and the River of Time

C. S. Forester · 1951 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Michael Joseph, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A World War One novel by C. S. Forester, a gripping telling of the last one-hundred years of the war. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Randall and the River of Time' is a dramati...

Murder by Latitude

Rufus King · 1936 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, William Heinemann, 1936. Cloth. The first cheap edition of this thrilling whodunit novel, here in the original very scarce dustwrapper. The first cheap edition of this work.In the original very scarce unclipped dustwrapper.'Murder By Latitude' is a classic wh...

West of the Pecos

Zane Grey · 1939 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. Cloth. The second edition of this exciting Western novel by the master of the genre, Zane Grey, in the original scarce dustwrapper. The second U.K. edition of this work. This is the first cheap edition.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.&...

John Marr and Other Poems

Herman Melville · 1922 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1922. Cloth. A limited edition collection of Herman Melville's poetry, one of only one-hundred and seventy-five copies printed on handmade French paper. A limited edition work, limited to sixteen-hundred and seventy-five copies, of w...

A Whizz for Atomms

Geoffrey Willans · 1956 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Max Parrish, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this humorous book written by Geoffrey Willans and illustrated by Ronald Searle. The first edition copy of this hilarious guide for children and young adults going through life in the twentieth century, illust...

Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics

Osbert Sitwell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Macmillan & Co. LTD, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this This volume is the sequel and companion novel to England Reclaimed, completing Sitwell's set of portrait poems. Wrack at Tidesend contains eight new poems and a few older, all "Balneari...