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William - the Dictator

Richmal Crompton · 1938 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, George Newnes Limited, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the twentieth 'Just William' volume, an anthology of ten entertaining short stories. The first edition, second impression, published in November 1938. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.&a...

Loving Cup

Joan Butler; [Robert William Alexander] · 1948 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce comical novel by Robert William Alexander, written under his pseudonym Joan Butler. The first edition, first impression.A scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Lovin...

Musrum

Eric Thacker; Anthony Earnshaw · 1968 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this well regarded fantasy book written by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw. The first trade edition.In the original publisher's glassine wrap. A cult classic fantasy book by Eric Thacker and ...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · 1970 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of this bestselling work, a charming tale for children following a baby caterpillar on his feasting adventures. The uncommon to see first U.K. edition of this popular work. One day, a tiny and very...

La Corona and the Tin Frog

Russell Hoban · 1979 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition copy of this charming children's work by Russell Hoban, signed by Hoban and the illustrator to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Signed by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley to the t...

In Kings&Apos; Byways

Stanley J. Weyman · 1902 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories with a historical theme by Stanley J. Weyman. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stanley ...

The Incredible Island

Christine Campbell Thomson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling adventure novel from Christine Campbell Thomson. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a colour title page.Christine Campbell Thomson was the editor of ele...

Cities of Gold a Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest

William K. Hartmann · 2002 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York , Tom Doherty , 2002. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this novel by William Hartmann, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey, with a letter from the author to Stephen. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page; "For Stephe...

Enter Sir John

Clemence Dane; Helen Simpson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Cloth. The second edition of this thrilling murder mystery, an illustrated novel which was later adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock. The second edition, first published in 1928. A gripping murder mystery tale, 'Enter Si...

The Masked Man

Gaston Leroux; Hannaford Bennett · 1929 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

New York, The Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannaf...

Pharos the Egyptian

Guy Boothby · 1899 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this sensational supernatural tale of an Egyptian mummy, by the prolfiic Australian novelist Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial ...

Every Day Is Mother&Apos;S Day

Hilary Mantel · 1985 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, Chatto & Windus, The Hogarth Press, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel's debut novel, a black comedy based on her own experiences as a social care worker. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's or...

Lilith

J. R. Salamanca · 1962 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Heinemann, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of J. R. Salamanca's novel about a Schizophrenic and her psychiatrist. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Salamanca's novel is about an i...

Reckoning on Ice

J. R. L. Anderson · 1971 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thriller by John Richard Lane in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This thriller was written by Jo...

Monsignor Quixote

Graham Greene · 1982 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Bodley Head, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote. First edition. A pastiche of the classic 1605 and 1615 Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Father Quixote, a parish priest from S...

The Tinkling Symbol

Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1935 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition copy of this whodunnit mystery detective story from American writer Phoebe Atwood Taylor. First UK edition. Published in the US the same year. A small town in Cape Cod has been rocked with four ...

Jorrocks&Apos; Jaunts and Jollities

R. S. Surtees · 1949 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, The Folio Society, 1949. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of comic tales from English editor and sporting writer, Robert Smith Surtees. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, colour vignette title, and thirteen colour plates. Collated complete. A colle...

The Flowers of the Sea: An Anthology of Quotations, Poems, and Prose

Captain Eric Wheler Bush [editor] · 1962 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this anthology of poetry and prose on the sea and marine life. First edition. An anthology on the sea, storms and shipwrecks, sweethearts and wives, home from sea, sea chanties, th...

Lord Emsworth and Others

P. G. Wodehouse · 1937 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of these nine humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, a sought after first impression in a variant binding, with the original first issue dust wrapper. The first edition, first impressio...

The Box with Broken Seals

E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

New York, A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1920. Cloth. A thrilling novel of intrigue by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper. A reprint of July 1920. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Also known as 'The Strange Case of Mr. Jocelyn Thew&ap...