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Paul Gallico · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Heinemann, 1974. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of Paul Gallico's thrilling children's novel, in the publisher's original dust wrapper, and illustrated throughout. First published in the US in 1968, this is the second UK impression of American novel...

Mr Sammler&Apos;S Planet

Saul Bellow · 1970 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Saul Bellow's award winning novel in the original dust wrapper. First UK edition of Mr Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wr...

The Man of the World&Apos;S Dictionary. Translated from the French.

Alexandre Baudouin · 1822 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, J. Appleyard, 1822. Cloth. The second edition of this dictionary with witty definitions for the amusement of Georgian gentlemen. In a quarter cloth binding. A second edition of this witty dictionary aimed at "men of the world" in the Georgian era, including contemporar...

The Collected Poems of Gerald Gould

Gerald Gould · 1929 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London , Victor Gollancz, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing collection of poems by English poet Gerald Gould. A first edition, second impression of this work published just a month after the first impression in October 1929. Gerald Gould was an English writer, essay...

Poems Epigrams and Sonnets

R.E. Egerton-Warburton · 1877 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877. First edition. Leather. Scarce first edition of this collection of poems by Rowland Egerton-Warburton. The first edition of this work. A scarce copy of this anthology of the poems of R.E. Egerton-Warburton, English landowner and poet of ...

The Quest for Lavishes Ghast

Muriel Spark · 1998 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, The Cuckoo Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Lovely copy of this short story by Muriel Spark in the original wraps, first thus with illustrations by Penelope Jardine. Short story in a booklet by Muriel Spark, Scottish author of the twentieth and early twenty-first...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling · 1999 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Bloomsbury, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition, twelfth impression of the third novel in the popular 'Harry Potter' series by JK Rowling. The first edition, twelfth impression of this work. Third novel in the immensely popular Harry PotterÂ...

Tenderfoot Trapper

Arthur Catherall · 1958 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Lovely copy of this scarce first edition novel by Arthur Catherall. Scarce first edition, first impression of this juvenile novel by Arthur Catherall, diverse and prolific English author of the twentieth century. Narrating...

The Wisdom of India

Lin Yutang · 1944 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Michael Joseph Limited, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first limited edition of this anthology of Indian literature compiled by Lin Yutang in the original dust wrapper. First limited edition, first printing of The Wisdom of India by Lin Yutang in the original ...

Parrot and Olivier in America

Peter Carey · 2010 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

2010, faber and faber, 2010 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first printing of this novel by Peter Carey inspired by his move to America in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey in the original p...

No Wooden Overcoat

John Paddy Carstairs · 1959 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London , W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A smart signed, first edition copy of this thriller staring Garway Trenton, by John Paddy Carstairs. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper:For Lisa Partner de Luxe! Some nonsense fo...

The Man with the Golden Gun

Ian Fleming · 1965 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.77 | ¥67,489)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of Ian Fleming's thrilling Bond novel The Man With The Golden Gun, in the original Richard Chopping dust wrapper. A first edition, first impression copy. In the second state binding, witho...

Flowering Wilderness

John Galsworthy · 1932 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1932 . First edition. Leather. The first limited signed edition of this novel by award winning novelist John Galsworthy in the original acetate dust wrapper. The first limited edition of Flowering Wilderness by John Galsworthy in the original pub...

The Fishermen

Dimitry Gregorovitsh · 1925 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

London and Philadelphia, Stanley Paul & Co. and David McKay Company, c.1925 . Cloth. An early translated edition of this novel by Dimitry Gregorovitsh first published in Russian in the mid nineteenth century. Undated early translated edition of The Fishermen by Dimitry Gregoro...

Fables

T. F. Powys · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first limited edition copy of this collection of fables by T. F. Powys, a wonderful collection inscribed by the author. Signed by the author to the limitation page.The first limited edition work, limited to 750 copi...

The Coal Carrier

Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds · 1976 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Johannesburg, Perskor Publishers, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition signed copy of this work by Rosalie Liguori-Reynolds, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition copy of this work. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. This novel f...

Scott-King&Apos;S Modern Europe

Evelyn Waugh · 1955 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Not Stated, Chapman & Hall, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of Evelyn Waugh's novella in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of Scott-King's Modern Europe by Evelyn Waugh in the original publisher's cloth bin...

Sanders of the River

Edgar Wallace · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Ward Lock and Co. 1935. Cloth. A smart, uncommon photoplay edition of this novel by noted author Edgar Wallace. Undated, dated from jisc. Later state dust wrapper with 1- to front wrap. Photoplay edition, with scene from the film starring Paul Robinson and Leslie Banks...

De Lisle; or, the Shipwrecked Stranger

1848 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,671)

London , W. Caffyn , 1848. Leather. A very scarce copy of De Lisle; or, The Shipwrecked Stranger by James Lindridge with illustrations throughout. De Lisle; or, the Shipwrecked Stranger is by James Lindridge and is a romance of real life. With an illustrated additional title ...

Sir Percy Hits Back: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Orczy · 1927 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , c1927. Cloth. A smart copy of the ninth novel in the wonderful Scarlett Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy. An early, undated edition of Baroness Orczy's Sir Percy Hits Back, featuring her character Scarlet Pimpernel. Baroness Orczy was a Hu...