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The Crossing and the Judas Factor

Ted Allbeury · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Great Britain, New English Library , 1984-1987 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by British author Ted Allbeury in the original dust wrappers. First editions of The Crossing (1984) and The Judas Factor (1987) by Ted Allbeury in the original publisher's cloth...

Allan Quatermain, Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John Good, and One Umslopogaas

Henry Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888 . Cloth. An early edition of this action adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard with illustrations. Early edition of Allan Quatermain, Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John...

Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892 . Cloth. A lovely five volume set of the novels of George Eliot in uniform cloth binding. A lovely set of the Novels of George Eliot in the original publisher's cloth bindings. A set of five works, all of which are u...

Snowflakes & Snowdrops: Christmas Rhymes and Valentine Verses for Schoolroom and Nursery

Annie Matheson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, R. Brimley Johnson, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this volume of children's poetry by Annie Matheson. Signed by the illustrator, Winifred Hartley. A signed presentation copy, with the inscription 'to Barbara with the very best ...

The Noel Douglas Replicas

Various · 1926 · Rooke Books

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

London , Noel Douglas, 1926-1927. Hardback. A lovely collection of Noel Douglas Replicas of classical works, with the original dust wrappers. This is a collection of ten Noel Douglas Replicas of classical works of literature published in 1926 and 1927. This collection include...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1812 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. Leather. A leather bound copy of The Lay of the Last Minstel, A Poem by Walter Scott. A thirteenth edition copy of The Lay of the Last Minstrel, A Poem by Walter Scott. The Lay of the Last Minstrel is a narrative poem in s...

In Memoriam

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1880 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co, 1880. Vellum. A vellum-bound pocket sized edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's sentimental poem 'In Memoriam.' A requiem for the death of Lord Tennyson's Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, poet in his own right who tragical...

Valcreuse

Jules Sandeau · 1847 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Desessart, 1847. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this entertaining novel by Jules Sandeau, in the original French. A very scarce first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Following Monsieur de Valcreuse, who returns from war i...

The Dream Detective

Sax Rohmer · 1920 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Jarrolds Publishers , c1930. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this novel by noted British author, Sax Rohmer. Fifteenth thousand. First published in 1920. Undated. Dated, from the advertisements. With twelve pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of ...

The Nine Tailors

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1936 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1936. Cloth. An early edition of Sayers' most critically acclaimed work, featuring her much loved protagonist, Lord Peter Wimsey. The seventh impression. First published in January 1934. The Nine Tailors is the ninth novel to feature Lord Peter Wi...

The African Witch

Joyce Cary · 1936 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.88 | $138.74 | ¥22,158)

Victor Gollancz, London, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joyce Cary's third novel, set in Nigeria in the interwar period. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in Nigeria against the backgro...

Celibates

George Moore · 1895 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Walter Scott, Ltd. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of three short stories by George Moore. First edition of Celibates by George Moore in the original publisher's cloth binding. A collection of three short stories including Mildre...

Kidnapped Being the Adventures of David Balfour

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Paris and Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1895 . Cloth. The forty fifth thousand of Stevenson's historical fiction adventure novel with illustrations by William Brassey Hole. Forty-fifth thousand of Kidnapped Being the Adventures of David Balfour by Robert ...

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&Apos;S Nest

Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland [trans.] · 2009 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Maclehose Press; Quercus, 2009. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of the last instalment of Stieg Larsson's award-winning Swedish crime novels. A fine copy. Reg Keeland translates the third novel in Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium series...

Waverley; or, &Apos;Tis Sixty Years Since

Sir Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£800.00 (€959.07 | $1,057.09 | ¥168,824)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable; Longman, 1814 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of the first two volumes of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, set at the time of the Jacobite uprising. The first two volumes only of the three volume...

Poems by William Cowper

William Cowper · 1805 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

Dublin, Printed for P Wogan, 1805. Leather. Collected poems of William Cowper in two volumes bound in one. An anthology of William Cowper's poetry, complete with two volumes bound in one. Cowper was a famed English poet and hymnodist. He was a great influence on the eight...

Morceaux Choisis

Maurice Maeterlinck · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Paris, Nelson, [1910]. Hardback. Anthology of selected pieces by Maurice Maeterlinck in a sumptuous full calf binding. In the original French. Dated via Jisc. Containing a selection or prose work by Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright and poet, receiver of the Nobel Prize...

A Collection of Science Fiction Novels from Sphere Books Ltd.

Damon Knight; Keith Laumer; Daniel Galouye; Sarban [John William Wall]; Mark S. Geston; Vincent King; Sir John Hackett; Patrick Tilley; William Clark · 1967 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Sphere Books Ltd. 1967-1985. Paperback. Ten very neat volumes of science fiction novels published by Sphere Books Ltd. Ten volumes. Analogue Men by Damon Knight, 1967. The Millennium is here. No more wars, no more gang killings, no more drunken accidents. Because you h...

A Collection of Works by E.C. Tubb from Arrow Books

E. C. Tubb · 1973 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Arrow Books Ltd, 1973-1980. Paperback. Fourteen volumes of works of science fiction by Edwin Charles Tubb. Fourteen volumes. Written by Edwin Charles Tubb, a British writer of science fiction, fantasy, and western novels. He wrote over 140 novels and 230 short stories ...

Sanders of the River

Edgar Wallace · 1935 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1935. Cloth. A smart edition of Edgar Wallace's exciting short story collection set in Africa, a film tie-in edition with a bright dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An undated film tie-in edition of 'Sanders of the...