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The Mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie · 1935 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. An early edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot story 'The Mystery of the Blue Train&apos. The first edition, twelfth impression. Issued seven years after the true first. Understandably lacking the very scarce original dustw...

Saint Joan

George Bernard Shaw · 1924 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Constable and Company , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic first edition copy of George Bernard Shaw's play regarding Joan of Arc. Signed by the star of the play, Sybil Thorndike. Signed by many notable figures such as: Sybil Thorndike, the British actress wh...

East, West

Salman Rushdie · 1994 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Pantheon, 1994. First edition. Hardback. A First US Edition, signed copy of 'East, West': an anthology of short stories by Salman Rushdie. A First US Edition copy of East, West, written and signed by Salman Rushdie.East, West is an anthology of short sto...

Burns in Drama, Together with Saved Leaves

James Hutchison Stirling (ed.) · 1878 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Edinburgh, Edmonston & Co. 1878. First edition. Cloth. A play inspired by the life of famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. This is a play, along with 'Saved Leaves', anecdotes from young literary minds. Edited by James Hutchison Stirling (1830-1909), a Scottish philos...

The Lord Hermitage

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1878. Leather. A rebound novel by Scottish writer of military and historical fiction, James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety...

The Scots Brigade and Other Tales

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1882. Leather. A very rare collection of short stories by prolific Victorian novelist James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety...

Jane Seton, or, the King&Apos;S Advocate

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London & New York, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A wonderful copy of this historical romance by Scottish writer James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, ...

The Sense of an Ending

Julian Barnes · 2011 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2011. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this Man Booker Prize winning novel, a moving story written by Julian Barnes. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dus...

Laura Everingham, or, the Highlanders of Glen Ora

James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A wonderfully bound Victorian classic set in the rolling Highlands by James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, incl...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1917 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1917. Leather. A lovely collection of poetry by this popular American poet. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American writer and teacher, known for 'Paul Revere's Ride' and 'Evangeline', as well as being the first...

Letty Hyde&Apos;S Lovers or the Household Brigade

James Grant · 1863 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1863. Leather. A nicely bound Scottish Victorian romance novel, written by the prolific James Grant. 'Letty Hyde's Lovers' is a charming Victorian love story, a fine example of the moralistic romances that were popular during t...

The Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton · 1854 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, G. Routledge and Co, 1854-64. Leather. A beautifully finely bound collection of the popular novels of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, examples of popular Victorian fiction. In a beautiful signed binding by Seton & Mackenzie.In ten volumes.A collection of the popular novels of Ed...

Garnered Sheaves

Mrs Emma Raymond Pitman · 1883 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin, Blackie & Son, 1883. Fine Binding. A charming edition of 'A Tale for Boys' in a lovely full calf binding A wonderful copy of 'Garnered Sheaves: A Tale for Boys' by Emma Raymond Pitman, a self-described 'authoress' of t...

The Rehearsal

George Villiers · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1914. Cloth. A limited edition facsimile of George Villiers' scathing satirical play on Restoration theatre, illustrated. A limited edition work, limited to five-hundred and ten copies, of which this is numbered three-hundr...

The Works of Cyril Tourneur

Cyril Tourneur · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, The Fanfrolico Press, 1929. Cloth. A limited edition collection of the works of Cyril Tourneur, containing his popular plays, mostly his beloved tragedies. A limited edition work, limited to seven-hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered five-hundred and thi...

Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot Dandelion Clocks and Other Tales

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884-7. Hardback. Two beautiful children's stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated throughout by the likes of Randolph Caldecott and Gordon Browne. Two charming Victorian children's works by Juliana Horatia Ewi...

Nimphidia the Court of Fayrie [with] the Nutbrown Maid

Michael Drayton et al · 1924 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Stratford Upon Avon, The Shakespeare Head, 1924-1925. First edition. Paperback. Two very smart poetry collections produced on a hand-press for the Shakespeare Head. First edition thus. Comprising Nimphidia by Michael Drayton (1924) and The Nutbrown Maid (1925). 'Nimphid...

Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry

Henry Headley · 1787 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, T. Cadell, 1787. First edition. Leather. A smartly rebound first edition of Henry Headley's anthology of Ancient English poetry, a renowned work. The first edition of this work.Two volumes bound in one.List of subscribers to the front of Volume I.Errata slip to th...

A Question of Blood

Ian Rankin · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A beautiful signed first edition of Ian Rankin's fourteenth Inspector Rebus novel. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'A Question...

Rather Be the Devil

Ian Rankin · 2016 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Orion, 2016. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of this exciting Ian Rankin novel, signed by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'...