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Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong

William Nicholson · 2001 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Mammoth; Egmont, 2001-2002. First edition. Cloth. Two excellent signed first editions from William Nicholson's fantasy trilogy, 'Wind on Fire&apos. Signed by the author to the title pages. The first edition, second impression of 'Slaves of the Mastery&a...

Sea Poems (New Excursions Into English Poetry)

Various; Myfanwy Piper [ed.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Frederick Muller Ltd , 1944. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon collection of sea-themed poetry, beautifully illustrated with original lithographs. The first edition of this anthology. With the scarce original dust wrapper, price-clipped. Illustrated with sixteen colo...

The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply

William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.] · 1956 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 250. In the pu...

Eve and Other Poems

Ralph Hodgson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

London, Printed by A. T. Stevens, 1913. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A charming illustrated pamphlet of poems from Ralph Hodgson. The first edition of this pamphlet, published simultaneously as the limited edition printed on Japan vellum as well as a large paper edition.Â...

Village Christmas; the Year at Thrush Green; a Peaceful Retirement

Miss Read [Dora Jessie Saint] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Michael Joseph, 1966-1996. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of three first edition novels from Miss Read, set in the fictional village of Fairacre. The first edition, first impressions of these works. A bright selection of titles from Dora Jessie Saint, best known b...

All About Teeny Weeny Feet

Harvey Gaskell · 1911 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Dean & Son, LTD, [1911]. Cloth. A scarce edition of Harvey Gaskell's tale for children about a little Japanese girl and her doll. A scarce edition of a scarce work, which had previously been published as 'O'Kissme San&apos. Illustrated with a colour fro...

Nowel

1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

New York, Currier & Harford, 1926. Paperback. A scarce limited edition poem, written in six stanza, with striking illustrations by the "Dean of Industrial Design" Walter Dorwin Teague. A scarce limited edition of five hundred unnumbered copies, printed by the publisher for the...

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К. ЧукоÃÂOeÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ [Korney Chukovsky] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

детиздат [Detizdat], Central Committee of the VLKSM, 1940. Paperback. A popular Russian children's fairy tale poem written by poet Korney Chukovsky, in the original Russian. An illustrated work in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps...

The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler&Apos;S Wells Theatre

T. S. Eliot · 1934 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1934 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, exploring the enduring strength of the Church in a secularising world. The first edition, first impression.One of 2,000 copies of the first edition, as this wor...

Keystone

Peter Lovesey · 1983 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Macmillan, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A terrific signed first edition of this Peter Lovesey murder mystery, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this work.With the publisher's orig...

A Case of Spirits

Peter Lovesey · 1975 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Macmillan , 1975. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this Victorian-era detective novel from Peter Lovesey, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's origin...

Widows Wear Weeds

A. A. Fair [Erle Stanley Gardner] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£186.00 (€222.98 | $245.77 | ¥39,251)

London, Heinemann, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this Cool and Lam novel from American author Erle Stanley Gardner. First UK edition. A Cool and Lam novel. Donald Lam and his secretary Elsie Brand are on a coffee break when Nicholas Baffin joins them ...

Wobble to Death

Peter Lovesey · 1970 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the first Sergeant Cribb novel from British writer Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. The first Sergeant Cribb novel, and the author...

Stony Echoes: 10 Poems

Graham Searle · 1963 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Middlesex, Taurus Press, 1963. Paperback. A smart limited edition of this illustrated collection of poetry from Graham Searle. Limited to three hundred copies of which this is number two hundred and eighty-seven. Very scarce work. Illustrated with nine prints. A collection of ...

Plot and Counterplot

Dennis Wheatley · 1959 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Hutchinson, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British author Dennis Wheatley. First edition. Following British secret agent Gregory Sallust, who is tasked with infiltrating a Nazi organisation in Switzerland to disrupt their...

The Mirror and Other Poems

Leonard Clark; Walter de la Mare · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Allan Wingate, 1948. First edition. Cloth. An anthology of the poems of Leonard Clark, a first edition copy presented by the author of John Heath-Stubbs. The first edition, first impression.Author's presentation copy, with his inscription to the recto of the front...

Bellamira; or, the Fall of Tunis

Richard Sheil [Richard Lalor Sheil] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, John Murray, 1818 . First edition. Unbound. A bright example of the vanishingly scarce first edition of Richard Lalor Sheil's historical tragedy about the fall of Tunis. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this historical tragedy from Irish politician, writer ...

Nada the Lily

H. Rider Haggerd · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue of this exciting illustrated historical novel by the popular H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue to the rear dated February 1892 as cal...

Montezuma&Apos;S Daughter

H. Rider Haggard · 1893 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue of Haggard's gripping adventure novel, an interesting work with commentary on the colonisation of South Africa, with illustrations throughout. The first edition, first issue, with ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J. K. Rowling · 2007 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Bloomsbury, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing true first edition of J. K. Rowling's seventh and final novel in her beloved Harry Potter series. The stated first edition.Complete with the adult variant of the original unclipped dust wrapper. This final instal...