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The Golden Primer, Part I

J. M. D. Meiklejohn · 1884 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1884 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of the first part of this charming children's educational work by J. M. D. Meiklejohn, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane. The scarce first edition of this work.Part I only o...

The Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen · 1898 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Grant Richards, 1898. First edition. Leather. Complete in ten volumes, this is the first Winchester edition of the works of Jane Austen, in half calf signed bindings by Bickers. The first Winchester Edition of Austen's novels, complete in ten volumes.Uniformly bou...

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Beatrix Potter · 1919 · Rooke Books

£159.00 (€190.61 | $210.10 | ¥33,554)

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1919 . Hardback. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, this is an early edition of Beatrix Potter's charming retelling of Aesop's 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse&apos. First published the year prior, this is an early edi...

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

Beatrix Potter · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1903 . First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this popular Beatrix Potter tale about a troublesome squirrel, beautifully illustrated with her original charming colour plates. The first trade edition, first or second issue of this work, with...

Palicio Return of Ulysses Achilles in Scyros Humours of the Court

Robert Bridges · 1890 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

London, E Bumpus and George Bell, 1890-3. First edition. Paperback. Four plays by Robert Bridges from the Bumpus series of plays. Volumes ii, iii, v and vi of the Robert Bridges play series. First editions from this series. Printed on Van Gelder paper, watermarks most visible ...

The Works of Lord Lytton in Twelve Volumes

Lord Lytton · 1874 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London , George Routledge and Sons, 1874-1875. Leather. An attractive collection of some of The Works of Lord Lytton. In twelve volumes. With a black and white frontispiece in each volume. The set consists of: Harold the Last of the Saxon Kings, Alice; or, the Mysteries, Night...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

Sir Walter Scott · 1830 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Edinburgh, Cadell and Co, 1830. Leather. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet with engraved frontispiece and illustrated title to each volume. In eleven volumes complete. With an introduction to each work and notes to the end of each work. Poetical works included ar...

Philip Augustus or the Brothers in Arms

G. P. R. James · 1831 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

London , Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley , 1831. First edition. Cloth. The complete set uniformly bound, making up this romantic, adventure novel from English novelist and historical writer, George Payne Rainsford James. First edition. George Payne Rainsford James was for ma...

The Deerslayer a Tale

J. Fenimore Cooper · 1841 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

London , Richard Bentley, 1841. First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of this novel by J. Fenimore Cooper. The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it th...

The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq.

Sir Walter Scott · 1820 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London and Edinburgh, Arch. Constable Co. 1820. Leather. A finely-bound twelve-volume set of The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq. The first collected edition. Including The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake, Rokeby, and many others. After Scott had fo...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1819 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A lovely set of Bulter's brilliant political satire and mock heroic epic poem. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, two frontispieces, and five plates. ...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Translated from the Arabic by Sir R F Burton

Richard F. Burton (translator); Leonard C Smithers (ed.). · 1894 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, H S Nichols, 1894. Cloth. The 'Library Edition' of The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. This edition was edited by the friend of the translator Richard Burton, Leonard C Smithers. This is the first of Nichols and Smithers' fine library edition. P...

The Works of Mrs Hemans with a Memoir of Her Life, by Her Sister

Felicia Hemans · 1829 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, William Blackwood and Sons and Thomas Cadell, 1829. Leather. The complete works of Georgian author, Mrs Felicia Hemans. Including a memoir of her life, by her sister. Containing: Volume I: Memoir of Mrs Hemans, Wallace's Invocation to Bruce, England and Spain; or ...

Hudibras

Samuel Butler · 1819 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1819. Leather. A three-volume set of Samuel Butler's renowned poem, 'Hudibras&apos. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. With Dr Grey's annotations. Illustrated titles to each volume, frontispieces, and five plates (collated ...

A Selection of Waverley Novels First and Early Editions

Sir Walter Scott · 1819 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.18 | $924.95 | ¥147,721)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co, 1819 - 1824. Cloth. A selection of works by Sir Walter Scott. Comprising of the following: St Ronan's Well, three volumes, first edition (1824) with half-titles as called for. The Fortunes of Nigel, Second Edition, same year as first...

Six Works of Charles Edward Montague

Charles Edward Montague · 1910 · Rooke Books

£199.99 (€239.75 | $264.26 | ¥42,204)

London, Methuen & Co.; Chatto & Windus, 1910-27. Cloth. A wonderful set of Montague first editions in a uniform binding, with the added treasure of the original bindings bound in to the rear. Works in this set are A Hind Let Loose, Dramatic Values, The Morning's War, Dise...

The Poetical Works of the Rev. H.H. Milman

Rev. H. H. Milman · 1839 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, John Murray, 1839-40. Leather. The scarce first collected edition of Henry Hart Milman's poetical works in an appealing fine binding. Complete in Three Volumes. With vignette engraved title page and frontispiece. Henry Hart Milman, 1791 - 1868, was an English hist...

Poems of Rural Places

Wendy Dedicott · 1990 · Rooke Books

£19.99 (€23.96 | $26.41 | ¥4,218)

Sutton Coldfield, Newmark Editions, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of charming poetry by Wendy Dedicott. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry by Wendy Dedicott. Including 'Painted Mountains', 'Hay-on-Wye', 'The Autumn...

Children of Light

Robert Stone · 1986 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1986. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this touching novel from Robert Stone. The story tracks the lives of Gordon Walker, a failed playwright in his 40s and modestly successful screenwriter-actor, and his old flame Lu Anne 'Lee Verger&apo...

An Angel in Australia

Thomas Keneally · 2002 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

Sydney , Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Thomas Keneally's 'An Angel in Australia&apos. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. "A story of a catholic priest in Sydney during the second world war and the dilemma posed by the confessio...