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Heroes of the Goodwin Sands

Rev. Thomas Stanley Treanor · 1895 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1895. Cloth. The fifth edition of this illustrated account of the heroic deeds of the Goodwin Sands Lifeboat Institution. The fifth edition.In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Lacking front free endpaper. Illustrated with a m...

Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels - the Mystery of the Blue Train, Death in the Air, What Mrs. Mcgillicuddy Saw!

Agatha Christie · 1974 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York , Dodd, Mead & Company , 1974. Hardback. A delightful work comprising of three mystery novels by Agatha Christie, all with the connected trope of murders taking place in transit. Contains three of Agatha Christie's superb mystery novels.First thus. In the origin...

Poetry London X

Tambimuttu [editor] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Nicholson & Watson, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy Volume 2, Number 10, of this illustrated and esteemed literary magazine Poetry London. First edition. Volume 2, No. 10. Containing a letter in memory of the war poet Keith Douglas; poetry and prose fr...

The Mysterious Amazonia

Gastao Cruls; J. T. W. Sadler [Trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Rio de Janeiro , Zelio Valverde, 1944 . Paperback. A very scarce, first English edition of this exhilarating Lost World novel set in the Amazon jungles, written by Brazilian novelist Gastao Cruls. The first English edition, with the first edition being published in Brazil in 1...

Clear Waters

Owen Rutter · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Michael Joseph, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this scarce novel set in Borneo from English historian and travel writer, Owen Rutter. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page, with an additional inscription to the front endpape...

The Mystery of Elias G. Roebuck and Other Stories

W. L. Alden · 1896 · Rooke Books

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

London, A. D. Innes & Co. 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this collection of science-fiction and fantasy tales written by American author and diplomat, W. L. Alden. The first edition, bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. Very scarce w...

The Terror of Villadonga

Geoffrey Household · 1936 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) LTD, [1936]. First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first U.K. edition of this exciting adventure novel by Geoffrey Household, an illustrated work set in Spain. The uncommon first U.K. edition of this work. Published in the U.S. as 'The S...

Poems by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Birket Foster; Poems by Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster

Thomas Hood · 1872 · Rooke Books

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

London, E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872 . Leather. Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the poetry of Thomas Hood, with plates by Birket Foster. In a beautiful signed binding by Sotheran. Two volumes bound in one, being the first and second series of Birket's illustrated editi...

Baby Doll (Muneca de Carne)

Tennessee Williams · 1958 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Buenos Aires , Mariel , 1958. Paperback. A very scarce Spanish edition of the script for Tennessee Williams' black comedy film, with illustrations. Spanish, published in Brazil. With sixteen plates of black-and-white photographs. The script for the 1956 American black com...

Tales of the Braganza ; or, Reminiscences of a Voyage

[T. H. Usborne] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Partridge and Oakey, 1852 . Cloth. A presentation copy, gifted from the author, of this vanishingly scarce novel depicting an exciting voyage from England to Spain. The second edition of the work, first published in 1842. Very scarce. Inscribed by the author, to '...

The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World

C. E. M. Joad · 1943 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this tale following a soldier as he searches for the promised post-war better world, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust...

Eileen&Apos;S Journey: History in Fairyland

Ernest Arthur Jelf · 1899 · Rooke Books

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

London, John Murray, 1899 . Cloth. A beautiful example of the 'popular edition' of Ernest Arthur Jelf's work of children's fantasy fiction, in the original 19th century dust wrapper. The 1899 'Popular Edition' of this very scarce work, which was f...

The End of It All

Jack Danvers [Camille Auguste Marie Caseleyr] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, William Heinamann, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. An uncorrected proof copy of Jack Danvers's very scarce thriller, set in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. An uncorrected proof of this very scarce work, with the publication date and intended price handwritten t...

Riders in the Chariot

Patrick White · 1961 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel set in 1950s Australia, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written ...

Jungle Terror

Harvey Wickham · 1920 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from American author Harvey Wickham, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With a colour frontispiece. A new man-made terror comes to the jungle, the white flame ...

Rafnaland: The Strange Story of John Heath Howard

William Huntington Wilson · 1900 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1900. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated lost race novel from American author Huntington Wilson. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. The story of John Heath Howard, who claims to...

The Adventures of Rupert

Alfred Bestall · 1991 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Express Newspapers, 1991. Cloth. A very smart facsimile edition of the Rupert annual for the year 1939, with bright illustrations throughout. Facsimile edition. The Rupert Annual for 1939. A charming collection of eight full-length Rupert stories, including: Rupert&apo...

My First Voyage to Southern Seas

W. H. G. Kingston · 1907 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1907 . Cloth. A wonderfully presented copy of W. H. G. Kingston's entertaining adventure novel for young boys, with illustrations. Bound in the publisher's original red pictorial cloth. Dated using Jisc, from copies of the work held at...

Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories for Children

Julian Hawthorne · 1880 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of children's tales by Julian Hawthorne, a charming collection in the original cloth. The first edition of this very scarce work, with no record of it having been s...

Suicide Hill

James Ellroy · 1986 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. Paperback. The uncommon to see proof of James Ellroy's final Lloyd Hopkins novel, a tense crime novel by the great American author. An uncorrected proof.Signed by the author to the title page.The third and final Lloyd H...