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The Idle Demon

Robert Percival Lister · 1958 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this collection of poems by British author, poet and artist, R. P. Lister. A smart first edition of this work, in the original black cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This …

Scandinavian Misadventure : The Campaign in Norway, 1940

HARVEY, MAURICE · 1990 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$79.95 (€72.54 | £60.52 | ¥12,763)

U.K.: Spellmount, Limited Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0946771448. 323 pages. Index. References. Black and white photographic plates. "The conflict in Norway between April and June of 1940 was the first occasion in the history of warfare that all three Servi…

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan · 1915 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.54 | ¥209,848)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of John Buchan's celebrated espionage novel. A thriller, which follows the 'man on the run' Richard Hannay just before the outbreak of the First World War. Originally serialised i…

Nautical Tables Designed for the Use of British Seamen

Rev James Inman · 1945 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London , J. D. Potter , 1945. Leather. A detailed and comprehensive collection of nautical tables sanctioned for use in the Royal Navy. 1945 reprint of the original first published in 1821. A detailed collection of nautical tables designed for the use of British seamen. Original…

The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot 1689 - 1937

C. T. Atkinson · 1937 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

Cambridge, Regimental History Committee; Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Leather. An illustrated history of the South Wales Borderers, a colourfully illustrated study on the regiment of the British Army. The first edition.In the original publisher's deluxe …

Jurisprudence : or The theory of law. Fifth edition.

Salmond, John W. · 1916 · Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,399)

London : Stevens & Haines, 1916. 5th edition. Orig. red cloth binding. xv, 512 pp. Spine sl. discolored. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - This is a standard work in Anglo-American legal philosophy. First published in 1902, it became one …

Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years Book One of the Memoirs of Eleanor Farjeon

Edward Thomas; Eleanor Farjeon · 1958 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,171)

London, Oxford University Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of the letters of Edward Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon from the last four years of his life. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A co…

From Here to Eternity

James Jones · 1952 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Collins, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A bright first UK edition of this sweeping historical novel by James Jones, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression preceded by the true first US edition the year prior. James Jones' famou…

O Big Earth!

Leon Tibbetts · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Portland, Maine , Falmouth Book House , 1938. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition satirical commentary on humankind, rooted in the dictatorship and culture of the eve of World War Two. A first edition of this work. Very scarce. In the publisher's original u…

England, My England

D. H. Lawrence · 1924 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

London, Martin Secker, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first UK edition of this collection of short stories by D. H. Lawrence, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression. This was first published two years prior in the USA.In the sc…

The Radio Addresses of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, 1939-1940

LINDBERGH, COL. CHARLES A. · 1940 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.67 | ¥79,020)

USA: Scribner's Commentator, 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Contains the text of the following radio addresses given by Charles Lindbergh as part of his ultimately unsuccessful effort to keep the United States out of WWII: America and European Wars (15 Sept. 1939); Neutrality a…

The Maple Leaf Forever - the Story of Canada's Foremost Armed Forces Newspaper

ROWLAND, BARRY D; MACFARLANE, J. DOUGLAS · 1987 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,093)

Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0920474446. In the second world war "young people from this nation left the comforts and security of home and family to enter into what proved to be a long and sustained struggle in a cause that…

The Illustrated London News, 7 April 1945

VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS · 1945 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,093)

London, England: 30 January 1943, 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features include: Book Review: "Left Hand, Right Hand!" by Osbert Sitwell; The Great World War: Allied Passage of the Rhine (inc map); Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Revelations of an Inst…

With Mulai Hafid at Fez : Behind the Scenes in Morocco

Harris, Lawrence · 1909 · Ariel Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Smith, Elder & Co Journalist sent to visit Fez to interview the Sultan of Morocco, to have a look at the Court and find out about the life and customs of the people just prior to World War One. With a frontispiece in colour and thirty-eight illustrations. CONDITION Green cloth w…

The Sphere Magazine, Christmas 1916, Vol. LXVII, No. 879a

MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS · 1916 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$299.95 (€272.14 | £227.04 | ¥47,883)

London: The Sphere, 1916. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arth…

The Return of Doctor O&Apos;Grady

Andre Maurois; Gerard Hopkins · 1951 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, The Bodley Head, 1951. Paperback. A proof copy of Andre Maurois' second volume of discourses between Doctor O'Grady and Aurelle. A proof copy.'The Return of Doctor O'Grady', published in French as 'Nouveaux Discours du Docteur O'Grady&a…

The Illustrated London News, 12 August 1944

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

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,093)

London, England: 30 January 1943, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Cover: Our Royal Field-Marshal (King George VI) Viewing the Fighting in Italy. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Excellenz X: The Leader of To-Morrow's Germans" by R.G. Waldeck; The Great W…

Judgement at Nuremberg - a Novel with 12 (Twelve) Scenes from the Movie

MANN, ABBY · 1961 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,093)

USA: Signet / The New American Library of Canada Limited, 1961. First Printing. Paperback. 139, 5 [ads] pages. Black and white photos. Critically annotated on many pages by prior owner who applied a masking tape label to the front cover upon which to state his disagreement with …

My Fighting Life

Georges Carpentier · 1920 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. An interesting autobiographical work on a previous champion heavyweight boxer of Europe, Georges Carpentier. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding, with a boxing motif to the front board…

The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; the Eye in the Door; the Ghost Road

Barker, Pat · 1996 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

New York, Viking Press, 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. W.H.R. Rivers, William Halse Rivers Rivers, is one of my heroes, both as a physician and as a psychologist, a Melanesianist, at one point. Pat Barker is one of my very favorite writers. This R…