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Norman Davey · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cambridge, Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of First World War-era poetry by English engineer, soldier and writer Norman Davey. The first edition of this very scarce collection, from the author of 'The Pilgri...

The Caves of Treasure

Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in which a lost Mayan world is discovered. The first edition. First published in 'Red Magazine' 1919 and 1920 as two serials. In the publisher's original blind st...

Cormorant Crag a Tale of the Smuggling Days

Geo Manville Fenn · 1896 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co, [1896]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of George Manville Fenn's smuggling novel, beautifully illustrated by W. Rainey. The first UK edition. First published in the United States in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company.Illustrated wit...

The Man Who Ended War

Hollis Godfrey · 1910 · Rooke Books

£124.00 (€148.66 | $163.85 | ¥26,168)

London , Ward, Lock & Co. Limited , 1910. Cloth. An attractive edition of this widely regarded ingenious scientific novel, with monochrome plates. A scarce edition of this work.With an illustrated monochrome frontispiece and three illustrated monochrome plates. Collated comple...

The Animal That Drank Up Sound

William Stafford · 1992 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)

San Diego , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of this illustrated version of William Stafford's important poem describing the winter's waiting for spring's return, signed by the author and illustrator. Signed by the...

The Etchingham Letters

Ella Fuller Maitland; Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart · 1899 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work told through skillful and immersive letters, with beautiful half morocco binding and decorative fore edge. In half morocco binding.A scarce first edition of this work. With a tipped ...

A Collection of Handwritten Extracts

1938 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

None, None, 1938 . First edition. Leather. A unique collection of handwritten extracts and notes from various works, written between May and October 1938. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards.A collection of extracts and notes from various works, handwritten, b...

Ride a Cock-Horse; and Other Nursery Rhymes

1972 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1972. Cloth. A lovely copy of this charming collection of nursery rhymes, illustrated by the well-known artist Mervyn Peake. A reissue of the 1940 edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial boards, with the original unclipped dus...

Pardon My Blood

Paul Whelton · 1952 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Thriller Book Club, 1952. Cloth. A thriller full of suspense, the most well-known of the mystery novels written from the perspective of reporter Garry Dean. Book club edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original clot...

Men of Stones: A Melodrama

Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In...

A Child Possessed

R. C. Hutchinson · 1964 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition story steeped in affectious charm, written by British best-selling novelist R.C. Hutchinson. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper and publisher's original cloth bin...

A Daughter of the Sea

Amy Le Feuvre · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, R.T.S. (Religious Tract Society), c1914. Cloth. A very scarce copy of a young women's novel set in the English coast, with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.In the original cloth binding.Â...

The Emperor&Apos;S Bracelet

Manning Coles [Adelaide Frances Oke Manning; Cyril Henry Coles] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, University of London Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates and many in-text and full-page image...

Poetry and Pictures from Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore · 1858 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Co. 1858. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Irish writer Thomas Moore, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout. A collection of poems, including: Love and Reason, The Pretty Rose-Tree, A Temple to Fr...

The Ides of March

Thornton Wilder · 1948 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this epistolary novel by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder. First edition. An epistolary novel dealing with the characters and events leading to, and culminating in, the assass...

Tommy Carteret

Justus Miles Forman · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this illustrated novel from American writer Justus Miles Forman. Firs UK edition. Scarce work. Illustrated a colour frontispiece and three colour plates. Collated complete. A tale follo...

The Moles of Death

John Dellbridge [Frederick Joseph de Verteuil] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, The Diamond Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this science fiction novel from Trinidad-born British author John Dellbridge, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A...

A Romance of Two Centuries

Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie · 1919 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Alpine, New Jersey, Platonist Press, [1919]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce Near Future science fiction novel set in 2025, by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie. The first edition of this very scarce work.Review copy, with a stamp to the title page.'A Rom...

The Supreme Mystery

J. H. Symons · 1917 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce time travel science fiction novel by J. H. Symons. The first edition of this very scarce work.A thrilling science fiction novel in which a scientist sends the spirit of a medium into va...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1967. Hardback. A smart edition of Mervyn Peake's first published work, a colourfully illustrated yet darkly humorous children's tale. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 1960s edition of this incredibly popular dark children&...