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Murder Most Foul
Gordon Ashe [John Creasey] · 1942 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, John Long, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the very scarce first edition of this murder mystery, the sixth novel in the Patrick Dawlish series. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.Written by John Creasey, under his pseudonym Gordon …
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy
Len Deighton · 1976 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Len Deighton's exciting spy novel. A first edition of the work, in smart, black cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper and decorative endpapers. Len Deighton is a British autho…
A Plunge Into Space
Robert Cromie; Jules Verne · 1891 · Rooke Books
£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)
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 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
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…
A Short History of the English People
John Richard Green; Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate [ed] · 1902 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1902-1903 . Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of J. R. Green's detailed history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Originally published in 1874, without illustrations, historian John Richard Green began work in 18…
The Wind and the Rain: An Easter Book for 1962
Neville Braybrooke · 1962 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Secker & Warbung , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Neville Braybrooke's revival of the literary quarterly 'The Wind and the Rain.' The first edition of this work. An 'Ester Book' containing pieces from 'The Wind and the…
All of a Piece: New Essays
E. V. Lucas · 1937 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays from humorist E. V. Lucas, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. With illustrated frontispiece. A collection of essays including: Oil&apos…
Samlede Romaner Og Fortaellinger
Carsten Hauch · 1873 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
Kjøbenhavn, C. A. Reitzel, 1873-1874. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce set containing the novels and short stories of Danish writer Johannes Carsten Hauch. The Romances and short stories of Danish writer Carsten Hauch are gathered in these seven leather bo…
Traiteãâoeãâ Des Affections Vaporeuses Ou Maladies Nerveuses Vulgairement AppeleãâoeãâEs Maux de Nerfs
Pierre Pomme · 1798 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)
Paris, Chez Cussac, 1798-1799. Leather. An attractively rebound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century medicinal treatise. A leather bound copy of Pierre Pomme's eighteenth century treatise in which he presents a new approach to 'the vapours', a frequently…
Just Passing Through
Philip Roberts · 1969 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed, limited edition copy of this poetry collection by Philip Roberts. Limited edition, ten copies of this work were numbered and signed with this being number five. Signed by the author to the editions p…
Commentary on the Encyclical Letter of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulators Regarding the Sacred Office of Preaching
Various · 0 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Not Stated , Not Stated, c1900. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet discussing the encyclical letter of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. Signed Brother Bernard of Andermatt. A very scarce pamphlet, rarely seen in commerce and not found institutionally. Dated from c…
Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from Horace
Horace; H Darnley Naylor · 1935 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Shaftesbury, The High House Press , 1935. Leather. A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor. Limited edition of 215 copies, of which nos. 1 to 15 are printed on hand-made paper and signed by both the compiler and translator, and th…
The Uganda Protectorate
Sir Harry Johnston · 1902 · Rooke Books
£985.00 (€1,180.85 | $1,301.54 | ¥207,864)
London, Hutchinson, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of Sir Harry H. Johnston's two volume study of the history and people of Uganda. To the recto of each frontispiece is the presentation inscription 'E. Irby From H. J.&apos.…
Lelia
George Sand · 1833 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
Paris, Henri Dupuy; L. Tenre, 1833. First edition. Leather. A very scarce complete two volume second printing of George Sand's philosophical French novel. In the original French.While each title page refers to these as a fictional second edition, the true second edition was…
My Story
Leonard Studley · 1988 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
not stated , Leonard Studley, 1988. First edition. Paperback. A signed copy of this personal memoir of West Dorset. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. This volume recalls eighty years in the Broadwindsor era of the Hill Country of West Dorset and is a memoir of th…
And Call It Accident
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · 1939 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London , Hutchinson & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, signed copy of the novel And Call it Accident by Mrs Belloc Lowndes. A first edition copy. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Marie Belloc Lowndes was a prolific English novelist who had a rep…
English Hops: A History of Cultivation and Preparation for the Market from the Earliest Times
George Clinch · 1919 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, McCorquodale & Co , [1919]. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this illustrated history of the cultivation of English hops. The first and sole edition of this work, dated via Jisc. An uncommon work. An interesting work on the origin and history of the cu…
The Mary Jane and Other Stories
Joan E. Cass · 1958 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, The Educational Supply Assocation, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this scarce collection of illustrated children's stories, signed by the author Joan E. Cass. A first edition of The Mary Jane and Other Stories, signed by author Joan E. Cass to th…
Architecture and How It Arose; with a Model for the Gothic
Charlotte A. Pound · 1880 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)
London, E. Marlborough & Co, 1880 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this very scarce late nineteenth century discussion of the origins of Gothic architecture. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work, by Charlotte A. Pound.Inscri…
Jill the Reckless
P. G. Wodehouse · 1920 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London, Herbert Jenkins, c1921. Cloth. The seventh printing of this successful novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Popular novel by GP Wodehouse, first published in 1920 in New York. This is the seventh impression of the UK edition, dated via Jisc. Following the adventures of heroine Jil…