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The Heroes; or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley · 1868 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

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 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

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 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

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...

Poems of John Keats

John Keats; G. Thorn Drury [editor] · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. 1896. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from English Romantic writer John Keats, being volume II only. Volume two of two only. The Muse's Library. A collection of the poetry of John Keats, an English poet of the second generat...

Tales of the Outposts Series

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

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

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, ...

A Collection of Fantastic Children&Apos;S Novels by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett · 1993 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Doubleday, 1993-2016. First edition. Cloth. A very smart collection of humorous children's novels by English author and satirist Sir Terence David John Pratchett. Six volumes. Written by Sir Terence David John Pratchett, an English author, humorist, and satirist, ...

Little Ann and Other Poems

Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, George Routledge & Sons , c1883. Cloth. Kate Greenaway's colourfully illustrated poetry collection, a variety of poems by sisters Jane and Ann Taylor. A collection of charming narrative poems by sisters Ann and Jane Taylor, containing poems such as 'The Boys ...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1936 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

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 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

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 '...

Flower Fairies of the Spring

Cicely Mary Barker · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, c1934. Hardback. A beautiful volume of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairy poems and colourful illustrations, in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Cicely Mary Barker's lovely volume of spring themed poems, ...

Mandelshtam&Apos;S Octets

Osip Mandelstam; John Riley · 1976 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Pensnett, Grosseteste, 1976. Paperback. A scarce limited edition of this translation of Osip Mandelstam's poems. A scarce limited edition, limited to three hundred copies, of which this is numbered two hundred and sixty two. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A trans...

The Thirty-Nine Steps and the Power-House; the Thirty-Nine Steps; the 39 Steps;

John Buchan · 1958 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London; Edinburgh, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd; Hodder and Stoughton; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; Michael O'Mara, 1958-2011. Cloth. A smart four-volume set of John Buchan"s The Thirty-Nine Steps, showcasing key editions of this iconic spy thriller in illustrated, limited, and...

Do You Remember What Happened

Jean Chapman · 1969 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Angus and Robertson, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of Jean Chapman"s nostalgic collection of childhood memories, charmingly illustrated with whimsical colour illustrations and vignettes by Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original red cloth bi...

Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks

Ralph Connor [Charles William Gordon] · 1902 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. Leather. A smartly bound eighth edition of this novel on the Canadian lumber trade from Canadian author Ralph Connor. Eighth edition. Set in a Canadian mining town during the lumberjack boom of the 1880s, this novel follows the arrival of a ...

Jubelrufe Aus Bucherstapeln, Die Pirckheimer-Gesellschaft 1956-2006: Ein Almanach

Carsten Wurm [editor] · 2006 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. First edition. Hardback. A very pleasing first edition of this almanac of the Pirckheimer Society from 1956 to 2006, in the original German. German. First edition. Illustrated throughout. An almanac of the first fifty years of The Pirckhei...

1966-1970 2 Vols All Legendary Obstacles; a New Siege

John Montague · 1966 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1966-1970. First edition. Hardback. A signed first limited edition of this collection of poetry by John Montague, paired with the original fold-out poet card inscribed by the author. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, complete with...

Dissolution

C. J. Sansom · 2003 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Macmillan , 2003 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression, copy of C. J. Sansom's opening instalment to his 'Shardlake' series with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. This copy inc...

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits

Lewis Carroll · 1975 · Rooke Books

£349.00 (€418.33 | $461.05 | ¥73,624)

London, The Whittington Press, 1975 . Cloth. Signed by illustrator Harold Jones, this is a wonderful limited edition example of Lewis Carroll's delightful nonsense poem. A charming limited edition of Carroll's work, number 478 of 750 copies produced, signed by the il...

The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll · 1966 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1966 . Leather. A beautifully bound example of the Nonesuch Press edition of the complete works of Lewis Carroll, featuring the iconic illustrations of John Tenniel. A lovely copy of the tenth impression of the Nonesuch Press edition of the works of...

The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1829 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.55 | $2,377.91 | ¥379,722)

London, Robert Cadell, 1829-1833. Leather. A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vignette title to each volume. The Waverley Novels are a collection created by the...