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Murder Most Foul

Gordon Ashe [John Creasey] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, John Long, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the very scarce first edition of this murder mystery, the sixth novel in the Patrick Dawlish series. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.Written by John Creasey, under his pseudonym Gordo...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

Len Deighton · 1976 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's exciting spy novel. A first edition of the work, in smart, black cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper and decorative endpapers. Len Deighton is a British aut...

A Plunge Into Space

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the f...

Possessed

Jack Woodford · 1946 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, The Woodford Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Woodford's thrilling novel about a young woman who fears she may be possessed. The first edition of this work, in the vibrantly illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper. Fl...

All of a Piece: New Essays

E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from humorist E. V. Lucas, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of essays including: Oil&ap...

Samlede Romaner Og Fortaellinger

Carsten Hauch · 1873 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1873-1874. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce set containing the novels and short stories of Danish writer Johannes Carsten Hauch. The Romances and short stories of Danish writer Carsten Hauch are gathered in these seven leather ...

Just Passing Through

Philip Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed, limited edition copy of this poetry collection by Philip Roberts. Limited edition, ten copies of this work were numbered and signed with this being number five. Signed by the author to the editions...

Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from Horace

Horace; H Darnley Naylor · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Shaftesbury, The High House Press , 1935. Leather. A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor. Limited edition of 215 copies, of which nos. 1 to 15 are printed on hand-made paper and signed by both the compiler and translator, and ...

Lelia

George Sand · 1833 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

Paris, Henri Dupuy; L. Tenre, 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete two volume second printing of George Sand's philosophical French novel. In the original French.While each title page refers to these as a fictional second edition, the true second edition w...

And Call It Accident

Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1939 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London , Hutchinson & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of the novel And Call it Accident by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Marie Belloc Lowndes was a prolific English novelist who had a r...

The Mary Jane and Other Stories

Joan E. Cass · 1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Educational Supply Assocation, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this scarce collection of illustrated children's stories, signed by the author Joan E. Cass. A first edition of The Mary Jane and Other Stories, signed by author Joan E. Cass to ...

Jill the Reckless

P. G. Wodehouse · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1921. Cloth. The seventh printing of this successful novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Popular novel by GP Wodehouse, first published in 1920 in New York. This is the seventh impression of the UK edition, dated via Jisc. Following the adventures of heroine J...

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children&apo...

Snowflakes & Snowdrops: Christmas Rhymes and Valentine Verses for Schoolroom and Nursery

Annie Matheson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, R. Brimley Johnson, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this volume of children's poetry by Annie Matheson. Signed by the illustrator, Winifred Hartley. A signed presentation copy, with the inscription 'to Barbara with the very best ...

The Centenary Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£1,575.00 (€1,888.16 | $2,081.14 | ¥332,372)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910-1911. Cloth. A centenary edition of the works of Charles Dickens in a smart thirty-six volume set, with numerous illustrations. The centenary edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A stamp depicting Charles Dickens is a...

Aurelia & Other Poems

Robert Nichols · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition poetry collection by Robert Nichols, with the author's handwritten poem tipped in. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. With a handwritten poem, titled 'The Rain&...

Mantissa

John Fowles · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Boston, Little, Brown and Co, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the Limited Edition first US edition of John Fowles's 1982 novel, signed and in the original slip case with pictorial onlay by Pablo Picasso. The first US edition, first impression. Number four-hund...

The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1905 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.43 | $647.47 | ¥103,404)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1905-1906 . Leather. The complete set of Swinburne's tragedies in lovely Riviere signed half calf bindings. Early edition of The Tragedies of Algernon Charles Swinburne in Riviere & Son signed half calf bindings and cloth boards. Complete in five...

The Lessing Murder Case

Sydney Horler · 1935 · Rooke Books

£94.00 (€112.69 | $124.21 | ¥19,837)

London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, signed copy of this thrilling mystery novel by best-selling author, Sydney Horler. The scarce first edition, second impression. Published in the same month as the first. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding...

Poems by Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson · 1848 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.72 | $1,453.50 | ¥232,133)

London, Edward Moxon, 1848. Leather. A beautiful fifth edition of this anthology of verses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a signed White morocco binding and featuring a stunning fore-edge painting. Collection of poetry by the famous English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureat...