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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J. K. Rowling · 2007 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Bloomsbury, 2007. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing true first edition of J. K. Rowling's seventh and final novel in her beloved Harry Potter series. The stated first edition.Complete with the adult variant of the original unclipped dust wrapper. This final instalme…

The Alchemist

[Mary Robson Hughes] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, William Darton Jun, 1818. First edition. Leather. A scarce moral novel for young girls by the popular Georgian author Mary Robson Hughes, the first edition, complete with a frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A charming moral tale for children, following …

Fabulous Histories. Designed for the Instruction of Children, Respecting Their Treatment of Animals

Sarah Trimmer · 1811 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, J. Johnson and Co, 1811. Leather. Sarah Trimmer's popular Georgian novel for children, in which she educates on the proper treatment of animals. 'Fabulous Histories' is the most popular work of Sarah Trimmer. First published in 1786, this is the ninth edit…

They

Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£109.00 (€130.65 | $144.00 | ¥22,988)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first separate UK edition of Rudyard Kipling's haunting story 'They'; the first impression printed by Bemrose Dalziel, with illustrations by F. H. Townsend. The first separate UK edition, first impression o…

Sacred History, Selected from Scriptures, with Annotations and Reflections

Mrs. Trimmer [Sarah Trimmer] · 1783 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, J. Dodsley, 1783 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of volume II only of Mrs. Trimmer's work of high church Anglican moral guidance. The very scarce 1783 first edition of volume II only of Sarah Trimmer's work, which eventually exten…

Ministere de L&Apos;Instruction Publique: L&Apos;Armee Romaine D&Apos;Afrique Et L&Apos;Occupation Militaire de L&Apos;Afrique Sous Les Empereurs

M. Rene Cagnat · 1892 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

Paris , Ernest Leroux , 1892. First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Rene Cagnat's history of Africa's Roman armies and military occupation. The first edition, bound into two volumes. Very scarce.In a uniform quarter crushed morocco binding, with red…

The Halcyon Days of Motoring 1900-1940

A. B. Demaus · 2006 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of motoring, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated throughout. The history of a lost age in which intrepid motoris…

Napier: The First to Wear the Green

David Venables · 1998 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Somerset, G. T. Foulis & Company, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated story of Napier, a British engineering company known for its luxury motor cars. First edition. Illustrated throughout. The full story of Napier, the London company whose …

Fear to Tread

Michael Gilbert · 1953 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery crime thriller from English solicitor and author Michael Gilbert. First edition. Following the gradual discovery by Mr. Wetherall, a middle-aged, mild-mannered headmaster, that even a numbe…

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Helen Simpson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Helen Simpson's historical novel set in 17th-century Hanover, inscribed by famed playwright and actor, Noël Coward. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Inscribed by celebra…

The Ladysmith Bombshell

George Walter Lines · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

[London], [Wilson's Music and General Printing Co. Ltd.], 1900 . First edition. Paperback. The uncommon publication of eight issues of a weekly newspaper made by soldiers during the Seige of Ladysmith. A first edition thus. An uncommon first edition thus, being a facsimile …

The London and Middlesex Notebook: A Garner of Local History and Antiquities

W. P. W. Phillimore [ed] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Elliot Stock, 1892. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce historical work on the antiquities of London and Middlesex, with many detailed illustrations. The first edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, monochrome vignettes, and five monochrom…

An Instance of the Fingerpost

Iain Pears · 1997 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1997. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical mystery novel, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression with a complete numberline. Signed by the author to the title page. In the original…

The Paris Embassy: A Narrative of Franco-British Diplomatic Relations 1814-1920

Beckles Willson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this history on the Paris Embassy from Canadian journalist and First World War soldier Beckles Willson. The first edition of this scarce work. In the original cloth binding.Illustrated with a monochrome …

A Selection of Science Fiction Works

Various · 1975 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

New York; London, Advent; Harper and Row; Nelson Doubleday; Robson Books et al , 1975-1990. First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of science fiction books, all complete with the publishers' striking unclipped dust wrappers. An attractive collection of fifteen science f…

Lyra&Apos;S Oxford

Philip Pullman · 2003 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Oxford , David Fickling Books , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of Philip Pullman's novella, featuring heroine Lyra Belacqua from his popular trilogy 'His Dark Materials&apos. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original cloth binding.Â…

The Shadow in the Plate

Philip Pullman · 1986 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this Sally Lockhart mystery from Philip Pullman. The first edition, first impression of this work.With the original unclipped dust wrapper.This is the second Sally Lockhart mystery, taking pl…

Falling Angel

William Hjortsberg · 1978 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.61 | $376.53 | ¥60,107)

New York , Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition of this American horror novel by William Hjortsberg. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Falling Angel' is a supernatural horror novel …

The Blinding Light: A Tale

Colin Collins · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Greening and Co. Ltd , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce science fiction novel centring on the invention of a powerful ray. The first edition of this very scarce title. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This science fiction novel depicts the consequ…

Manipulus Vocabulorum: A Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language

Peter Levins; Henry B. Wheatley [editor] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, The Early English Text Society by Humphrey Milford, 1937. Cloth. A smart reprint of this English to Latin dictionary believed to be the first English rhyming dictionary. Reprinted from the English English Text Society edition of 1867. An English-to-Latin dictionary origi…