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Yellowstone Kelly

Peter Bowen · 1987 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

Illinois , Jameson Books, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this heroic cowboy story with letters from the author. Includes two humorous letters from the author to the same reader regarding the signing of the book, others in the 'Kelly' series and …

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

Robert James Waller · 1993 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.54 | $70.03 | ¥11,185)

The United States of America, Warner Books, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A first printing of Waller's novel 'Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend&apos. Robert James Waller (1939) is an American author best known for 'The Bridges of Madison County', an enormously successfu…

The Little Blue Light a Play in Three Acts

Edmund Wilson · 1951 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of this play by Edmund Wilson. Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters. Wilson was interested in modern culture as a whole, a…

The Stalking Horse

Jill McGown · 1987 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Macmillan, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Jill McGown murder mystery novel. 'With her usual insight into human behaviour, Jill McGown has created a novel full of tension and suspense.' In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwra…

The Artful Egg

James McClure · 1984 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this murder mystery novel from James McClure. The seventh in the Kramer and Zondi novels series. In a black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is smart, with just s…

Wilde West

Walter Satterthwaite · 1991 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

New York, Walter Satterthwaite, 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Satterthwaite's fictionalised account of Oscar Wilde's time in the American West. 'A tense mystery, a perverse comedy, 'Wilde West' is a brilliant novel that includes, as it…

Watchman

Ian Rankin · 1988 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Bodley Head, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sinister spy thriller from Ian Rankin. The book tells the story of Miles Flint, a surveillance officer who works for MI5. In a grey cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, wi…

T.S. Eliot a Bibliography

Donald Gallup · 1952 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition bibliography of T. S. Eliot by Donald Gallup. Including contributions to periodicals and foreign translations. "In its extended form it covers, in five fully indexed sections, the whole range of Mr. Eliot…

The Philadelphian

Richard Powell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Richard Powell's The Philadelphian. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Richard Pitts Powell (1908 –1999) was an American novelist. In the 1940s, Powell bega…

I Am the Only Running Footman

Martha Grimes · 1986 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A bright, clean first UK edition of I Am the Only Running Footman by Martha Grimes. Bound in paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwrapper. First UK Edition. Martha Grimes, b.1931, is an A…

The Case of the Fear Makers

John Newton Chance · 1967 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.96 | $33.02 | ¥5,274)

London, Robert Hale, 1967. First edition. Cloth. Publisher's cloth covered boards with silver lettering. A first edition which is complete with the original pictorial dust jacket. John Lymington (1911-1983) was born John Richard Newton Chance in London. He was a prolific wr…

Reflex

Dick Francis · 1980 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Dick Francis. "Aided only by a natural wit and a knowledge of cameras, he unwillingly began picking his way through, facing on the way not only ferocious enemies but the traps and uncertainties …

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay. In Two Volumes

Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A wonderful collection of Lord Macaulay's contributions to the Knight's Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as miscellaneous poems and inscriptions. Featuring a …

Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron

Sir Egerton Brydges · 1824 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824. Leather. An attractive edition of this bibliographical works of the poet Lord Byron. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (30 November 1762 – 8 September 1837) was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Memb…

Honores Anglicani: Or, Titles of Honour. The Temporal Nobility of the English Nation

Simon Segar · 1712 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, John Baker, 1712. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of Honores Anglicani: Or, Titles of Honour. The Temporal Nobility of the English Nation by Simon Segar. First edition. (Quatenus such) have had, or do now enjoy, viz. Dukes, Marquisses, Earls, and Viscounts, from th…

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

E Bulwer-Lytton · 1841 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Frederick Fleischer, 1841. Leather. A new edition of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Pilgrims of the Rhine. With a preface addressed to Lytton's brother, Henry Bulwer-Lytton. This is volume III from Fleischer's Complete Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer. Bookplate …

The Royal Wanderer or the Secret Memoirs of Caroline the Whole Founded on Recent Facts an Authentic and Hitherto Unpublished Account of Court Cabals and Royal Travels

Edward Barron · 1820 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, H Rowe, 1820. Leather. A biographical work on Caroline of Brunswick. Illustrated throughout, with eleven full page plates. This work is advertised as the secret memoirs of Caroline, founded on facts. On the approach to her death Caroline ensured that all of her own lette…

Mayors and Aldermen of Great Britain and Provosts and Bailies of Scotland

Donald Mackenzie · 1935 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Sir Joseph Clauston and Sons, 1935. First edition. Leather. A nice copy of this guide to Britain's mayors and aldermen, produced for King George V's Silver Jubilee. First Edition. Featuring full page photographs of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck. Contains…

A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second: With an Introductory Chapter

The Right Hon. Charles James Fox · 1808 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

London, William Miller, 1808. Leather. A history of the early part of the reign of the Catholic English King James II. First printing for W. Bulmer and Co. Including frontispiece of Charles James Fox. Fox was born in 1749, and served as a long term member of parliament. Openly i…

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1868 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in…