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The Suffolk Garland: Or, a Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads, Sonnets and Elegies, Legendary and Romantic, Historical and Descriptive, Relative to That Country; and Illustrative of Its Scenery, Places, Biography, Manners, Habits and Customs

Multiple authors · 1818 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. First edition. Leather. A full calf first edition copy of this collection of poems, songs, tales, ballads, sonnets and elegies on the county Suffolk. The first edition. Bound in full calf.With a monochrome vignette illustrat...

Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from a to Z

Edmund Dulac · 1908 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London; New York, Frederick Warne & Co. 1908 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of Dulac"s charmingly illustrated alphabet, with twenty-four colour plates and aristocratic provenance, contents loose but complete. In the publisher"s original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Gu...

The India Cabinet Opened

Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson · 1821 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Harris and Son, 1821 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson novel for children, in which a young girl learns about conchology, botany, and the wonders of the natural world. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustra...

Tim and Lucy Go to Sea

Edward Ardizzone · 1938 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London, Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardback. In the scarce original dust wrapper, this is the first edition of this early Little Tim adventure by Edward Ardizzone, beautifully illustrated throughout in colour by the author. The first edition of this work, in...

Eloise in Paris

Kay Thompson · 1958 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Max Reinhardt, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Kay Thompson's sequel 'Eloise' children's book, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.The second book publishe...

Gentle Giant

Michael Morpurgo · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, first impression, colourfully illustrated, with unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this enchanting story, with complete number line. Richly illustrated t...

The Little Red Hen

Michael Foreman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Andersen Press, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition first impression of the charming children's fable, retold. A beautifully illustrated first edition, containing Michael Foreman"s retelling of the classic children"s tale about determination and ...

Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles

Lewis Carroll [trans. by R. et A. Prophetie] · 1916 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Editions G. P, 1916. Hardback. A scarce French edition of Alice in Wonderland, with unique and surreal colour illustrations from French painter Andre Jourcin. Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles, a charmingly illustrated and scarce French edition of Carrol's classic Alice...

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie · 1988 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardback. An superb first edition of Rushdie's award winning fourth novel. A fantastic first edition, tenth impression of Rushdie's seminal fourth novel. All first edition impressions released in the same year; 1988. Bound in the...

Letters from Baron Haller to His Daughter, on the Truths of the Christian Religion

Baron Haller [Albrecht von Haller] · 1803 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Longman and Rees, Cuthell and Martin, J. Harris, J. Walker, Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1803 . Leather. The new edition of Haller"s elegant defence of Christian belief in letters to his daughter, in a contemporary calf binding. In a full contemporary calf binding.First ...

3 Vols de Quincey"S Writings Published by Ticknor and Fields

Thomas De Quincey · 1855 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1855-1859. Cloth. A three-volume selection from Ticknor and Fields" collected De Quincey, spanning his influential autobiographical, critical, and economic writings. In the publisher's original brown cloth bindings.A three-volume selection from...

The Clarendon Hymn Book

Various · 1936 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Oxford University Press, 1936. First edition. Leather. A lovely Hymn Book containing many familiar poets as lyricists, including Thomas Campion and Rudyard Kipling, bound in full crushed morocco. The scarce Clarendon Hymn Book, a collection of hymns compiled by various...

Smiley&Apos;S People

John Le Carre · 1980 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of John Le Carre's thrilling conclusion to his 'Karla Trilogy&apos. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. 'Smiley's People' fo...

Studies in Yue Dialects 1: Phonology of Cantonese

Oi-Kan Yue Hashimoto · 1972 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Cambridge , Cambridge University Press , 1972 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart scarce first edition copy of this comprehensive and detailed survey of the phonology of Cantonese, with folding maps. The scarce first edition.In the publisher's original brown cloth bindin...

The Master of the House

Radclyffe Hall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London; Toronto; New York, Jonathan Cape, 1932 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this religious novel from Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.The Master of the House fol...

Iceworld

Hal Clement · 1953 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

New York, Gnome Press, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this science fiction novel from Hal Clement, told primarily from an alien perspective. With the charming original dust wrapper. First edition. The novel was originally serialised in the magazine Asto...

Salar the Salmon

Henry Williamson · 1935 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Faber and Faber Limited , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this ode to river wildlife by Henry Williamson, following a salmon's spring migration. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's original unclipped ...

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush Life

Anthony Trollope · 1874 · Rooke Books

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

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle , 1874. First edition. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Anthony Trollope's Australian novel, published using the sheets of the first edition. First illustrated edition. Published the same year as the first edition, with...

Lord Tedric

E. E. 'Doc' Smith [Gordon Eklund]; E. E. 'Doc' Smith · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Allan Wingate, 1978. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce first edition science fiction title, in original unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. An incredibly scarce first edition, being the first edition thus to expand on the character of Lord Tedric, who first ap...

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition, first impression of Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection based on music and musicians, with the accompanying slipcase. The first edition, first impression. In the original dust wrap...