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Doctor Dolittle&Apos;S Return

Hugh Lofting · 1933 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this first edition children's book in the 'Doctor Dolittle' series by Hugh Lofting, complete with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. The first edition of this ninth book in Hugh Lofting's...

Tom Brown at Oxford

Thomas Hughes · 1872 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1872. Leather. A presentation copy of this interesting work of fiction about university life in the nineteenth century, handsomely bound in full calf by Macmillan & Co. A signed copy, in a full calf binding by Macmillan & Co, with their binder's st...

Death of an Expert Witness

P. D. James · 1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Faber and Faber, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of one of the detective novels within the Adam Dalgliesh series, published by P. D. James, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust-wrapper. This is a lovel...

The Spire

William Golding · 1964 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Faber and Faber, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this popular novel from William Golding, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author W...

A Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies

Arthur E. Case · 1935 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Oxford, The University Press, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An interesting bibliographical work which covers English literature from 1521-1750, bound in quarter-cloth on paper boards. First Edition. Bound in quarter-cloth on paper boards. This is a work of bibliography which c...

The Parisians

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton) · 1875 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1875. Cloth. An illustrated two volume collection of "The Parisians" from English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. A very smart Knebworth edition of this work. Two volume collection of "The Parisians" from English novelist, poet, playwright, an...

The Road to Ysterberg

Jack Cope · 1959 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of Jack Cope's work of fiction, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, Scarce.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is a work of fiction by Jack Cope, which follows a young ...

Maiden Stakes

Dornford Yates · 1944 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, Ward Lock and Co. 1944. Cloth. A lovely copy of this collection of short stories by Dornford Yates, complete with its vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. A later impression of this work, originally published in 1928 in The Windsor Magazine. Mostly stand-alone s...

Devouring Zodiac

Beram Saklatvala · 1945 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, The Fortune Press, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of poems by Beram Saklatvala, the scarce first edition complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A short collection of poems by Beram Saklatvala, first edition of this scarce work. Drwan from the author...

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

William Makepeace Thackeray; Arthur Pendennis [ed.] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1854-5. First edition. Leather. The first book form edition of this notable novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated by Richard Doyle. A first book form edition of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, volume one published in 1854 and...

Bleak House

Charles Dickens · 1853 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1853. First edition. Leather. The first thirty-two chapters of the first book form printing of Charles Dickens' notable novel Bleak House. The first book edition, first printing with issue points according to Eckel 'elgble' to p.19 l...

The Complete Detective Inspector Jack Frost Series

R. D. Wingfield · 1989 · Rooke Books

£2,350.00 (€2,816.85 | $3,104.68 | ¥495,777)

London, Constable; Bantam Press, 1989-2008. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to find complete first edition set of the six Inspector Detective Jack Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield, 'Night Frost' being signed by the author to the title page. The complete Detective In...

Sacred Hunger

Barry Unsworth · 1992 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression copy of Unsworth's Booker Prize winning historical novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition, First Impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is...

A Room on the Route

Godfrey Blunden · 1948 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this work of fiction by Godfrey Blunden, inspired by his time as a journalist in the Soviet Union, in a nicely illustrated unclipped dust wrapper. First UK Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper...

Cinder Thursday

Herbert E. Palmer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the humorous and satirical attack on T. S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday, written in poetic form by Herbert E. Palmer. Scarce First Edition. This poetic work by Herbert E Palmer is a 'celebrate...

Mr Nicholas

Thomas Hinde [Sir Thomas Willes Chitty] · 1952 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, MacGibbon & Kee , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Thomas Hinde's first novel, a scarce copy complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Sir Thomas Willes Chitty's first novel, published under ...

Carte Blanche: A James Bond Novel

Jeffery Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of Jeffery Deaver's popular James Bond continuation novel, enclosed in the original unclipped dustwrapper. An exciting James Bond continuation novel by Jeffery Deaver, set in mid-2011 acr...

The Viceroy of Ouidah

Bruce Chatwin · 1980 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of this historical novel by Bruce Chatwin, a bright copy in the like unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. Following the life of a fictional slave trader loosely based ...

Les Amoureuses: Poemes Et Fantaisies 1857-1861

Alphonse Daudet · 1876 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, G. Charpentier, 1876. Leather. A later printing of Alphonse Daudet's first published book of poetry, in the original French. A new edition of this work. Alphone Daudet's first published book and only collection of poetry, with poems of the naturalist literary ...

Felix Walking

Hilary Ford [Christopher Samuel Youd] · 1958 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this comedic novel set in the 1950s London literary world, enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. This novel tells the story of a young literary secretary, Sally, who works at a renowned...