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Graustark: The Story of a Love Behind a Throne

George Barr McCutcheon · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Chicago, Herbert S. Stone, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, intermediate issue, of George Barr McCutcheon's Ruritanian Romance. The first edition of this work, BALs so-called 'intermediate issue', in Binding A.Intermediate issue: printers imprint at...

Four Gardens

David Osborne Hamilton · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New Haven , Yale University Press, 1920. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of works from American poet David Osbourne Hamilton, published as the winner of Yale's 'Younger Poets' competition in 1920. The scarce first edition of this poetical collect...

Sermons and Lectures

Rev. Brooke Lambert; Rev. Ronald Bayne [editor]; J. E. G. Montmorency · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Greenwich, Henry Richardson, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of sermons from English cleric Brooke Lambert, with a memoir of his life. First edition. Very scarce work. With an ink inscription from a relative of the author that reads "...

Adamastor

Roy Campbell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Cape Town, Paul Koston, 1950. Leather. The first illustrated edition of Roy Campbell's notable poetry collection, with illustrations by the author. The first illustrated edition of this work in a half calf binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated wit...

The Harbourmaster

William McFee · 1931 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this classic sea story by William McFee. A limited edition, first edition work from English writer of sea stories William McFee. He emigrated to the United States in 1911.Number 311 ...

Going-to-the-Sun

Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of the first edition of Nicholas Lindsay Vachel's charmingly illustrated volume of poetry. The first edition of this work, flat signed by the author to the front free endpaper.With vignette illu...

Prairie Songs: Being Chants Rhymed and Unrhymed of the Level Lands of the Great West

Hamlin Garland · 1893 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Cambridge and Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poems about the Wild West of America by Hamlin Garland. The first edition of this work, with first edition notice to colophon.With vignette illustrations throughout f...

Love&Apos;S Crucifix, Nine Sonnets and a Canzone from Petrarch

Petrarch; Agnes Tobin; Alice Meynell [preface] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, William Heinemann, 1902 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this scarce collection of poetry from Petrarch, illustrated with plates by Graham Robertson. The first edition of this scarce work.Six sonnets and a canzone by Petrarch are translated by Agnes Tobi...

The Verses of John Blewitt Jenkins

John Blewitt Jenkins; Reginald Arthur Blewitt Jenkins [ed] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Swansea, Ernest Davies & Co. Ltd [printers], 1919. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce collection of poetry by John Blewitt Jenkins, collected and published by his son in tribute to his father, bound in full calf. The first edition. A vanishin...

The Adventures of Mr. Bumble the Policeman

J. S. Newcombe · 1947 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Allan Wingate, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's book following Mr. Bumble the policeman, signed by the illustrator. First edition. Very scarce work. Signed by the illustrator to the front endpaper, dated 1947. ...

The Modern Boy&Apos;S Annual

Various · 1932 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.75 | $284.09 | ¥45,371)

London, The Amalgamated Press, Limited, 1932-1938. Cloth. Seven smart copies of The Modern Boy's Annual, filled with stories and articles for young readers. Seven volumes. A collection of annuals from the Amalgamated Press, featuring the best of the yearly issues of The M...

The Poem of Job Rendered Into English Metre

John Tattersall · 1897 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1897. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce rendition by John Tattersall of the Book of Job into English metre, the first edition of this adaptation. The first edition of this very scarce adaption of the Book of Job, the text of the Bible here rende...

Les Souvenirs de L&Apos;Enfance, Ou, Les Confidences Instructives Et Amusantes

Madame de Flesselles · 1834 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Lehuby; M. Pierre Blanchard, 1834. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this charming children's novel by Madame de Flesselles, an illustrated novel, in the original French. The first edition of this very scarce work.In the original French.A charm...

The Shadow of the Sword

Robert Buchanan · 1924 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1924. Cloth. Robert Buchanan's first novel, a moving romance set during the Napoleon era, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A later edition, first published in 1876.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very sca...

Biggles Sweeps the Desert

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this Biggles adventure novel, with illustrative plates and the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wr...

The Biggles Book of Heroes

Captain W. E. Johns · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Max Parrish , 1960 . Cloth. The second impression of this entertaining book of heroic figures told from the point of view of Biggles, the fictional adventurer created by W. E. Johns. The second impression. Published the year after the first edition. Uncommon work, part...

Feely Bugs: A Touch and Feel Bugs Book

David A. Carter · 1996 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Orchard Books, 1996. First edition. Hardback. A great selection from the popular Bugs children's book series, with an array of pop-ups and fun interactive features. A bright collection of first UK editions of this humorous children's book series. This collec...

Space Travels Doctor Who

2008 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, BBC Children's Books: Penguin Group, 2008. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this interactive pop-up book following the adventures of Doctor Who. First edition. Illustrated with one full fold-out scene, eight pull tabs, five folding features, and o...

The Pop-Up Book of the Circus

None · 1980 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hutchinson, 1980. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition of this charming pop-up book of scenes from the circus. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with six full colour pop-up scenes with six push or pull tabs. With one figure missing from scene three and...

Come to Life Stories No. 1

0 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Sandle Brothers Ltd. c1950. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this charming pop-up book for children, number one in the series. First edition. No. 1 in the Come to Life Stories series. Illustrated with two full colour pop-up scenes. Collated complete an...