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The English Agent: A Tale of the Peninsular War
F. L. Lucas · 1969 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Cassell, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this fictionalised military history novel from English scholar Frank Laurence Lucas. First edition. At the height of the Andalusian summer of 1808, Captain Hugh Vivien landed from HMS Brazen at the Seagate o...
The Mystery of Ladyplace
Christian Lys; [Percy Brebner] · 1900 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1900]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, following an evil scientist, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this scarce work, the plain cloth variant.'The Mystery of Ladyplace' featu...
Again the Three Just Men
Edgar Wallace · 1933 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
New York, The Crime Club Inc by Doubleday & Company Inc, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of Edgar Wallace's final 'Four Just Men' novels, a gripping thriller novel. The first U.S. edition, first printing.'Again the Three Just Men' is...
A Masque of Dead Florentines
Maurice Hewlett · 1895 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale in verse by Maurice Hewlett, an illustrated historical tale set in Florence. The first edition.In the first issue coarse brown cloth binding with black titles.'A Masque of Dead Fl...
The Laughing Hour, and, Laugh Another Day
M. Forster Knight · 1937 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD, 1937-38. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce works for children by Mary Forster Knight, both signed by the author. Two very scarce first edition works by Mary Forster Knight.Both volumes are signed by the author to the half-title. Two c...
The Inheritors: Poems 1948-55
Richard Church · 1957 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Heinemann, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Richard Church's later poetry collection 'The Inheritors', from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's o...
Love Story
Erich Segal · 1970 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New York, Harper & Row, 1970. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this best-selling romance novel from American writer Erich Segal. First edition. Oliver Barrett IV, a jock and heir apparent to his father's business empire, is at Harvard preparing to take ov...
A Bend in the River
V. S. Naipaul · 1979 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Andre Deutsch, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first U.K. edition of this novel set in post-colonial mid-twentieth century Africa, by Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul. First U.K. edition. Set in an unnamed African country after independence, we follow a young merc...
Deceits of Time
Isabel Colegate · 1988 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this mysterious novel from British author Isabel Colegate, limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. First edition. Limited to one hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, o...
Skylines and Horizons
DuBose Heyward · 1924 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetical volume by DuBose Heyward, collecting together his brilliant poems. The first edition.An early anthology of poetry by DuBose Heyward, the noted American author who is best known for ...
Mamba&Apos;S Daughters
Dorothy Heyward; DuBose Heyward · 1939 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
New York; Toronto , Farrar & RInehart, 1939. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the play adaptation of DuBose Heyward's novel, on which he collaborated with his wife. The first edition, first printing. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The dramatisation of D...
The Man Who Went Back
Warwick Deeping · 1940 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Cassell, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Warwick Deeping's time travel novel in which a man from 1940s England finds himself in the years prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The first edition, first impression of Warwick Deeping's scienc...
Poets, Farewell!
Edmund Wilson · 1929 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book of poetry by literary critic and poet Edmund Evans. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking the scarce dust wrapper. This book of poetry was written ...
The Kentish Garland
Julia H. L. De Vaynes; J. W. Ebsworth · 1881 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
Hertford , Stephen Austin & Sons, 1881-2 . First edition. Leather. A presentation copy of this uncommon collection of Kentish ballads, gifting this first edition copy to John Mercer, with additional inserts from the illustrator. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Boun...
Oh! Poor Amelia Jane!
Kathleen Ainslie · 1905 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London , Castell Brothers Ltd. 1905 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this charming Victorian children's book by Kathleen Ainslie, with wonderful colour illustrations by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work. Dated using Jisc from copies of th...
The Speculations of John Steele
Robert Barr · 1905 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon financial drama by Robert Barr. The first edition of this uncommon work.This novel follows a young man named John Steele, a station-master, telegrapher, ticket-agent, and man-of-all-work, a...
The Chronicles of the Bastile
[Louis Alexis Chamerovzow] · 1845 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, T. C. Newby, 1845. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated historical romance novel, complete with plates by Robert Cruikshank. The first edition, originally published in parts.Bound by W. Root & Son.A historical romance set in the Bastille, purpo...
The Toys and Games ABC
Edith Nesbit · 1898 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Ernest Nister, 1898 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming picture book from beloved author Edith Nesbit, illustrated throughout in colour. A very scarce first edition.A delightful children's poem, arranged in four line stanzas....
Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This...
The Fairy Book: The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
Mrs. Dinah Craik · 1913 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dinah Craik's beautifully bound and vibrantly illustrated volume of fairy tales, with plates by Warwick Goble. The first edition of this charming work.Illustrated with thirty-two colour plates by ...