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The Way Through the Woods

Colin Dexter · 1992 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

London, Macmillan, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of the tenth novel in the Inspector Morse Series. Found in the price clipped dust wrapper. A first edition of the tenth novel in Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series. Found in the price clipped dust wrapper. ...

The Mary Jane and Other Stories

Joan E. Cass · 1958 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Educational Supply Assocation, 1958. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of this scarce collection of illustrated children's stories, signed by the author Joan E. Cass. A first edition of The Mary Jane and Other Stories, signed by author Joan E. Cass to ...

John Bull and His Island

Max O'Rell [Leon Paul Blouet] · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Field & Tuer, c1886. Cloth. A smart Leadenhall Press edition of this exciting work from Max O'Rell, or Leon Paul Blouet. Leadenhall Press Edition. Originally published in France, translated to English by the author. This work follows the fictional John Bull, a per...

Selected Works from Milton, Byron, and Coleridge

John Milton; Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1948 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1948-1950. Cloth. A collection of the works of Milton, Byron, and Coleridge, from The Nonesuch Press. Three volumes. This set includes: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, 1948. With English metrical translations of the Latin, Greek, and Italian poe...

Chinese Tales; or the Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam

M. Gueulett; T. Stackhouse [translators] · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, C. Cooke, c1795. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of tales from the adventures of Fum-Hoam, translated into English. Scarce work. Cooke's pocket edition. Illustrated with three plates. Collated complete. A collection of tales including: The History of ...

The Sixteenth Stair

E. C. R. Lorac · 1952 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Collins, 1952. Cloth. An attractive copy of Edith Caroline Rivett's scarce work, The Sixteenth Stair. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. An attractive copy of Edith Caroline Rivett's scarce work, The Sixteenth Stair. Found in the original unclipped...

Little Ann and Other Poems

Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Frederick Warne &Co, c1900. Cloth. A charming collection of narrative poems for children by the author of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". With colour illustrations by Victorian artist Kate Greenaway. An early edition of this wonderfully illustrated collection of child...

J.M. Barrie&Apos;S Peter Pan & Wendy

J. M. Barrie; May Byron · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , c1930. Cloth. An illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy. This edition of Peter Pan & Wendy has been retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author and with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. The we...

Collected Works of Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

New York; London , Faber and Faber; The Viking Press, 1930-1946. Cloth. Three volumes of work by war author and poet Siegfried Sassoon. Three volumes of works by war poet Siegfried Sassoon. This includes:A first edition copy of Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) which is a...

The Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1829 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, John Murray , 1829. Leather. The works of famous Romantic poet Lord Byron in four uniform pocket sized volumes. John Murray's edition of the collected works works of Romantic English poet Lord Byron in four pocket sized volumes. In uniform morocco bindings complet...

The Forbidden Zone

Mary Borden · 1929 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, William Heinemann, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Mary Borden's semi-autobiographical novel, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, of this work from the Chicago born socialite Mary Borden, who...

The Epping Hunt

Thomas Hood · 1829 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, George Tilt, 1829. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this hunting poem by Thomas Wood, illustrated by George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with six engravings on wood, with tissue guards for plates. Collated complete. An exciting poem about...

The L-Shaped Room

Lynne Reid Banks · 1960 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Banks's first novel, The L-Shaped Room. First edition. Following the story of a young woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the b...

The Collected Tales of A.E. Coppard

A. E. Coppard · 1951 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of outstanding short stories from A. E. Coppard. A first edition copy of this collection of tales by A. E. Coppard. This volume contains thirty-eight works by A. E. Coppard which w...

Poems

Rupert Brooke · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London , The Folio Society, 1959. Leather. A lovely copy of Poems by Rupert Brooke. A fourth impression copy. A lovely volume of poems by Rupert Brooke with illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Some of the poems that appear in this volume include Second Best, Day That I Have Lov...

Jill the Reckless

P. G. Wodehouse · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1921. Cloth. The seventh printing of this successful novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Popular novel by GP Wodehouse, first published in 1920 in New York. This is the seventh impression of the UK edition, dated via Jisc. Following the adventures of heroine J...

The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces

William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays by the well renowned British novelist William Golding. First edition of The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces by William Golding in the original publisher's cloth bind...

Up the Junction

Nell Dunn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Nell Dunn. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of short stories that depict contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham...

A Day of Dwarfs

Peter Everett · 1962 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

London, Neville Spearman, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon novel by Peter Everett. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of Peter Everett's debut novel, found in the original dust wrapper. In order to bring the intensity...

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children&apo...