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The Mirror Crack&Apos;D from Side to Side

Agatha Christie · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Miss Marple mystery, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wra...

They Do It with Mirrors

Agatha Christie · 1952 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1952. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this classic Miss Marple murder-mystery, published the same year the U.S. first and complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, published the same year...

A Muramasa Blade: A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan

Louis Wetheimber · 1887 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

Boston, Ticknor and Company , 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this powerful historical novel set in 17th century Japan, illustrated throughout. First edition. Rebacked, with the cloth from the original spine and boards laid down. Bound with the original blank...

The Amazing Marriage the Tragic Comedians the Ordeal of Richard Feverel One of Our Conquerors Diana of the Crossways Lord Ormont and His Aminta Poems Volume I Poems Volume II Vittoria Short Stories the Adventures of Harry Richmond Evan Harrington the Egoist an Essay on Comedy Rhoda Fleming Sandra Belloni Beauchamp&Apos;S Career the Shaving of Shagpat

George Meredith · 1906 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.79 | $2,179.88 | ¥348,099)

London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1906; 1904; 1908; 1906; 1908; 19. Vellum. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1906; 1904; 1908; 1906; 1908; 1906; 1907; 1907; 1906; 1907; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1906; 1907; 1907; 1907; 1906. Vellum. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A charming...

A Pin&Apos;S Fee

Peter de Polnay · 1947 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Cape Town , Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition, first printing of this novel by Peter de Polnay in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of A Pin's Fee b...

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass and the Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman · 1996 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996-1997. Cloth. The first American editions of the first two His Dark Materials novels that have now become staples of modern fiction and fantasy. The first American editions of both The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, the first two novels wit...

The Seasons

James Thomson; John Beresford [Intro.] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1927. Cloth. A charming Nonesuch Press edition of this notable quartet, The Seasons, illustrated with charming watercolours by Jacquier. In the publisher's original decorative marble cloth. A limited edition of this work, being copy three hund...

Samples of Common Sense in Verse

A Forfarshire Farmer [John Watson] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Brechin, Black and Johnston, 1875 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of vernacular Scottish verse, illustrated with a photographic portrait of the author, writing under the pseudonym of "A Forfarshire Farmer." In the publisher's original green cloth binding. ...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999 . Hardback. A lovely first edition, tenth impression of the third novel in the popular 'Harry Potter' series by JK Rowling, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original pictorial paper hardback.Complete ...

17 Vols a Collection of Sir Walter Scotts Life, Poetry, and Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott; J. G. Lockhart · 1848 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)

Edinburgh; London, Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman; Adam and Charles Black , 1848-1853. Leather. A composite collection of Sir Walter Scott"s works, uniformly bound in full calf, comprising selected volumes from the Waverley Novels, Lockhart"s Memoirs of the Life of Sir Wal...

Tactical Exercise

Evelyn Waugh · 1954 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this US-only collection of Waugh"s shorter works, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the origin...

Maze of Justice

Tewfik el Hakim; A. S. Eban [Trans.] · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Harvill Press, 1947 . Cloth. A first English-language edition of Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm"s satirical novel, originally published in Egypt in 1937, examining the legal system through a murder case. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.First English-...

He Ought to Be Shot

Joan Fleming · 1955 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Hutchinson, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this psychological crime novel by Joan Fleming, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original unc...

9vols the Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1892 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1892-1902 . Leather. A smart nine-volume Macmillan set of Tennyson"s works bound in half calf, complete with frontispiece plates throughout, bringing together his major poetry and plays. Bound in a smart half calf binding with marbled paper board...

Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 2004 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London, Doubleday, 2004 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart UK first edition of the first book of the fantasy tetralogy The Inheritance Cycle. A smart UK first edition, first impression.Originally published in the US in 2002.In the original blue cloth binding. In the original...

The Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen · 1906 · Rooke Books

£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1906 . Cloth. The impressive and scarce complete ten volume Winchester Edition of the novels of Jane Austen, uniformly bound in the very scarce publisher's original cloth. The scarce Winchester Edition, complete in ten volumes.Illustrated with a por...

The Golden Bowl

Henry James · 1905 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Methuen & Co, 1905 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, first issue of Henry James's celebrated and claustrophobic study of marriage and adultery. The scarce first UK edition of this work, published shortly after the US first edition.Edel & Laurence, A60b...

The Chace Bound with Hobbinol or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem, in Blank Verse

William Somervile · 1767 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, and R. Baldwin, 1767. Leather. The fourth edition of William Somerville's famous poem on hunting, bound together with 'Hobbinol&apos. Fifth edition of 'The Chase', bound with the fifth edition of 'Hobbinol, or...

Selected Poems of Robert Haven Schauffler

Robert Haven Schauffler · 1922 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of these selected poems from American writer Robert Haven Schauffler. With early drafts of two more poems inserted. The author's presentation copy, with a signed inscription to the front fre...

Songs of a Miner

James C. Welsh · 1917 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited , 1917. First edition. Cloth. A charming presentation copy of this poetical collection from miner and politician, James C. Welsh. With a hand-written poem by the author. The author's presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front f...