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Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour

Robert Smith Surtees · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' complete Mr. Sponge story in book form, with thirteen coloured plates engraved on steel and numerous woodcut illustrations by John Leech. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' M...

Trevelyan

Lady Caroline Lucy Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. A complete three-volume first edition set of Trevelyan by Lady Caroline Lucy Scott, a society novel of love, class, and morality, smartly bound in full calf. Bound in a full calf binding. First editions. This is a comple...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1929 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, George G. Harrap & Co, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's beautifully illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular mid eighteenth century novel, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper....

Tanglewood Tales; Stories from the Arabian Nights; the Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne; Laurence Housman; Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1938 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Cloth. A delightful selection of children's fairy tales, folk tales and myths, all of which are adorned with colour plates by Edmund Dulac. This set offers three beautifully illustrated children's anthologies, comprising retellings...

Cecily Parsley&Apos;S Nursery Rhymes

Beatrix Potter · 1922 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1922 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful example of the first edition of Beatrix Potter's collection of traditional English nursery rhymes, charmingly illustrated throughout in colour. The first edition, first impression of this work....

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1882. First edition. Leather. A delightfully illustrated limited edition of Washington Irving's popular collection of short stories and essays, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". An Edition de Luxe, with this being...

Sammelband of Seven Eighteenth Century Plays

David Garrick; Isaac Bickerstaff; Thomas Hull; et al. · 1766 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.45 | $627.65 | ¥100,239)

London, T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt; W. Griffin; et al. 1766-7. First edition. Leather. A collection of seven plays bound together, including David Garrick's dramatic play 'Cymon', bound in half calf. Seven volumes bound together,  This volume contains; "The M...

Fables by John Gay

John Gay · 1793 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Darton & Harvey , 1793 . Leather. The beautifully illustrated, first Darton & Harvey edition of John Gay's fables, including twelve plates are designs by William Blake. The first Darton & Harvey edition.An edition published by John Stockdale was published earlier ...

4 Vols King of the Air; Bridget of All Work; the Lost Empire; the Romance of the King"S Navy

Herbert Strang [George Herbert Ely; Charles James L’Estrange]; Winifred M. Letts; Captain Charles Gilson; Edward Fraser · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Herny Frowde; Hodder and Stoughton , 1908-1913. Cloth. A smart four-volume collection of early 20th-century illustrated adventure novels, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.  This is a charming collection of four ...

The School Friend Annual for the Years 1927, 1929, and 1930

1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Fleetway House, 1927-1930. Cloth. Three delightful volumes of The School Friend Annual for children, with entertaining activities and stories throughout. Three volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two colour plates, and four photogravure ...

Coin Locker Babies

Ryu Murakami · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Tokyo, New York, London, Kodansha International, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first trade paperback edition of this genre transcending novel from Japanese writer and filmmaker Ryu Murakami. First trade paperback edition. The surreal story of two boys, Hashi and K...

A Collection of Novels by James Fenimore Cooper: The Prairie, the Borderers, the Bravo & the Spy

James Fenimore Cooper · 1827 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.72 | $2,576.65 | ¥411,508)

London, Henry Colburn; A. K. Newman and Company , 1827-1835 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful, leather-bound collection of four novels by James Fenimore Cooper, featuring the first edition of 'The Prairie', 'The Bravo' and 'The Borderers', and...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice; the Corsair, a Tale

Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Murray, 1814-1821 . First edition. Leather. A fantastic volume gathering together the first editions of two works from Lord Byron, 'Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice', and 'The Corsair&apos. The first work is the 1821 second issue, variant A of 'M...

Tim in Danger; Tim to the Lighthouse; Tim&Apos;S Last Voyage; Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone · 1953 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Oxford University Press; The Bodley Head , 1953-1975. Hardback. A smart set of 'Little Tim' children's books written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, mostly first editions. Comprising four illustrated books from Edward Ardizzone's 'Little T...

Stray-Aways

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this collection of sketches and original stories from Somerville and Ross. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-three in-text images. A collection of sketches and ori...

Showmen and Suckers: An Excursion on the Crazy Fringe of the Entertainment World

Maurice Gorham · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Percival Marshall , 1951. First edition. Cloth. An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with in-...

The Closers; the Dark Hours; Desert Star

Michael Connelly · 2005 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Orion , 2005-2022. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of three first UK edition crime novels from Michael Connelly's 'Harry Bosch' series. Offering three first UK edition crime-thriller novels from American author Michael Connelly, all of which featu...

Sourcery & Pyramids (Discworld Series)

Terry Pratchett · 1988 · Rooke Books

£249.00 (€298.51 | $329.02 | ¥52,546)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1988-89. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of two first edition novels from Terry Pratchett's fantasy comedy series, 'Discworld&apos. The first edition, first impressions of these works. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers...

Pegeen Crybaby

Nicolette Devas · 1986 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Gronow Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this roaring tale of love and jealousy from British author Nicolette Devas, limited to two hundred and fifty copies. First edition. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies. Set in the South of F...

A Passage to India

E. M. Forster · 1924 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1924. First edition. Leather. A finely bound second impression copy of one of the most important and popular novels of the twentieth century by E. M. Forster. The first edition, second impression. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery.'A Passage...