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Six Poems
Thomas Hennell · 1947 · Rooke Books
£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,388)
Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells School of Art and Crafts, 1947. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of these six poems by Thomas Hennell, a lovely privately printed work. A very scarce work.The first edition of this work.A collection of six short poems by Thom…
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings and Models for Hamlet: Macbeth the Vikings: And Other Plays
Edward Gordon Craig · 1912 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1912. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this scarce theatre catalogue by Edward Gordon Craig, the presentation copy of the author's son, Edward Carrick. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A scarce …
Poems
Michael Drayton · 1619 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)
London, W. Stansby for John Swethwicke, 1619. Leather. A folio collection of the early poems of Michael Drayton, the popular Elizabethan poet, an important collection of his various poetical exploits. ESTC citation number S125214.The publisher is misspelled 'Swethwicke&apos…
The Epicure&Apos;S Almanac and Directory
Benson E. Hill · 1843 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, J. How, 1843. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this early Victorian almanac containing seasonal recipes and menus. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.An almanac containing a wide variety of recipes and seasonal menus for use throughout …
Practical Dinners
[Victor Chevalley De Rivaz] · 1887 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Horace Cox, 1887. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating recipe collection that guides the readers in meals that are ideal for each season of the year. The first edition of this work.The recipes in this work appeared originally in the pages of '…
Shame
Salman Rushdie · 1983 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of Salman Rushdie's third novel, 'Shame&apos. Written in the style of magic realism, Rushdie desired to approach the problem of 'artificial' country divisions and the problems of …
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Winston Churchill · 1956 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1956-8. First edition. Cloth. First editions of Volumes II and IV of Churchill's important history of Great Britain. In two volumes.The first editions, first impressions, of these works.Volumes II and IV of a total of four volumes.Volume II …
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A fine, first edition copy of the critically acclaimed novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time&apos. With original unclipped dustwrapper. This novel won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of…
The Kind Man Obit Delayed
Helen Nielsen · 1951 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1951-3. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two exciting mystery detective novels by the American author Helen Nielsen. The first edition of these works.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two thrilling detective novels by Helen Nielsen.&ap…
The Night Is a Time for Listening
Elliot West · 1966 · Rooke Books
£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)
London, Victor Gollancz LTD, 1966. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Elliot West's Russian espionage novel, following a man avenging his wife's death during World War II. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Night is a…
The Whole Hog
Michael Kenyon · 1967 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Collins, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Michael Kenyon's exciting spoof espionage novel, published by the Collins Crime Club. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Whole Hog' is an entertaining spoof-es…
The Riddle of the Third Mile
Colin Dexter · 1983 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Macmillan , 1983. First edition. Cloth. A fine example of this early Inspector Morse novel. The first edition of this important crime fiction novel. Colin Dexter was a popular English crime writer, best known for his 'Inspector Morse' series of novels. Througho…
Seeing Red
Theodora Dubois · 1955 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Collins Crime Club, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Theodora Du Bois' thrilling murder mystery novel, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Seei…
The Long Traverse
John Buchan · 1941 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's illustrated short adventure story collection, containing eight immensely exciting stories. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, priced at 7/6.A sele…
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee · 1999 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition, first impression, of J. M. Coeztee's immersive novel on the South African apartheid. The winner of the 1999 Man Booker Prize. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipp…
The Silver Locusts
Ray Bradbury · 1951 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of the first edition of Ray Bradbury's popular novel 'The Martian Chronicles', published here in the U.K. as 'The Silver Locusts&apos. The first edition of this work.In the original unclippe…
Indie in Woord En Beeld
L F Van Gent; W A Penard; Dr D Rinkes · 1924 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
Weltevreden, Weltevreden Topografische Inrichting, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this record regarding the Dutch East Indies. In Dutch and English, with parallel text. Illustrated throughout. A pictorial record of Indonesia in the 1920s and a brief history of…
IL Mio Viaggio Nel Tibet Occidentale
Giotto Dainelli · 1932 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
Milano; [Milan], A. Mondadori, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Italian travel work on the Western Tibet, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original Italian.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and thirty-two plates.Collated, complete…
Boabdil or &Apos;the Twilight of Granada&Apos;
Robert Gordon-Canning · 1928 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Hodgson, 1928. First edition. Vellum. A superior copy of this uncommon poetical and theatrical anthology by Robert Cecil Gordon Canning. In the original vellum binding. The first edition of this anthology of works. Comprising ten works total. Gordon-Canning was a staun…
False Witness
Elizabeth Nisot · 1938 · Rooke Books
£2,400.00 (€2,876.78 | $3,170.74 | ¥506,325)
London, Stanley Paul & Co. LTD. 1938. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Elizabeth Nisot's enthralling mystery novel, here in a beautiful condition with the original dustwrapper and Crime Book Society wraparound. The first edition of this work.A very sca…