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Wyclif: Select English Writings; Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins; English Lyrics of the Xiiith Century; Dante and the Idea of Rome; Selections from Early Middle English: Part I: Texts; Selections from Early Middle English: Part II: Notes

John Wyclif, Herbert E. Winn; Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Bridges, W. H. Gardner; Carleton Brown; Charles Till Davis; Joseph Hall · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London; New York; Toronto; Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1929; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958; 19. Cloth. London; New York; Toronto; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958; 1956. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. Smart blue-cloth set of schol...

Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog)

Jerome K. Jerome · 1889 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Bristol , J. W. Arrowsmith , 1889. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue of this beloved comic boating novel from Jerome K. Jerome. First edition, first issue. With 'Quay Street' following the publisher to the title page. In the publisher's origi...

The Pine Tree (Matsu) a Drama Adapted from the Japanese

Takeda Izumo; M. C. Marcus · 1916 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Iris Publishing Company , 1916 . First edition. Leather. An illustrated English translation of 'The Pine-Tree', a single act from Takeda Izumo's historical tragedy. The first UK edition. Bound in modern quarter calf, with cloth boards. With an intr...

The Various Celandine Winter Wood

Steve Augarde · 2003 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Oxford, David Fickling Books, 2003-2008. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of first editions of this beloved children's fantasy series, in their original, unclipped dust wrappers. A complete set of first editions of the Touchstone Trilogy, written by Steve Augarde.Fi...

Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow Jesse Jameson and the Bogie Beast Jesse Jameson and the Curse of Caldazar Jesse Jameson and the Vampire Vault (Both Hardback and Paperback)

Sean Wright · 2003 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.61 | $436.05 | ¥69,640)

London, Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Hardback. London: Crowswing Books, 2003-2004. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. vol1-4 9.5" by 6.5"; vol5 8.5" by 5". Sean Wright. A 5 volume set of first editions, first impressions, 4 in original, unclipped dust wrapp...

The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson; Wilfrid Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Burns and Oates, [1913]. First edition. Cloth. A nice set of volumes I and II of mystic and poet Francis Thompson's poetry in the original cloth with decorative gilt, edited by Wilfrid Meynell, Thompson's friend, with two portrait frontispieces of Thompson to...

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Books 1-4) with Notebook and Scarce Promotional Trading Cards

Tony DiTerlizzi; Holly Black · 2003 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)

London, Simon and Schuster UK Ltd. 2003-2005. First edition. Hardback. A near-complete, first edition, first impression set of The Spiderwick Chronicles, with all but one volume signed by both Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. In the publisher's original pictorial paper ha...

Eikon Basilike: Or the King&Apos;S Book

Charles I; Edward Almack [Ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.72 | $91.17 | ¥14,561)

London, The De La More Press, 1903 . Cloth. A limited edition of this landmark royalist classic portraying Charles I as the pious martyr-king of England. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with blue-grey paper covered boards.A limited edition, being c...

A Daughter of the Samurai

Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Hurst & Blackett Ltd. 1933 . Cloth. A British edition of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto"s evocative autobiography, chronicling her transformation from a samurai daughter in old Japan to a modern woman in the United States. In the publisher's original yellow cloth binding.Â...

6 Vols the Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte

Mary Granville; Lady Llanover [ed.] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861-1862. First edition. Leather. A finely bound six-volume first edition set of The Life and Correspondence of Mary Granville, an intriguing autobiography of the artist, court favourite, and Bluestocking intellectual, edited by her great-great-niece,...

The Spirit Level

Seamus Heaney · 1996 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Faber and Faber, 1996. First edition. Cloth. The fifth impression of a collection of poems by renowned Irish poet Seamus Heaney, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, fifth impression of the work.In publisher's original green cloth binding. I...

Evenings at Haddon Hall

[ed.] The Baroness De Calabrella · 1846 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London , Henry Colburn, 1846. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of romantic stories at Haddon Hall, with 24 plates. The first edition of the work.In publisher's original brown decorative cloth binding. With gilt to fore edge.Includes 24 plates, with plate 9 titl...

Beeton&Apos;S Boy&Apos;S Annual a Volume of Fact, Fiction, History and Adventure

[ed.] S.O. Beeton · 1868 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London , Ward, Lock, And Tyler, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A charming annual of 19th century children's literature, with a colourful frontispiece, 51 plates and in text illustrations throughout. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original red decorative ...

Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf

Staff of the Walt Disney Studios · 1934 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout by the staff of the Walt Disney Studios, this is the charmingly illustrated first edition of Disney's illustrated Red Riding Hood. The first edition of this delightful retelling of the ...

Mickey Mouse Presents His Silly Symphonies with "Scenic" Illustrations

The Staff of Walt Disney Studios · 1934 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Dean & Son Limited, 1934 . First edition. Hardback. The scarce first UK edition of this charmingly illustrated pop-up book from Walt Disney Studios, published to celebrate the animated Silly Symphonies shorts. The scarce first UK edition of this work, which was first p...

Mickey Mouse Story Book

Staff of Walt Disney Studio · 1931 · Rooke Books

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

Philadelphia, David McKay Company, 1931 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of this collection of humorous short tales about Mickey Mouse, illustrated throughout. The first edition, first printing of this highly desirable early publ...

Blanche-Neige Et Les Sept Nains; Les Trois Petits Cochons le Grand Mechant Loup

Walt Disney · 1936 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Paris, Hachette , 1936-1940. First edition. Hardback. French language editions of two charming mid-20th century children's productions from Walt Disney. Featuring the first edition of a pop-up book of Three Little Pigs, and an illustrated edition of Snow White. French lan...

The Silver Cat and Other Poems

Humbert Wolfe · 1928 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York; London, William Edwin Rudge, The Bowling Green Press; Ernest Benn, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. An exceptional example of the first edition of this charming collection of poetry from Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant Humbert Wolfe. The fi...

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

P. G. Wodehouse · 1914 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Methuen & Co, 1914 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of P. G. Wodehouse's early collection of short stories, a miscellaneous collection of tales about love and romance. A scarce first edition. One of Wodehouse's least common first editions.Issu...

Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry

Thomas Tusser; Sir Walter Scott; Rudyard Kipling; E. V. Lucas · 1931 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, James Tregaskis & Son, 1931. Leather. A pleasing limited edition of Thomas Tusser's 16th-century instructional poem, in the original full crushed morocco. One of a limited edition of five hundred copies printed on handmade Batchelor paper. In the original full cr...