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One Came Back

Neil Bell · 1938 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, Collins, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. An extremely scarce, signed first edition of this novel set in the future, by Stephen Southwold, writing under the pseudonym of Neil Bell. First edition, bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, price-clippe...

The Tale of Pigling Bland

Beatrix Potter · 1913 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1913 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming tale by Beatrix Potter, with the author's original colourful illustrations. The first edition of this work, with the date to the title page and first edition endpapers, as s...

The Story of Ab a Tale of the Time of the Cave Men

Stanley Waterloo · 1897 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1897. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first UK edition of this illustrated prehistoric fiction novel by Stanley Waterloo. The first UK edition. First published in the U.S the same year by Way and Williams. Illustrated with a monochrome f...

The Definitive Harry Potter Guide Books Series: Books 1-4

Marie Lesoway [Ed.] · 2001 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Not Stated, Suggitt Group, 2001 . First edition. Paperback. A very scarce set of guidebooks on the first four Harry Potter novels, edited by Marie Lesoway. Very scarce. Spiral bound in the publisher's original pictorial card. This collectable set is comprised of a guide ...

Harry Potter Books 4, 5, 6 & 7

J. K. Rowling · 2000 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.54 | $1,651.70 | ¥263,787)

London, Bloomsbury, 2000-2007 . First edition. Hardback. A fine collection of first editions of the final four novels in J. K. Rowling's series set in the wonderful wizarding world of Harry Potter. A collection of four wonderful first editions, first impressions of J. K. ...

Call It a Day

Dodie Smith · 1936 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon play by Dodie Smith, which formed a successful stage production and film. The first edition, first impression, of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, with the sca...

The Room of Secrets

William Le Queux · 1913 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. c1913. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this illustrated novel by William Le Queux. Early edition. In the publisher's original patterned cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece. This work was written by William Le Queux,...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverly Nichols · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1934. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated selection of English ballads. First edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and fifteen coloured plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of Eng...

English Children&Apos;S Books 1600 to 1900

Percy Muir · 1954 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition of this colourfully illustrated work on English children's books from 1600 to 1900. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one hundred and seven figures on plates, many of ...

The Day of Temptation

William Le Queux · 1899 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, F. V. White & Co. 1899 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally scarce, first edition of this intriguing mystery novel, written by William Le Queux. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Very scarce. Written by Anglo-French journalist and autho...

Flying Visits

Harry Furniss · 1893 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Leipzig, Heinemann and Balestier, 1893 . Leather. An early edition of this charmingly illustrated work presenting the author's travels around the United Kingdom in the late 19th Century. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards.Copyright edition. First published in 189...

Jumbo the Boy and Arnold the Elephant

Dan Greenburg · 1969 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Indianapolis , The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this colourfully illustrated children's book featuring Jumbo and Arnold, by Dan Greenburg. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, u...

William and the Masked Ranger

Richmal Crompton · 1966 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this later Just William anthology by Richmal Crompton. The first edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'William and the Masked Ranger' is the thirty-sixt...

Stardance

Spider Robinson; Jeanne Robinson · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, The Dial Press/James Wade, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this dance based science fiction novel by husband and wife Spider and Jeanne Robinson. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, by Larry Kresek and Holly ...

The Chalchiuhite Dragon

Kenneth Morris; Douglas Anderson · 1992 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Tor; Tom Doherty, 1992. Paperback. A proof copy of this previously unpublished historical fiction novel by Kenneth Morris, signed by the editor, Douglas A. Anderson. A proof copy.Signed by the editor, Douglas A. Anderson, inscribed to the half-title.Introductory lett...

The Tyger Voyage

Richard Adams · 1976 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition children's work by Richard Adams, illustrated by Nicola Bayley, signed by both Adams and Bayley. The first edition, first impression.Signed by both the author and illustrator. Inscribed to the vers...

The Priestess of Isis

Edouard Schure; F. Rothwell · 1912 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, William Rider and Son, LTD. 1912. Cloth. A scarce novel following a man's struggle between good and evil, set in Pompeii just before the fateful eruption of Vesuvius. The second edition in English of this scarce work, translated by F. Rothwell.A fascinating histor...

The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault · 2009 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, The Folio Society, 2009. Cloth. An excellent Folio Society facsimile edition of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, illustrated in colour by Edmund Dulac, and enclosed in a slipcase. The eleventh printing of the Folio Society facsimile edition of this work in the publ...

A Pad in the Straw

Christopher Woodforde · 1952 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Christopher Woodforde's collection of ghost stories and horrifying tales for children. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped ...

The Girl in a Swing

Richard Adams · 1980 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of Richard Adams's popular novel, about an English ceramics dealer. The first US edition, first impression.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped. Flat signed by Adams ...