Letteratura

Poems of Bygone Years

Elizabeth Missing Sewell [ed] · 1871 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition collection of poetry edited by the English religious author, Elizabeth Missing Sewell. The first edition of this collection of poetry. In the publisher's original cloth. Library lab...

Historical Odes and Other Poems

Richard Watson Dixon · 1864 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1864. First edition. Cloth. A scarce collection of Richard Watson Dixon's historical poems, bound using the first edition sheets and in the very scarce original glassine dust wrapper. Bound using the first edition sheets with the publisher's...

The Market

Rosemary Lowndes; Claude Kailer · 1987 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Crocodile Books Ltd, 1987. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce children's pop-up book created by Rosemary Lowndes and Claude Kailer, with a pop-up market stall and paper dolls and accessories. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial hardb...

Who&Apos;S Who at the Zoo

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Stockport, Romiley Productions , c1940. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce children's book with illustrations that were created using a carbon offset production method which allows the reader to transfer the images to paper. The first edition. A vanishingly sc...

La Vie En Famille

Mlle Zenaide Fleuriot · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris , Ambroise Bray , 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this French novel aimed at young women which follows the lives of a Christian family. The very scarce first edition of this French novel.In half crushed morocco binding with gilt detailing t...

Walter Stephen&Apos;S Crown

A. L. Scott · 1895 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1895. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this very scarce children's book, with religious themes throughout the heart warming story. The first edition of this very scarce children's book. In the publisher's original d...

1000 Monsters

Alan Benjamin · 1979 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

New York and London, Scholastic Book Services, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated interactive children's book. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour plates which split into three sections and work independently. Co...

The Holy Grail and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1870 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers, 1870 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of poetical works surrounding Arthurian legends, written by Poet Laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, in a quarter calf prize binding. The first edition of this work. Bound in a ...

The Walls of the Ancient Kremlin

Oleg Nikolaevich Tikhomirov · 1985 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Rostov-on-Don, Malysh, 1985 . First edition. Paperback. A bright copy of this very scarce Russian pop-up book surrounding the history of the Kremlin. The first edition. Very scarce work. Written by Russian Soviet children's author, Oleg Nikolaevich Tikhomirov, who was be...

Byblis

Pierre Louÿs · 1898 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Librairie Borel, 1898. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this charming retelling of the myth of Byblis, by Pierre Louys, illustrated throughout. The first edition.In French.Bound in a smart morocco with gilt decoration to the front board, with the original wr...

The Sense of the Past

Henry James · 1927 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd , [1927]. Cloth. Henry James' unfinished comedy of manners featuring time travel, in the original very scarce dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1917. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very...

Happy Returns

Angela Thirkell · 1952 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Angela Thirkell, set in Trollope's Barsetshire and in the original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original scarce unclipped du...

The Lights of Upton Point

Mrs. Harding Kelly · 1904 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce novel set in a small fishing town, bound in pleasing decorative cloth and with plates. The first edition of this very scarce novel for young readers. Bound in the original decorative cloth binding...

Biggles Novels

Capt. W. E. Johns · 1960 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , Dean and Son Ltd , c1967. Cloth. A bright collection of flying adventure books featuring the popular fictional pilot "Biggles", all in the publisher's pleasing dust wrappers. A wonderful collection of W. E. Johns' adventure novels featuring James Biggleswort...

Master Charles&Apos;S Chair and How It Was Taken

1883 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1883. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce Christian novelette that centers on the master of a grand estate and his loyal butler. The first edition of this very scarce work.Bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth. Illustrat...

The New Book of Days

Marcus Woodward · 1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of legends and stories for each day of the year. First edition. Very scarce work. A collection of legends, stories, and facts recorded for each day of the year. Descri...

Fourth Leaders from the Times: A Selection from the Past Twelve Months

Various · 1949 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1949-1956. First edition. Cloth. Six smart first editions of these collections of short essays from The Times over the years. Six volumes. First editions. A collection of short essays from a variety of writers and journalists inten...

Biggles Sweeps the Desert

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles novel from English writer and pilot Captain W. E. Johns. First Canadian edition. Large format. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images....

Biggles & Co.

Capt. W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this exciting adventure featuring Biggles, written by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1936.Scarce to se...

Biggles in the Baltic

W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1940. Scarce to see with the origin...