Belloc, Hilaire

The Old Road. With illustrations by William Hyde.

HILAIRE BELLOC. · 1904 · Clearwater Books

£35.00 (€41.91 | $46.42 | ¥7,418)

Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., London, 1st Edition, William Hyde, First Edition (first printing). 4to. x, 272pp. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board, with a gilt illustration inset to the upper board. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With a captioned tis...

Number Three Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls

Walter de la Mare; G. K. Chesterton; A. A. Milne; Laurence Housman; Compton Mackenzie; Hilaire Belloc; Hugh Chesterman; Et al. · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.55 | $232.12 | ¥37,092)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Cloth. The first American edition of the third Joy Street annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, Walter de la Mare, G. K. Chesterton, and many others, in the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper....

Belinda a Tale of Affection in Youth and Age

Hilaire Belloc · 1928 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.74 | $132.64 | ¥21,196)

London, Constable and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Hilaire Belloc titled 'Belinda A Tale of Affection in Youth and Age&apos. First edition. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector ...

Cautionary Verses

H. Belloc [Hilaire Belloc] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.64 | $185.70 | ¥29,674)

Not Stated, Duckworth, 1951. Cloth. An engaging book of light-hearted verse, littered with illustrations, and in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce title, in its original, and incredibly scarce, unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. In original red cloth binding, with...

The River of London

Hilaire Belloc · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.86 | $72.95 | ¥11,658)

London, T. N. Foulis, 1912. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this beautifully colour illustrated work on the river Thames in London by the noted writer, historian and former politician, Hilaire Belloc. The first edition, first impression dated December 1912....

The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts

H. B. [Hilaire Belloc] · 0 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.64 | $185.70 | ¥29,674)

Oxford, Alden & Co. Ltd. c1897. Hardback. A scarce second edition of this charming collection of children's verses, inscribed by the artist. Second edition. Scarce work. Inscribed by the artist to the front endpaper. A collection of humorous children's verses detaili...

The Verse of Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc · 1954 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.77 | $119.38 | ¥19,076)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1954. Cloth. A limited edition work featuring collected verse from Hilaire Belloc, published by Nonesuch Press and in the original peep-through dust wrapper. Limited edition. Number 783 out of 1250. In the publisher's original cloth with the o...

Mrs Markham&Apos;S New History of England Being an Introduction for Young People to the Current History

Hilaire Belloc · 1926 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

Kensington, The Cayme Press, 1926. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition of this history of England for children by Hilaire Belloc. The first edition of this work. An introduction to British history for young people by Hilaire Belloc, Franco-English author and histor...

Kenya Mountain

E. A. T. Dutton; Hilaire Belloc [Intro.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£575.00 (€688.51 | $762.69 | ¥121,875)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930 . Cloth. The second edition of Dutton's account of his ascent of Mount Kenya in 1926, signed by the author and illustrated throughout. A signed presentation copy of the second edition of E.A.T. Dutton's account of his trip up Mount Kenya i...

The Calas Case

Marc Chassaigne; Hilaire Belloc; Raglan Somerset [trans.] · 1930 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.56 | $225.49 | ¥36,033)

London, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first translated edition of this French history of the eighteenth century Calas Case with illustrations and inscribed by the translator. First translated edition of The Calas Case by Marc Chassaigne in...

The Highways and Its Vehicles

Hilaire Belloc · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, The Studio Limited, 1926. First edition. Cloth. 888th copy of the first limited edition of Belloc's historical study of transport. The first limited edition illustrated copy of Hilaire Belloc's The Highway and its Vehicles. This is copy 888 out of the 1250 pr...

The Bad Children&Apos;S Pop-Up Book of Beasts

Hilaire Belloc · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

London, Methuen Children's Books Ltd, 1987. First edition. Hardback. An interactive pop-up book depicting a number of ferocious animals, written by Hilaire Belloc and illustrated for the first time by Wallace Tripp. The first edition thus, the first Wallace Tripp illustra...

Number Two Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls

G. K. Chesterton; Walter de la Mare; A. A. Milne; Hilaire Belloc; Hugh Walpole; Et al. · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.35 | $129.99 | ¥20,772)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, [1924]. First edition. Cloth. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, [1924]. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Marian Allen; Hugh Chesterman; Harry Rountree; Valery Carrick; J. R. Monsell; Alec Buckels; C. T. Nightingale; Kenneth Harrow; Et al. A smart f...

Week-End Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse; Hilaire Belloc · 1951 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart anthology of fiction and non-fiction writings by comical author P. G. Wodehouse. The first edition thus.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An anthology of fiction and non-fiction writings by P. G. Wodehouse, ...

The English Way: Studies in English Sanctity from St. . Bede to Newman

Maisie Ward [ed.]; M. C. D'arcy; Hilaire Belloc; G. K. Chesterton; Christopher Dawson; et al. · 1933 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

London & New York, Sheed & Ward, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce collection of biographical essays on a range of religious English figures. First edition. Commercially very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A curious compilat...

GENERAL SKETCH OF THE EUROPEAN WAR The Second Phase

BELLOC Hilaire · 1916 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£9.50 (€11.38 | $12.60 | ¥2,014)

Thomas Nelson, 1916 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blind-ruled red cloth (bright VG). Pp. 404 (fore-edge spotted; no inscriptions), illus with b&w maps.

CAUTIONARY TALES And Other Verses

BELLOC Hilaire, SIMMONDS Posy · 1997 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.97 | $13.26 | ¥2,120)

Folio Society, 1997 1st printing. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth (Fine), slipcase (VG). Pp. 160, illus with coloured and b&w drawings (no inscriptions).

THE GIRONDIN

BELLOC Hilaire · 1911 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.55 | $23.88 | ¥3,815)

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1911 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 372 + [12] publisher's catalogue, illus with coloured frontispiece and pictorial endpapers (previous owner's neat pencil inscription o...

A CHANGE IN THE CABINET

BELLOC Hilaire · 1909 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.37 | $15.92 | ¥2,543)

Methuen, 1909 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blue cloth (page edges and endpapers rather spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 309 + 40 publisher's catalogue (presentation copy stamp on title page and RE Institute stamps on front and rear endpapers; previous owne...

A GENERAL SKETCH OF THE EUROPEAN WAR The First Phase

BELLOC Hilaire · 1915 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.96 | $19.90 | ¥3,179)

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 377, illus with b&w maps (half title lightly spotted; no inscriptions).