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La Chartreuse de Parme

M. De Stendhal [Henri Beyle] · 1883 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.60 | $3,302.65 | ¥527,392)

Paris, Librairie L. Conquet , 1883 . Leather. A stunning, Ramage-bound limited edition copy of Stendhal's popular historical novel, La Chartreuse de Parme, signed by the publisher. Limited edition.Number 73 out of 500 copies, the first 150 of which were printed on Japanes...

Les Chef-D&Apos;Oeuvres de P. Corneille

P. Corneille [Pierre Corneille] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Oxford , Jacques Fletcher , 1746 . Leather. A collection of the key theatrical masterpieces of seventeenth-century French tragedian, Pierre Corneille, written in the original French. Bound in full calf, rebacked. Nouvelle Edition. A collection of the Chef-D'Oeuvres, or ma...

The Nursery "Alice

Lewis Carroll · 1890 · Rooke Books

£8,950.00 (€10,727.84 | $11,823.49 | ¥1,888,064)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscribed to a personal friend of Carrol...

Five Sermons Preached by John Sharpe

John Sharpe [John Sharp] · 1679 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, Walter Kettilby , 1679-91. First edition. Paperback. A collection of very scarce seventeenth century sermons by the English divine and Archbishop of York, John Sharp. A five volume set of very scarce works, including: "A Sermon Preached Before the Right Honourable the ...

My Kalulu Prince, King and Slave: A Story of Central Africa

Henry M. Stanley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889. Cloth. The new and cheaper edition of this illustrated historical novel based in Central Africa from Welsh-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. New and cheaper edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven pl...

Struwwelpeter or, Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Heinrich Hoffmann · 1845 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Blackie & Son Limited, c1905. Cloth. An English edition of this popular German children's book written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann. Illustrated with twenty-four pages of colour images. An English edition of Der Struwwelpeter or 'Shock-Headed Peter&ap...

Where the Blue Begins

Christopher Morley · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London [New York], William Heinemann [Doubleday], 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of Christopher Morley's illustrated fantasy novel, illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham and with the original dust wrapper. The first US trade edition, first print...

The Child&Apos;S Guide to Knowledge: Being a Collection of Useful and Familiar Questions and Answers on Every-Day Subjects, Adapted for Young Persons, and Arranged in the Most Simple and Easy Language

A Lady [Fanny Umphelby] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862. Leather. A scarce edition of this popular primer by British author Fanny Umphelby, credited here as "A Lady". The twenty-third edition of this work. Scarce to find copies as early as this. In the original quarter calf binding, with mar...

Farm Life in Animal-Land

0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons LTD, c1900. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce Father Tuck 'Natural History' volume, a charming work illustrated with eight chromolithographs. A vanishingly scarce work, with no record of it being held institutionally.This work offers a brief ...

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...