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Studies in Yue Dialects 1: Phonology of Cantonese

Oi-Kan Yue Hashimoto · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive and detailed survey of the phonology of Cantonese, with folding maps. The scarce first edition.In the publisher's original brown cloth bindin...

The Master of the House

Radclyffe Hall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London; Toronto; New York, Jonathan Cape, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this religious novel from Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.The Master of the House fol...

Iceworld

Hal Clement · 1953 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

New York, Gnome Press, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel from Hal Clement, told primarily from an alien perspective. With the charming original dust wrapper. First edition. The novel was originally serialised in the magazine Asto...

Salar the Salmon

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Faber and Faber Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this ode to river wildlife by Henry Williamson, following a salmon's spring migration. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped ...

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush Life

Anthony Trollope · 1874 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle , 1874. First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Anthony Trollope's Australian novel, published using the sheets of the first edition. First illustrated edition. Published the same year as the first edition, with...

Lord Tedric

E. E. 'Doc' Smith [Gordon Eklund]; E. E. 'Doc' Smith · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Allan Wingate, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition science fiction title, in original unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. An incredibly scarce first edition, being the first edition thus to expand on the character of Lord Tedric, who first ap...

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition, first impression of Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection based on music and musicians, with the accompanying slipcase. The first edition, first impression. In the original dust wrap...

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie · 1988 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, Viking, 1988 . First edition. Cloth. A near fine first impression copy of Salman Rushdie's highly ambitious and controversial novel, in the original bright unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrap...

Calendrier Des Enfants; le Violon Enchantãƒâ©

Y. Lacote; J.-M. Guilcher · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Flammarion, 1936-1948 . First edition. Paperback. A charming collection of two illustrated French children"s books from Flammarion, issued as part of Paul Faucher"s influential Albums du Père Castor, illustrated in colour. In the publisher's original pictorial pap...

Collision with Chronos

Barrington J. Bayley · 1977 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Allison & Busby, 1977 . Cloth. The first UK edition of Bayley"s ambitious science fiction novel exploring paradox and the instability of time. In the publisher's original dark cloth binding.The novel was first published in the United States in 1973 by DAW Books. T...

First Edition Novels by Salley Vickers

Salley Vickers · 2003 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Fourth Estate , 2003-2009. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first edition novels by acclaimed British writer Salley Vickers, with two signed copies. A three volume set.The first editions. With two copies being signed by the author to the title page.In the pub...

I Can&Apos;T Stay Long

Laurie Lee · 1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of writings by Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original green cloth binding....

Later Than You Think

M. M. Kaye · 1958 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant example of the first edition of M. M. Kaye's very scarce and highly suspenseful murder mystery set in Kenya, in the beautifully illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of...

Sour Sweet

Timothy Mo · 1982 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful first edition of Timothy Mo's award winning comedic novel, in the desirable and attractively illustrated first state dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the pictorial publisher&a...

(1956) the Nature of Passion; (1958) Esmond in India; (1972) a New Dominion.

R. Prawer Jhabvala · 1956 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd; John Murray, 1956-1972. First edition. Cloth. Smart collection of three first editions from eminent British-American novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Lovely collection of three first editions by eminent British-American noveli...

The Ship of Death and Other Poems

D. H. Lawrence · 1933 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated poetical collection by D. H. Lawrence, embellished with wood engravings. First edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton with a f...

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1912. First edition. Hardback. One of the first two indistinguishable printings of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, complete with fifteen charming colour plates. First edition. One of the first or second printings which are indistinguishable fr...

The Odyssey of Homer: To Which Is Added, the Battle of the Frogs and Mice

Homer; Alexander Pope [trans.] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, J. Walker, 1818. Leather. A delightful pocket-book translation of Homer's 'Odssey' by Alexander Pope, in a handsome calf binding. A very scarce J. Walker pocket-size edition of Alexander Pope's popular translation of Homer's Odyssey. To which ...

The Complete Works of Bret Harte

Bret Harte · 1890 · Rooke Books

£599.99 (€719.18 | $792.67 | ¥126,579)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1890-1913. Leather. A uniform leather bound set of Harte's works, 'The Complete Works of Bret Harte&apos. Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. "I...

The League of Lathom: A Tale of the CIVIL War in Lancashire

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1876 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Tinsley Brothers, 1876. Cloth. A delightful three volume set of this late historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth, 'The League of Lathom - A Tale of the Civil War in Lancashire&apos. First edition. William Harrison Ainsworth was an English historical noveli...