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The Living Poets of England: Specimens of the Living British Poets, with Biographical and Critical Notices and an Essay on English Poetry

Various · 1827 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Paris, L. Baudry, 1827. First edition. Hardback. A scarce anthology of poetry from the famous English poets of the time, including Coleridge, Wordsworth, Clare and Crabbe. The first edition of Volume I of a t wo-volume set in the publisher's original pictorial paper board...

Mr. Meeson&Apos;S Will

H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£122.00 (€146.24 | $161.18 | ¥25,738)

London, Spencer Blackett, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrat...

The Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress, with a Life of John Bunyan by Robert Southey

John Bunyan; Robert Southey · 1830 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, John Murray, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition of Bunyan's magnum opus to feature Robert Southey's biography of the author. The first edition thus, large paper edition, with plates on India Paper.Illus...

The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes

Henry Seton Merriman; S. G. Tallentyre · 1897 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1897. First edition. Cloth. The third edition of this collection of character sketches, featuring the illustrations of the famed Arthur Rackham. The third edition. In the publisher's original cloth. An early example of the celebrated Arthur Ra...

The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes

Henry Seton Merriman; S. G. Tallentyre · 1896 · Rooke Books

£1,650.00 (€1,977.79 | $2,179.88 | ¥348,099)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this work featuring the illustrations of the famed Arthur Rackham. The very scarce first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. An early example of the celebrated Arthur Rackham...

Like Men Betrayed

John Mortimer · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Collins, 1953. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this sinister fiction novel about a father and son, written by John Mortimer and in the publishers original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped du...

The Story-Lives of Our Great Artists

Francis Jameson Rowbotham · 1911 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd. 1911. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this uncommon biography on various popular artists by Francis Jameson Rowbothan, bound in half calf. The first edition. Bound in a half calf prize binding with a crest to the front wit...

The Face of the Tiger

Ursula Curtiss · 1960 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thriller novel by Ursula Curtiss, in the original dust wrapper. The first UK edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written ...

The Picts and the Martyrs: Or, Not Welcome at All

Arthur Ransome · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the eleventh book in Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated throughout with mapped endpapers. The eleventh novel in the Swallow...

A Collection of Novels by Hammond Innes

Hammond Innes · 1949 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, Collins, 1949-1956. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition novels from British writer, Hammond Innes. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Ralph Hammond Innes, a British writer of over thirty novels, as well as works for children and travel books. This set i...

Pincher Martin

William Golding · 1956 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)

London, Faber and Faber, 1956. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this existentialist novel from British writer, William Golding. First edition. The third novel of British novelist, playwright, and poet, William Golding, who is best known for his debut novel Lord o...

Harper&Apos;S New Monthly Magazine: Volume XXX and XXXI

Various · 1864 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1864-5 . First edition. Leather. Volume XXX and XXXI of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, comprised of articles published between December 1864 and November 1865. First edition. Bound in half crushed morocco with cloth to the boards. C...

The Oxford Book of French Verse: Xiiith Century - Xixth Century

John Lucas · 1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1908 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this collection of French verse from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, edited by John Lucas. First edition, being the first compilation of this collected verse by John Lucas.Bound i...

The Magic World

Edith Nesbit · 1912 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology of fantastical short stories by Edith Nesbit. The scarce first edition of this work.'The Magic World' is an anthology of twelve short stories by Edith Nesbit, en...

A Sammelband of Devotional Pieces and Poems, with &Apos;Select Pieces&Apos; from Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin; John Armstrong; E. Tomkins; Dyer; Barbauld et al · 1800 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.12 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,357)

London; Ploughmill, B. Crosby and Co; George Nicholson, 1800-1804 . First edition. Leather. A charming sammelband in which eight works of poetry are bound together, including 'Select Pieces' by Benjamin Franklin, and Tomkins's 'Poems of Various Subjects&apo...

The Rising Storm

Dennis Wheatley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the third novel in Dennis Wheatley's Roger Brook series, following the agent in the opening scenes of the French Revolution. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher'...

The Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 0 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.99 | $1,981.71 | ¥316,453)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, c1880 . Leather. An excellent edition of the complete works of George Eliot, bound uniformly in half morocco by Morrell. A seven volume edition of the works of one of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot. Containing ...

The Abbey Girls; the New Abbey Girls; Jen of the Abbey School

Elsie J. Oxenham · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Collins, c1937 . Cloth. Late 1930s editions of three novels in Elsie Oxenham's enormously popular series of novels for young girls, each in their original dust wrapper. Present here are three novels that appeared early in Oxenham's series, which eventually ex...

Damaris at Dorothy&Apos;S

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1937 · Rooke Books

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

London, The Sheldon Press, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the first work in Elsie Oxenham's eight novel 'Rachel & Damaris/Rainbows' series. The scarce first edition of this novel.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by 'Bea&apos....

The Captain of the Fifth

Elsie Jeanette Oxenham · 1922 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, W. & R. Chambers, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of the second novel in E. J. Oxenham's 'Swiss Set' series, in the original pictorial cloth. The scarce first edition of this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by...