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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Faber & Faber Ltd. 2021 . First edition. Cloth. Pristine signed first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 science fiction novel. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to half-title page.Klara and th...

Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books

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

London, Bradbury and Evans , 1848. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition, early issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's first major work, a quintessential satire of life in early 19th-century Britain. First complete edition in book form. Early issue. Heading on ...

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of these popular myths, legends and ghost stories from Richard Harris Barham. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of this popular anthology.In the publisher's decora...

Two Little Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1895 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this heart warming illustrated children's retelling of the classic allegory, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's decorative clo...

Paintings in Proust Marcel Proust Collection "Les Geants" Index General de la Correspondance de Marcel Proust

Eric Karpeles; Francois Cruciani; Philip Kolb [ed.]; Jean-Yves Tadie [preface] · 2008 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London; Not Stated; Yoshide-honmachi; Sakyo-ku; Kyoto, Thames & Hudson; Editions Pierre Charron; l'Universite de Kyoto, 2008; 1971; 1998. Hardback. A richly illustrated collection of critical reflections on the work and legacy of Marcel Proust, each in original dust wrapp...

Four on an Island

L. T. Meade [Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London; Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, [1892] (Undated, dated from a co. First edition. Cloth. London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [1892] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 6". W. Rainey. An incredibly scarc...

The Next-Door House

Mrs Molesworth [Mary Louisa Molesworth] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, W. & R. Chambers, c1893 (Undated, dated approximat. Cloth. London: W. & R. Chambers, c1893 (Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries). Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon, illustrated children&apo...

Demeter and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of poems by Tennyson, including his influential 'Crossing the Bar&apos. A very smart first edition book of poems by influential British poet, and Victorian Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tenn...

Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1957. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition for the Readers Union of a radio drama commissioned by the BBC and written by prolific Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas. A scarce limited edition of Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices, written by distinguis...

Book of Nursey Rhymes and Mother Good Rhymes

Marguerite de Angeli · 1954 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

New York, Doubleday, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a lovingly illustrated children's book containing an array of nursey rhymes, written and illustrated by an award-winning American children's author. The first edition of a Book of Nursery and Mothe...

The Ferguson Affair

Ross MacDonald [Kenneth Millar] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. Cloth. The first UK edition of this intriguing detective novel, in which private investigator, Lew Archer, unveils the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable Californian family. In the publisher's original cloth binding.An intrigu...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1906 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York , Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. Cloth. A first American edition of Kipling"s "Puck of Pook"s Hill," illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.First published in Britain in 1906, this is the first American...

2 Vols the House on the Roof; House of Storm

M. G. Eberhart · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1935-1949. Cloth. A two-volume collection of the first British editions of these suspenseful Crime Club mysteries from enduring American mystery writer, Mignon Good Eberhart. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.First British editi...

The Brownies Through the Union

Palmer Cox · 1895 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout by the author, this is the very scarce first UK edition of Palmer Cox's poetical work about a tour taken by the mythical Brownies around the USA. The very scarce first UK edition of th...

Lives of the Hunted

Ernest Seton-Thompson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition collection of short stories about man's relationship with animals, in the publisher's original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of autho...

Bannertail, the Story of a Gray Squirrel

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1922 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author, this is a lovely first edition of Ernest Thompson Seton's children's book about a grey squirrel. The first edition, in the publisher's original...

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Andrew Shirrefs · 1790 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

Edinburgh, For the author, by D. Wilson; W. Creech and P. Hill, 1790 . First edition. Hardback. A bright and scarce first edition of Andrew Shirref's impressive collection of late 18th century poems, many of which are written in the Scottish dialect of the period. A scarc...

The Common Accidence Examined and Explained, by Short Questions and Answers

Charles Hoole · 1690 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, M. C. for John Clark, 1690 . Leather. A very scarce early edition of Charles Hoole's highly informative and educational young person's guide to the use of grammar in the Latin language. First published in 1683, this work is very scarce in all editions.Charles...

John Newbery and His Successors 1740-1814

S. Roscoe · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Wormley, Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this fascinating illustrated bibliography of prominent children's publisher John Newbery. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring a tipped-in...

Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle: A Bibliography of Published Works

Patricia Hall · 2001 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Gretna, Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. Signed first edition of Patricia Hall's expansive bibliography on Johnny Gruelle's published works, profusely illustrated throughout. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclip...