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Red Snow

F. Wright Moxley · 1931 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Jarrolds Publishers, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first UK edition of this vanishingly scarce science-fiction novel by Frank Wright Moxley. First UK edition, published the year following the US edition. Scarce to see the first UK edition.Bound in the publ...

A Demigod

[Edward Payson Jackson] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel which looks into eugenics, an uncommon work written by Edward Payson Jackson. The first edition of this uncommon work.'A Demigod' follows aa Eugenics programmes f...

The Forbidden Hour

Maude Crossley; Charles King · 0 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, c1925. Cloth. A very scarce thriller by Maude Crossley and Charles King, inscribed by the authors. The second printing.A very scarce work.Signed by the authors to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To .. artist and friend, from Maude Crossl...

De Vliegenvanger

John Steinbeck · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Amsterdam, Van Holkema & Warendorf N. V. 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first Dutch language trade edition of Steinbeck's novel 'The Moon is Down', about the military occupation of a town in Northern Europe. The scarce first Dutch trade edition of this ...

Les Robinsons Lunaires

G. Le Faure · 1893 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling late nineteenth century science fiction novel about a lunar voyage, illustrated throughout by Fernand Fau. In the original French.The first edition of this science fiction novel, in which a famil...

Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies

Fritz Leiber · 1992 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Newark , The Wildside Press, 1992. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression of this charming fictional work on cats by Fritz Leiber, bound in full crushed morocco. The first edition, first impression, with a complete numberline. Bound in the publisher'...

Ben-Beor. A Story of the Anti-Messiah

H. M. Bien · 1891 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Baltimore, Isaac Friedenwald Co, 1891. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biblically inspired science fiction novel, written by H. M. Bien. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. This work was written by the German-born author and Rabbi, H. M...

Once Upon a Time in the North & Serpentine

Philip Pullman · 2008 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London; New York, David Fickling Books; Alfred A. Knopf, 2008-2020. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these companion texts to the His Dark Materials trilogy, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Written by Philip Pullman, an English writer known fo...

Harry Potter Cassette Tapes

J. K. Rowling; Stephen Fry [Read By] · 1999 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Wiltshire, Cover to Cover, 1999-2001. Hardback. A smart collection of four of the Harry Potter books on audio cassette tape, read by Stephen Fry. Four volumes. Scarce format. Four volumes of the original audiobooks for the Harry Potter series, following the lives of a young wi...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two

J. K. Rowling; John Tiffany; Jack Thorne · 2016 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Little, Brown, 2016. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this original story from the Harry Potter universe, written by J. K. Rowling and adapted into a play by Jack Thorne. First edition. Special rehearsal edition script. From an original story, set nine...

The White Dawn

Belle Hagen Winslow · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Minneapolis , Augsburg Publishing House, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this adventure story from Belle Hagen Winslow. First edition. Very scarce. Set in the age of the Vikings, this fantastic adventure tale features links to Norse mythology and the...

Can You Forgive Her? & Phineas Finn

Anthony Trollope · 1948 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Oxford University Press, 1948-1949. Cloth. A smart set of four volumes from the Crown Edition of works by Anthony Trollope, with illustrations throughout. Four volumes. Crown edition. Written by Anthony Trollope, an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian e...

The Prince of Atlantis

Lillian Elizabeth Roy · 1929 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

New York, The Educational Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition science fiction novel by Lillian Elizabeth Roy, concerning the flight of Atlanteans from a destroyed Atlantis. The first edition of this uncommon work.'The Prince of Atlantis' is a...

Hickory Dickory Dock

Agatha Christie · 1955 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Agatha Christie's exciting Hercule Poirot murder mystery, a gripping novel by the Queen of Crime. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent printings mentioned.In t...

The Wychford Poisoning Case

Anthony Berkeley · 1927 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co LTD, 1927. Cloth. A scarce murder mystery novel by Anthony Berkeley Cox, following the trial of a wife charged with murdering her husband. The second edition of this scarce work.A gripping crime novel by Anthony Berkeley, following the amateur dete...

Half Bad

Sally Green · 2014 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Penguin , 2014. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition of this young adult fantasy novel by Sally Green. The first edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original publisher's hardback with the original unclipped dust w...

The Story of Sylvie and Bruno

Lewis Carroll · 1932 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1932. Cloth. A novel set in Fairyland by the noted author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Lewis Carroll, with illustrations by Harry Furniss. A reprint. First published by Macmillan in 1889. Illustrated by Harry Furniss with...

Time Burial: The Collected Fantasy Tales of Howard Wandrei

Howard Wandrei; D. H. Olson [editor] · 1995 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Minneapolis , Fedoran & Bremer, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of fantasy tales from American artist and writer Howard Wandrei. First edition. Illustrated with five full-page illustrations and one photograph. Collated complete. A collectio...

Murder May Follow & Message from Sirius

Susan Morrow; Cecil Jenkins · 1960 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1960-1961. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first UK editions from the Crime Club by Collins, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. Two volumes. First UK edition. This set includes: Murder May Follow, 1960. When Elizabeth Weller reports...

A Near Thing for Captain Najork

Russell Hoban · 1975 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1975 . First edition. Hardback. An excellent, first edition of Russell Hoban's amusing story of Tom and Captain Najork, wonderfully illustrated by Quentin Blake. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial boards. Written by American a...