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Hoadly; Congreve; Beaumont; Fletcher; Garrick; Centlivre; Addison; Foote; Vanbrugh; Cibber · 1776 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

London, T Lowndes et al, 1776. Leather. A very smart selection of British comedy plays from the eighteenth century. Former owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'I Lambert, 1778&apos. Illustrated, with an engraved title page to each volume and a fronti...

Down-Adown-Derry, a Book of Fairy Poems

Walter De La Mare · 1922 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A lovely, first edition copy of this book of fairy poems by Walter De La Mare. Charming collection of fairy poems by Walter de la Mare featuring more than 60 illustrations by Caldecott Medal winning artist Dorothy Lathro...

On Her Majesty&Apos;S Secret Service

Ian Fleming · 1963 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Book Club , 1963. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first book club edition of Ian Fleming's acclaimed Bond novel, published in the same year as the true first. The first Book Club edition of 1963, published in the same year as the true first. An acclaimed Bond ...

Verses for Children

ed. Harry Golding · 1941 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. c1930. Cloth. A sixth edition of this popular collection of children's poems, illustrated with colour plates by Margaret Tarrant and complete with the scarce dust wrapper. Containing verses by such writers as Robert Louis St...

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1922 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock and Co. [1922]. Cloth. A charming volume comprising Charles Kingsley's popular novel for children with numerous coloured plates by Harry G. Theaker. An undated copy of this popular English novel for children by Charles Kingsley. Dated from...

Felicite Etude Sur la Poesie de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Robert De Montesquiou-Fezensac · 1894 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Paris, A Lemerre Editeur, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Robert de Montesquiou's essay on the poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. The first edition, with the original wraps bound in. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Marceline Desbordes-Valm...

Miss Browne, the Story of a Superior Mouse

Madeline Hall · 1885 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Ernest Nister, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition copy of this illustrated work by Madeline Hall. A retelling of Aesop's classic fable about the town mouse country mouse. A first edition copy of this classic Aesop fable about the town mouse and c...

Queer Fish

Robert Overton · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Dean and Son, c1883. Hardback. A curious collection of nine short stories drawn from late Victorian Era magazines. The second edition of this collection of nine tales, or 'character sketches', from author Robert Overton. The preface to the work identifies tha...

Harper&Apos;S Magazine Volume XII

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Sampson Low, 1886. Leather. A handsomely bound edition of Harper's Magazine, Volume XII, published by Sampson Low. A lovely edition of Harper's Magazine, European Edition, Volume XII. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece painting titled 'What They ...

The Secret of Flodden: With &Apos;the Rout of the Scots&Apos;. A Translation of the Contemporary Italian Poem &Apos;la Rotta de Scocesi&Apos;.

W. Mackay Mackenzie · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh, Grant and Murray, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition historical work on the Battle of Flodden Field, with illustrations and very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original pric...

Summoned by Bells

John Betjeman · 1960 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

Boston; Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A first American edition of John Betjeman's autobiography, naturally written in verse. Complete with an unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The autobiographical poetry of Sir John ...

Junius

Junius · 1801 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

London, T. Bensley, 1801. Leather. A smart, early edition of Junius' satirical and scathing letters, attacking the government of George III. Illustrated throughout. An early edition of this selection of letters from Junius, complete in two volumes. Each volume features th...

Lignum Vitae Rex Arborum Fagus, in Salutifero Et Sacro-Sancto Nomine Jesu

Franz Xaver Trips · 1682 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

Not Stated, Arnoldi Metternich, 1682. Vellum. A vellum bound Latin poetry collection, spiritual poems about Jesus and religion by Franz Xaver Trips. A very scarce work.In the original Latin.An enlightening poetry collection, an ode to Jesus and Christianity, a spiritual select...

Sensualite Amoureuse

Jean Lourrain · 1901 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Paris, Corbeil , 1901. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition novel by symbolist poet Jean Lourrain. The first edition of this work.Scarce in the original wraps. Illustrated throughout, with numerous illustrations depicting romantic scenes. Jean Lorrain was a Frenc...

Palai

Francis Viele-Griffin · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Paris, Mercure de France, 1894. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, signed copy of Francis Viele-Griffin's work of dramatic poetry, 'Palai&apos. In the original wraps with the original glassine protecting the wraps. Author's inscription in purple ink to the ...

Astra Les Joies Du Crime Resurrection Divine

Ivan Dietschine · 1894 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Paris, Chamuel Editeur, 1894. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce, first and only edition of this novel symoblist author Ivan Dietschine. A very scarce work, with only two listings on Worldcat and no records on Jisc. In the original French.Dietschine was also the author o...

Checked Through, Missing, Trunk No. 17580

Richard Henry Savage · 1896 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1896. Hardback. A yellowback edition of this exciting mystery novel set in New York, written by the prolific author Richard Henry Savage. A yellowback edition of this work.Yellowbacks were cheap editions of novels published in the latter half...

The Rubaiyat of &Apos;Umar Kaiyam

'Umar Khaiyam; J B Nicolas; Frederic Baron Corvo · 1924 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat by Omar Khaiyam, translated from the French of J B Nicolas. The first edition by the Bodley Head illustrated by Hamzeh Carr. A beautiful first Bodley Head edition of the Rubaiyat...

Two Gallant Sons of Devon

Harry Collingwood · 1913 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, 1913. Cloth. A captivating piece of boys' nautical adventure fiction by Harry Collingwood, bound in smart pictorial cloth. Set at sea, this work covers exciting incidents such as sailing ships, an attack by natives, sea...

The Wizard&Apos;S Cave

Eglanton Thorne · 1910 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, R. T. S. 1910. Cloth. A pleasing little work for children, complete with colour plate. Detailing the adventures of a group of youths who encounter a mysterious cave.Written by Eglanton Thorne, the pseudonym for Elizabeth Emily Charlton, a writer whose other juvenile wo...