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Eric Thacker; Anthony Earnshaw · 1968 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1968. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this well regarded fantasy book written by Eric Thacker and Anthony Earnshaw. The first trade edition.In the original publisher's glassine wrap. A cult classic fantasy book by Eric Thacker and An…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle · 1970 · Rooke Books
£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1970. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of this bestselling work, a charming tale for children following a baby caterpillar on his feasting adventures. The uncommon to see first U.K. edition of this popular work. One day, a tiny and very h…
La Corona and the Tin Frog
Russell Hoban · 1979 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1979. First edition. Hardback. A fine first edition copy of this charming children's work by Russell Hoban, signed by Hoban and the illustrator to the title page. The first edition, first impression.Signed by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley to the tit…
In Kings&Apos; Byways
Stanley J. Weyman · 1902 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories with a historical theme by Stanley J. Weyman. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Stanley We…
The Incredible Island
Christine Campbell Thomson · 1924 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling adventure novel from Christine Campbell Thomson. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a colour title page.Christine Campbell Thomson was the editor of eleve…
1901 the Geographies of Russia Written in Cyrillic
A. Stupel; E. Glov · 1901 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Riga, K. G. Zikhman , 1901. Cloth. A very scarce work on the geography of Russia, written in Cyrillic, with illustrations and a folding map of European Russia. The ninth edition. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper to the boards and a dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout …
Cities of Gold a Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest
William K. Hartmann · 2002 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)
New York , Tom Doherty , 2002. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this novel by William Hartmann, previously owned by author Stephen Vizinczey, with a letter from the author to Stephen. The first edition. Inscribed by the author to the title page; "For Stephen …
The Masked Man
Gaston Leroux; Hannaford Bennett · 1929 · Rooke Books
£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)
New York, The Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannafor…
Pharos the Egyptian
Guy Boothby · 1899 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)
London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1899. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this sensational supernatural tale of an Egyptian mummy, by the prolfiic Australian novelist Guy Boothby. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gi…
Lilith
J. R. Salamanca · 1962 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)
London, Heinemann, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of J. R. Salamanca's novel about a Schizophrenic and her psychiatrist. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Salamanca's novel is about an ins…
The Heart of London and in London&Apos;S by-Ways
Walter Jerrold · 1924 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Blackie & Son Limited, [1924-25]. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works on London with colour illustrations by E. W. Haslehust, in their original dust wrappers. The first edition. Two volumes. Part of the 'Beautiful England' series. Illustrated by E.…
Reckoning on Ice
J. R. L. Anderson · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thriller by John Richard Lane in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This thriller was written by John…
Monsignor Quixote
Graham Greene · 1982 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
London, The Bodley Head, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote. First edition. A pastiche of the classic 1605 and 1615 Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Father Quixote, a parish priest from Spa…
The Tinkling Symbol
Phoebe Atwood Taylor · 1935 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition copy of this whodunnit mystery detective story from American writer Phoebe Atwood Taylor. First UK edition. Published in the US the same year. A small town in Cape Cod has been rocked with four su…
The Flowers of the Sea: An Anthology of Quotations, Poems, and Prose
Captain Eric Wheler Bush [editor] · 1962 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1962. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this anthology of poetry and prose on the sea and marine life. First edition. An anthology on the sea, storms and shipwrecks, sweethearts and wives, home from sea, sea chanties, the …
The Practical Management of Fisheries: A Book for Proprietors and Keepers
Francis Francis · 1883 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, Horace Cox, 1883. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed handbook for the management of fisheries. First edition. Illustrated with four folding plates and many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed handbook for the management of fisheries, with ch…
Lord Emsworth and Others
P. G. Wodehouse · 1937 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of these nine humorous short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, a sought after first impression in a variant binding, with the original first issue dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression,…
The Girl in Blue
P. G. Wodehouse · 1970 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)
London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression copy of this entertaining P. G. Wodehouse novel concerning a Gainsborough miniature. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the …
The Great Prince Shan
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1922 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's thrilling science fiction novel, set in the near future. The first US edition, first printing, published in March 1922. The first edition in book form; this work in…
The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1949 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)
London, The Grey Walls Press, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's posthumously published final novel, in the exceptionally bright original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this unfinished work, which was first pu…