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The Plight of a Sorcerer

Georges Dumezil; Jaan Puhvel [editor]; David Weeks [editor] · 1986 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Berkeley, University of California Press, 1986. Cloth. A smart copy of this translated section of Dumezil's notable work Mythe Et Epopee. Translated from the original French. The second section of Dumezil's Mythe Et Epopee, considered his magnum opus, which provides ...

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

Siegfried Sassoon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1928. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound sixth impression copy of Siegfried Sassoon's semi-autobiographical novel revolving around a huntsman. The first edition, sixth impression, published in November 1928. The first impression was pri...

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1864 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co, 1864. Leather. A sought after early edition of Charles Kingsley's important children's fantasy novel, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The second edition, published the year after the first.Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.'T...

The Man Who Was Seven Times God

John George Shaw · 1936 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Rich & Cowan LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel, following a man who declares himself a god in seven places, the first edition. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Man Who Was Seven Times God' is a curious sci-fi ...

The Moon Gods

Edgar Jepson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. An exciting Lost Race novel by Edgar Jepson, the first edition of this very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Moon Gods' is a science fiction novel, in which a Lost race is discov...

Gypsies of the Heath

The Romany Rawny" [Alice E. Gillington; Betty Gillington] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this scarce anthology of stories by Alice E. Gillington, who collected and published Gypsy folklore, folk songs and singing games. A scarce work rebacked in a quarter cloth binding with the original dec...

The History of the Book War: Fair Book Prices Versus Publishers&Apos; Trust Prices

The Times · 1907 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, The Times, 1907. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce essay concerning the dispute of British publishers with The Times Book Club, from the library of William Foyle, the co-founder of Foyles bookshop. A very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. ...

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,562)

London, Fourth Estate, 2012. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition first edition, first impression of Hilary Mantel's award-winning sequel to 'Wolf Hall', signed by the author, in the pictorial cloth. A first edition, first impression of this work, and one of ...

Wild Nights

Emma Tennant · 1979 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this immersive novel imbued with fantastical elements throughout, from post-modern novelist Emma Tennant. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappe...

Overtime

Tom Holt · 1993 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Orbit Books, 1993. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition time travelling novel based on the legend of Blondel de Nesle. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Overtime is a humorous science fiction follo...

Poems Dramatic and Lyrical

John Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley · 1893 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London, Elkin Mathews, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry from English writer John Leicester Warren, limited to six hundred copies. First edition. Limited to six hundred copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five pl...

The Underlings

Barbara Benson · 1977 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Constable, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce novel from English author Barbara Benson. First edition. Very scarce work. Set in the 1950s this novel follows Jane Broadbent as she joins a new company and finds out that office life can ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Study of His Life and Work

Arthur Waugh · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, William Heinemann, 1892. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this insightful work into the life and poetry of English writer Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ten plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. The life and works of Alfred Te...

Les Six Nouvelles de L&Apos;Enfance

Julie de Lafaye-Brehier · 1853 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

Paris, Librairie de L'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, 1853. Cloth. A charming collection of six children's stories with illustrations, in the original French. French. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A collectio...

A Proper Marriage

Doris Lessing · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this second novel in the Children of Violence series from British novelist Doris Lessing. First edition. The second novel in the Children of Violence series. Continuing the semi-autobiographical story...

The Quickening of Caliban

J. Compton Rickett · 1893 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, [1893]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce sci-fi novel by Joseph Compton Rickett, following the discovery of a lost race in Africa. The first edition of this scarce work.A Lost World sci-fi novel, in which a "more mode...

Peace Under Earth

Paul Beaujon; [Beatrice Warde] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Megaw, 1938. First edition. Hardback. A scarce science fiction novella set in the near future, the first edition of this work by Beatrice Warde. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original glassine wrap.A short science fiction novella, comprising of dialogues...

Poems of 1962

Linda Collin Wileman; Various · 1962 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Ilfacrombe, Arthur H. Stockwell LTD, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poems celebrating the publications of the year, signed by one of the contributors to W. A. Foyle. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, also in a cust...

The Burning of Troy

Malcolm Gair · 1958 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

New York, Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A gripping mystery adventure novel by Malcolm Gair, the first edition of this uncommon work, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original unclipped dust wrapp...

Doctor Dolittle&Apos;S Zoo

Hugh Lofting · 1949 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1949. Cloth. The seventh Doctor Dolittle novel, a charming and illustrated tale following the doctor as he returns home to expand his zoo. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Doctor Dolittle's Zoo' is the seventh book in the Doctor Dol...