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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...

The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the Xviiith Century

Austin Dobson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1892. Cloth. A charming collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson, with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece, seventeen plates and many images in the text. Collated complete...

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...

Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch

H. Rider Haggard · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1901 . First edition. Leather. A leather-bound, first edition of this historical romance novel by H. Rider Haggard, with illustrations by G. P. Jacomb Hood. First edition. Bound in contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards. Written by Engli...

Too Late the Phalarope

Alan Paton · 1953 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this powerful work by South African writer Alan Paton. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped...

The Children&Apos;S Hour: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, Etc

Ralph Hall Caine [ed.] · 1907 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, George Newnes, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming anthology of children's poems and short stories, illustrated throughout. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates, one of which is b...

Magpies in Picardy

T. P. Cameron WIlson · 1919 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce book of poetry by poet T. P. Cameron Wilson. The first edition. Very scarce. In the original publisher's cloth. This collection of poetry was written by T. P. Cameron Wilson ...

The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby; R. H Dalton Barnham · 1876 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1876 . Leather. The annotated edition of Thomas Ingoldsby's Legends, or mirth and marvels, with notes by the author under the name R. H. Dalton Barnham. Complete in two volumes. The annotated edition of Thomas Ingoldsby's celebrated wor...

Three Young Rats

James Johnson Sweeney [intro.] [ed.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Cloth. A bright facsimile of this anthology edited by James Johnson Sweeney, with illustrations by Alexander Calder. A facsimile of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper, pri...

Mr. Meeson&Apos;S Will

H. Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Spencer Blackett, 1888 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout. The first UK edition in book form. This was preceded by a version printed as the "Summer Number" of the Illustrat...

Jocelyn Episode Journal Trouve Ches Un Cure de Village

A. De Lamartine · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Paris, Hachette, 1897. Leather. Alphonse De Lamartine's romantic epic poem bound in half calf. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. The Cette edition. Written in French. This romantic work was written by Alphonse de Lamartine, a popular French author, p...

Espedair Street

Iain Banks · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan London, 1987. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictional novel following a bass guitar player's rise to fame, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper...