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Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life

Samuel Lover · 1896 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1896. Cloth. A charming edition of Samuel Lover's Handy Andy, illustrated by Henry M. Brock, one of the the talented 'Brocks of Cambridge' siblings. A charming edition of Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life by Irish author Samuel Love...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Oxford , David Fickling Books, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of the children's edition of Mark Haddon's modern classic, narrated by a gifted teenager investigating a neighbourhood mystery, complete with the original unclipped dust wr...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Mark Haddon · 2003 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.31 | ¥12,021)

London, Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Mark Haddon's modern classic narrated by a gifted teenager investigating a neighbourhood mystery, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original ...

Bookano Stories: No. 4 and No. 11

S. Louis Giraud [ed.] · 1937 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.75 | ¥27,417)

London, Strand Publications, 1937-1944 . First edition. Paperback. Two brightly illustrated volumes of the Bookano Stories series, illustrated with ten delightful colour pop-up scenes. The first edition of two numbers of the Bookano Stories series of pop-up books, edited by S....

Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems

W. B. Yeats · 1932 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press. Limited edition of four hundred and fifty copies. Issued by the Cuala Press, Dublin.In the...

2 Vols Dragon Rider; Inkdeath

Cornelia Funke; Anthea Bell [trans.] · 2004 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

Somerset, Chicken House, 2004-2007. Cloth. A two-volume signed limited edition collection of Cornelia Funke"s Dragon Rider and Inkdeath, first UK editions in their original bindings with slipcases, enchanting works of fantasy and adventure for younger readers. In the publisher...

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill · 2005 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Frome, The Chicken House, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this exciting fantasy children's novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper with a book mark. The first edition of the work.Signed by the author to the title page.In publisher's origin...

La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans

Voltaire · 1762 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

[Geneve], [Cramer] , 1762 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first authorised edition of Voltaire's satire of Joan of Arc, illustrated throughout with engraved plates by Gravelot. In the original French.The first edition of this work to be acknowledged by...

Clay&Apos;S Ark

Octavia E. Butler · 1984 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1984 . Cloth. An exceptional example of the Book Club Edition of Octavia E. Butler's final novel in her 'Patternist' series, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The Book Club Edition of this work, published in the same year a...

The Guardian

Richard Steele; et al. · 1767 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, J. R. Tonson, 1767. Leather. A two volume, complete collection of Richard Steele and Joseph Addison's 'The Guardian' newsletter, bound in full calf. A later, complete edition, featuring all one hundred and seventy-five issues. First published in 1713. I...

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens · 1865 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1865. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression in book form of Charles Dickens' final novel, complete with Marcus Stone's illustrations. The first edition of this work in book form. The first issue, with three-page postscr...

Mr. Facey Romford&Apos;S Hounds

1865 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1865 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of R. S. Surtees' Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in half blue calf, with twenty-four coloured plates engraved on steel by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. The first edition of R. S. Surtees&apos...

Schindler&Apos;S Ark

Thomas Keneally · 1982 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.92 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,668)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A signed first UK edition, first impression, of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A signed first UK edition of Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark, with the...

Renascence a Book of Verse

Walter Crane · 1891 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

London , Elkin Matthews , 1891. First edition. Vellum. A limited edition copy of the poetry of famous illustrator Walter Crane, in paper vellum with a frontispiece and 33 beautiful illustrations throughout. A limited edition of the work, with this copy being no. 311 out of 350...

Io Triumphe! a Song of Victory on Our Glorious Entry Into Cabul; the Tomb of Bonaparte: A Poem

C. J. Cruttwell · 1842 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, William Pickering, 1842 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce mid-19th century works of poetry by Charles James Cruttwell, handsomely bound together in morocco with gilt detailing. The first editions of two very scarce works of poetry by C. J. Cruttwell.Both volume...

The House That Baby Built

Rev. H. W. Pullen · 1876 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Salisbury, Brown and Co, 1876 . Cloth. A lovely example of the second edition of William Henry Pullen's very scarce children's novel, in the publisher's original cloth binding. The second edition of this work, which was first published two years prior, and is ve...

Beispiele Kunstlerischer Schrift Aus Vergangenen Jahrhunderten

Rudolf Larisch · 1926 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Wien, Österreichische Staätsdruckerei, 1926. First edition. Hardback. The fifth volume from Rudolf Von Larisch's series collecting examples of artistic writing and handwriting through history, previously owned by Ambrose Heal, the noted furniture designer and chairman o...

Two Pekingese Tales

Elenore Chaya · 1991 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Florida, Privately Printed, 1991. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing limited edition of these brightly illustrated stories from Elenore Chaya, signed by the author. First edition, privately printed. Limited to five hundred copies. Signed by the author to the front free e...

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1964 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1964 . Leather. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Lionel Edwards, this is a striking example of R. D. Blackmore's historical romance, bound in half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plate...

A Wreath of Flower Legends

Rose Sydenham Dugdale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

Birmingham, The Weather Oak Press Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited edition volume of flower-themed legends, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author and artist to the limitation page. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is n...