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Studies in History and Jurisprudence
James Bryce · 1901 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of this collection of essays and articles from British academic James Bryce. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of Bryce"s essays and articles on the Roman and British …
A Collection of Novels from Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell · 1989 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, MacDonald; Little ,Brown and Company; Headline, 1989-1995. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five volumes from English horror fiction writer Ramsey Campbell. Five volumes. First edition or first thus. Written by Ramsey Campbell, an English horror fiction writer…
The Rescue & the Shadow Line
Joseph Conrad · 1933 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1933-1934. Cloth. Two smart volumes from Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, being part of The New Adelphi Library. Two volumes. The New Adelphi Library. This set contains: The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows, 1933. One of Conrad's works …
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway · 1940 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
Philadelphia, The Blakiston Company , 1940 . Cloth. The first Blakiston edition of Ernest Hemingway's celebrated novel set during the Spanish Civil War, with this edition being published the same year as the first due to a collaboration with Charles Scribner's Sons. Th…
The Ultimate Island: A Strange Adventure
L. De Giberne Sieveking · 1925 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this very scarce science-fiction novel focusing on the discovery of an Archipelago leading to Atlantis, written by Lance Sieveking. The first UK edition. Very scarce work. Bound in the …
An Autobiography: Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie · 1977 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)
London, Collins, 1977 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful association copy of Agatha Christie's posthumously published autobiography, inscribed by her widower, the archaeologist and academic Max Mallowan. The first edition.Inscribed by Agatha Christie's husband of fort…
Specimen Historico-Criticum, Exhibens Vitam Amedis Tulonidis
Taco Roorda · 1825 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Batavorum, S. et J. Luchtmans, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce exploration on the life of Ahmad ibn Tulun, the first edition, in the original Latin. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original Latin.Half-title is present. A biographical treatise on Ahma…
Masterpieces Selected from the Korin School
Shiichi Tajima; Mr. Joseph King Goodrich [trans.] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
Tokyo, Shimbi Shoin, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Volume I of Shiichi Tajima's beautiful limited edition analysis of the Korin school of Japanese art. Signed by the editor, and with over thirty plates of striking works of art. The first edition of volume I only of a work th…
The Religious Minorities of Chios: Jews and Roman Catholics
Philip P. Argenti · 1970 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Cambridge University Press, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the uncommon first edition of Argenti's scholarly study of the religious minorities of the Greek island of Chios, and the manner in which they have interacted with the dominant Greek Or…
The Massacres of Chios: Described in Contemporary Diplomatic Reports
Philip P. Argenti [ed.] · 1932 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright example of Philip P. Argenti's very scarce history of the Chios Massacre, drawing from contemporary sources to document the catastrophic event. The vanishingly scarce first edition, firs…
Incarnate Isis
Shaw Desmond · 1941 · Rooke Books
£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)
London, Hutchinson, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Shaw Desmond's thrilling 1941 novel, a tale of reincarnation set in Ancient Egypt. In the charmingly illustrated original dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impression.In the o…
The Blue Spider
Arthur Mills · 1929 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, W. Collins Sons & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Arthur Mills's thrilling novel about a secret society and a collection of priceless emeralds that have been stolen. The very scarce first edition, first impression.Described by the p…
The President&Apos;S Hat
Antoine Laurain · 2013 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Gallic Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. A smart first English edition of this humorous story from French writer Antoine Laurain. First English edition, fifth impression. Signed by the author to the title page. One day in 1986, President Francois Mitterrand forgot h…
The Wild Boys
William S. Burroughs · 1972 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Calder & Boyars, 1972. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing post-apocalyptic novel by William S. Burroughs. The first edition, first impression.In the original publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wild Boys' is set in apocalyptic l…
Some Rain Must Fall
Michel Faber · 1998 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Canongate, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A striking signed first edition of Michel Faber's engrossing collection of short stories. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.An imaginative and versatile collection of sh…
The Consort
Anthony Heckstall-Smith · 1965 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
New York, Grove Press Inc, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Royal satire by Anthony Heckstall-Smith, in both the original and the revised dust wrappers. The first edition, first printing.In the original dust wrapper, unclipped, and revised dust wrapper, pric…
Zeiss Ikon Cameras 1926-1939
D. B. Tubbs · 1977 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
Hove , Hove Camera Foto Books, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of this richly illustrated history of cameras manufactured by the Zeiss Ikon Company. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapp…
The Cat and the Devil
James Joyce · 1965 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
London, Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Hardback. A superb first edition of this brightly illustrated short story for children from Irish writer James Joyce. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour pages and numerous in-text images. Not typically considered a write…
The City of Glasgow: Its Origin, Growth, and Development
John Gunn; Marion I. Newbigin [editors] · 1921 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed geographical and historical study of Glasgow, with folding maps. First edition. Illustrated with five plates and six folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed…
The Best Science Fiction Stories
Everett F. Bleiler; T. E. Dikty [editors] · 1949 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
New York, Frederick Fell Inc. 1949-1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart set of five volumes of The Best Science Fiction Stories series, with volume one signed and inscribed by the editors. Five volumes. First editions. With volume one signed and inscribed by the editors to the fr…