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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens · 1870 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.42 | $1,552.34 | ¥247,889)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1870. First edition. Paperback. The final uncompleted work of Charles Dickens, here in the original six serialised parts. Complete in the six original parts.The first issue of Part VI, with the 'eighteenpence' slip pasted over the original on ...

Bumpy Flight

Alec Lumsden · 1936 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Popular Library, [1936]. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this exciting action novel, in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. Undated, dated from copies held at the British Library. In the scarce original pic...

Crewe Train

Rose Macaulay · 1926 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this satire from noted author Rose Macaulay. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. Very scarce, particularly in the first impressi...

The Last Galley

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1911 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1911. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories, by noted detective fiction author, Arthur Conan Doyle. The first edition. One of only six thousand copies. Green & Gibson A35. With a colour frontispiece by N. C. ...

All on a Summer&Apos;S Night

Maurice Edelman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this novel concerning power and inner conflict, inscribed by the author Maurice Edelman. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped...

The Lord of the Isles

Sir Walter Scott · 1815 · Rooke Books

£128.00 (€153.43 | $169.11 | ¥27,004)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne; Archibald Constable; Longman, Hurst, Rees et al. 1815 . Leather. The fifth edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical narrative poem about Robert the Bruce, published in the same year as the first edition. Set in Scotland between 1307 and 1314, ...

The Antiquary

Sir Walter Scott · 1816 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable; Longman, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The three volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourite of his own novels, 'The Antiquary&apos. The complete three volume first edition of this work, set in th...

A Widow&Apos;S Tale and Other Poems

Bernard Barton · 1827 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, B. J. Holdsworth, 1827 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition volume of early nineteenth century poems by Bernard Barton, presented to Sir John Bowring. The scarce first edition of this work, signed by the author with the ins...

A First Sketch of English Literature

Henry Morley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London , Cassell and Company, 1892. Leather. A lovely leather signed binding of this introduction to English literature. A twelfth edition of A First Sketch of English Literature, being twenty-eighth thousand. This book is a sketch of English writers from the Celts to the rei...

Lost on Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1938 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1938 . Cloth. The uncommon second UK edition of this work of science fantasy by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Early edition of Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The uncommon second UK edition, in the original publisher's cloth binding. An intrigu...

The Saga of the West Coast Loggers

George L. McInnis · 1968 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Vancouver, Vancouver, B. C. 1968 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon first edition of this collection of poems inspired by loggers in America. First edition of The Saga of the West Coast Loggers by George L. McInnis in the original publisher's paper covered boards. ...

Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald; William Aldis Wright [ed] · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. Two volumes of the letters and literature of poet Edward Fitzgerald. Two volumes only. A collection of the letters and writings of English poet, Edward Fitzgerald, a writer best known for his English translation of The Rubaiyat...

Heretics in Love

James Lees-Milne · 1973 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting and intense novel by James Lees-Milne. First edition. Following twins Augustus and Augusta as they grow up through the inter-war years under the care of their affectionate grandmother, Donn...

L&Apos;Assommoir

Emile Zola; Arthur Symons · 1928 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, 1928. Vellum. A lovely limited edition of one of Emile Zola's best known works, looking at alcoholism. Signed by the translator, Arthur Symons. A limited edition, limited to one-thousand copies numbered and signed, this copy numbered six-hund...

Play Power

Richard Neville · 1970 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The interesting essays of the prominent counterculture figure Richard Neville, in a decorative and colourful dust wrapper designed by Martin Sharp. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Lac...

The Rocky Island, and Other Similitudes

Samuel Wilberforce · 1843 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, James Burns, 1843. Cloth. SIx moral tales for children written by the eminent public speaker Samuel Wilberforce, complete with four plates. Six educational and entertaining Christian tales for children, written by the bishop Samuel Wilberforce.Illustrated with a fronti...

Science Fiction Works

Various · 1977 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Various, 1977-2004. First edition. Paperback. A selection of works, some of which are first editions, from award-winning science fiction authors. Thirteen works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. A bright selection of exciting novels, seven of whic...

Science Fiction Novels

Henry Kuttner; Richard C Meredith; David Drake; Walter Jon Williams; Ian McDonald · 1979 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Hamlyn; Grafton; Vista, 1979-1997. Paperback. A collection of nine science fiction paperbacks by various science fiction writers. A collection of nine science fiction novels from the authors Henry Kuttner, Richard C Meredith, David Drake, Walter Jon Williams and Ian M...

Das Badische Gesetz Vom 8. Mãƒâ¤Rz 1868 ãƒâ¼Ber Den Elementarunterricht Sammt Den Dazu Gehãƒâ¶Rigen Verordnungen Mit Benuetzung Amtlicher Quellen

August Joos · 1868 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Heidelberg, Verlagsbuchhandlung Emmerling, 1868. First edition. Leather. Concerned with German elementary school edition in the nineteenth century, the scarce first edition. Report on the Baden law of 8th March 1868, which stated that public elementary schools in the Grand Duc...

Stories Illustrative of the Instinct of Animals

Thomas Bingley · 1861 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)

London, W. Kent & Co. 1861 . Cloth. A scarce early edition of this semi-fictional work about the instincts of animals for children, with illustrations. Sixth edition of Stories Illustrative of the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters and Habits, in the original publisher&apos...