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The Hills of the Shatemuc

Susan B. Warner · 1856 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co. 1856 . First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, first UK edition of this novel set in New York, by American author, Susan Bogert Warner. First UK edition, published the same year as the US edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. Writt...

The Young Blackbird

E. Clephan Palmer · 1953 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

London, Allan Wingate, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated first edition of this tale of a young blackbird, by Ernest Clephan Palmer. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt motif to the front cover, with the original, unclipp...

That Awful Little Brother

May Baldwin · 1904 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming and uncommon novel by May Baldwin, illustrated by Chas Pears. The first edition. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece an...

Watch the Pony Grow!

William Hall · 1943 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Collins , 1943. First edition. Hardback. A charming very scarce children's book about a pony's life from childhood to adulthood. The first edition. Very scarce. A charming children's book about a pony's life from childhood to adulthood. Each page g...

The Little Train

Graham Greene · 1946 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London , Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce children's book written by Graham Green and illustrated by Dorothy Craigie. The first edition. Second and more attractive issue, with design to front boards. Very scarce. Lacking the very scarce du...

A Countryman&Apos;S Day Book: An Anthology of Countryside Lore

C. N. French · 1929 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J. M. Dent , 1929. First edition. Cloth. A charming book on countryside lore bound in the original decorative boards. The first edition. Handsomely bound in the original decorative fabric covered boards. This is an anthology of countryside Lore compiled by C. N. French...

Zones ; a Sleeping Partner ; the Stump

Alexis Lykiard · 1966 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , Anthony Blond ; Hart-Davis, MacGibbon ; Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1966-1973. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of three novels in excellent condition by British writer Alexis Lykiard. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrappers. The Stump is sig...

Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights & More Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights

E. Dixon [editor] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1893-1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition set of this collection of fairy tales, with illustrations throughout. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates with tissue guards, and many in-te...

Fireside Stories

Mrs. Macquoid; Geraldine Glasgow; Minnie Faulkner · 1893 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Ernest Nister, c1893. Cloth. A very scarce collection of stories for children, with illustrations throughout. Very scarce. Dated from ink inscription to the front pastedown. Illustrated with six full-colour images and many monochromatic sketches in-text. A charming col...

The Horkey: A Provincial Ballad

Robert Bloomfield · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated verse from English poet, Robert Bloomfield. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A charming poem in the end of harvest customs and celebrations, a time known...

The Heritage of the Desert

Zane Grey · 1910 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this Western adventure by American author Zane Grey. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Written by American author and dentist Pearl Zane...

The White Goose

Tasha Tudor · 1943 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Oxford University Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A charming children's tale written by American author Tasha Tudor, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout by Tudor. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming chi...

Diana and Her Rhinoceros

Edward Ardizzone · 1973 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Bodley Head, 1973. Hardback. A smart copy of this charming children's tale written and illustrated beautifully by Edward Ardizzone, signed by Ardizzone to the endpaper. Signed by Ardizzone to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To Rebecca + Adam with love f...

Le Marchand D&Apos;Images

Tuisca Hartung · 1857 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Dresden, C. C. Meinhold & Fils, 1857. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition collection of poems and puzzles for children, in the original French, colourfully illustrated. The first edition of this scarce work.In the original French.A charming children's work by ...

The Stories That Little Breeches Told, and the Pictures Which Charles Bennett Drew for Them

Charles Bennett · 1863 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co, 1863 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce hand coloured version of this first edition of this delightful Victorian-era children's work, illustrated with hand-coloured plates, and written by Charles Henry Bennett. The first edition of this w...

A Pilgrimage in Fairyland, Told by a Pilgrim There

Jeannie McConnell · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce, privately printed first edition of this charming collection of illustrated fairy tales for children. The very scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with ten charming colour p...

Saucers over the Moor a Lone Pine Story

Malcolm Saville · 1955 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , George Newnes, 1955. First edition. Hardback. A pioneering new adventure story for boys and girls written by Malcolm Saville. The first edition. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Malcolm Saville was an English writer best known for the Lone Pine series of ch...

The Square Peg or the Gun Fella

John Masefield · 1937 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, William Heinemann, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this insightful novel from John Masefield, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. A social novel about contemporary England, following the story of Robert Frampton Mansell, the in...

The Tyger Voyage & One Old Oxford Ox

Nicola Bayley; Richard Adams · 1976 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1976-1977. First edition. Hardback. Two very smart children's books with beautiful colour illustrations, one of which is signed by children's book illustrator and author, Nicola Bayley. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Tyger V...

A Collection of Novels by James Purdy

James Purdy · 1968 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London; Surrey; New York, Peter Owen; Jonathan Cape; W. H. Allen; Black Sheep Books; The Viking Press, 1968-1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of fourteen first editions and first UK edition novels by American author, James Purdy. A collection of fourteen novels, c...