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Touch & Go

D. H. Lawrence · 1920 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

London, C. W. Daniel, Ltd. 1920. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of D. H. Lawrence"s Touch and Go, a post-war drama of class conflict and alienation inspired by the 1919 coal strikes. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. First edition.Complete with...

Knock Upon Silence

Carolyn Kizer · 1965 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965 . First edition. Cloth. A smart presentation copy of this collection of lyrical and incisive poems by Pulitzer Prize–winner, Carolyn Kizer, inscribed by the author.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A pre...

The Knight of Gwynne; a Tale of the Time of the Union

Charles Lever · 1847 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1847. First edition. Leather. A rare and pleasing first edition of Charles Lever's historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of the union of Great Britain and Ireland, bound in half morocco and illustrated by the renowned 'Phiz&apos....

The Old Ships

James Elroy Flecker · 1915 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1915. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of 'The Old Ships', a poem by James Elroy Flecker published by the Poetry Bookshop. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this work. With the front cover illustration ...

In Autumn

Herbert Palmer · 1931 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Privately Printed for Terence Fytton Armstrong , 1931. First edition. Hardback. One of ten limited lettered editions of this privately printed seasonal poem by Herbert Palmer, signed by him and the illustrator. This is one of ten lettered copies signed by the author an...

A Treasury of Scottish Verse

Henry Arthur Kellow · 1912 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George and Harrap and Company, 1912. First edition. Hardback. The scarce first edition of A Treasury of Scottish Verse. An illustrated frontispiece of Robert Burns. Bound in reverse calf. The scarce first edition of A Treasury of Scottish Verse, selected by Scottish-Au...

Drawing-Room Duologues

Fred M. Simpson · 1894 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short drawing room plays by Fred M. Simpson, smartly bound in modern half calf. The first edition.A very scarce work. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen wi...

Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore · 1817 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. Leather. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh in full straight-grained green morocco with decorative blind stamping, marbled endpapers and a gilt fore edge. The fifth edition of Thomas Moore's Lalla Rook...

Uncle Remus or Mr. Fox, Mr. Rabbit, and Mr. Terrapin

Joel Chandler Harris · 1902 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)

London, Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated volumes of Uncle Remus stories from Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by J. A. Shepherd. First edition, second impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, ten black-and-w...

The Pie and the Patty-Pan

Beatrix Potter · 1905 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Frederick Warne and Co , 1905. Cloth. A fantastic early edition of this charming tale from Beatrix Potter, complete with her brilliant colour plates. An early edition, with the circular illustration to the front cover, ribbon endpapers, and dedication for Joan without ...

The Animal Shelf Series

Ivy L. Wallace · 1948 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, Collins, 1948-1951. First edition. Hardback. A delightful collection of seven volumes from The Animal Shelf Series by British author and illustrator Ivy Lilian Wallace. Seven volumes. First editions. Illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and in-text colour ima...

The Nursery "Alice

Lewis Carroll · 1890 · Rooke Books

£8,950.00 (€10,729.55 | $11,826.18 | ¥1,888,715)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscribed to a personal friend of Carrol...

Five Sermons Preached by John Sharpe

John Sharpe [John Sharp] · 1679 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, Walter Kettilby , 1679-91. First edition. Paperback. A collection of very scarce seventeenth century sermons by the English divine and Archbishop of York, John Sharp. A five volume set of very scarce works, including: "A Sermon Preached Before the Right Honourable the ...

Where the Blue Begins

Christopher Morley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London [New York], William Heinemann [Doubleday], 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of Christopher Morley's illustrated fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham and with the original dust wrapper. The first US trade edition, first print...

The Heroes; or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1868 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1868. Leather. A beautifully illustrated first new edition of Kingsley"s beloved myth retellings of Perseus, Theseus, and Jason for young readers. New edition.Illustrated with eight colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In a fu...

The Little Fire Engine; the Little Train; the Little Steamroller

Graham Greene · 1973 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1973-1974 . First edition. Cloth. A three-volume first American edition set of Graham Greene"s classic children"s stories, vibrantly illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.Complete with the...

Some Eighteenth Century Byways and Other Essays

John Buchan · 1908 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1908. First edition. Cloth. An excellent publisher's presentation first edition copy of this collection of essays by John Buchan. The first edition, first impression, with the publisher's advertisements to the rear date 6/08.Pub...

Tales of the Outposts Series

Lieut.-Colonel L. A. Bethell [editor] · 1932 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1932-1943. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes from the Tales of the Outposts series, edited by author and soldier Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Arthur Bethell. Three volumes of a twelve volume set, being volumes three, six, ...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Buchan's final Hannay and Arbuthnot novel, an exciting thriller, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.&apos...

The Mystery of the Flying Express

Franklin W. Dixon; John Button · 1961 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Sampson Low, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K. edition of this exciting Hardy Boys mystery, illustrated with a frontispiece. The first U.K. edition.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'The Mystery of the Flying Express' is the twentieth '...