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Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson; Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Leeds; London, J. W. Bean & Son; SImplin, Marshall & Co, 1905. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.The third published work of H...

Southward Ho! and Other Essays

Holbrook Jackson · 1914 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1914. First edition. Disbound. The first edition of this uncommon collection of brilliant essays by Holbrook Jackson, the author's presentation copy. The first edition of this uncommon work, part of Dent's 'Wayfarer's Library&...

Adam Hepburn&Apos;S Vow

Annie S. Swan · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon historical fiction novel set in seventeenth century Scotland, an illustrated novel, signed by the author. The first edition of this uncommon work.Signed by the author to the rect...

Mr. Rat Goes out to Dinner; Mr. Toad Invites a Friend to Dinner; Mr. Toad Plays a Trick

Robert Davey · 1970 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Chatto and Windus , 1970. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce set of children's books featuring Mr. Toad, his friend Mr. Rat and his arch-enemy Mr. Fox. First editions, first impressions. A delightful trio of very scarce books from this illustrated children'...

Renni the Rescuer: A Dog of the Battlefield; a Forest World; Fifteen Rabbits; Djibi; Good Comrades; the City Jungle

Felix Salten · 1944 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Transatlantic Arts Co; The Pilot Press Ltd; Commodore Press , 1944-1947. Cloth. A charming collection of works from author of classic children's tale 'Bambi', Felix Salten, three of which are first UK editions. A set of six titles from Austrian novelist ...

The Masque: A Theatre Notebook

Various · 1946 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, The Curtain Press, 1946-1949. First edition. Paperback. A smart complete collection of The Masque, a theatre notebook. With the original two slip cases. Complete in nine volumes, with two of the original three slip cases. First edition. The Masque was a publication des...

Animals and Their Young

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, c1910. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce volume on natural history for children, a colourful education on animals and their babies. A vanishingly scarce work.Part of Father Tuck's 'Natural History' Series. A charming educational wo...

The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French

A. T. Quiller-Couch · 1910 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1910]. First edition. Cloth. Edmund Dulac's stunning illustrated edition of the beloved fairy tale 'The Sleeping Beauty', among other famous tales, with Dulac's brilliant colour plates. The first trade edition of this Edmund D...

The Master of the House

Radclyffe Hall · 1932 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this religious novel from Radclyffe Hall, the author of the important work of lesbian literature 'The Well of Loneliness', in the original uncommon dust wrapper. The first editi...

Treasure at Amory&Apos;S; Strangers at Witchend; Where&Apos;S My Girl?; Saucers over the Moor

Malcolm Saville · 1969 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Collins , 1969-1972. Cloth. A lovely set of four books from Malcolm Saville's 'Lone Pine' children's adventure series, two of which are first editions. Includes the first edition, first impressions of 'Strangers at Witchend' and 'Wher...

Tecumseh: Or, the West Thirty Years Since. A Poem.

George H. Colton · 1842 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1842 . First edition. Hardback. The author's presentation copy of this exceptionally scarce publication containing George H. Colton's best known work, the poem 'Tecumseh&apos. First edition. Very scarce work. The author's present...

Master Humphrey&Apos;S Clock

Charles Dickens · 1840 · Rooke Books

£590.00 (€707.20 | $779.48 | ¥124,433)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. First edition. Leather. Finely bound first edition copy of Charles Dickens' popular weekly periodical, illustrated throughout. The first edition in book form, previously published in parts.Complete as three volumes.No half titles as call...

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

Various; Thomas Percy · 1858 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

Edinburgh; London, James Nichol; James Nisbet & Co, 1858. Leather. A smartly bound set of this important anthology of ancient English poetry, a brilliant collection compiled by Thomas Percy. Complete in three volumes.'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry' is a collecti...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens · 1839 · Rooke Books

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

London, Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Leather. The first edition, first impression, of Charles Dickens' influential 'Nicholas Nickleby', illustrated with beautiful plates by Phiz. The first edition, first issue, with the following issue points; page xii...

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted

William Shakespeare; Andrew Becket · 1812 · Rooke Books

£1,975.00 (€2,367.32 | $2,609.26 | ¥416,533)

London, Thomas Tegg; A. J. Valpy for Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1812-1816 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Tegg's very scarce twelve volume illustrated edition of the plays of William Shakespeare, uniformly bound with Andrew Becket's very scarce study of Shakespeare&...

The Beauties of Dryden

John Dryden; Alfred Howard · 1834 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, T. Davison; Thomas Tegg et al, 1834 . First edition. Leather. A very scarce edition of the poetry of John Dryden, edited by Alfred Howard, and in an attractive calf binding. A very scarce first edition thus.Edited and compiled by Alfred Howard, this is a very scarce co...

Georgian Stories 1924-1926

Evelyn Waugh; John Metcalfe; et al. · 1924 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, G. P Putnam's Sons, 1924-7. First edition. Cloth. The first American editions of these two collections of short stories from a host of talented authors, such as John Metcalfe and Evelyn Waugh, with one volume featuring Evelyn Waugh's first ever commercial p...

The Georgian Stories 1925-6

Evelyn Waugh; Denis Mackail; John Metcalfe; et al. · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1925-6. First edition. Cloth. A set of two collections of short stories, with this set including the Evelyn Waugh's first ever commercial publication, and one volume previously owned by Evelyn St. Croix Fleming. The first edition. A two volume s...

Anatole

Benjamin Rabier · 1935 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Paris , Editions Jules Tallandier , 1935. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this children's animal comic book from influential French illustrator Benjamin Rabier. First edition of this scarce work. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with illustrated ...

Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s: Contexts and Collaborations

Simon Cooke · 2010 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Private Libraries Association: The British Library, 2010. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated study on periodicals from the 1860s. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-two images. A new and informative study of the p...