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Johnny Osage

Janice Holt Giles · 1960 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first printing of this novel following one young man's relationship with the Osage. First edition, first printing. Johnny Osage comes by his name due to his close friendship with the...

Guardians of Time

Poul Anderson · 1961 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961 . Cloth. The first UK edition of this collection of four science-fiction tales from American author Poul Anderson, in the bright Gollancz dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the US in 1960. Collects four early Time Patrol st...

Pleiades Club: Telegraphers&Apos; Paradise on Planet Mars

Jeff W. Hayes · 1917 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.09 | ¥200,358)

Portland, Multnomah Printing Company , 1917 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce fantasy novel set on Mars, written by American author and entrepreneur, Jeff Hayes. The first edition. In the publisher's paper wraps. Very scarce work. Wr...

The Secret of the Waters

Christopher Beck [T. C. Bridges] · 1917 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, George Newnes, 1917 . First edition. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce, first edition of this exciting work of adventure fiction by T. C. Bridges, under the pseudonym Christopher Beck. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's original pictorial wraps. Very scarce ...

Words on a Page

Doris Hedges · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition anthology of poems by the Canadian author Doris HEdges. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Publisher's review slip is loosely inserted.An ant...

Resurgent Dust, the Immortals, and the Indestructible

Rolf Garner; [Bryan Berry] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)

London, Panther Books, 1953-53. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of this very scarce science fiction trilogy by Bryan Berry, following humans living on Venus/ The first editions.A very scarce trilogy.Each volume is in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. This tri...

The Man with Two Memories

J. B. S. Haldane · 1976 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, The Merlin Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction romance by J. B. S. Haldane. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Man With Two Memories' is an incomplete and posthumou...

The Valiant Wife

Margaret Wilson · 1934 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A superb early printing of the first US edition this romance novel by the award-winning author Margaret Wilson. The first US edition, second printing of this work in the publisher's orange cloth varian...

17 and Black

Jack Waer · 1954 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

New York, The Viking Press , 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Jack Waer's exhilarating novel in which a Casino manager is forced to investigate a series of murders. The first edition, first printing, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper...

Subspace Explorers

Edward E. Smith · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

New York, Canaveral Press, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edward E. Smith's science fiction novel in which the majority of the human population have migrated to space, leaving Earth run by a dictatorial monarch. The first edition, first printing of this...

The Rupert Book

Daily Express · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Daily Express, 1941. First edition. Hardback. An uncommon Rupert Daily Express annual, a charming collection of text comics with vibrant illustrations. The first edition of this uncommon Rupert Bear annual.In the publisher's original laminated boards. The spine ha...

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: And Other Poems

James Beattie · 1827 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, John Sharpe , 1827. Leather. An attractively bound copy of James Beattie's narrative poem and other works, with illustrations by R. Westall. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper, dated Christmas 1846. In full crushed morocco binding with decorative ...

The Treasure of the Tropics

Bernard Cronin · 1928 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated adventure story from Australian author Bernard Cronin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Set underground in Australia, this lost world novel...

In Quest of Sheba&Apos;S Treasure: A Perilous Adventure by Land and Sea

S. Walkey · 1897 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated adventure novel for young boys from English writer Samuel Walkey. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and thirteen in-text images. Collated complete. ...

Rupert in Nutwood: Press-out Model Book

Mary Risk · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Methuen Children's Books, 1993. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this scarce collection of Rupert Bear stories with press-out models. First edition. Scarce work. With twelve plates of colour press-out models. Collated complete. A collection ...

Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change

R. M. M. Crawford · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this detailed work on plants at the limit of their distribution. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A detailed study of the plants at the limits of their ...

Harvest, Volume One: Travel

Various; Vincent Stuart [ed.] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Castle Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thought-provoking collection of literary pieces, with reproductions of famous artworks and original illustrations. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with...

By the Cam and the Isis 1954-2000

Francis Warner · 2005 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Buckinghamshire, Colin Smythe, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of these poems from English writer Francis Warner, with notes. Signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to a paper insert dated August 2007. Two beautiful poems describing wa...

The Book of the Native

Charles G. D. Roberts · 1896 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

Boston; Toronto, Lamson, Wolffe and Company; The Copp, Clark Company, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A superb signed copy of this delightful volume of poetry from Charles G. D. Roberts, the so-called "Father of Canadian Poetry". The first edition of this work.Inscribed 'the...

Laddie: A True Blue Story

Gene Stratton-Porter · 1913 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

New York, Doubleday Page & Company, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of Gene Stratton-Porter's charming early twentieth century novel, illustrated with colour plates by Gene Stratton-Porter. The first edition of this work, from American writer,...