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Sawas 1939-1947 Book of Thanks
EAS Bailey · 1981 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Inversanda, Ardgour, EAS Bailey, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first limited edition of this historical record of World War Two with a signed letter from the editor. First limited edition of Sawas 1939-1947 Book of Thanks 1980 in the original publisher's imitation leather…
The New Army in Training & the Fringes of the Fleet
Rudyard Kipling · 1915 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Macmillan, 1915-1916. Paperback. A pair of pamphlets issued during the First World War written by Rudyard Kipling. The New Army in Training is a first edition. The Fringes of The Fleet is a reprint. Originally published in 1915. Kipling wrote 6 articles about the trainin…
Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer
Leonard G Cramp · 1954 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, Werner Laurie, 1954. First edition. Cloth. An exciting first edition of this work exploring the reality of flying saucers and rocket ships. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 3 plates. Collated complete. This exciting work includes chapters on: 'Rockets or S…
Poems of Passion and Pleasure
Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1912 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Gay & Hancock, 1912. Cloth. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's most famous poetry collection, this edition beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Dudley Tennant. A very beautiful edition of the poetry of the American author Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Strikingly illustrated wit…
Life&Apos;S Little Ironies
Thomas Hardy · 1898 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London; New York, Harper & Brothers, 1898. Cloth. A lovely collection of the short stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition containing nine of his popular tales. A collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy, this 1898 edition comprising of nine stories.This volume includes 'T…
The Chariot of the Flesh
Hedley Peek · 1897 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London; New York, Lawrence & Bullen, LTD; Longmans, Green & Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this brilliant sought after science fiction novel by Hadley Peek, an exciting example of Victorian sci-fi. The first edition of this very scarce work.A ri…
Caledonia Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for the Work
William Beattie · 1838 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, George Virtue, 1838. Leather. One of William Beattie's lavishly illustrated topographical studies, this volume focusing on the beauty of Scotland. Volume II only of a two volume work, lacking Volume I.A beautiful topographical work by William Beattie, looking in par…
Letters from the Levant
John Galt · 1813 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of political novelist John Galt's account of his travels in Greece in the early nineteenth century. Illustrated with a map frontispiece.An early non-fiction work from Scottish no…
Moral Emblems & Other Poems
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1921 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London , Chatto & Winduss, 1921. Cloth. A lovely illustrated copy of this collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. A Chatto & Windus edition of Moral Emblems & Other Poems written and illustrated with woodcuts by Robert Louis Stevenson. This collection of poems were first…
Vox Clamantium: The Gospel of the People
Andrew Reid [ed] · 1894 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, A. D. Innes & Co. 1894. First edition. Cloth. Uncommon first edition of this collection of gospels brought together by Andrew Reid. A collection of Gospels by writers, preachers and workers. Compiled by Andrew Reid, to represent varying schools of thought. An interesting…
The New Decameron: The Sixth Volume
Vivienne Dayrell [ed]; Gerald Bullet; Evelyn Waugh; et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Basil Blackwell, 1929. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this sixth volume in the 'New Decameron' series, containing various pieces by a variety of authors including Evelyn Waugh. Modern retelling of the classical work of the 'Decameron,' the six…
Les Ecrivains Militaires de la France
Theodore Karcher · 1866 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Trubner & Co. 1866. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this study of French military literature by Theodore Karcher. The first edition of this work, in the original French. Printed in London with a address to the English reader in English language. A study of …
Carte Blanche
Jeffrey Deaver · 2011 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Great Britain, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the thirty seventh James Bond novel, signed by the author and with the ticket to the book signing. First edition, first impression of Carte Blanche by Jeffrey Deaver in the ori…
Biographie Universelle Ancienne Et Moderne in Forty Five Volumes
M. Michaud · 1843 · Rooke Books
£1,750.00 (€2,097.65 | $2,311.99 | ¥369,196)
Paris and Leipzig, A. Thoisnier Desplaces; Chez Madame C. Desplaces; Lirairie de F. A. Brockhaus, 1843-1860 . Leather. This vast collection of biographies of writers and scholars throughout history complete in forty five volumes. The complete set of Biographie Universelle Ancien…
Tales of Hearsay
Joseph Conrad; R. B. Cunninghame Graham · 1925 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)
London, T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1925. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously collected anthology of four stories by Joseph Conrad, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, with not subsequent printings listed.In the original unclipped…
Mustard and Cress: Their Surprising Adventures and the Downfall of Burdock
C.O. Murray · 1879 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, late nineteenth-century children's fairy tale about two little elves, Mustard and Cress, colourfully illustrated throughout. A delightful, late nineteenth-century children's tale about two lit…
Morley Ernstein; or, the Tenants of the Heart
G. P. R. James · 1842 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first american edition of George Payne Rainsford James' 'Morley Ernstein', complete with two volumes bound in one. The scarce first American edition. Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In the origina…
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs · 1978 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London , Hamish Hamilton , 1978. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this beautiful children's illustration book, The Snowman. A lovely first edition copy of the popular children's book The Snowman.Raymond Briggs was an English illustrator, cartoon …
The History of the Adventure of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham
Henry Fielding · 1929 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1929. Cloth. 1 A first thus of this illustrated edition of The History of the Adventure of Joseph Andres and his Friend Mr. Abraham by Henry Fielding. The novel was the first full length novel by Henry Fielding and is described as a 'co…
The Lady and the Squire
Terry Jones · 2000 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London , Pavilion, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first edition copy of this fantastic adventure The Lady and the Squire. A signed first edition copy of the children's book The Lady and the Squire by Terry Jones. Signed to the title page. First edition, first…