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Ian Rankin · 1999 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Orion, 1999-2004. First edition. Cloth. A bright collection of eight first editions by celebrated crime author Ian Rankin. Eight first editions, first impressions. Novels by Ian Rankin, Scottish crime author known for his series set in Edinburgh featuring the character...

The Wooden Shepherdess

Richard Hughes · 1973 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Hughes' popular novel set in prohibition era America, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original ...

Clouds of Witness

Dorothy L. Sayers · 1929 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Cloth. An uncommon early edition of Sayers' crime novel, the second to feature Lord Peter Wimsey. The second edition of the work, first published in 1926. Uncommon. Lacking the very scarce original dust wrapper. Clouds of Witness is the ...

Death Comes As the End

Agatha Christie · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1947. Cloth. A lovely copy of the third impression of this unique historical fiction mystery novel by Agatha Christie. The third impression, published in 1947. The first impression was published in 1945.In the original unclipped dust wrapper....

Waltzburg: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century

[Frances Rose] · 1833 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce nineteenth-century novel by Frances Rose, a presentation copy from the author to members of her family, with the family bookplate to the front pastedown. A fascinating early nin...

Rainbows End in Tears

David Fletcher · 1984 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition of this crime fiction novel by David Fletcher, scarce in its unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of this scarce crime novel by David Fletcher, sequel to Rainbow in Hell, which concerns the murder of Martin ...

Year After Year: A Tale

1858 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

London, Saunders and Otley , 1858. First edition. Leather. Very scarce leather bound first edition of this tale by Caroline Clive. The first edition of this novel by "the author of 'Paul Ferroll' and 'IX Poems by V.'" Tale written by Caroline Clive, highly ...

First Impressions: Or Trade in the West

Horace Smith · 1813 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Printed for Thomas Underwood, 1813. First edition. Unbound. Scarce first edition of this comedy in five acts by Horatio Smith. The first edition of this work. A comedy in five acts by Horatio Smith, English novelist and poet. A scarce pamphlet containing the play as pe...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited , 1908. Leather. An illustrated copy of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of poetry by Omar Khayyam. A new edition, from the Photogravure Series. In quarter calf binding with gilt detail. With a monochrome frontispiece and...

Miscellaneous Poems

Henry Francis Lyte · 1868 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Rivingtons, 1868. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this miscellany of poems by Henry Francis Lyte. A very scarce first edition of this miscellaneous anthology of the poems by Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymnodist; his lyrics were universal...

The Parson&Apos;S Home: A Poem

An English Vicar [John Myers King] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Francis & John Rivington, 1849. First edition. Cloth. Very scarce first edition of this poem by John Myers King. Very scarce poem, held by four institutional libraries only, first edition of this work. Published anonymously under 'an English Vicar', i.e. John...

The Cardinal&Apos;S Snuff-Box

Henry Harland · 1903 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Lane , 1903. Cloth. Witty romance by Henry Harland with illustrations by GC Wilmshurst. One of American novelist Henry Harland's first Christian novels following his conversion, originally published in 1898. A witty romance following the tale of novelist Pete...

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Ermoor

R. D. Blackmore · 1910 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company , 1910. Cloth. Dulverton edition of this romance by Richard D. Blackmore featuring coloured plates. A romance by Richard Doddridge Blackmore, one of the most famous English novelists of the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1869...

Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens · 1913 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, Chapman and Hall , c1870. Leather. Early edition of this social novel by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Phiz. A social novel following Amy Dorrit, who was born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors prison, where Dickens' own father was imprisoned. Dickens satirise...

The Miser and Coxcombs in Petticoats

Moliere; George Graveley · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

St. Albans, W. Cartmel & Sons, 1953. Cloth. Two short plays by French playwright Moliere, translated by George Graveley. A signed presentation copy from the translator to British stage actress Edith Evans. Two comedies by seventeenth-century French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poq...

Green Arras

Laurence Housman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)

London; Chicago, John Lane at The Bodley Head; Way and Williams, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this poetry anthology by Laurence Housman, illustrated by the author himself. Illustrated by Housman with a woodcut frontispiece and title page and five plat...

Manxmouse

Paul Gallico · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Heinemann, 1974. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of Paul Gallico's thrilling children's novel, in the publisher's original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout. First published in the US in 1968, this is the second UK impression of American novel...

Mr Sammler&Apos;S Planet

Saul Bellow · 1970 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Saul Bellow's award winning novel in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition of Mr Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wr...

The Man of the World&Apos;S Dictionary. Translated from the French.

Alexandre Baudouin · 1822 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, J. Appleyard, 1822. Cloth. The second edition of this dictionary with witty definitions for the amusement of Georgian gentlemen. In a quarter cloth binding. A second edition of this witty dictionary aimed at "men of the world" in the Georgian era, including contemporar...

The Collected Poems of Gerald Gould

Gerald Gould · 1929 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Victor Gollancz, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing collection of poems by English poet Gerald Gould. A first edition, second impression of this work published just a month after the first impression in October 1929. Gerald Gould was an English writer, essay...