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Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch

H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound, first edition of this historical romance novel by H. Rider Haggard, with illustrations by G. P. Jacomb Hood. First edition. Bound in contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards. Written by Engli...

Too Late the Phalarope

Alan Paton · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this powerful work by South African writer Alan Paton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped...

The Children&Apos;S Hour: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, Etc

Ralph Hall Caine [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Newnes, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming anthology of children's poems and short stories, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, one of which is b...

Magpies in Picardy

T. P. Cameron WIlson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by poet T. P. Cameron Wilson. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original publisher's cloth. This collection of poetry was written by T. P. Cameron Wilson ...

Mr. Meeson&Apos;S Will

H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Spencer Blackett, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrat...

Espedair Street

Iain Banks · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan London, 1987. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictional novel following a bass guitar player's rise to fame, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper...

The History Man

Malcolm Bradbury · 1975 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this campus novel from Malcolm Bradbury. First edition. A satire of academic life in the "glass and steel" universities established in the 1960s which followed the "redbricks". Howard Kirk is a lect...

Difficulties of a Bridegroom

Ted Hughes · 1995 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber & Faber, 1995 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition of this collection of short stories by Ted Hughes, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This ...

Noddy at the Seaside, Noddy Gets Into Trouble, Noddy Has an Adventure

Enid Blyton · 1954 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. LTD.; The Richards Press; C. A. Publications, 1954-60. First edition. Hardback. A nice set of three entertaining Noddy tales for children, a colourful set containing two first editions. Three entertaining Noddy tales by Enid Blyton. This set ...

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck · 1945 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, William Heinemann, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of John Steinbeck's classic American novel, set in Monterey during the Great Depression. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Stei...

Last Poems & Plays

W. B. Yeats · 1940 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. The first US edition, first printing. In the publisher...

Debits and Credits

Rudyard Kipling · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this collection of stories and poems by Rudyard KIpling. The first U.S edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the popular English author and poet Rudy...

The Wanderer&Apos;S Necklace

H. Rider Haggard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated adventure novel from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and three black-and-white plates. Collated complete. ...

Actions and Reactions

Rudyard Kipling · 1909 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, with charming illustrations to accompany the text. First edition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial green cloth. Written by English...

Yet in My Flesh

M. E. Mitchell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this science fiction novel pondering eugenics, by M. E. Mitchell. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This intriguing science fiction novel follows a...

Twelve Novels by Robert Neill

Robert Neill · 1951 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1951-1970. First edition. Cloth. First editions of twelve of Robert Neill"s historical novels, in their bright original dust wrappers. The first editions of these works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original dust wrappe...

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&Apos;S Stone

J. K. Rowling · 1998 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Arthur A. Levine; Scholastic, 1998 . First edition. Cloth. The thirty-eighth printing of the first US edition of J.K. Rowling's iconic children's novel. The thirty-eight printing of the first US edition of this work, in the publisher's original unclipp...

The Secrets of Vairy

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1947 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Frederick Muller, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of the third book in Elsie J. Oxenham's Kentisbury series, a collection of children's books associated with her popular Abbey series. The first edition, first impression of this work, i...

Rachel in the Abbey

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1951 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of the eighth work in Elsie J. Oxenham's second generation Abbey series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original pric...

Better Days or, a Millionaire of Tomorrow

Thomas Fitch; Anna M. Fitch · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Chicago, F. J. Schulte & Co. 1892 . Paperback. A new, revised edition of this science-fiction novel by husband and wife Thomas and Anna Fitch. A new, revised edition of the work, published the year after the first edition. Number eleven as part of the Ariel Library series. Bo...