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Aesop&Apos;S Fables in Verse

Elizabeth Eyears · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Elliot Stock, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A charming 1901 first edition of Aesop's Fables in Verse by Elizabeth Eyears, with woodcut illustrations throughout. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.This collection prese...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables in Rhyme for Children

Richardson D. White; Margaret D. Longley · 1903 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

Chicago, The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A charming edition featuring Aesop"s fables in verse, each accompanied by Charles Livingston Bull"s detailed grey-tone and color wildlife illustrations. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Each ...

2 Vols Salar the Salmon; Tarka the Otter

Henry Williamson · 1949 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Penguin; Faber & Faber, 1949. Leather. Two volumes bound as one, of Williamson"s naturalist classics Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon, capturing the wild rivers of Devon in evocative early 20th-century prose. This copy contains two volumes, bound as one, tête-bêc...

The Loved One (Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art Vol. XVII No. 98)

Evelyn Waugh · 1948 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)

London, Horizon, 1948. Paperback. A smart copy of Evelyn Waugh's comic novel's first unrevised appearance in 'Horizon' literary magazine. The first appearance in its unrevised form before the first UK edition from Chapman and Hall. In the publisher's ...

Tell England: A Study in a Generation

Ernest Raymond · 1935 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1935. Leather. A smartly bound fifteenth edition of this important novel written by British novelist Ernest Raymond. Fifteenth edition. "You must write a book and tell 'em, Rupert, about the dead schoolboys of your generation." A best-s...

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrrett Horder [editor] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde, 1898. Vellum. A smartly bound complete edition of this collection of poetry from American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Complete edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier, an American Quake...

Brokenbrow

Ernst Toller; Vera Mendel · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Hardback. The first unabridged edition in English of this tragic post-war play by Ernst Toller. The first unabridged edition in English.A tragic play by Ernst Toller, following a young man trying to return to society after his t...

Songs Unsung

Lewis Morris · 1884 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884. Leather. A wonderful example of the fourth edition of Morris's poetry collection, in a tree calf signed binding by Riviere. First published in 1883, this is the fourth edition of Lewis Morris's poetry collection.In a tree calf s...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson, William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling · 1905 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Leeds, J. W. Bean & Son, [1905]. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce anthology of verse for children, collected from the works of the most eminent poets, and inscribed by Holbrook Jackson's brother. The first edition, the paperback variant.A very scarce work.Inscribed...

Paraboles de L&Apos; Evangile

[Mathilde Bourdon] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

Lille, L. Lefort, 1850. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of French religious parables, with explanations by Mathilde Bourdon, in a stunning cartonnage binding. The first edition. In the original striking cartonnage binding, with gilt decorations.Â...

Dramatic Sonnets, Poems, and Ballads: Selections from the Poems of Eugene Lee-Hamilton

Eugene Lee-Hamilton · 1903 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. 1903. Vellum. A charming 'Canterbury Poets' volume comprising the works of Eugene Lee-Hamilton, in a quarter vellum binding. The first of this collected edition published for the 'Canterbury Poets' series, edited by S...

Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick

G. A. Henty · 1888 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Blackie & Son, 1888 [1887] . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this thrilling work of historical fiction from G. A. Henty, following a young Protestant and a young Catholic as they navigate the sectarianism of seventeenth century Ireland. The very ...

The Child&Apos;S Companion and Juvenile Instructor. January, 1852.

The Religious Tract Society · 1852 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Religious Tract Society, 1852. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of the very scarce January 1852 issue of the children's periodical 'The Child's Companion and Juvenile Instructor&apos. A very scarce single issue, in the publisher's origina...

The Queen&Apos;S Matrimonial Ladder; the Political House That Jack Built; a Parody on the Political House That Jack Built

William Hone; M. Adams · 1819 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

London, William Hone; Chapple, 1819-1820 . Paperback. Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. The first of these works is the 1820 sixth editi...

Memoirs of Fanny Hill

John Cleland · 1889 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Cosmopoli, Privately Printed, 1889. Leather. A reproduction of the rare first edition of Cleland's popular erotic novel Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. A genuine reprint of the rare edition of 1749, being a privately printed reproduction of the first editio...

The Ages of Man

Charles Sayle · 1916 · Rooke Books

£335.00 (€401.61 | $442.66 | ¥70,695)

London, John Murray, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of quotations from Charles Sayle, with the publisher's compliments. First edition. With the publisher's blind stamp "With Mr. Murray's Compliments" to the title page. With ...

Sturdy and Strong

G. A. Henty · 1888 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Blackie & Son, 1888 [1887]. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this lesser known novel by Henty, complete with plates. The very scarce first edition, with the 1888 date to the title page, though the work was published on the 27th July 1887, as state...

Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children

Holbrook Jackson; Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

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

The Rockingdown Mystery

Enid Blyton · 1950 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Collins, 1950. Cloth. A signed adventure novel for children by Enid Blyton, complete with illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop. Signed by the author to the half-title.The third impression, published one year after the first.'The Rockingdown Mystery' is the first b...

The Inheritors

William Golding · 1955 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Faber and Faber, 1955. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's second novel, a work of prehistoric fiction following the extinction of a Neanderthal tribe. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapp...