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Goodbye Mickey Mouse
Len Deighton · 1982 · Rooke Books
£52.00 (€62.33 | $68.70 | ¥10,970)
London, Hutchinson, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Smart first edition of Len Deighton's historical novel, complete with dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A historical novel by Len Deighton, telling of the 220th Fighter Group of the US Eighth Air…
The Story of General Dann and Mara&Apos;S Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog
Doris Lessing · 2005 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London and New York, Fourth Estate, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In t…
Wellington and Waterloo
Major Arthur Griffiths · 1898 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, George Newnes, Limited. 1898. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of Major Arthur Griffiths' military history book on Wellington and Waterloo First edition illustrated copy with original publisher's binding of Major Arthur Griffiths' Welling…
Fungoid Pests of Cultivated Plants
M. C. Cooke · 1906 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Spottiswoode & Co. LTD. 1906. First edition. Leather. A colourfully illustrated first edition of Cooke's interesting work on pests of plants, complete with lovely colour plates. The first and only edition.An interesting scientific study on fungoid pests and how they…
Trent&Apos;S Own Case
E. C. Bentley; H. Warner Allen · 1936 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)
London, Constable & Co LTD, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sought after murder mystery sequel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and H. Warner Allen, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The long aw…
Topsy, M.P.
A. P. Herbert · 1929 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London , Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A humorous first edition copy of Topsy, MP. one of Herbert's most popular creations. Alan Patrick Herbert was an English humourist, novelist, playwright and law reformist and worked for the magazine Punch. Topsy, one…
The Lost Villages of Britain
Richard Muir · 1982 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London , Michael Joseph, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated volume on the fascinating history of the lost villages of Britain by Richard Muir. A smart volume that considers the lost villages of Britain, describing the first prehistoric Dark Age hamlets, medi…
Works by John Grisham
John Grisham · 1993 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London , Century , 1993-2005. First edition. Cloth. A stunning nine volume set of novels by the bestselling legal thriller writer John Grisham A set of nine works by American author and lawyer John Grisham, including The Client (1993), The Chamber (1994), The Runaway Jury (1996)…
Tales My Father Taught Me: An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes
Osbert Sitwell · 1962 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Hutchinson of London, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. Bright first edition of this collection of reminiscences by Osbert Sitwell, complete with striking dust wrapper. First edition of Osbert Sitwell's reminiscences with more details into incidents mentioned in his swee…
Rum Jungle
Alan Moorehead · 1953 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated memoir of Alan Moorehead's travels through Australia, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. A compelling memoir of Alan Moorehead's travels through Australia, including the uran…
Musae Anglicanae Sive Poemata Quaedam Melioris
Anonymous · 1741 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Londini [London], J. & R. Tonson, & J. Watts, 1741 . Cloth. Volume I only of a two volume work of Latin language poetry. The fifth edition of this work, scarce in all editions. A scarce mid eighteenth century volume of poetry in Latin, in a full calf binding.This smart work cons…
Stranger with a Gun
Bliss Lomax · 1960 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Wild West Club by Collins, 1960 . Cloth. A very smart copy of the second Western Crime Club printing of Bliss Lomax's daring novel. A The 1960 Western Book Club edition of Bliss Lomax's thrilling Wild West set novel, in the exceptionally bright publisher's…
Death on Danger Hill
T. Arthur Plummer · 1931 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Stanley Paul and Co, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The suspicious circumstances of titular 'Death on Danger Hill' are investigated in this very scarce 1931 murder mystery novel, complete with illustrated dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impress…
Black & White
Shiva Naipaul · 1980 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London , Hamish Hamilton , 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work of this non fiction work by Siva Naipaul. Shiva Naipaul was an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist. Black & White is a novel written by Naipaul based on his trip to Guyana in the afterm…
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J. M. Barrie · 1906 · Rooke Books
£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates from Arthur Rackham, this is a wonderful first trade edition of J. M. Barrie's iconic children's tale. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated editi…
In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World
William Allingham; Richard Doyle · 1870 · Rooke Books
£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)
London, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Richard Doyle and William Allingham's beautifully illustrated fairy tales, illustrated throughout with Doyle's plates. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated…
Paris After Waterloo: Notes Taken at the Time and Hitherto Unpublished
James Simpson · 1853 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons , 1853. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this study of the Battle of Waterloo from Simpson's observations, inscribed with the author's compliments. First edition of this work of military history, sharing James Simp…
New Naturalist Monographs: The Badger; the Redstart; the Yellow Wagtail
Ernest Neal; John Buxton; Stuart Smith · 1948 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Collins , 1948-50. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions from the Naturalist Monographs series complete with dust wrapper, containing studies of the badger, redstart, and yellow wagtail. Three volumes from Collins' 'New Naturalist Monographs' series, …
The Restless Years: Being Some Impressions of the Origin of the Australian
Peter O'Shaughnessy; Graeme Inson; Russel Ward · 1968 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Milton, Marrickville, South Melbourne , The Jacaranda Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful copy of this illustrated study of early Australia, complete with illustrated slipcase. First edition, first impression of this work. A large paper history of the origins of the A…
Timothy&Apos;S Quest a Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It
Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1892 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)
London, Gay and Bird, 1892. Cloth. A beautifully bound copy of a popular and charming tale by Kate Douglas Wiggin, here in the original very scarce dust wrapper. In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.A…