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Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

Leeds, J. W. Bean & Son, [1905]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed...

Paraboles de L&Apos; Evangile

[Mathilde Bourdon] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1850. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of French religious parables, with explanations by Mathilde Bourdon, in a stunning cartonnage binding. The first edition. In the original striking cartonnage binding, with gilt decorations.Â...

Robinson Du Jeune Age

Daniel Defoe; Elie Brun-Lavainee · 1852 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,425)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1852. Hardback. A beautifully bound French adaptation of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, in a decorative Cartonnage binding. A nineteenth century French edition of this iconic novel, adapted for young people. Bound in a striking and decorative cartonnag...

The New Year&Apos;S Gift; and Juvenile Souvenir

Mrs. Alaric Watts [Priscilla Maden Watts] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831. Leather. A charming collection of short stories for the New Year, edited by English writer Priscilla "Zillah" Maden Watts. Illustrated with nine plates. Collated, lacking the frontispiece only. A charming collection of short...

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,690)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth editi...

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Cosmopoli, Privately Printed, 1889. Leather. A reproduction of the rare first edition of Cleland's popular erotic novel Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. A genuine reprint of the rare edition of 1749, being a privately printed reproduction of the first editio...

Sturdy and Strong

G. A. Henty · 1888 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Blackie & Son, 1888 [1887]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this lesser known novel by Henty, complete with plates. The very scarce first edition, with the 1888 date to the title page, though the work was published on the 27th July 1887, as state...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson; Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Leeds; London, J. W. Bean & Son; SImplin, Marshall & Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets. The first edition, the cloth variant.A very scarce work.The third pub...

The Inheritors

William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapp...

An Essay on the Application of Natural History to Poetry

John Aikin · 1777 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.40 | $581.30 | ¥92,797)

Warrington; London, W. Eyres for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study on poetry and what the genre could learn from science, by John Aikin. The first edition.A very scarce work.An essay exploring the question of how scien...

Notre-Dame Des Fleurs

Jean Genet · 1948 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Lyon, L'Arbalete, 1948. First edition. Paperback. The first trade edition of the debut novel of Jean Genet, an autobiographical account of life in Paris. The first trade edition, first published in a limited edition in 1943 and 1944.In the original glassine.In the origina...

With Clive in India & Under Wellington&Apos;S Command

G. A. Henty · 1896 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, 1896-1899. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, with illustrations and plans. Two volumes. Written by George Alfred Henty, an English novelist and war correspondent best known for his works of adventur...

The Child&Apos;S Picture Book of Domestic Animals

None stated · 1869 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, George Routledge and Sons, [1869]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce animal picture book for children, with fantastic chromolithograph plates throughout. The first edition.Beautifully illustrated with twelve vibrant chromolithographs plates. C...

The Critical Attitude

Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford Madox Ford] · 1915 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Duckworth & Co. 1915. Cloth. A smart reader's library edition of this collection of thought-provoking essays from Ford Madox Ford. Reader's Library edition. A collection of this insightful collection of eight essays that delve into the nuances of criticism in...

Wheel-Tracks

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross [Violet Florence Martin] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated work from cousins Edith OEnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and fifteen in-text images. Collated com...

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Thornton Niven Wilder · 1929 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1929. Cloth. A smart illustrated edition of this novel from American writer Thornton Niven Wilder. Illustrated edition. Illustrated with a tipped in frontispiece and fifteen tipped in woodcut plates. Collated complete. The author's second ...

Madame de Pompadour & Soeur Philomene

Edmond et Jules de Goncourt · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1894-1897. Leather. Two smartly bound novels from The Goncourt brothers, in the original French. French. Two volumes. Written by The Goncourt brothers, Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt, French naturalism writers who, as collaborative si...

The Guardian

Richard Steele; et al. · 1797 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, T. Gillet, 1797. Leather. The first collected edition of various articles published in the short-lived, early eighteenth century periodical 'The Guardian', founded by Richard Steele with contributions from Joseph Addison, George Berkeley and others. Bound in ...

Chants Du Hoggar

A. Maraval-Berthoin · 1924 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.90 | ¥24,887)

Paris , L'Edition d'Art , 1924. Leather. A handsomely bound limited edition collection of these Tuareg fables, decorated throughout. A limited edition of five hundred copies. Bound in full morocco with decorative blind stamps to the boards. With the original wraps b...

Love & Early One Morning

Walter De La Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Faber and Faber, 1943-1949. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes from English poet and novelist Walter de la Mare. Two volumes. Written by Walter John de la Mare, an English poet, short story writer and novelist. This set contains: Love, 1943. First edition, first i...