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Master and Man

Count Leo Tolstoi; Leo Tolstoy; A. Hulme Beaman · 1895 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first and very scarce U.K. edition of this popular short story by master Russian author, Leo Tolstoy. The very scarce first U.K. edition of this work. This English translation was published in the same year as ...

Jerusalem Delivered; an Heroic Poem

Torquato Tasso; John Hoole [trans.] · 1809 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Wm. Suttaby, 1809. Hardback. John Hoole's translation of the epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' by the notable Italian poet Torquato Tasso, complete in one volume. The ninth edition of this work in the publisher's original boards. Jerusalem Delivered, ...

Belshazzar, the Martyr of Antioch, and Anne Boleyn

Rev. H. H. Milman · 1822 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Murray, 1822-1827 . First edition. Leather. Three dramatic poems by Henry Hart Milman, in full calf signed bindings by Hatchards. Including the first editions of 'Belshazzar' and 'The Martyr of Antioch', and the second edition of 'Anne Bol...

The Doll-Man&Apos;S Gift

Harry A. James · 1902 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, George Newnes Ltd, 1902 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this delightful early twentieth-century children's novel. The first edition of this work, inscribed by the author to the verso of the front free endpaper with '...

Fairy Tales from Finland: From the Swedish of Zach. Topelius

Zachris Topelius; Ella R. Christie [trans.] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, T. Fisher Holland, 1896 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this English language translation of the Finnish fairy tales of Zachris Topelius, illustrated throughout. A very scarce first edition.Translated by Ella R. Christie, a pioneering Scottish ...

The Rape of Venice

Dennis Wheatley · 1959 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Hutchinson, 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Dennis Wheatley novel, the sixth work in his 'Roger Brook' series. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A t...

Heu-Heu, or the Monster

H. Rider Haggard · 1924 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1924 . Cloth. The second edition of this novel about Allan Quatermain's encounter with a Rhodesian monster, in a very scarce original dust wrapper. The second edition of H. Rider Haggard's novel, in the publisher's original price unclipp...

Some Book-Hunting Adventures a Diversion

R. S. Garnett · 1931 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Edinburgh , William Blackwood & Son Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel about book collecting by R. S. Garnett. The scarce first edition of this work. Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece. This work was written by R. S. Garnett and ...

Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot a Country Tale

Juliana Horatia Ewing · 1884 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1884]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this children's book by Juliana Horatia Ewing, illustrated by the popular British artist, Randolph Caldecott. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictori...

Collected Stories

V. S. Pritchett · 1956 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1956. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories by V. S. Pritchett in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This collection of ...

Engaged in Writing Two Stories Engaged in Writing and the Fool and the Princess

Stephen Spender · 1958 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of two stories by Stephen Spender, in the original publisher's cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This two i...

The Night Before Christmas

Clement C. Moore · 1932 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, George G. Harrap & Co LTD, 1932. Hardback. A smart edition of this beloved festive poem by Clement Clarke Moore, colourfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in the scarce dust wrapper. 'The Night Before Christmas' is the name the poem 'A Visit From St. Ni...

The Mind of the English

Rudyard Kipling · 1921 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

New York; Toronto , Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1921. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George. The first edition of this scarce work.Including the front wrap of the original glassine dust wrapp...

Where Flies the Flag

Henry Harbour · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1904. Cloth. The second edition of this adventure novel, with an early example of Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrations. The second edition of this work in the blue pictorial cloth variant binding. Ink inscription to the verso of...

Brains & Bravery

G. A. Henty; Guy Boothby; L. T. Meade; J. Arthur Barry; Katherine Tynan; H. A. Bryden · 1903 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of short stories, four of which are by G. A. Henty, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work in the publisher's green pictorial cloth variant...

The Little White Bird

J. M. Barrie · 1913 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913 . Cloth. An attractive edition of J. M. Barrie's episodic fantasy novel, the work that introduced the character of Peter Pan to the world. A first edition thus, being the first to feature the illustrations of Arthur Rackham.Bar...

Ridiculous Fancies: An Allegory Being the Lucubrations of a Madman

J. S*****R. · 1872 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Frederick Arnold, 1872. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce fictional and mythological work in the original cloth. The first edition.Vanishingly scarce. In the publisher's original cloth.This fictional novel was written semi anonymously, b...

Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1874 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1874. Hardback. A smart third edition of this collection of poetry from English Victorian writer, Robert Browning. Third edition. A collection of poetry including: My Star, A Serenade at the Villa, Youth and Art, Incident of the French Camp, In a Go...

Miscellaneous Essays

The Rev. Edward Mangin · 1851 · Rooke Books

£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)

London, Hope & Co. 1851 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of essays by the Rev. Edward Mangin, with an additional letter from the author. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Inscribed by the author to...

The Poetical Works of James Hogg

James Hogg · 1822 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Edinburgh, Arch. Constable & Co. 1822 . First edition. Leather. A collection of three volumes of poetry by Scottish poet and novelist, James Hogg. The uncommon first edition of this work, bound in half calf bindings. Volume I, II and IV. Lacking Volume III. James Hogg (1770-18...