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Publius Terentius Afer; Terence · 1772 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

Birmingham, Johannis Baskerville; John Baskerville, 1772. First edition. Leather. The first John Baskerville edition of this volume of Terence's six surviving classical plays. The first John Baskerville edition. In the original Latin.This volume includes Terence's s...

Paradise Regain&Apos;D. A Poem. In Four Books.

John Milton · 1713 · Rooke Books

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

London, J. Tonson, 1713 . Leather. An attractive example of the fifth edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Regain'd', illustrated throughout with engraved plates. The fifth edition of this work, which was first published in 1671.Illustrated with a frontispiec...

A Child&Apos;S Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1908 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. Cloth. A pleasing illustrated edition of this influential volume of children's poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, with colour plates. The first large paper edition with colour plates. This illustrated edition first published in 1895....

Fables from Aesop and Others

Aesop · 1944 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Transatlantic Arts, 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated collection of fables attributed to Aesop and others. First edition illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. With the vanishingly scarce original price-clipped dust wrapper. Illu...

Three Aesop Fox Fables

Aesop; Paul Galdone · 1972 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Surrey, World's Work Ltd. 1972. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of fox fables from Aesop. First UK edition. Very scarce. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of three charming fables attributed to Aesop, ...

The Lesson of the Master, the Spoils of Poynton, the Finer Grain, the Ivory Tower, the Aspern Papers

Henry James · 1892 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Macmillan and Co; William Heinemann; Methuen & Co, LTD; W. Collins Sons & Co LTD, 1892-1922. First edition. Cloth. A set collecting together five titles by Henry James, including two novels and three volumes of novellas. A nice set of five works by the eminent Anglo-Am...

The History of Reynard the Fox

William J. Thoms · 1844 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Percy Society; T. Richards, 1844. Leather. A smart Ramage bound edition of this medieval German fable, published for the Percy Society. Bound by Ramage. An English translation of this medieval German fable following an anthropomorphic trickster red fox. The classic fa...

Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books

R. Dodsley [Richard Dodsley]; Esop [Aesop] · 1761 · Rooke Books

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

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761. First edition. Leather. The renowned first Robert Dodsley edition of Aesop's fables, published by Baskerville, adorned with wood engravings, and beautifully bound in vellum and crushed morocco, with a uniform cloth slipcase and chemise....

A Collection of Aesop&Apos;S Fables & Aesop&Apos;S Funky Fables

Aesop; Deborah Campbell-Todd; Vivian French · 1997 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, Grandreams Limited; Hamish Hamilton, 1997-1999. First edition. Hardback. Three very smart first edition volumes of Aesop's fables, retold for children. With bright illustrations throughout. Three volumes. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A collection of ...

The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop&Apos;S Fable

Aesop; Angela McAllister · 2001 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Frances Lincoln, 2001-2002. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart first edition volumes of this charming retelling of Aesop's fable The Tortoise and The Hare, being the first hardcover and first softcover editions. Two volumes. The first hardcover (2001) and fir...

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir

Rupert Brooke · 1919 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1919. Leather. A sixth impression of this collection of the poetry of war poet Rupert Brooke, with a memoir. Sixth impression. With a portrait frontispiece and one portrait plate. Collated complete. The collected poetry of Rupert Chawner Brooke,...

The Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated Into Human Nature

Aesop · 1857 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

London, W. Kent & Co, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of Charles H. Bennett's distinctive Victorian-era interpretation of Aesop"s classic fables, illustrated throughout with hand-coloured plates by Bennett himself. A very scarce first edition.In...

The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this brightly illustrated edition of Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of essays first published in book form in 1823, with titles includ...

The Affecting History of the Duchess of C**

Madame de Genlis; Maria Josepha · 1782 · Rooke Books

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

London, Dean and Munday, c1820. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce English translation of a short tale from Madame de Genlis' 'Adele et Theodore', illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece...

Under Drake&Apos;S Flag

G. A. Henty · 1883 · Rooke Books

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

London, Blackie & Son, 1883 [1882]. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this sixteenth century adventure novel by Henty, complete with plates. The scarce first edition, dated 1883 to the title page, though this work was published on the 31st August 1882, as state...

Bouquinistes Et Bouquineurs. Physiologie Des Quais de Paris Du Pont Royal Au Pont Sully

Octave Uzanne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies May et Motteroz, 1893. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition work on the bookseller and bookworm communities in Paris, a lovely illustrated work by Octave Uzanne. The first and limited edition of 1,600 copies, of which this is one of...

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres

George Gascoigne · 1926 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1926. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of poetry attributed to English writer George Gascoigne, based on the first edition. From the original edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two portrait plates and numerous in-...

Ayesha: The Return of She

H. Rider Haggard · 1905 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated gothic fantasy novel from the popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. The first edition, With the following misprints as per the first edition: p.49 - "Khublighan" for "Khubi...

Reminiscences of J.L. Toole Related by Himself and Chronicled by John Hatton

Joseph Hatton; J. L. Toole · 1892 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A signed edition of Joseph Hatton's biography on J. L. Toole, the English actor and theatrical producer, with a presentation inscription from J. L. Toole. The cheap edition.J. L. Toole's presentat...

The Edge of Madness

Michael Dobbs · 2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Simon and Schuster, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this Harry Jones thriller from British author Michael Dobbs, signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Cyber-warfare: the kin...