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Rockspring: A Novel
R. G. Vliet · 1974 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York, The Viking Press, 1974. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thrilling Western from American writer Russell G. Vliet. First edition. The author's first novel. Set in Texas in the wild 1830s, the daughter of poor white pioneers is kidnapped by three Mexican outlaws…
Bad Characters
Jean Stafford · 1964 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. First edition, first impression. This work contains nine short stories, alongside a novella, and…
The Luck of a Lowland Laddie
May Crommelin · 1900 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, John Long, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of this exciting South American adventure novel, written by Irish author May Crommelin. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Written by prolific Irish author, Maria…
Down Oxford Street
Ralph L. Finn · 1944 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first edition of this charming work of romantic fiction set on Oxford Street, written by Ralph L. Finn, with the very scarce, original dust wrapper. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, un…
Life Beyond Death with Evidence
The Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas; Viscountess Grey of Fallodon · 1928 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce, first edition of spiritual work surrounding life after death, written by British minister and spiritualist, Charles Drayton Thomas. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Very…
Immorality
Alfred Williams Momerie · 1904 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, H. R. Allenson, 1904 . Cloth. The first cheap edition of this compelling study of life and immorality, written by English cleric and academic, Alfred Williams Momerie. First cheap edition. The first edition was published in 1901. Dated using Jisc, from copies of the work…
A Whip for the Woman
Ralph Straus · 1931 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing volume of literary criticism, exploring the idea of a novel, by Ralph Straus. From the library of journalist and politician Sir Beverley Baxter. The first edition, first impression…
Hollywood Station
Joseph Wambaugh · 2006 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Little, Brown and Company, 2006 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition Joseph Wambaugh detective fiction novel about the LAPD, with further inscriptions from fellow crime authors James Ellroy and Michael Connelly. The first edition, first printing of this novel, …
Variation on a Theme
John Collier · 1935 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this amusing supernatural story by popular twentieth century British author and screenwriter John Collier. Number 137 of 250 signed and numbered copies by the author.A short, humorous, supernatur…
Desiderium MCMXV-MCMXVIII
Norman Davey · 1920 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Cambridge, Heffer & Sons Ltd. 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this collection of First World War-era poetry by English engineer, soldier and writer Norman Davey. The first edition of this very scarce collection, from the author of 'The Pilgrim …
The Caves of Treasure
Roy Norton · 1925 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce novel in which a lost Mayan world is discovered. The first edition. First published in 'Red Magazine' 1919 and 1920 as two serials. In the publisher's original blind stam…
Rolls Royce: An Album of Sales and Institutional Literature Volumes I and II
None stated · 1951 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
California, Motor Classic Book House; Dan R. Post Publications, 1951-53. First edition. Paperback. The first edition, two volume set of illustrated works on Rolls Royce, the luxury car company. The first edition.Two volumes. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, illustrations a…
Cormorant Crag a Tale of the Smuggling Days
Geo Manville Fenn · 1896 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, S. W. Partridge and Co, [1896]. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of George Manville Fenn's smuggling novel, beautifully illustrated by W. Rainey. The first UK edition. First published in the United States in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company.Illustrated with …
The Craft of the Lead Pencil
Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Allan Wingate Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this guide to lead pencil drawing by Mervyn Peake, illustrated throughout with Mervyn's own pencil illustrations. The first edition. An uncommon work.In the publisher's original cloth. Illust…
The Animal That Drank Up Sound
William Stafford · 1992 · Rooke Books
£159.00 (€190.59 | $210.06 | ¥33,544)
San Diego , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of this illustrated version of William Stafford's important poem describing the winter's waiting for spring's return, signed by the author and illustrator. Signed by the a…
The Etchingham Letters
Ella Fuller Maitland; Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart · 1899 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London , Smith, Elder & Co. 1899. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this work told through skillful and immersive letters, with beautiful half morocco binding and decorative fore edge. In half morocco binding.A scarce first edition of this work. With a tipped in…
Robinson Crusoe&Apos;S Money
David A. Wells · 1876 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1876. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting economic parable by David A. Wells, an illustrated satirical novel. The first edition.An interesting parable set in the fictional land of Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe&apos…
Men of Stones: A Melodrama
Rex Warner · 1949 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London , The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of the melodrama novel written by English writer and translator Rex Warner, The first edition, first impression of this work of speculative fiction. Signed by the author to the front board cloth. In t…
A Child Possessed
R. C. Hutchinson · 1964 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition story steeped in affectious charm, written by British best-selling novelist R.C. Hutchinson. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper and publisher's original cloth bindi…
The Emperor&Apos;S Bracelet
Manning Coles [Adelaide Frances Oke Manning; Cyril Henry Coles] · 1947 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, University of London Press, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates and many in-text and full-page images.…