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Five Science Fiction Novels
Martin Greenberg · 1952 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
New York, Gnome Press, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fantastic collection of science fiction novels, with works by van Vogt, Leiber and Norman L. Knight. Contains 'The Chronicler' by A. E. van Vogt, 'Destiny Times Three' by Fritz Leiber,…
The Black House
Paul Theroux · 1974 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first edition of this popular Paul Theroux novel, signed by Theroux to the title page. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with publish…
Choice Emblems Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral and Divine, for the Improvement and Pastime of Youth
John Huddlestone Wynne · 1812 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, J. Harris, Longman and Co. et al. 1812. Leather. A quaint, pocket-sized eleventh edition collecting short, humorous and inscructive anecdotes. This work comprises the marvellous wood engraved vignette illustrations of the emblems, followed by descriptions in verse and pr…
A Suburb of Yedo
Theobald A. Purcell · 1889 · Rooke Books
£1,470.00 (€1,762.03 | $1,942.08 | ¥310,124)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1889. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this beautifully illustrated look into Tokyo as it was in the nineteenth century, a charming collection of sketches on the city. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.A charming …
Space Platform
Murray Leinster; [William Fitzgerald Jenkins] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Chicago, Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exhilarating young adult sci-fi novel by Murray Leinster. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A young a…
Lies of Silence
Brian Moore · 1990 · Rooke Books
£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)
London, Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Brian Moore's novel 'Lies of Silence', signed by the author and complete with a glassine dust wrapper. 'Lies of Silence' is a 1990 novel focusing on the effects that The Troubles…
Christ the Hunter
John Lehmann · 1965 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely limited edition of Lehmann's spiritual prose poem, signed by the author. This work was first broadcast in 1964 on the BBC Third Programme, and is autobiographical and spiritual in nature.John Lehmann (1907-19…
Self&Apos;S the Man
John Davidson · 1901 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Grant Richards, 1901. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tragi-comedy by John Davidson. This is a tragi-comic play featuring a Roman cast, set on the outskirts of Pavia in Italy.John Davidson (1857-1909) was a Scottish playwright, poet and novelist. His poetry greatly…
The Portreeve
Eden Phillpotts · 1906 · Rooke Books
£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1906. Cloth. An author's presentation copy of his novel, in which he has written a length inscription lamenting and criticising the work. Like many of Phillpotts' works, this novel was set in Devon.Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was an ext…
According to Queeney
Beryl Bainbridge · 2001 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Little, Brown and Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting historical fiction novel about Samuel Johnson, and his friendship with Queeney Thrale. The first edition, first impression, of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.…
Swords of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1948 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
California, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc, 1948. Cloth. A lovely 1948 reprint of the eighth Barsoom novel, an exciting science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. A 1948 reprint of this work, though 1936 is stated to the edition page; this is the 1948 reprint as the cloth is a tan…
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Henry Walter Bates · 1864 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, John Murray, 1864. Cloth. The second edition of Henry Walter Bates' important work regarding his trip to the Amazon Basin. An influential work, referred to by Charles Darwin as the best book of Natural History travels ever published. With a folding plate to the rear…
The Saracen&Apos;S Head
Osbert Lancaster · 1948 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, John Murray, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of this charming little book by Osbert Lancaster, illustrated. The first edition of this work. A charming little book following the adventures of a young British nobleman on the Crusades. Osbert Lancaster sa…
The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England
[Thomas Chandler Haliburton] · 1843 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Richard Bentley, 1843. First edition. Leather. Thomas Chandler Haliburton's satricial novel about mid-nineteenth century British society, an entertaining work. Volume I is the first edition, Volume II is the second edition, both published in the same year.Half-title…
The Edwardians
Vita Sackville West · 1931 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1931. First edition. Paperback. The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication. The first edition of this work, part of the 'Collection of British and American Authors&a…
Reflex
Dick Francis · 1980 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Michael Joseph, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this exciting crime novel by Dick Francis. Dick Francis (1920-2010) was a British crime writer and former jockey whose works mostly handle crime in the horse-racing world. Over forty of his novels were…
The Night Watch
Sarah Waters · 2006 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Virago, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of this acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters. The first edition copy of this acclaimed Sarah Waters' novel stated. A dark, historical fiction novel following the fragmented lives and interconnections of five pe…
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, Secker and Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition copy of this novel by J. M. Coetzee, the Booker Prize winner in 1999. The first edition, first impression stated. With pictorial dustwrapper by Lucy Harmer, a later impression with "winner of The Book…
The Deeds of Doyly Mcpurr
Lawrance Smith · 1974 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Rex Collings, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this immensely entertaining and heart-warming novel, inscribed and signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Inscribed by the author to the verso of the half-title, 'This is Lucy's -…
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
Erle Stanley Gardner · 1957 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)
London, William Heinemann LTD, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this Erle Stanley Gardner murder mystery thriller featuring his beloved detective Perry Mason. The first U.K. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A Perry Mason murder myst…