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Fables

Walter Brown · 1884 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, S. Grosvenor , 1884. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Walter Brown's fables, with Thomas Bewick's delightful woodcut embellishments. First edition. Bound in full burgundy cloth. Bound with the original blanks, half title, and renewed endpapers....

London Dead, and Other Verses

C. Kennett Burrow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Alston River Ltd , 1908. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce pamphlet of poems from C. Kennett Burrow. The first edition of this very scarce collection of verses by C. Kennett Burrow. In the original wraps. "Of these numbers many appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette...

The Sorrows of Jupiter

Julius · 1904 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Greening & Co. Limited , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A curious volume of spoof lectures, blending fantasy and science fiction to narrate tales of ancient Greek gods. "Two addresses delivered at the British Society for Mythological Research".First edition. Uncommon.In ...

Empedocles on Etna: A Dramatic Poem

Matthew Arnold · 1900 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

Portland , Thomas B. Mosher , 1900. First edition. Paperback. One of fifty copies printed by Thomas B. Mosher of Matthew Arnold's closet drama, 'Empedocles on Etna&apos. Limited edition of 50 copies. Another limited edition of 450 copies by Mosher was published the s...

Trouble with Lichen

John Wyndham · 1960 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Michael Joseph, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Wyndham's science fiction novel about the slowing of the ageing process, and the consequences this has on society, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's orig...

So Here Then Cometh Pig-Pen Pete or Some Chums of Mine

Elbert Hubbard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Roycrofters, 1914 . First edition. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this charming tale of the author's sheepdog, with 4 plates. The first edition.In a full brown soft leather binding.With 4 plates, an illustrated title page, and in text illustrations. A work by...

The Lovely Lady; a Modern Lover; the Woman Who Rode Away; St. Mawr

D. H. Lawrence · 1925 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.19 | $918.35 | ¥146,666)

London, Martin Secker, 1925-1934 . First edition. Cloth. Each in the original dust wrapper, this is a wonderful collection of four first edition short story and novella collections from D. H. Lawrence, author of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover&apos. A wonderful set of the f...

Ivory Palaces

Wilfred Rowland Childe · 1925 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this volume of fantastical poems by English writer Wilfred Rowland Childe. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original cloth.A collection of poems fr...

Between Sun and Moon

Cecil French · 1922 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Favil Press, 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A bright example of the very scarce signed first edition of this limited edition collection of poetry from Cecil French, illustrated with tipped in initialled woodcuts. A very scarce limited edition. Number 101 out of 35...

Poems

Bret Harte · 1871 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1871. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, second printing of Bret Harte's first poetical collection. First edition, second issue with the publisher's monogram on title-page and foot of spine, and the error "S.T.K." for "T.S.K." in t...

Cat Among the Pigeons

Agatha Christie · 1959 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1959. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie mystery set in a prestigious all-girls school. First edition, first impression.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Late one night, two te...

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Joseph Conrad · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Harper and Brothers , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first state of 'Nostromo', often considered Joseph Conrad's best work of long fiction. First edition, first state with p.187 misprinted 871 and final page correctly printed 480. First ...

Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen · 1945 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Oxford University Press, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this collection of twenty-eight of Andersen's most beloved tales, adorned with the illustrations of Tasha Tudor. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, i...

The World of Wonderful Reality

E. Temple Thurston · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. Temple Thurston's delightful novel about how romantic hopes confront material challenges. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Wit...

The Ingoldsby Legends; the Poetical Works of John Milton; the Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans; the Poems of Elizabeth Barret Browning; the Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]; John Milton; Mrs. Hemans [Felicia Dorothea]; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Frederick Warne; Macmillan and Co. 1889-1911. Cloth. An attractive set of collective poetical works and short stories from classic authors on early modern and Victorian Britain, with nice decorative bindings. A collection of classic British poets, an attractive set of ...

Alec Green; Kibboo Ganey; or, the Lost Chief of the Copper Mountain; Pioneers in Australia; Stories of Exploration and Adventure; Touch and Go; and Other School Stories

Walter Wentworth; Herbert Strang [ed.]; Richard Bird; Silas K. Hocking · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons; Henry Frowde; Blackie and Son Limited; Frederick Warne & Co. [1879-1925]. Cloth. A fantastic set of four volumes bound in decorative cloth with illustrations throughout. A lovely four volume set of works with decorative cloth bindings.All abunda...

For the School Colours

Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Blackie and Son, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Angela Brazil's entertaining school story, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the very scarce pu...

The Fairy Mythology; Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries

Thomas Keightley · 1833 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. Leather. A scarce early edition of this curious folklore work from Thomas Keightley, wherein he attempts to trace fairy myth to Gothic and Teutonic roots. A fascinating work of 19th-century folklore, exploring the origins and depictio...

Wheels and Butterflies

W. B. Yeats · 1935 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collection of short dramatic pieces from Irish writer W. B. Yeats. The second volume of his "Plays for Dancers". The first U.S. edition.In the publisher's cloth binding, with gil...

C. 1820 the History of Giles Gingerbread, a Little Boy Who Lived Upon Learning C. 1835 the First Set of Catechisms and Prayers: Or, the Religion of Little Children, Under Seven or Eight Years of Age

Tom Trip; Isaac Watts · 1820 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

York; Derby, J. Kendrew; Thomas Richardson, c.1820 - 1835. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps. Catechisms i...