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Aesopiska Fabler; Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Binder, Lafontaine, Rundell; Jean de la Fontaine, and L'Estrange [trans.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London; Stockholm, Cassell, Petter and Galpin; Familj-Journalens Boktryckeri-Aktiebolag, 1875 . Cloth. A charming collection of two editions of Aesop's fables, both featuring the striking illustrations of painter and illustrator Ernest Griset. Present here are two 1875 ed...

Baby&Apos;S Own Aesop

Aesop · 1887 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Frederick Warne, 1887 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrant example of the first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's edition of Aesop's moral tales, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work.In the scarce publisher's o...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources

Aesop; Rev. Thomas James · 1848 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, John Murray, 1848 . First edition. Cloth. A vibrantly bound example of the first Thomas James edition of Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout by celebrated artist John Tenniel. The first edition of these fables from Rev. Thomas James.Lewis Carroll was so impress...

South Sea Bubbles

The Earl and the Doctor; [The Earl of Pembroke]; [George Henry Kingsley] · 1872 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1872. First edition. Leather. The first edition of The Earl of Pembroke and G. H. Kingsley's account of their travels through the south seas, including his controversial chapter on missionaries, bound in quarter leather. The first edition,...

First Reader: Aesop and Mother Goose (Literature Readers)

Louis P. Nash · 1897 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Boston, Thompson, Brown and Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce guide to reading and writing using Aesop's Fables. A vanishingly scarce work, with one copy found institutionally. In the publisher's original illustrative cloth binding.Intended for ch...

Latterday Symphony

Romer Wilson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interwar novella by Romer Wilson, by Nonesuch Press. The first edition, published by Nonesuch.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A novelette following the unusual relationship between a white Bri...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, a smartly bound sixth impression. The first edition, sixth impression, published in the same year as the first impression.An incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, ...

Novels and Tales by the Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield · 1882 · Rooke Books

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

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1882 . Leather. The complete Hughenden editions of the works of the former Prime Minister of the UK, Benjamin Disraeli, sumptuously bound in half morocco by Sotheran. The Hughenden Edition of Disraeli's works, complete in eleven volumes.Un...

The History of English Poetry from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century. To Which Are Prefixed Two Dissertations. I. On the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. II. On the Introduction of Learning Into England.

Thomas Warton · 1775 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

London, J. Dodsley et al, 1775-1781. First edition. Cloth. A lovely complete set of this pioneering literary history from Thomas Warton, comprising first and early editions. Consisting of the second edition of Volume I (1775), the first edition of Volume II (1778) and the firs...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1896 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1896. Leather. A lovely anthology of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, charmingly presented in signed calf by Bumpus. The sixth edition of this collection. In full signed calf by Bumpus, with handsome decorative gilt to the boards and spine....

Voyages de Gulliver Dans Des Contrees Lointaines

Jonathan Swift · 1841 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paris , Garnier Freres; H. Fournier Aine, 1841. Cloth. A charming illustrated French edition of Gulliver's Travels, preceded by a biographical and literary note by Walter Scott. A new French edition by Garnier Freres.In the publisher's very scarce decorative cloth bi...

Rhymes on the Road, Fables, Etc.

Thomas Brown, the Younger · 1823 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris , A. and W. Galignani, 1823. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first French edition of this poetical collection from Thomas Brown, the Younger. The first French edition of these rhymes published by A. and W. Galignani. In the original English text.  Bound ...

Select Poetry Chiefly on Subjects Connected with Religion

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, L. B. Seeley and Son, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this selection of religious poetry. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of poetry on religious themes, with contributions from authors including: Burns, Cowper, Kirke White, Mill...

Pick-Me-Up

A. N. Other · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Centaur Press, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of rhyming recipes with colour illustrations by Ian Fenwick. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with thirteen colour images and borders to each page. Collated comple...

English Literature: An Illustrated Record

Richard Garnett; Edmund Gosse · 1903 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, William Heinemann, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition four volume, complete set of work on English literature by Richard Garnett and Edmund Gosse. Complete in four volumes. First edition. This exhaustive and detailed set traces the history of literature in Eng...

The Eighteen Nineties

Holbrook Jackson · 1913 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.31 | $779.60 | ¥124,507)

London, Grant Richards Ltd, 1913. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Holbrook Jackson's study on society and culture of the 1890s, complete with plates, the author's presentation copy to his brother. The first edition.Author's presentation copy, inscribe...

Nouveaux Souvenirs D&Apos;Une Mere de Famille

Catherine-Therese Rieder Wolliez · 1855 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Tours, France, Mame et Cie, 1855 . Cloth. A charmingly bound collection of moral tales on virtue, faith and family, by Madame Woillez. In the publisher's original green cloth binding with gilt decoration and blind stamping. With six woodcut illustrated plates, including ...

Little Peter

Mabel Lucie Attwell · 1922 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

Dundee & London, Valentine & Sons, c1913 . First edition. Hardback. A delightful and exceptionally scarce 'Valentine's Dolly Book' from artist and illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell. A very scarce first edition.From the 'Valentine's Dolly Books' seri...

When the World Shook

H. Rider Haggard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Cassell and Company, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling early twentieth century lost world novel, set on the fictional south sea island of Orofena. The first edition of this work, McKay 62. In the correct brown linen bin...

Four G.A. Henty Novels

G. A. Henty · 1903 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Blackie, 1903-1908. First edition. Cloth. Four thrilling historical adventure novels by G. A. Henty, three of which are first editions. A collection of four works of historical adventure fiction from prolific author G. A. Henty. Three of these novels are first editions...