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In Powder & Crinoline: Old Fairy Tales

Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1913 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Cloth. The first trade edition of this beautiful anthology of fairy tales, retold by Arthur Quiller-Couch, complete with colour plates. The first trade edition, first issue in quarter cloth. Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, an...

Black Rain

Katue Kitasono · 1954 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

Palma de Mallorca, The Divers Press, 1954. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce volume of poems and drawings by Kitasono Katue. The first edition of this scarce work.A beautiful volume of poetry and drawings by the Japanese poet and photographer Kitasono ...

Justin Thyme

Panama Oxridge [Paul Adshead] · 2010 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Chatham, Inside Pocket Ltd. 2010. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming young adult mystery novel, set in a Scottish castle, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original uncl...

These Yellow Photos

Val Warner · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford, Carcanet Press, 1971. First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce limited first edition of These Yellow Photos, Val Warner"s striking debut poetry pamphlet. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This copy is a first limited edition, being one ...

The Works of I. Compton-Burnett

I. Compton-Burnett · 1972 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

London, Victor Gollancz Limited, 1972. Cloth. A complete posthumous limited edition of the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett, presented here with the original dust wrappers and slipcases. A limited edition of 500 copies, of which this copy is number 219. All volumes complete with...

The Fiery Dive and Other Stories

Martin Armstrong · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1929. First edition. Vellum. A pleasing copy of this limited edition short story anthology by Martin Armstrong, one of one hundred and fifty signed copies. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty unnumbered copies printed on hand-made paper...

A Relation of the Country of Jansenia

Lewis Fountaine; [Zacharias of Lisieux] · 1668 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, A. Banks and C. Harper, 1668. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition in English of this satirical work on Jansenism, by Zacharias of Lisieux. The first edition in English of this vanishingly scarce work. The last record of this work at auction was i...

Hamlain; or, the Hermit of the Beach. A Moral Story.

Barbara Hofland · 1870 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Milner and Sowerby, 1870 . Cloth. A charming example of this very scarce didactic moral tale for children, written by prolific children's writer Barbara Hofland. First published in 1799, this work is very scarce in all editions.Illustrated with a frontispiece.The ...

The Next Door Children and Other Stories

Geraldine R. Glasgow; Frances E. Crompton; Mrs. Molesworth · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Ernest Nister, c1897 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated collection of children's short stories, authored by Geraldine R. Glasgow, Frances E. Crompton and Mrs. Molesworth. A scarce first edition.A charming collection of ...

Belgrave Hall

J. K. Stanford · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce signed first UK edition of Stanford"s evocative, illustrated novel, in which an ex prisoner-of-war hero finds peace protecting rare avocets on the haunting East Anglian marshes. In the publisher's original...

The Mouse and His Child

Russell Hoban · 1969 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Faber and Faber , 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this delightful children's tale by Russell Hoban, with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This classi...

Fungus the Bogeyman & Fungus the Bogeyman: Pop-Up Book

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1977-1982. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition children's books following the adventures of Fungus the Bogeyman from English illustrator Raymond Briggs. Two volumes. First edition. Written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs, an En...

Three Men in New Suits & Bright Day

J. B. Priestley · 1945 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, William Heinemann, 1945-1946. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first edition novels from English writer and social commentator John Boynton Priestley. Two volumes. First edition. Written by John Boynton Priestley, an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcast...

Tales of a Wayside Inn

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1864 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864 . First edition. Leather. A lovely example of the first UK edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's charming work of poetry, in a signed calf binding. The first UK edition of this work, published the year after the American fir...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.20 | ¥146,578)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, the first of his Richard Hannay novels. The first edition, first impression.Originally serialised in Blackwoo...

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£740.00 (€887.00 | $977.65 | ¥156,068)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The the first edition, first impression of John Buchan's celebrated espionage thriller, following Richard Hannay as he must go on the run. The first edition, first impression.Originally seriali...

The Kills

Richard House · 2013 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Picador, 2013. Cloth. A signed limited edition of Richard House's 'The Kills' series, featuring all four books bound into one, and housed in the limited edition slipcase. A limited edition, being number 424 out of 500 numbered copies. The first all in on...

Incendiary; the Other Hand; Everyone Brave Is Forgiven

Chris Cleave · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chatto and Windus; Sceptre, 2005-2016. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing selection of signed first impression novels by Chris Cleaves, including a limited edition of his debut 'Incendiary&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first editions, firs...

Blood Junction; Dead Heat; Black Tide

Caroline Carver · 2001 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Orion, 2001-2004. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed set comprising Caroline Carver's first three novels, including her award-winning debut, 'Blood Junction&apos. Signed by the author to each title page. The first editions, first impressions of these work...

The Gilded Crown

Marianne Gordon · 2023 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Harper Voyager, 2023. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this debut novel from Scottish writer Marianne Gordon, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author. Limited to two thousand numbered copies, of which this is numbe...