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Buffs and Boy, or, the Isles of Innocence

Amy Sims · 1908 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, T. Sealey Clark & Co. Ltd., 1908. First edition. Cloth. A scarce Edwardian fantasy novel for children, a charming and illustrated tale by Amy Sims. The first edition of this scarce and charming fantasy novel for children by Amy Sims, set in Hertfordshire. 'Buffs a...

John Wyndham or the Gospel Among the Fishermen

Rev. George Shaw · 1878 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1878. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and decoratively cloth-bound Christian novel with themes of sailing and fishing, written by the Reverend George Shaw. The first edition. A very scarce work.In the publisher's original decorative c...

Avanturine: Germs of Thought and Meditations for Daily Use

Elinor Baker [translator] · 0 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, c1882. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce translation of this collections of daily thoughts. Very scarce. A collection of brief suggestions of daily thoughts for the reader, with reference to a myriad of subjects. Transla...

Winter Frost

R. D. Wingfield · 1999 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Constable, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this fifth gripping Detective Inspector Jack Frost novel by R. D. Wingfield. First edition, first impression. The fifth Jack Frost novel. A thrilling murder mystery following the slo...

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1986 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Faber & Faber, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second issue, of Ishiguo's award winning novel set in post Second World War Japan. The first edition, second issue of Kazuo Ishiguro's Whitbread Book of the Year winning second novel.In the publis...

Hornblower in the West Indies

C. S. Forester · 1958 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.88 | $138.74 | ¥22,158)

London, Michael Joseph, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The final nov...

The Valley of Fear

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1977. Cloth. A smart review copy of this Sherlock Holmes novel from British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From the Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition. With the review request from the publisher. The fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel tha...

Joan la Romee: A Drama

Frank Harris · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Nice/New York, Imprimerie Nicoise/Frank Harris Publishing Co. 1926. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this play from Irish-American editor and writer Frank Harris. First edition. A little-known play following the life of Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France, ...

Perversite

Francis Carco · 1925 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, J. Ferenczi et Fils, 1925. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this mystery story from French author Francis Carco, in the original French. French. First edition. Set in the underworld of the Paris slums, this mystery story follows the life of a young pro...

Odtaa: A Novel

John Masefield · 1926 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, William Heinemann, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel from English writer John Edward Masefield, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. An adventure novel which opens with establishing narrative describing the fictional na...

Punch and Judy, with Illustrations

John Payne Collier · 1828 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, S. Prowett , 1828 . Leather. The second edition of this charming work presenting the history of Punch and Judy, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. The second edition. Published the same year as the first.Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Written anonymously,...

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1993 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, HarperCollins, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression, of Kim Stanley Robinson's second novel in his vast 'Mars' science fiction trilogy. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper....

The Lost Gold Mine of the Hudson

[Tristram Coffin] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1923. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce novel about the Gold Rush of Alaska, an illustrated work by Tristram Coffin. The second edition of this scarce work.'The Lost Gold Mine of the Hudson' is a charming novel about the Gold...

Montes the Matador

Frank Harris · 1910 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first U. S. edition of this brilliant collection of five stories by Frank Harris, signed by the author. The first U. S. edition, first printing. This first U. S. edition was published ten years after the first Londo...

For Philip... From Philip: Eulogies for Philip Oxman

Andrzej Wirth; Marthe Robert; Flint Schier; Jean Nicole; et al. · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Not Stated, Privately printed, 1984. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A moving collection of eulogies for the author Philip Oxman by a variety of renowned intellectuals, with a photograph of Oxman. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original paper wraps.Loosely...

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson: Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1886 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Macmillan and Co, Ltd, 1886. Leather. A complete collection of works by Alfred Lord Tennyson, bound in full morocco. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece by G. J. Stodart and twelve monochrome plates. Bound in full morocco. This volume features the complete poe...

Four Gardens

David Osborne Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New Haven , Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. // The first edition.In the original card covers, with an illustrated dust wrapper, of which the spine is secured.This work contains the poems of David Osborne Hamilton, who edited the Yale Literary Magazine and...

Three Books of Song

Henry Wadsworth Longefellow · 1872 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.35 | $62.10 | ¥9,918)

Boston, James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this poetical work from American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. First edition. Three books of poetry entitled: Tales of a Wayside Inn, Judas Maccabaeus, and A Handful of Translations,...

Ethel&Apos;S Adventures in the Doll Country

Clara Bradford · 1880 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd, 1880. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming children's story from English writer Clara Bradford, illustrated throughout. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text images. A delightful children's story following a you...

An Additional Volume to the Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M---Y W----Y M-----E: Written, During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &C. In Different Parts of Europe.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu · 1767 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1767 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce, additional volume of the letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, published posthumously from "recovered manuscripts", although controversially considered to be fake. The first edition.Very scarce...