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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 ...

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways

W. Outram Tristram · 1893 · Rooke Books

£139.00 (€166.64 | $183.67 | ¥29,333)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1893 . Cloth. An excellent, illustrated edition of this interesting travel work by W. Outram Tristram, with numerous vignettes by Hugh Thompson and Herbert Railton. Bound in the publisher's original bright cloth. The second edition of William Out...

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 ...

Rãƒâ©Pertoire Du Thãƒâ©Atre de Madame: Le Mariage de Raison; la Lune de Miel; le Mal Du Pays; le Diplomate; le Plus Beau Jour; la Quarantaine

Eugène Scribe; Antoine-François Varner; Germain Delavigne; et al. · 1827 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Paris, Baudouin Frères et Pollet, 1827-1828. Leather. Two volumes from the series 'Répertoire du Théatre de Madame', containing works by Eugène Scribe and many other playwrights. Two volumes in uniform half calf bindings with marbled boards. Eugène Scribe (1791-...

Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare: Volume II

Various; Charles Lamb [ed.] · 1835 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Edward Moxon, 1835. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Volume II of Lamb's 'Specimens of English Dramatic Poets' from the library of the Reverend Edward Francis Witts. A new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spin...

Selected Tales of Beatrix Potter: Monsieur Jeremie Peche-a-la-Ligne; the Tale of Flopsy Bunnies; the Tale of Tom Kitten; the Tale of Benjamin Bunny

Beatrix Potter · 1958 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Frederick Warne, 1958-1978 . Hardback. A charming collection of four Beatrix Potter tales in their original dust wrappers, including a French language edition of Jeremy Fisher. Four volumes of later editions of the classic children's tales of author and illustrato...

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...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetical works from Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott. With preface from the first edition. The Chandos Poets. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated complete. A collection ...

The Fig Tree

Aubrey Menen · 1959 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1959 . First edition. Paperback. The proof copy of this humorous novel featuring scientist Harry Wesley, written by novelist and satirist, Aubrey Menen. The proof copy, bound in the publisher's original paperback binding. Written by British noveli...

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...