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The Hand in the Dark

Arthur J. Rees · 1937 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)

London, Robert Hale and Company, 1937 . Cloth. A very scarce edition of Arthur J. Rees's thrilling crime novel, in the exceptionally bright original pictorial dust wrapper. The very scarce Robert Hale edition of Australian mystery writer Arthur J. Rees's murder-myste...

The Bravados

Frank O'Rourke · 1958 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Heinemann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, this scarce first UK edition, first impression, of Frank O'Rourke's classic Wild West novel. The first UK edition, first impression of American author Frank O'Rourke&ap...

Come Wind, Come Weather

D. Gareth Owen · 1953 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, John Long Limited, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce 1960s novel set in the Welsh countryside, in the brightly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce novel from D. Gareth Owen, in the ...

Crosspatch Marietta and Other Stories

Helen Margaret Dixon · 1905 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

1905 , Cornish Brothers , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition volume of short stories, by Helen Margaret Dixon. An interesting volume of short stories by Helen Margaret Dixon, including Crosspatch Marietta, The Bear Story, The sunbeam Fairy, The Fairies' Ba...

Oho! Certain Two-Faced Individuals

Lawrence Whistler · 1946 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , John Lane The Bodley Head , 1946. First edition. Cloth. A humourous first edition reversible copy of Oho! Certain Two-faced Individuals created by brothers Rex and Laurence Whistler. This is a reversible copy of Rex Whistler's Reversible Faces with verses written...

East of Suez: Being a Selection of Eastern Verses from the Poetical Works of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling · 1931 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A selection of Rudyard Kipling's poetical works adorned with lovely coloured plates and line drawings by Donald Maxwell, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this work. Containing a selection from the p...

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Bradbury & Evans , 1858-9. First edition. Leather. First issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's historical novel complete in two uniform volumes and adorned with illustrations by Thackeray himself. The first book form edition, first issue of this work with 'a...

Sweeney Astray

Seamus Heaney · 1984 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Faber and Faber , 1984. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first London edition of Seamus Heaney's version of 'Buile Shuibhne,' complete with dust wrapper. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize for verse in 1985, this book contains Seamus Heaney's version...

The Seasons, and the Castle of Indolence

James Thomson; Allan Cunningham · 1841 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully bound in full morocco with gilt detailing, this is a charmingly illustrated edition of James Thomson's two most popular works of poetry. The first edition thus.A lovely edition of the two best known works ...

Nine Little Fairy Tales

H. H. Harrod · 1923 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, A. & C. Black , 1923. First edition. Cloth. H. H. Harrod's very scarce collection of fairy tales embellished with lovely illustrations. A very scarce collection of fairy tales by H. H. Harrod, first and only edition of this work. Held by four institutional librari...

Fairy Tales from the Far North

P. C. Asbjornsen; H. L. Braekstad [trans.] · 1897 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, David Nutt, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The beautifully illustrated first edition, second issue of this late nineteenth century English translation of the Norwegian folk tales of Peter Christen Asbjornsen. The very scarce first edition, second issue of H. L. Braekstad...

The Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of Elfland at Heatherston Hall

Cholmondeley Pennell [ed.] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, John Camden Hotten, 1865 . Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce and delightfully illustrated Victorian era volume of fairy tales. The second edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of fairy tales, edited by Victorian poet Henry Cholmondeley Pennell.First ...

The Child&Apos;S Companion Ninety-First Annual Volume

1906 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London , The Religious Tract Society , 1906. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of the eighty-third Child's Companion annual, with illustrations throughout. The first edition of an uncommon copy of the eighty-third annual volume of The Child's Compan...

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Selected Stories

Stephen Crane · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Pennsylvania , The Franklin Library , 1983. First edition. Leather. A bright and beautifully bound limited first edition copy of Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and Selected Stories. Stephen Crane was an America poet, novelist and short story writer, writing...

Bertrud and Other Dramatic Poems

Lady Margaret Sackville · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, William Brown, 1911 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this work of poetry from English poet and children's author Lady Margaret Sackville, second cousin of Vita Sackville-West. A Limited Edition work, with 200 copies printed on Van Ge...

Poems

Frances Cornford · 1910 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Hampstead; Cambridge, The Priory Press, and Bowes & Bowes, 1910 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this early twentieth century collection of poems from Frances Cornford, including 'To a Fat Lady Seen from the Train&apos. The first edition of th...

The Gold Wolf

Max Pemberton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Ward Lock & Co Limited, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of adventure and mystery fiction by Max Pemberton, which follows the dramatic events witnessed by Dudley Hatton, illustrated throughout by Maurice Greiffenhagen. First Edition. Illus...

Human Life, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1819 · Rooke Books

£53.00 (€63.53 | $70.02 | ¥11,181)

London , John Murray , 1819. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of one of the lesser known Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers's Human Life. This is a well bound first edition copy of Samuel Rogers' poem, Human Life and includes the poem, notes and two further po...

Enoch Arden, Etc.

Alfred Tennyson · 1864 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Edward Moxon & Co, 1864. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of the collection of poems Enoch Arden, written by the renowned poet, and poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson. This is a first edition collection of poems written by Alfred Tennyson including the po...

Sir Andrew Wylie of That Ilk

[John Galt] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Edinburgh, Printed for William Blackwood , 1822. First edition. Leather. John Galt's novel complete in three volumes, first edition in uniform half calf bindings. The first edition of this work. Novel in three volumes by John Galt, published anonymously under 'the au...