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The New Argonautica: An Heroic Poem in Eight Cantos of the Voyage Among the Stars of the Immortal Spirits of Sir Walter Ralegh, Sir Francis Drake, Ponce de Leon & Nunez Da Vaca

W. B. Drayton Henderson · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely series of poems inspired by the connection between famous voyages and the desire to seek the heavens, bound in original decorative cloth. A first edition copy with the original clipped dust wrapper.Publisher's o...

Bayete! "Hail to the King": A Novel

G. H. Nicholls · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1923. Cloth. A smart copy of this very scarce work from G. Heaton Nicholls. Very scarce work. Written in the wake of the First World War, this novel explores the events that occur when a brooding spirit settles on the lands of Kodje Mountain. Wri...

Tales

George Crabbe · 1812 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of poetry by the Reverend George Crabbe, bound in half paper vellum. The first edition. Bound in half paper vellum with gilt details to the spine and marbled paper to the boards. Bound w...

Don Juan, Cantos I and II

Lord Byron · 1819 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Paris, Galignani, 1819. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first Paris edition of Cantos I and II of Lord Byron's celebrated epic, 'Don Juan&apos. The very scarce first Paris edition of the first two cantos of Lord Byron's satirical epic poem, following t...

Cleopatra

H. Rider Haggard · 1926 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London , George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1926. Cloth. A smart reprint H. Rider Haggard's historical fantasy novel, with scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A 1926 reprint of H. Rider Haggard's historical fantasy novel. First published by George G. Harrap & Compa...

Fungus the Bogeyman

Raymond Briggs · 1977 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Hamish, 1977. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of this brightly illustrated book from Raymond Briggs. First edition. Illustrated with forty pages of colour images, by Raymond Briggs. A day in the life of Fungus the Bogeyman, a working class bogeyman with the...

When the World Shook: Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot

H. Rider Haggard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this exciting adventure novel from popular Victorian author H. Rider Haggard. First edition. Illustrated with two leaves of black and white star charts. Collated, complete. Following the adven...

Smith and the Pharaohs and Other Tales

H. Rider Haggard · 1920 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1920. Cloth. An early edition of this short story collection from popular Victorian writer H. Rider Haggard. First edition. T. Werner publishing information pasted over the original J. Arrowsmith details to the title page. A collection of short s...

Kemlo and the Star Men

E. C. Eliott; [Reginald Alec Martin] · 1955 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this popular Kemlo novel, part of the children's science fiction series. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.The seventh n...

The Scapegoat

Jocelyn Brooke · 1948 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, The Bodley Head, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this novel ruminating on childhood by Jocelyn Brooke, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this post-war novel exploring themes of childhood and masculinity. This work, w...

Chaka: An Historical Romance

Thomas Mofolo; Sir Henry Newbolt; F. H. Dutton · 1931 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

Oxford; London, International Institute of African Languages & Cultures; Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of this great Sesotho novel, a fictionalised account of the rise and fall of the Zulu Emperor Shak...

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling adventure novel set in South America by the popular author H. Rider Haggard. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original tan cloth binding, with brow...

The Wanderer&Apos;S Necklace

H. Rider Haggard · 1914 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1914. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel concerning Norseman Olaf in the eighth century. The first UK edition of this work in the scarce variant brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to th...

Hobbinol, Field Sports, and the Bowling Green

William Somervile · 1813 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London, William Bulmer and Co for R Ackermann, 1813 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first illustrated edition of this volume of poetry by William Somervile, with illustrations on India paper by Charlton Nesbit and John Thurston. A first edition thus. This is the uncommon ...

A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners

Jules Verne · 1874 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874 . First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of these two thrilling tales from Jules Verne, illustrated throughout and in a bright calf prize binding. The first UK edition of these two popular science-fiction adventure novels...

Prince Darling and Other Stories: Based on the Tales in the &Apos;Blue Fairy Book&Apos;

Andrew Lang · 1890 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collection of short stories taken from Andrew Lang's 'Blue Fairy Book&apos. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work, published the year after the &apo...

Edmund Dulac&Apos;S Picture Book for the French Red Cross

Edmund Dulac · 1916 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1916]. Cloth. An early edition of this collection of stories and artwork by the noted illustrator Edmund Dulac. An early edition. First published in 1915 in yellow cloth. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen coloured plates. Colla...

King Albert&Apos;S Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World

Rudyard Kipling; Thomas Hardy etc · 1914 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

London, The Daily Telegraph, [1914]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this tribute to King Albert, with contributions by important public figures and authors and illustrations by popular artists. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth. Illustrated ...

The Wizard

H. Rider Haggard · 1896 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of H. Rider Haggard's thrilling adventure novel, with decorative binding and monochrome plates by artist Charles Kerr. The first American edition of this work, published in 1896. First...

Waverley Novels

Sir Walter Scott · 1857 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1857. Leather. A very smartly bound complete set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Complete in twenty-five volumes. The complete Waverley Novels, a series of novels originally released between 1814 and 1832, often called his 'M...