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Tennyson&Apos;S Poems: Illustrated by Eminent Artists

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 0 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London , Collins' Clear-Type Press , c1900. Leather. A charmingly illustrated pocket book of Alfred Tennyson's poems, bound in half crushed morocco. A charming illustrated anthology of poems by Alfred Tennyson, the celebrated Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victor...

A Collection of Novels by Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley · 1888 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1888-1889. Leather. A smart collection of works from English historian, novelist, and poet, Charles Kingsley. Four volumes. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece to Westward Ho!. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the C...

The Outline of Literature & the World&Apos;S Library of Best Books

John Drinkwater; Wilfred Whitten · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, George Newnes, Limited, 1923-1925. Leather. A smart collection of uniformly bound volumes on the literature of the world, from George Newnes Limited. Seven volumes. This set contains: The Outline of Literature, 1923-1924. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustr...

The Confidential Clerk

T. S. Eliot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of T. S. Eliot's successful and influential play, presented here in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. With the issue ...

The Golden Harp; Hymns, Rhymes, and Songs for the Young.

H. W. Dulcken · 1864 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge , 1864 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce compilation of German songs for children, translated into English by H. W. Dulcken, with striking illustrations, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. First edition. Bound in the publisher's r...

Studien Zur Geschichte Der Italienischen Oper IM 17. Jahrhundert

Hugo Goldschmidt · 1901 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel , 1901 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this comprehensive study of 17th century Italian opera, compiled by German musicologist Hugo Goldschmidt, this copy belonging to English critic Edward Dent, with his handwritte...

Service of All the Dead

Colin Dexter · 1979 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Macmillan, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Colin Dexter's fourth Inspector Morse novel, a brilliant murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Service of all the Dead' is the fourth Ins...

The Bfg

Roald Dahl · 1982 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A first impression copy of one of Roald Dahl's most beloved children's novels, complete with Quentin Blake's humorous cartoons. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrap...

Good in Every Thing ; or the Early History of Gilbert Harland

Mrs. Barwell [Louisa Mary Barwell] · 1852 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Grant and Griffith, 1852 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with hand coloured plates, this is the vanishingly scarce first edition of Louisa Barwell's enchanting children's tale, about the life of one Gilbert Harland. The first edition of this v...

Old Nurse&Apos;S Book of Rhymes, Jingles, and Ditties

Charles H. Bennett [ed.] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Griffith and Farran, 1865 . Cloth. The second edition of this very scarce collection of children's nursery books and rhymes, illustrated throughout by Charles H. Bennett. The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1858. Very scarce in contempora...

Mister Fox

Comus [R. M. Ballantyne] · 1857 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1857 . First edition. Cloth. The first editition of R. M. Ballantyne's charming children's tale about an anthropomorphic fox, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this charming children's tale from R. M. Ballantyne...

The Century Reciter: Humorous, Serious, and Dramatic Selections

H. Savile Clarke; Leopold Wagner [ed.] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A superior copy of this uncommon compilation of poetry and prose encouraged for reciting. The presumed first edition of this uncommon work. Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. In the publisher&ap...

Little Infamies

Panos Karnezis · 2002 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Jonathan Cape , 2002. First edition. Paperback. An excellent signed first edition of this short-story collection by Greek writer Panos Karnezis. Signed by the author to the title page. First edition, first impression. In the publisher's original pictorial wraps....

Only Killers and Thieves

Paul Howarth · 2018 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, One (Pushkin Press), 2018. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of the author's debut novel. Signed by the author. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's debut novel. In 1895, on a scorch...

Lonleyheart 4122

Colin Watson · 1967 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1967. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detective novel from British writer John Colin Watson. First edition. Uncommon work. The fourth of the Flaxborough novels. When two women with little in common - apart from some ready money ...

Pollen: A Novel in Black and White

Beresford Egan · 1933 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, Denis Archer, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first issue of the first edition of this novel, beautifully illustrated by the author Beresford Egan. The first edition, first issue of this work in the publisher's original binding, consisting of green cloth to the sp...

I Was a Rat! or the Scarlet Slippers

Philip Pullman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Doubleday, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A terrific first edition of Philip Pullman's children's novel loosely based on the popular folktale 'Cinderella&apos. Signed by the author to the title page. The first edition of this work. No dust wrapper as is...

Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Supplements to a Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1400

John Edwin Wells · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1923-1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five supplements from Wells' detailed Manual of the Writings in Middle English 1050-1400. Five volumes. First editions. Containing the second, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth suppleme...

The Infinite Cage

Keith Laumer · 1976 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1976. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this strangely fascinating novel from American science fiction author Keith Laumer. First UK edition. Uncommon edition. Adam is apparently suffering from delusions, schizophrenia, paranoia, and ...

Lonely Crusade

Chester Himes · 1947 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.66 | $1,519.57 | ¥242,684)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A superb, first edition of Chester Himes' compelling novel concerning race conflict in America, set during the Second World War, presented here in a bright example of the original dust wrapper. First edition. Bound i...