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The Walrus Hunters

Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. Nisbet & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated adventure novel by Ballantyne. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an illustrated title page, and fou...

Highland Songs of the Forty-Five

John Lorne Campbell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of Gaelic song-poems, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. With a folding map to the ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

J. K. Rowling · 2000 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.37 | $261.63 | ¥41,784)

London, Bloomsbury, 2000. First edition. Hardback. A wonderful copy of the enchanting fourth book of the Harry Potter series. First edition, first impression. The fourth novel in the renowned Harry Potter series. Following Harry and his friends in their fourth year at Hogwarts...

An Expensive Place to Die

Len Deighton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this spy novel by Len Deighton, with the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert. First edition. With the original Top Secret In Transit Docket insert containing a collection of important document...

The Burden of Proof

James Barlow · 1968 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling crime novel from Barlow, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Against the decadent and explosive backdrop of a world of crime, this novel traces every step of the p...

The Turquoise Dragon

David Rains Wallace · 1985 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, The Bodley Head, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. An exceedingly scarce uncorrected proof copy of this work by David Rains Wallace, in the striking, unclipped dust wrapper. The uncorrected, proof copy of the work, published in 1985 for wider publication in May 1986. In...

The Shipwreck: A Poem

William Falconer; Robert Carruthers · 1868 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, T. Nelson and Sons , 1868 . Leather. A very smart copy of William Falconer's poem, The Shipwreck, in a lovely, full calf prize binding. Rebound in a smart, full calf, prize winner binding, with a gilt motif of Forest School to the front cover. This work is compris...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Oxford, David Fickling Books, 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Mark Haddon's popular mystery novel, in the original dust wrapper for the children's edition of the work. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the origina...

The Book of Romance

Andrew Lang · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of one of the short story collections of Andrew Lang, this volume including the tales of ancient folklore, complete with illustrations throughout. The first edition.Illustrated with a colou...

The Greedy Puppy

Anonymous · 1864 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Dean & Son, 1864 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce, charming children's tale about a troublesome and greedy young Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, dated 1864 via historical purchas...

The Distance between Us

Maggie O'Farrell · 2004 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Review , 2004. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Maggie O'Farrell's haunting novel of past and present truths and lies. The first edition. In the original clipped dust wrapper. The Distance Between Us is a tale of truth and lies. It is a haunting...

The Rose of Tibet

Lionel Davidson · 1962 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London , Victor Gollancz , 1962. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of The Rose of Tibet a gripping story of adventure and plot twists. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Rose of Tibet is a gripping adventure story set...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List

John Greenleaf Whittier; W Garrett Horder · 1904 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Henry Frowde, 1904. Leather. A very smart edition of the poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier. With a portrait frontispiece. The poetical works of American Quaker poet and advocate for the abolition of slavery, John Greenleaf Whittier, listed as one of the Fireside poets ...

The Golden Legend

H. W. Longfellow · 1910 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of the poem The Golden Legend by Longfellow, with many coloured plates. Illustrated with twenty-five tipped-in colour chromolithographs with tissue guards. Collated complete. An epic narrative poem ab...

On Chesil Beach

Ian McEwan · 2007 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2007 . First edition. Hardback. The Waterstone's 25th Anniversary Edition of Ian McEwan's Booker Prize shortlisted novella. The first edition of this work. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original paper...

It Happened at the Cape

Kathleen Lindsay · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling novel from Kathleen Lindsay, remembered as a prolific writer of historical romance novels. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.In this thrilling tale,...

Memories of the Old Emigrant Days in Kansas, 1862-1865 Also of a Visit to Paris in 1867

Mrs Orpen · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, William Blackwood, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon illustrated autobiography by Adela Orpen. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 monochrome photographic illustrations. Collate...

Sir Lancelot of the Lake

Lucy Allen Paton [trans] · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Routledge , 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce illustrated romantic prose about Sir Lancelot from the thirteenth century, translated with an introduction by Lucy Allen Paton. The first edition. An American edition was published the same...

Drawn from Life

Ernest H. Shepard · 1961 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,964)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated autobiography by Ernest H. Shepard. The first edition. With monochrome vignettes and full page illustrations throughout by the author. Collated complete. In the publisher's orig...

The Rescuers

Margery Sharp · 1959 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Collins, 1959 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming children's story about Miss Bianca the socialite mouse. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Rescuers is a British children's novel by Margery S...