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The Butterfly

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first six issues of the new series of 'The Butterfly', a popular literary periodical. The first edition.Six issues bound in one volume, the new series of 'The Butterfly', this volu...

The Eagle&Apos;S Heart

Hamlin Garland · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition copy of this early example of an American Western by Hamlin Garland, signed by the author. The uncommon first edition.Signed by the author, inscribed to the recto of the front endpaper, a...

Mrs. Tree

Laura E. Richards · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Boston, Dana Estes & Company, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. Laura E. Richards's own copy of the first edition of this children's novel, inscribed to the author by her publishers. The author's own copy of this charming first edition.Inscribed 'with the compli...

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Fourth Estate, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the second impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. The first edition, second impression of this celebra...

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 . First edition. Leather. The first edition off this historical novel from the author of 'Vanity Fair', illustrated by Thackeray himself. Bound from the original parts, and with the publisher's original wraps bound in. The fir...

Ship Island and Other Stories

Elizabeth Spencer · 1968 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

New York , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1968. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this wonderful collection of short stories, two of which are O. Henry Award winners. The first edition of this work.Signed and dated inscription by the author to the front free endpa...

Dead Man Leading

V. S. Pritchett · 1937 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1937. Cloth. A very smart first edition of V. S. Pritchett's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper, with the original price in-tact. In the ori...

A Modern Sacrifice

James Blyth · 1919 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London , John Long, Limited , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce romance novel by prolific popular fiction writer James Blyth, with publisher's advertisements. A first edition of this very scarce work.With publisher's advertisements to th...

A Longshore Lass

James Blyth · 1910 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce work by prolific popular fiction author James Blyth of friendship and romance set in a quaint fishing village. A first edition of this scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With publish...

Anywhere But Here

Mona Simpson · 1987 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Paperback. A very smart uncorrected proof of this award winning novel by American author Mona Simpson. Uncorrected proof. Advance praise for the novel stapled to the front pastedown. The first novel by the author which earned her the Whiting Pr...

A Collection of Novels by Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer · 1976 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976-1986. First edition. Cloth. Three very smart first edition novels from American writer Scott Spencer, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Scott Spencer, an American author and screenwriter. This se...

The Barbarians

James Blyth · 1915 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.46 | $155.92 | ¥24,901)

London, John Long, Limited, 1915. Cloth. A second edition copy of this very scarce work from British author James Blyth. Second edition, published the same year as the first. Very scarce work. Julius Vandermer was a stoutly built man who, since his retirement, had cultivated a...

Tales from a Troubled Land

Alan Paton · 1961 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. Paperback. A smart uncorrected proof copy of this collection of ten short stories on the injustices of South Africa from Alan Paton. Uncorrected proof copy. A collection of ten short stories set in South Africa with themes of injus...

Rockspring: A Novel

R. G. Vliet · 1974 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Western from American writer Russell G. Vliet. First edition. The author's first novel. Set in Texas in the wild 1830s, the daughter of poor white pioneers is kidnapped by three Mexican outla...

Bad Characters

Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. First edition, first impression. This work contains nine short stories, alongside a novella, a...

The Luck of a Lowland Laddie

May Crommelin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Long, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this exciting South American adventure novel, written by Irish author May Crommelin. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by prolific Irish author, Mar...

Down Oxford Street

Ralph L. Finn · 1944 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this charming work of romantic fiction set on Oxford Street, written by Ralph L. Finn, with the very scarce, original dust wrapper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, ...

A Whip for the Woman

Ralph Straus · 1931 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing volume of literary criticism, exploring the idea of a novel, by Ralph Straus. From the library of journalist and politician Sir Beverley Baxter. The first edition, first impressi...

Hollywood Station

Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel...

Variation on a Theme

John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernat...