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Household Ghosts

James Kennaway · 1961 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London , Longmans, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this drama novel by James Kennaway, later adapted into a film. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This novel portrays the turbulent relationship between th...

My Name Is Legion

A. N. Wilson · 2004 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Hutchinson, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this novel from English writer Andrew Norman Wilson, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription that reads: "to Ama...

Trilby: A Novel, Peter Ibbetson, & the Martian

George du Maurier · 1895 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. 1895-1898. First edition. Cloth. The first illustrated editions of these three novels from Franco-British writer George Du Maurier. Three volumes. First illustrated editions. Written and illustrated by George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, a ...

Simon the Swan

Cicely Mary Barker · 1988 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,225)

London, Blackie, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated sequel to The Lord of the Rushie River. First edition. The long-awaited sequel to The Lord of the Rushie River. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nine full-page colour imag...

Stalky & Co.

Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming novel following adolescent boys at boarding school from Rudyard Kipling. First edition. A novel following a group of adolescent boys at a British boarding school comprised of ...

Le Poesie Di Giuseppe Giusti

Giuseppe Guisti · 1875 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Firenze, Successori Le Monnir, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetry of Italian writer Giuseppe Guisti, in the original Italian. Italian. New edition. With a folding facsimile poem frontispiece. A collection of poetry from Giuseppe Celestino Giusti, an Italia...

Stardrift and Other Fantastic Flotsam

Emil Petaja · 1971 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

California , Fantasy Publishing Company, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of this collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Emil Petaja. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With a frontispiece. A collection of fourteen short sto...

The Face That Must Die

Ramsey Campbell · 1984 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

California , Scream Press, 1984. Cloth. A smart second edition of the complete US edition of this thrilling novel from English horror writer Ramsey Campbell, with illustrations. Second edition of the complete US edition. Originally published by Star Books, who first issued it ...

Like Nothing on Earth

Eric Frank Russell · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from British science fiction writer Eric Frank Russell. First edition. A collection of previously uncollected stories considered compulsory reading for any science ...

The Stars in Shroud

Gregory Benford · 1979 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this scarce science fiction novel from American author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford. First UK edition. Part of this work was published in somewhat different form in The Magazine of Fanta...

Skirmish: The Great Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak · 1977 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short fiction from American science fiction writer Clifford Donald Simak. First thus. A collection of ten of the best short stories from Simak, as a testament to one of ...

Young Earnest: The Romance of a Bad Start in Life

Gilbert Cannan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exceptionally scarce novel surrounding the triumphs and trials of a young man named Earnest, in the original, very scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. Vanishingly scarce wo...

Five Cicely Mary Barker Dust Wrappers

Cicely Mary Barker · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Blackie and Son Limited, c1946-50. Unbound. A nice set collecting together five dust wrappers for works by Cicely Mary Barker. Five dust wrappers for works by Cicely Mary Barker, colourfully illustrated in her signature nostalgic style.Cicely Mary Barker was a renowned...

Jungle Girl

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1933 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, Odhams Press Limited, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this popular Edgar Rice Burroughs novel set in Cambodia, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Jungle Gir...

The Spoils of Poynton

Henry James · 1897 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brilliant novel by Henry James, following the fate of a family and their country house. The first edition in the second state binding, with nine tulips to the front board. 'The Spoils of Poy...

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny · 1978 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Newton Abbott, Readers Union, 1978. Cloth. A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by Philip K. Dick and finished by Roger Zelazny, with the original dust wrapper. A book club edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original uncli...

A Lucky Young Woman: A Novel

F. C. Philips · 1888 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Ward and Downey, 1888. Hardback. An early edition of this scarce novel by the Victorian author and playwright F. C. Philips. A new edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial paper boards. First published in 1886, this novel was written by actor, th...

Five Cicely Mary Barker Children&Apos;S Works

Cicely Mary Barker · 1950 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Blackie & Son, c1946-1950 . Hardback. Five charming volumes of the children's works of Cicely M. Barker, best known for her 'Flower Fairy' series. Each in the original dust wrapper. Five charming children's works from children's author and illu...

Flower Fairies of the Summer; Flower Fairies of the Winter

Cicely Mary Barker · 1990 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Blackie; Frederick Warne, c1960-1990 . Hardback. Two of Cicely Mary Barker's charming 'Flower Fairy' beautifully illustrated children's works, in the original dust wrappers. Two charming works from Barker, who authored and illustrated the beloved Fl...

The Flower Fairies

Marion St. John Webb · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, The Modern Art Society Ltd, 1923 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of Marion St John Webb's delightful children's work, beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates by Margaret Tarrant. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illu...