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Talking Totem

H. Herman Chilton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Cornish Brothers Ltd. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce novel from English writer H. Herman Chilton, signed by the author to the front endpaper. First edition. Scarce work. Signed by the author to the front endpaper dated 20th March 1938....

The Castle Inn

Stanley J. Weyman · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1898 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical novel filled with adventure and romance, written by Stanley Weyman. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Written by English author, Stanley J. Weyman, who w...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Collection of Wizarding Fairy-Tales

J. K. Rowling; Sotheby's · 2007 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Sotheby's, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Sotheby's special auction catalogue focusing solely on their sale of J. K. Rowling's unique handmade manuscript of 'Tales of Beedle the Bard&apos. The first and only edition of this special catalogue, promo...

The Haunted and the Haunters

Lord Lytton; Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Harold Armitage · 1925 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,267)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, LTD, 1925. Cloth. A smart copy of this early and chilling Victorian ghost story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, complete with plates and the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece,...

The Cunning Little Vixen

Rudolf Tesnohlidek · 1986 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, The Bodley Head , 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this charming Czech novel by Rudolf Tesnohlidek, with beautiful colour illustrations by Maurice Sendak. The first UK edition. First published as a newspaper serial in the 'Lidove Noviny' in...

Life of My Heart

Victoria Cross [Annie Sophie Cory] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Ltd, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce romance novel by Victoria Cross, notable for it portrayal of an interracial relationship. The first edition. A scarce work. In the publisher's original gilt cloth.Â...

Dublin Doggerels

Edwin Hamilton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Dublin, C. Smyth, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce collection of comic verse by Edwin Hamilton. The first edition. In the publisher's original gilt pictorial cloth. A very scarce work. Illustrated with headpieces. This collection of co...

Biggles and the Missing Millionaire

Captain W. E. Johns · 1961 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Brockhampton Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this Biggles adventure from Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. The seventieth book in the series. With a colour frontispiece. Biggles and his team are on the trail of a yacht th...

Biggles Goes Home

Captain W. E. Johns · 1960 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this exciting Biggles novel, illustrated throughout by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, ...

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,593)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this exciting adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Set in South America this novel features a fictional Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact between a med...

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

H. Rider Haggard · 1920 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1920. Cloth. A smart early edition of this short story collection from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First Laurie's Colonial Edition. A collection of short stories, including: 'Magepa the Buck', 'The Blue Curtains...

Divide and Rule

L. Sprague de Camp · 1948 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Pennsylvania, Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of two thrilling science fiction novellas set in the Earth's future, a signed limited edition. The first edition of this work, a limited edition of five-hundred copies, of which ...

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl · 1967 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of his debut children's novel, an illustrated macabre tale centering around a magical peach. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. First published in the U.S. in 1961....

Next of Kin

Eric Frank Russell · 1959 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this military themed comical sci-fi novel by Eric Frank Russell. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Next of Kin' is a comical sci-fi novel, ...

In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and Illustrations

Oscar Wilde; H. Rider Haggard; Various · 1885 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose, compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children, with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard. The first edition of this...

At the Wind&Apos;S Will: Lyrics and Sonnets

Louise Chandler Moulton · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1899 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the vanishingly scarce first UK edition of this volume of poetry by Louise Chandler Moulton. With 'Presentation Copy' blind stamp to title page. The vanishingly scarce first UK ...

Bullard of the Space Patrol

Malcolm Jameson; Andre Norton [ed.] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction collection from American author Malcolm Jameson, who began writing science fiction after leaving the US Navy. The first edition, first printing.In the p...

The Works of Jane Austen

Jane Austen · 1947 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1947-1949. Cloth. A wonderful six volume edition of the works of Jane Austen, in calf bindings, and with the original glassine and slip case. First and early printings of Hamish Hamilton's 'Novel Library' series of the works of Austen. P...

Athena

John Banville · 1995 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the third book from the 'Frames' trilogy by John Banville. The first edition. Signed to the title page by the author. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped ...

The Cotter&Apos;S Saturday Night

Robert Burns · 1909 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, James Hewetson and Son , [1909]. Hardback. A popular poem by Robert Burns, illustrated with a frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, a scarce Rackham work. A scarce Arthur Rackham work with a frontispiece by Rackham. In the original publisher's pictorial hardback. This...