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Incunabula Xylographica Et Typographica 1455-1500

Various · 1455 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Frankfurt, Jospeh Baer and Co. c1910. Cloth. A work on the illustrated books of Europe, from 1455-1500. Focussing on works of xylographic and typographic interest, the work contains facsimiles throughout, including one fold out, and has text written in German, French and Latin...

Penelope&Apos;S English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton

Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1900 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

London , Gay and Bird, 1900. Cloth. A very attractive copy of Kate Douglas Wiggin's stories of the adventurous Penelope. Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybr...

The Poems of Edward Edwin Foot, of Her Majesty&Apos;S Customs, London.

Edward Edwin Foot · 1867 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Published by the Author, 1867. Cloth. A scarce copy of Foot's poems; published by Foot himself, and printed by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. With an ink copperplate dedication by Foot: dedicated to a Mr. Tonkin on 21st Jan 1870. In a blue cloth binding with gilt ti...

The White Peacock

D.H. Lawrence · 1911 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Heinemann, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition and first printing copy of D.H. Lawrence's first novel, 'The White Peacock&apos. First UK edition. Preceded by the American edition by one day. With pages 227-230 cancels as is called for. Publisher'...

Easter a Play for Singers

John Masefield · 1929 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London , William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetic play by John Edward Masefield. Masefield (1878 – 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the a...

The Major&Apos;S Big-Talk Stories

Francis Blake Crofton · 1881 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1881. Cloth. A collection of stories for children set in Africa, featuring ostriches, lions, buffalo, and more. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings in the text. In a decorative green cloth binding. Externally, smart, though with som...

My Fine Big Book

Various · 0 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Blackie and Son, c1930. Cloth. An anthology of short stories for children. An uncommon collection of children's short stories written by various authors. Contains many large, in text, black and white illustrations, and a coloured frontispiece. Bound in cloth with...

&Apos;Hms Marlborough Will Enter Harbour&Apos;

Nicholas Monsarrat · 1952 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.35 | $35.66 | ¥5,694)

London , Cassell and Company Ltd, 1952. Cloth. An illustrated naval story by Nicholas Monsarrat. Second edition. Illustrated throughout with many colour illustrations by James Holland. In a decorative navy cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, w...

The Comic Adventures of Dame Trot and Her Cat

Will Gibbons · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , Griffith, Farran, Okeden and Welsh, c1890. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated children's book from the late nineteenth century. Dated from advertisements. Illustrated by Will Gibbons. In a cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, worn. Heavy bumping and ...

Some 300 Fresh Allusions to Shakspere from 1594 to 1694 A.D.

Fredk J. Furnivall · 1886 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, N. Trubner and Co, 1886. Cloth. A scarce work, exploring the works of prolific playwright and poet, William Shakespeare. Gathered by the members of the New Shakspere Society, and edited by founder and director, Fredk Furnivall. Originally a supplement to "Shakespeare&a...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin

William Cowper · 1953 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,710)

London , Penguin Books, 1953. Cloth. An illustrated edition of William Cowper's poem The Diverting History of John Galpin. With illustrations to every page by Ronald Searle. Limited to 1,600 copies. The illustrations were originally made for a filmin the 'Poet and Pa...

The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1859 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , W. Kent and Co, 1859. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including the 1858 narrative poem The Courtship of Miles Standish. Set against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war, the tale focuses on a love triangle between three Pilgrims: Miles Sta...

Lewis Arundel; or, the Railroad of Life

Frank E. Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Virtue, Hall, & Virtue, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A first edition in book form of this novel by Frank E. Smedley. With illustrations by "Phiz." Francis Edward Smedley, (4 October 1818 – 1 May 1864) was an English novelist. His name appears in print usually as Frank...

All at Sea a Social Tragedy in Three Acts for First-Class Passengers Only

Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell · 1927 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London , Duckworth , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this theatrical work, designed for the higher classes. To which is added "A Few Days in an Author's Life", a humorous autobiographical account, used as an introduction to his play, and full of satirical p...

The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters and Poems

Rev T.S. Grimshawe · 1849 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1849. Cloth. A scarce edition of this collection of works and biography of poet William Cowper. Taken from Cowper's private correspondence and edited by Rev. T.S. Grimshawe. Presentation copy with the editor's dedication to his sister ins...

The Love of the Foolish Angel

Helen Beauclerk · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. 1929. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of fiction from the early twentieth century by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac this particular copy is bound in the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition whic...

The Tales of the Spanish Boccaccio Count Lucanor or the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio

don Juan Manuel, James York (Translator) · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Pickering and Chatto, 1888. Cloth. A collection of short stories by medieval writer Don Juan Manuel. Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish prince, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile. Manuel wrote thirteen books in total, eight of which survive today. Translated into English by Ja...

The Three Fountains: A Faery Epic of Euboea with Other Verse

George Spencer Cautley · 1869 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of The Three Fountains: A Faery Epic of Euboea With Other Verse by George Spencer Cautley (1807 - 1880). First edition. A collection of poetry including: The Three Fountains, Ruined Greek Temple, S...

Eric Brighteyes

H Rider Haggard · 1893 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1893. Cloth. The third edition of this work by H Rider Haggard. With illustrations by Lancelot Speed, a Victorian book illustrator best known for his illustrations of Andrew Lang's fairy stories. Eric Brighteyes is an epic Viking adventure ...

Joan Haste

H Rider Haggard · 1895 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by H Rider Haggard. With 20 plates. Joan Haste is a Victorian melodrama centring on the theme of the fallen woman and social justice. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some rubb...