Ballantyne, R. M.

The Battery and the Boiler: Or Adventures in the Laying of Submarine Electric Cables

R. M. Ballantyne · 1883 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, James Nesbitt & Co. Limited, 1883. Cloth. An illustrated scarce edition of this work concerning the laying of submarine electric cables. Scarce edition. Illustrated with 4 plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of more than o...

Post Haste a Tale of Her Majesty&Apos;S Mails

R. M. Ballantyne · 1880 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, James Nisbet & Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see signed first edition of this mysterious children's novel by R. M. Ballantyne, an illustrated mystery revolving around the postal system. Signed by the author, with his signature pasted to the front ...

Mister Fox

Comus [R. M. Ballantyne] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The first editition of R. M. Ballantyne's charming children's tale about an anthropomorphic fox, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this charming children's tale from R. M. Ballantyne...

The Gorilla Hunters & the Young Fur Traders

R. M. Ballantyne · 1901 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, T. Nelson & Sons, 1901. Cloth. Two smart copies of these exciting adventure stories from Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne, with illustrations. Two volumes. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote over one hundred books. Thi...

The Coral Island

R. M. Ballantyne · 1954 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Paisley Alexander Gardner , c1900. Cloth. An illustrated edition of R. M. Ballantyne's popular juvenile fiction following the adventures of three boys on a South Pacific island after a shipwreck. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a...

The Renegade, Through Bible Lands, the Gorilla Hunters, the Lamplighter, Scottish Chiefs, & More About Pixie

John Finnemore; Philip Schaff; R. M. Ballantyne; Maria S. Cummins; Jane Porter; Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, A. & C. Black, Ltd.; James Nisbet & Co.; Collins' Clear-Type Press; R.T.S. [The Religious Tract Society], c1880-1915. Cloth. A brightly illustrated collection of six late nineteenth and early twentieth century adventure novels with moral teachings. Six volumes. Th...

The Crystal Hunters; the Madman and the Pirate; Away in the Wilderness; Life in the Red Brigade

R. M. Ballantyne; George Manville Fenn · 1883 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, James Nisbet and Co. Limited; S. W. Partridge and Co. 1883-1912. Cloth. A charming set of juvenile fiction, comprising three works by R. M. Ballantyne and one from George Manville Fenn. A set of four juvenile adventure novels, three of which are from Scottish author R....

The Robber Kitten

R. M. Ballantyne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1896. Hardback. An uncommon children's work written and illustrated by R. M. Ballantyne, a funny tale about a robber kitten. An uncommon children's work by R. M. Ballantyne, an entertaining tale following the exploits of a kitten who decid...

A Cape Horn Calm and Other Verses

R. M. Ballantyne · 1911 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Edinburgh, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A charming copy of this collection of poetry, inscribed by the author's daughter. First edition. Scarce. With an inscription by the author's daughter, Isobel, to the title page reading: "Robert James ...

The Three Little Kittens

R. M. Ballantyne · 1925 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1925. Cloth. A scarce copy of this charming children's tale following three young kittens, with illustrations throughout. Scarce work. Dated from the British Library. With a coloured frontispiece and many black-and-white in-text images. A ch...

The Gorilla Hunters

Ballantyne, R. M. · 0 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

London Blackie & Son Limited 8vo. Spots to boards, scuffs, ink stamps to edges and first page; good.

THE YOUNG FUR TRADERS

Ballantyne, R M · 1891 · Greensleeves Books

£10.83 (€12.98 | $14.31 | ¥2,285)

good . 1891 pictorial boards, soem rubbing, illus, scuffing to rear board, inscription on end paper, text clean Thomas Nelson

BLUE LIGHTS OR HOT WORK IN THE SOUDAN

Ballantyne, R M · 1888 · Greensleeves Books

£13.54 (€16.23 | $17.89 | ¥2,857)

good . 1888 James Nisbet, red pictorial boards, some rubbing, name front end paper, light foxing to end paper, illus, text clean & tight

FIGHTING THE WHALES

Ballantyne, R M · 1928 · Greensleeves Books

£10.83 (€12.98 | $14.31 | ¥2,285)

good . Nisbet & co no date insciption dated 1928, blue boards, illustrated, hinge slightly loose, text clean & bright

MARTIN RATTLER

Ballantyne, R M · 1928 · Greensleeves Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

good pgs:192. no dustjacket, odd foxing to page edges, John Shaw pub col frontis John F Shaw

The Eagle Cliff, a tale of the Western Isles

Ballantyne, R. M. · 1915 · The Childrens Bookshop

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,099)

Partridge 1st Thus Good Octavo. Pink blind-embossed cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. 320 pages. Covers a littlw worn and faded. 2cm scrape at top edge of front cover. Pages lightly tanned.

The Coral Island

Ballantyne, R. M. · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£2.95 (€3.54 | $3.90 | ¥622)

Rylee Classics Good Blue cloth-covered boards. Dark blue lettering on spine. Dark blue decoration on covers. Covers worn at edges and a little faded. Pages tanned.

The Middy and the Moors, an Algerine story

Ballantyne, R. M. · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

James Nisbet 4th Reading Copy Grey cloth-covered boards. Covers soiled and heavily worn. Endpapers soiled. Binding sound. Pages tanned.

Martin Rattler

Ballantyne, R. M. · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£2.95 (€3.54 | $3.90 | ¥622)

Blackie Reprint Good Octavo. Red cloth-covered boards. Dark blue lettering on covers. Dark blue decoration on covers. 215 pages. "Blackie's Library of Famous Books". Light wear to edges of dustwrapper. Covers worn at corners and spine ends. Spotting on fore edge. Contents clea...

Martin Rattler

Ballantyne, R. M. · 0 · The Childrens Bookshop

£3.95 (€4.73 | $5.22 | ¥833)

Blackie Reprint Good Blackie's Famous Books series. Octavo. Red paper-covered boards. Black lettering on covers. Black decoration on covers. 215 pages. Dustwrapper worn at edges, and lower panel soiled. Covers clean and undamaged. Fore edge spotted. Name on half title. Content...