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Anita Brookner · 1984 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of Anita Brookner's award-winning novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped d…
A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners
Jules Verne · 1875 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875 . Cloth. The second English language edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne. Illustrated throughout, and in the publisher's decorative pictorial cloth. The second English language edition of this work, publish…
Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch
Constance MacEwen · 1891 · Rooke Books
£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)
London, F.V. White & Co, 1891 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Constance Gardner's vanishingly scarce all-female retelling of Jerome K. Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work.Published in 1889, this was one o…
A Tangled Web
Nicholas Blake · 1956 · Rooke Books
£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)
London, Collins, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition copy of Nicholas Blake's crime thriller. This is a First Edition copy of the work in original publisher's black cloth binding with original unclipped Dust Wrapper. Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Cecil Da…
A Plunge Into Space
Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books
£345.00 (€413.54 | $455.79 | ¥72,784)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the fir…
Possessed
Jack Woodford · 1946 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
New York, The Woodford Press, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Jack Woodford's thrilling novel about a young woman who fears she may be possessed. The first edition of this work, in the vibrantly illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper. Flat…
The Case of the Buried Clock
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1943 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
New York, William Morrow and Company, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. A bright copy of the third printing Eric Stanley Gardner's twenty-second Perry Mason novel. The first edition, third printing of this work, published three months after the first edition. In the publisher&ap…
A Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems of Aneurin, Taliesin, Llywarch Hen, and Merdhin
Sharon Turner · 1803 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, E. Wiilliams, 1803 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this wonderful discussion of works by ancient Welsh poets, edited by historian Sharon Turner. The first edition of this very scarce work.English historian Sharon Turner presents a discus…
Histoire Naturelle Des Cetacees
Bernard Germain de Lacepede [De La Cepede]; Comte de Buffon · 1804 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)
Paris, Chez Plassan, 1804 . Leather. An early edition of La Cepede's richly illustrated and very scarce study of cetaceans. In the original French.Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates across the two volumes. Collated, complete.Published in the same year as the single vo…
Twenty-Four Pamphlets on Socialism
William Ward; Henry George; Henry Varley; Leo Tolstoy; Hermann Adler; J. Keir Hardie et al. · 1879 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.39 | $1,585.37 | ¥253,163)
London; Glasgow, Exeter Publishing; Alfred Holness; Simpkin, Marshall and Co; Ward, Lock; Brotherhood Publishing et al, 1879-1905 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating collection of twenty-four very scarce pamphlets and articles on socialism in late nineteenth and early twentiet…
Historical and Descriptive Account of British India
Hugh Murray; James Wilson; R. K. Greville et al. · 1832 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)
New York, The Bradley Company, c1901 . Leather. An early twentieth century edition of Hugh Murray's history of British India, with all three volumes bound in one. A handsomely bound history of the history and role of British powers in Indian governance, arranged principally…
Mamista; City of Gold; Violent Ward
Len Deighton · 1991 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, HarperCollins; Century, 1991-3. First edition. Cloth. Three lovely first edition novels of Len Deighton in their original dust wrappers. Three thrilling novels by Len Deighton, all first editions. Comprising: First UK edition of 'Mamista'; First UK edition of…
The Case Against Butterfly
Gregory Tree · 1951 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this mystery novel by Gregory Tree, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce copy. Mystery novel by American author Gregory Tree, autho…
Win, Place and Die!
Lawrence Lariar · 1953 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Lawrence Lariar's thrilling novel in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, a scarce volume. Thrilling novel concerned with the intrigue of "men who will stop…
Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands: Notes of a Field Naturalist
George B. Longstaff · 1912 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1912. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated study of butterflies. First edition. Embossed presentation copy stamp to the top of the title page. Illustrated with sixteen plates, seven of whic…
Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds End of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind
Charles G. D. Roberts · 1905 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Duckworth & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition of this Canadian adventure, following the experiences of the Red Fox as it learns life lessons and how to survive. This is a First Edition of the work, bound in green cloth with a fox motif to the front boa…
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773
James Bruce of Kinnaird · 1790 · Rooke Books
£1,800.00 (€2,157.59 | $2,378.05 | ¥379,744)
Edinburgh; London, J. Ruthven; G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790. First edition. Leather. The first edition of James Bruce's travelogue recounting his search to the source of the Nile, an illustrated set of five volumes. The first edition.Complete in five volumes.ESTC citation…
Soldier Tales and &Apos;Captains Courageous&Apos;: A Story of the Grand Banks
Rudyard Kipling · 1896 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1896-1898. Cloth. Two smart early printings of the first editions of these works by the popular author Rudyard Kipling. The second printing (first reprint) of the first edition of Soldier Tales, published November 1896, a month after the first edition, …
The Art of Illumination: An Anthology of Manuscripts from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century
P. D'Ancona; E. Aeschlimann · 1969 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Phaidon, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition of this comprehensive study of artwork from the sixth to the sixteenth century. First edition. Illustrated with twenty-four tipped in colour plates, and one hundred and forty-five full-page and …
The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV
Charles C. F. Greville; Henry Reeve [ed.] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874-1887. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the complete three volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in eight volumes, of The Greville Memoirs. The first edition of this three volume work, bound in eight volumes in full calf binding…