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Dangerous Honeymoon

Axel Kielland; Carolyn Hannay · 1946 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A lovely scarce first U.K. edition of this thrilling novel set in Nazi Berlin by Axel Kielland. The scarce first U.K. edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Dangerous Honeymoon' opens in a bomb shattered Berlin, fol…

HAVASH! Frontier Adventures In Kenya

Brevet-Major W Lloyd-Jones · 1925 · Dodman Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

London, Arrowsmith, 1st Edition, With 28 photographs and a map. Fascinating account of life in the King's African Rifles just prior to the First World War, with much time allowed for exploration and hunting. A little spotting to block edge, intruding onto pages only occasionall…

The Ghost Road

Pat Barker · 1995 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

London, Viking, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A smart, first edition first impression of Pat Barker's harrowing historical fiction, for which she won the Booker Prize. A smart first edition, first impression of this moving war novel by Pat Barker. Blank signed by the autho…

Tony's Wife

Trigiani, Adriana · 2018 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2018. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A spellbinding, big, fat, sprawling novel of the Big Band era prior to and during World War Two. A fine novel by the author of The Shoemaker's Wife. Scarce in the tr…

Through Footless Halls of Air : The Stories of a Few of the Many Who Failed to Return *Signed and Inscribed by Author*

WILLISTON, FLOYD · 1996 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.81 | ¥7,974)

Burnstown, Ontario, Canada: General Store Publishing House, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 1896182445. 310 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Black and white illustrations. Author "Meticulously researched the short lives of six Atlantic Canada airm…

The Triumph of Unarmed Forces (1914-1918)

CONSETT, REAR-ADMIRAL M.W.W.P.; DANIEL, CAPTAIN O.H. · 1923 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$299.95 (€272.14 | £227.04 | ¥47,883)

London: Williams and Norgate, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 344 pages. Index. "An account of the transactions by which Germany during the Great War was able to obtain supplies prior to her collapse under the pressure of economic forces." - subtitle. Usual library markings. Som…

Histoire de la Guerre de Chypre

Antoine Maria Gratiani · 1685 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.84 | $9,908.59 | ¥1,581,772)

Paris, Andre Pralard , 1685. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this historical work regarding the War of Cyprus by Antoine Maria Gratiani. Atabey notes this book as being one of the basic sources for the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572. A very scarce and important …

Born in Captivity

Bryan Berry · 1952 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Hamilton & Co, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the debut sci-fi novel of Bryan Berry, a post-war tale set in 2018, this copy signed by the author. The first edition.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original unclipped dust wr…

The Revolt Against Civilization - the Menace of the Under Man [Untermensch]

STODDARD, LOTHROP (SIGNED) · 1922 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$9,500.00 (€8,619.13 | £7,190.73 | ¥1,516,545)

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Stoddard upon front free endpaper. "The revolutionary unrest which to-day afflicts the entire world goes far deeper than is generally supposed. Its root-cause is not Russian Bolshevik propa…

The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller

William Young Darling · 1931 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver and Boyd, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition, first impression of William Young Darling's first novel published anonymously. The first edition, first impression of The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller by William Young…

The History of the Reign of Philip the Third King of Spain

Robert Watson; William Thomson · 1793 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, G.G.J and J Robinson, 1793. Leather. The third edition of this eighteenth century historical work. Complete in two volumes. This is the complete work of this history, with the original four books by Robert Watson and the continuation of two books by William Thomson. Wats…

The Illustrated London News, 23 September 1944: The Invasion of Holland

VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS · 1944 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$395.00 (€358.37 | £298.98 | ¥63,056)

London, England: 30 January 1943, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Cover: Le Touquet, France Canadian Soldiers Walking Along Promenade. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Norfolk Portraits" by R.W. Ketton-Cremer; The Great World War: Is This the Final Round…

The Man Who Went Back

Warwick Deeping · 1940 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Cassell, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Warwick Deeping's time travel novel in which a man from 1940s England finds himself in the years prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The first edition, first impression of Warwick Deeping's science …

The English Country House from the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939

Hall, Michael · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

London, Mitchell Beazley, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Bronze dj with bw photo and white lettering. 192 pp. with bw archival photos throughout. A unique and vivid insight into what has become known as the 'golden age' of the English country house, just pr…

The Wrong Horse - the Politics of Intervention and the Failure of American Diplomacy

STERN, LAURENCE · 1977 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Times Books, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0812907345. Illustrated by Clyne, Ronald. "Stern describes the whole course of U.S. policy in Greece and Turkey regarding the Cyprus crisis of 1974. He shows how and why we encouraged and supported the colo…

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke · 1919 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919 . Leather. Handsomely bound in full calf by Sotheran, this is the fifth impression of the collected poetical works of Rupert Brooke. The March 1919 fifth impression of this work, which was first published the year prior. In a full calf signed bin…

Impressions of Contemporary France. I- the Universities" [with] "II-the Structure of Society" [from] Scribner's Magazine (1907)

Wendell, Barrett · 1907 · Kaaterskill Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

[New York], Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. First edition. Later plain wrappers. [314-326], [449-464] pp. 8vo. The first article presents a good picture of French universities prior to the First World War. Barrett Wendell was a graduate, as well as English professor at Harvard, w…

A Survey

Max Beerbohm · 1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, William Heinemann, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely collection of caricatures and satirical cartoons. First edition of A Survey by Max Beerbohm in the original publisher's red cloth binding. A lovely collection of caricatures and satiric…

Checkmate in the North: The Axis Planned to Invade America

WILLIAM GUY CARR, LT.-CMDR., R.C.N.R. · 1945 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$950.00 (€861.91 | £719.07 | ¥151,655)

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. World War II required the United Nations to prepare for the threatened invasion of the American continent by the Axis Powers. Careful study indicated the Nazi timing of this invasion was the early winte…

Born to Run; an Elephant in the Garden

Michael Morpurgo · 2007 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, HarperCollins Children's Books , 2007-2010. First edition. Cloth. A lovely pair of first edition books from beloved children's author Michael Morpurgo, including The first editions, first impressions of these two children's books from Michael Morpurgo. Bot…