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The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe with a Notice of His Life and Genius by James Hannay and Many Illustrations Complete Edition.

Edgar Allan Poe; James Hannay · 1936 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, J. &. C. Brown and Co., c1856 . Leather. A scarce edition in Bumpus binding of this collection of poetical works by Edgar Allan Poe. Scarce early edition of The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, including A Notice of His Life and Genius by James Hannay and illustratio...

Everything Under

Daisy Johnson · 2018 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2018 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of Daisy Johnson's successful debut novel with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Everything Under by Daisy Johnson in the original publisher's bin...

Illywhacker

Peter Carey · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Boston, faber and faber, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Peter Carey's award winning novel with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of Illywhacker by Peter Carey in the original publisher's binding and...

Rites of Passage

William Golding · 1980 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Faber & Faber, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of Rites of Passage by William Golding in original publisher&...

Dance without Music, Lady Behave!, and I&Apos;LL Say She Does!

Peter Cheyney · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, The Book Club, 1946-50. Cloth. Three early Book Club editions of these spy novels by Peter Cheyney, in their original pictorial dust wrappers. Three early editions of these spy novels by Peter Cheyney, noted twentieth-century British crime fiction writer. Included in ...

What a Carve Up!

Jonathan Coe · 1994 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Viking , 1994. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of Jonathan Coe's popular 1980s satire. A first edition, third impression. Paperback. Signed by the author. Jonathan Coe's popular satire on British politics under the Conservative government of Margaret ...

The Art of Painting

Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy; John Dryden [trans.]; Richard Graham · 1716 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

London, Bernard Lintott, 1716 . Leather. An excellent copy of the second edition of Dryden's translation of du Fresnoy's 'De Arte Gaphica', the narrative poem in which provides his observations on the art of painting. The second, enlarged edition, of John D...

The Cornhill Magazine January 1860-June 1861

William Makepeace Thackeray [ed.] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1860-1861. First edition. Cloth. The first three volumes from The Cornhill Magazine, edited by William Makepeace Thackery and with illustrations throughout. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the ...

The Moor&Apos;S Last Sigh

Salman Rushdie · 1995 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1995. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this award-winning novel by Salman Rushdie, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. The Moor's Last Sigh is Salman Rushdie's fifth novel, first published in 1995. It is set in the cities of Bombay...

Alentejo Blue

Monica Ali · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Doubleday, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, signed and numbered Limited Edition of Monica Ali's Portuguese-set second novel. A signed, limited edition first edition, first impression of British-Bangladeshi novelist Monica Ali's second novel, the follow up...

Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Len Deighton · 1982 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.34 | $68.71 | ¥10,974)

London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Smart first edition of Len Deighton's historical novel, complete with dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A historical novel by Len Deighton, telling of the 220th Fighter Group of the US Eighth A...

The Story of General Dann and Mara&Apos;S Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog

Doris Lessing · 2005 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London and New York, Fourth Estate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In...

Trent&Apos;S Own Case

E. C. Bentley; H. Warner Allen · 1936 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sought after murder mystery sequel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and H. Warner Allen, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The long ...

Une Retraite de Premiere Communion

Emmanuel Viau · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Avignon, Aubanel Freres, 1924. Leather. An early twentieth-century guide to a child's first communion, handsomely bound in half morocco and in the original French. An early twentieth-century guide to a child's first communion, a Christian tradition during which a chi...

Works by John Grisham

John Grisham · 1993 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London , Century , 1993-2005. First edition. Cloth. A stunning nine volume set of novels by the bestselling legal thriller writer John Grisham A set of nine works by American author and lawyer John Grisham, including The Client (1993), The Chamber (1994), The Runaway Jury (199...

How to Be Topp a Guide to Sukcess for Tiny Pupils Including All There Is to Kno About Space

Geoffrey Willans · 1955 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Max Parrish , 1955. Cloth. A hilarious guide for success by Geoffrey Willans and illustrated by Ronald Searle. Geoffrey Willans was an English writer and journalist and is best known as the creator of Nigel Molesworth. This is the third impression of this hilarious v...

Alice and Thomas and Jane

Enid Bagnold · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, William Heinemann, 1946. Cloth. An early impression of this delightful work of children's literature by Enid Bagnold, illustrated throughout by the author and Laurian Jones. A delightful work of children's literature about three children who are mischievous a...

Stranger with a Gun

Bliss Lomax · 1960 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Wild West Club by Collins, 1960 . Cloth. A very smart copy of the second Western Crime Club printing of Bliss Lomax's daring novel. A The 1960 Western Book Club edition of Bliss Lomax's thrilling Wild West set novel, in the exceptionally bright publisher&apos...

Death on Danger Hill

T. Arthur Plummer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, Stanley Paul and Co, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The suspicious circumstances of titular 'Death on Danger Hill' are investigated in this very scarce 1931 murder mystery novel, complete with illustrated dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impre...

Black & White

Shiva Naipaul · 1980 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of this non fiction work by Siva Naipaul. Shiva Naipaul was an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. Black & White is a novel written by Naipaul based on his trip to Guyana in the afte...