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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

New York, The Roycroft Shop , 1898. Leather. Oblong edition of this famous collection of Persian verses, uncommon Roycroft edition in the original publisher's limp reverse calf binding. An uncommon Roycroft edition of the popular collection of Persian poems, the Rubaiyat ...

The Penny Pickwick Edited by Bos

Bos [Thomas Peckett Prest] · 1837 · Rooke Books

£1,175.00 (€1,408.63 | $1,552.60 | ¥247,960)

London, E. Lloyd, 1837-1838. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce volume consisting of the first fifty-three issues of Thomas Peckett Prest's illustrated periodical parodying Charles Dickens' first novel, 'The Pickwick Papers&apos. The first fifty-three issues...

A Triangular View

Dilip Hiro · 1969 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1969. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of this very scary work of fiction by Dilip Hiro, which follows three Indian men living in Great Britain, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very Scarce, First Edition. In the original unclipped du...

A Books of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , Hutchinson and co. 1934 . First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of British ballads, richly illustrated to preserve the art of ballad making. This charming collection of ballads encapsulate the essence of British history and spirit and preserves the lost art of b...

Westward Ho! or the Voyages & Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

Charles Kingsley · 1923 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , J.M. Dent , 1923. Cloth. A charming copy of Charles Kingsley's historical novel Westward Ho!, beautifully illustrated with sixteen coloured plates. A very well presented copy of Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! A historical novel that was based on the real ex...

Manon Lescaut

Antoine Francois Prevost · 1841 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Joseph Thomas, 1841. Leather. An illustrated, English edition of this eighteenth-century French novel by Antoine Francois Prevost. A mid-nineteenth-century English edition of this French novel, originally written by Antoine Francois Prevost and published in Paris in 17...

May Day with the Muses

Robert Bloomfield; T. Park · 1822 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, For the Author; Baldin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of English labouring-class poet Robert Bloomfield's work of poetry, containing lovely illustrated engravings throughout the text. First Edition. Illustrated with a vign...

The Drummer Boy a Story of the Days of Washington

Louis Rousselet · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London , Sampson Low, Marston & Company , c1883. Cloth. A well presented translated and illustrated copy of Louis Rosselet's The Drummer Boy. Louis Rosselet's The Drummer Boy. The story follows a French soldier involved in the American War of Independence and is bea...

Poetics and Prosaics

W. J. Baitman; E. Lenton · 1835 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, Whittaker & Co. 1835. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this first edition collected prose and poems by W. J. Baitman and E. Lenton. A series of original papers by W. J. Baitman and E. Lenton, authors of the poetry anthology 'Harpings of Lena&apos. A v...

And Where Were You, Adam?

Heinrich Böll · 1973 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Secker & Warburg, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this historical fiction novel by Nobel Prize winner Henrich Boll, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First English Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is f...

The Life and Death of Jason

William Morris · 1867 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Boston, Roberts Brothers , 1867. Cloth. Second edition of this romantic narrative poem by foremost poet and designer William Morris, the first US edition. Preceded by the first UK edition of the same year, The Life and Death of Jason became so popular that it was revised and ...

Select Proverbs of All Nations: Illustrated with Notes and Comments to Which Is Added a Summary of Ancient Pastimes, Holidays, and Customs; with an Analysis of the Wisdom of the Ancient, and of the Fathers of the Church

Thomas Fielding [John Wade] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition. Leather. A pocket sized volume of proverbs by John Wade, scarce first edition of this work. Scarce first edition of this selected proverbs by John Wade under pseudonym Thomas Fielding, colle...

Golden Gorse and Uncle Mark&Apos;S Snow-Balls

Florence Wilford · 1872 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , [1872]. First edition. Leather. The first and only edition of this illustrated scarce pair of stories by Florence Wilford. Two stories by Florence Wilford, Victorian novelist best known for her novel 1869 Nigel Bartram's...

Lays of Ind

Aliph Cheem [Walter Yeldham] · 1905 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, W. Thacker & Co. 1905. Cloth. An illustrated collection of poems by "Aliph Cheem,' from the library of Courtney Brocklehurst. A collection of poems by Walter Yeldham published under pseudonym Aliph Cheem. The eleventh edition of this work, with illustrations in te...

Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens · 1855 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

London, Bradbury & Evans, 1855-57. First edition. Paperback. The original twenty parts in nineteen of the influential Dickens novel 'Little Dorrit', uncommon to see in the original parts like this with all the original plates present, including the dark plates. Compl...

The King of the Golden River, or, the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria

John Ruskin · 1859 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1859. Cloth. The fourth edition of John Ruskin's delightful fairy tale, illustrated throughout by Richard Doyle. A fascinating of fantasy first published in 1851, telling the story of two Black Brothers after they have wronged Southwest Wind, E...

Yes and No

William Scammell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Cornwall, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy containing the poetry of William Scammell, with an ink inscription from the author to the half-title page. First edition, scarce. With an ink inscription from the author to the half-...

The Grimm Sisters

Liz Lochhead · 1981 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Next Editions, Faber & Faber , 1981. First edition. Paperback. A lovely copy of the uncommon first edition of Liz Lochhead's charming poetry anthology. The uncommon first edition of this work. A poetry anthology by Scottish poet Liz Lochhead, exploring the relatio...

Valentine M&Apos;Clutchy, the Irish Agent; or the Chronicles of Castle Cumber

William Carleton · 1847 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Dublin, James Duffy, 1847. Fine Binding. An early edition of this work of fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, illustrated by Phiz and nicely bound by Riviere & Son. An early edition of this work of fiction from Irish novelist William Carleton. He is best known for ...

Toute Une Moisson de Pensãƒâ©Es de Femmes

Various; Lucy Burlamacchi (Ed) · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

Paris, Librairie Fischbacher, c1900. Leather. A lovely collection of quotes from French female intellectuals, prepared by Lucy Burlamacchi, bound in full-calf by J & E Bumpus. Full-calf binding, bound by J & E Bumpus. This is a lovely French work containing a collection of li...