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Dylan Thomas · 1964 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Jonathan Cape; J.M. Dent, 1964-1985. Cloth. Two contrasting works by Dylan Thomas in the attractive original dust wrappers, one a dark tale in the South Sea, and the other an illustrated comical outing to Porthcawl Two works from the prolific and whimsical Welsh poet a...

Homer and the Aether

John Cowper Powys · 1959 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macdonald, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a curious retelling of the Iliad by an author often claimed to be the successor of Thomas Hardy, including analysis of the Greek poet's intentions. The first edition of Homer and the Aether, an intriguing...

Life of Pi

Yann Martel · 2002 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Canongate, 2002. First edition. Hardback. A super first UK edition of Yann Martel's award-winning, moving tale of spiritual resilience. The first UK edition of Yann Martel's third book, published by Canongate. First true edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, ...

The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces the Pyramid the Scorpion God, Three Short Novels

William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965-1971. First edition. Hardback. London: Faber and Faber, 1965-1971. First edition. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6"; 7.5" by 5"; 8" by 5.5" . None. A pleasing set, comprised of two first editions and one second edition of works...

The Sunset Limited a Novel in Dramatic Form

Cormac McCarthy · 2010 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,889)

London, Picador, 2010. First edition. Hardback. A pristine first UK edition of McCarthy's thought provoking play, published as a novel. An excellent first UK edition of Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset Limited. Originally published in 2006 by Vintage Books New York. Firs...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,879)

London, John Murray, 1960. First edition. Leather. An excellent first edition of John Betjeman's intimate, autobiographical poetry. A first edition copy of Summoned by Bells, a collection of poetry by Poet Laureate John Betjeman. In the original publisher's blind-too...

Walking on Glass

Iain Banks · 1985 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Macmillan, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Banks"s ambitious early novel blending psychological drama with metafictional science fiction, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. First edition...

City Under the Sea; Charisma; the Visitors

Kenneth Bulmer; Michael Coney; Clifford D. Simak · 1969 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Robert Hale; Victor Gollancz Ltd.; Sidgwick & Jackson , 1969-1981. Cloth. Three very smart intriguing science fiction novels, including a first edition by Michael Coney and a first UK edition by Clifford D. Simak, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. In ...

5 Vols Aunt Louisa"S Illustrated Children"S Books

Aunt Louisa [Laura Valentine] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1892-1909]. First edition. Hardback. A charming five-volume collection from Frederick Warne"s "Aunt Louisa" series, richly illustrated nursery and fairy tale books. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, pictorial hardbacks, and pictoria...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Hodder and Stoughton , 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Buchan"s final Richard Hannay adventure, a late interwar tale of espionage and peril, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First editi...

First Edition Novels by John le Carre

John Le Carre [David Cornwell] · 1983 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, Hodder & Stoughton; Viking Penguin, 1983-2019. Cloth. A smart set of seven first edition copies of works by best selling author John le Carre. A seven volume set.The first editions.In publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.A s...

The Nightmare

C.S. Forester · 1954 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.48 | $116.26 | ¥18,559)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of C. S. Forester's novel about the end of Nazi Germany. The first edition.In the publisher's original grey cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The Nightmare is a ...

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first state of Thomas Hardy's celebrated Wessex Novel, 'Jude the Obscure', in the publisher's original cloth binding. The first edition of Thomas Hardy's final complete novel. S...

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Alexander Solzhenitsyn [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]; Ralph Parker [trans.] · 1963 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. In the original dust wrapper, this is the first UK edition of Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's major work. The first UK edition, first impression of Solzhenitsyn's celebrated work, which first appeared ...

(2018) Babylon Berlin; (2018) the Silent Death; (2019) Goldstein; (2019) the Fatherland Files.

Volker Kutscher; Niall Sellar · 2018 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

New York; London, Picador; Sandstone Press Ltd. 2018-2019. First edition. Paperback. Smart collection of four paperback works in the Gereon Rath Mystery series, all of which are first U.S. or U.K. editions. Smart collection of four paperback works in the Gereon Rath Mystery se...

The Boy in the Bush

D. H. Lawrence; M. L. Skinner · 1924 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this novel from D. H. Lawrence, set in Western Australia and inspired by a manuscript given by Mollie Skinner. Complete with the publisher's dust wrapper. First edition.With the publisher&...

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

Beatrix Potter · 1905 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.15 | ¥101,233)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1905. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of this classic tale of a hedgehog washerwoman, from the world of Beatrix Potter. The first edition, first impression. Quinby No. 8, Plate II endpapers, dated 1905 to the title page, and do...

Poems Original and Translated

John Herman Merivale · 1844 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, William Pickering, 1844. Leather. A handsome calf-bound new edition of this poetical anthology from John Herman Merivale. New and corrected edition. Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In a full contemporary calf binding, with decorative gilt to the spine and blin...

Vistas

William Sharp · 1894 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Chicago , Stone and Kimball, 1894. First edition. Cloth. An attractive presentation copy of William Sharp's dramatic sketches, a limited first US edition on small paper of 600 copies. Author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper dedicated to one W. Ea...

Primavera: Poems by Four Authors

Stephen Phillips; Laurence Binyon; Manmohan Ghose; Arthur Shearly Cripps · 1890 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Oxford , B. H. Blackwell, 1890. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon poetical pamphlet featuring four poets: Stephen Phillips, Laurence Binyon, Manmohan Ghose and Arthur Shearly Cripps. First edition. Uncommon.In the original wraps, with floral woodcut illustration to the fr...