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D. H. Lawrence · 1913 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.08 | ¥125,487)

London, Duckworth & Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally attractive example of the first edition, second issue of D. H. Lawrence's seminal novel, following the life of the young Paul Morel. The first edition. The second issue, with integral title page, rather...

Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1948 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Paul Elek Publishers Ltd, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of the Camden Illustrated Classics printing of Mark Twain's classic adventure novel, delightfully illustrated throughout by Edward Burra. First Paul Elek edition for the "Camden Illustrated Class...

Demophon

Forrest Reid · 1927 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this intriguing mythological fiction from acclaimed Irish writer Forrest Reid. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece.From acclaimed Irish novelist, Fo...

Gwinna

Barbara Helen Berger; Annemarie Döring · 1992 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Interlaken, Ansata-Verlag, 1992 . First edition. Cloth. First German-language edition of this wonderfully colour-illustrated modern fairytale from Barbara Helen Berger. First German-language edition.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.W...

A Dish of Apples

Eden Phillpotts · 1921 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poems capturing the essence of rural England and its orchards, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with three...

The Escorial a Prize Poem Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 20, 1860

J. A. Symonds [Joseph Addington Symonds] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

Oxford , T. and G. Shrimpton, 1860. First edition. Paperback. A smart first edition of John Addington Symonds' first book 'The Escorial', the winner of Oxford's Newdigate prize. First edition of J. A. Symonds' prize-winning poem [Babington, I. 1]. Reci...

Gai-Gai, Marions-Nous: Chansons de France

Gabriel Pierné, Georges Delaw, Rosemonde Gérard Rostand · 1921 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Paris, Adrien Sporck, 1921 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this selection of children's songs with sheet music in the publisher's original paper-covered boards, with full colour illustrations by Georges Delaw. The first edition in the publisher'...

Chrysal; or the Adventures of a Guinea: By an Adept

Charles Johnstone · 1821 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

London, Hector M'Lean, 1821 . First edition. Leather. Vibrantly illustrated with hand-coloured plates, this is the first illustrated edition of Charles Johnstone's sombre satirical novel set during the Seven Years' War. The first illustrated edition of this work...

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad · 1900 · Rooke Books

£1,400.00 (€1,678.10 | $1,849.60 | ¥295,264)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sonss, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Joseph Conrad's celebrated modernist novel, which offers a psychological portrait of a man publicly shamed after abandoning his post on a passenger ship. The first edition...

Three Centuries of Children&Apos;S Books in Europe; the Who&Apos;S Who of Children&Apos;S Literature; Victorian Book Illustration; Caldecott & Co. : Notes on Books & Pictures.

Bettina Hürlimann, Brian W. Alderson [trans.]; Brian Doyle; Geoffrey Wakeman; Maurice Sendak · 1967 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London; Newton Abbot, Oxford University Press; Hugh Evelyn Limited; David & Charles (Holdings) Limited; Reinhardt Books, 1967-1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely collection of four illustrated first editions on the children's illustrated book. Four-volume collection of s...

The Wind on Fire Trilogy

William Nicholson · 2000 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Mammoth; Egmont, 2000-2002. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of the Wind on Fire fantasy trilogy, by an award-winning writer inspired by his distaste for school exams. The first editions of the complete Wind on Fire trilogy, a fantasy series, written by accompl...

Dairine: And Other Poems

Katherine Vereker · 1901 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Jarrold and Sons, 1901. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of a poetic anthology centered on Irish Medieval tales of kings and queens, with a whimsical and abstract flavour. The first edition of Dairine, a scarce anthology of narrative poems, written by Ir...

A Day in a Child&Apos;S Life

Myles B. Foster · 1881 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kate Greenaway's charmingly illustrated work about a day in a child's life, set to music by Myles B. Foster. The first edition, first issue. Schuster 66 1a.A charming musical work ta...

The Cicadas and Other Poems

Aldous Huxley · 1931 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Insightful dust-wrapper-clad poetry collection from the author of Brave New World. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With clipped dust wrapper.Pensive poetry collection from prominent English writer a...

Where There Is Nothing: Being Volume One of Plays for an Irish Theatre

W. B. Yeats · 1903 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, A. H. Bullen , 1903. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of W. B. Yeats' forgotten play, housed in a contemporary morocco slipcase. First edition. In the original quarter cloth, with paper covered boards and paper spine label. Preserved in a handsome...

Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

Freeman Wills Crofts · 1934 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1934. Cloth. A first edition ninth impression of this classic Inspector French mystery, a key Golden Age detective novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition, ninth impression, issued eight years after the first. The...

A Poetical Epistle to an Eminent Painter; Ode Inscribed to John Howard; Epistle to a Friend on the Death of John Thornton; an Essay on History; in Three Epistles to Edward Gibbon; Triumphs of Temper; a Poem

William Hayley · 1779 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, J. Dodsley, 1779-1781. Leather. A wonderful collection of five first and second edition poetical works from William Hayley, including his 'Triumphs of Temper' and 'An Essay on History' in the first edition. Five scarce and very scarce first and seco...

The Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Rev. John Fleetwood · 1811 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

Burslem, John Tregortha, 1811 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with impressive engraved plates, this is Rev. John Fleetwood's popular account of the lives of Jesus Christ and his apostles. An early nineteenth-century example of Rev. John Fleetwood's famous book on t...

Wolfert&Apos;S Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected

Washington Irving · 1855 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)

New York, G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. First edition. Leather. The first edition, third printing of this Irving anthology, bound in full crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, with lovely gilt dentelles. First edition, third printing. Publisher's address in the title imprint is ch...

Destination Unknown

Agatha Christie · 1954 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1954. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this spy novel from Agatha Christie, a well-received departure from her usual genre. First edition, first impression. With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. A young woman...