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Silver and Gold

Enid Blyton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, c1927. Cloth. A charming poetry anthology and early work from the iconic children's author, with eight colour plates. An early edition of Silver and Gold, a children's poetry anthology, written by iconic children's author Enid Bly...

The Cosmological Lobster: A Poetic Novel

Henri Chopin [trans. By Jean Chopin] · 1976 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Gaberbocchus Press, 1976. Paperback. The first English translated edition of an avante-garde poetic novel, written by sound poetry specialist Henri Chopin. The first English translated edition of The Cosmographical Lobster: A Poetic Novel, written by Avant-Garde French...

The Doctor, &C.

[Robert Southey] · 1834 · Rooke Books

£2,950.00 (€3,536.56 | $3,898.02 | ¥622,537)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834-47 . First edition. Cloth. A complete set of Robert Southey"s miscellany, including the first appearance of his version of the well-loved children"s classic The Story of the Three Bears. The first edition of this misc...

Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children&Apos;S Books

Andrew W. Tuer; Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London; New York, The Leadenhall Prefs, Ltd; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A charming insight into he long legacy of children's literature, illustrated throughout. A first edition, bound in original ...

The Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1939 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

New York, Edwin J. Beinecke, 1939 . Cloth. The first edition of Beinecke Library benefactor Edwin J. Beinecke's collection of scarce miscellaneous Robert Louis Stevenson works. The first edition of this Edwin J. Beinecke collection of Robert Louis Stevenson works.In the p...

Folios of New Writing: Spring 1941

Multiple authors; John Lehmann [ed.] · 1941 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1941. Cloth. The first edition of the spring 1941 edition of this folio of new writing by remarkable authors of prose and poetry, in the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition in the publisher&apos...

Cinderella

C. S. Evans · 1919 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . First edition. Hardback. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with silhouette figures, this is the first trade edition of his wonderfully decorative edition of the Cinderella tale, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition of t...

Dame Truelove&Apos;S Tales, Now First Published As Useful Lessons for Little Misses & Masters

'Dame Truelove' · 1817 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, J. Harris, 1817 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated throughout with charming plates of children at play, this is the very scarce first edition of this collection of educational tales for children, subtly offering moral guidance. The first edition of this very scarce ...

The Ladder to Learning: A Collection of Fables

Mrs. Trimmer [Sarah Trimmer] · 1829 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, John Harris, 1829. Leather. Illustrated throughout, this is the twelfth edition of educational writer Sarah Trimmer's collection of informative fables for young children. The twelfth edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-eight...

German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder Und Haus-Marchen, Collected by M.M. Grimm, from Oral Tradition

M. M. Grimm [The Brothers Grimm]; Edgar Taylor [trans.] · 1823 · Rooke Books

£4,500.00 (€5,394.75 | $5,946.13 | ¥949,633)

London, C. Baldwyn; James Robins, 1823-1826 . First edition. Leather. The enormously important first English edition of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder-Und Hausmarchen', complete in two volumes and illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank. The first English lang...

Lucian&Apos;S True History

Lucian of Samosata; Francis Hickes [trans.]; Charles Whibley [intro.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£725.00 (€869.15 | $957.99 | ¥152,996)

London, Privately Printed, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout and including two plates by Aubrey Beardsley, this is a limited edition first edition of Francis Hickes's translation of Lucien's satirical early science fiction tale. The first edition of...

Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes

Edward Ardizzone · 1970 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London; Sydney; Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1970. Hardback. A charming new edition of this title, redrawn, and in original dust wrapper. A new edition, revised and redrawn, and dedicated to Ardizzone"s granddaughter Joanna. A charming title following the unlikely friendship betw...

Alice in Wonderland: The World&Apos;S Greatest Fairy Story

Lewis Carroll · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, P.R. Gawthorn, c1940. Cloth. A very charming illustrated edition of Carroll's classic, with beautiful colour plates by British illustrator Rene Cloke, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A very charming illustrated edition of Alice in Wonderland: The World&apo...

Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint

Edward Ardizzone · 1965 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Constable Young Books Ltd. 1965. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this charming tale, illustrated and flat signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. First edition. Flat signed by the author...

Thunderball

Ian Fleming · 1961 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of 'Thunderball', the first novelisation of an unfilmed James Bond screenplay. First edition.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper.The eighth novel in Ian Fleming's iconic James...

A Few Late Chrysanthemums; a Nip in the Air

John Betjeman · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1954-1974. First edition. Cloth. The first editions of two anthologies by popular poet laureate John Betjeman, including wry comic verse and admirations of the English landscape. The first editions of A Few Late Chrysanthemums, and A Nip in the Air, two po...

Poems by the Rev. Thomas Penrose, Late Rector of Beckington and Standerwick, Somersetshire

Thomas Penrose; [Anna Laetitia Barbauld] · 1774 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London, J. Walter; Joseph Johnson , 1774-1781. First edition. Leather. A sought after first edition of Thomas Penrose's posthumous poetical volume, bound together with the fourth edition of 'Poems' by Anna Laetitia Barbauld. A delightful volume comprising two po...

Enoch Arden, Etc.

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1865 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Edward Moxon, 1865. Leather. A celebrated anthology in which Tennyson aspired to become the 'people's poet', bound in lovely purple decorative full calf. An early edition of Enoch Arden Etc. originally called Enoch Arden and Other Poems, an anthology wri...

Tolstãƒâ¶I&Apos;S Works Anna Karenina, 3vols. War and Peace, 6vols. Resurrection, 2vols. Essays, Letters, Miscellanies, 2 Vols. The Invaders. Master and Man & Kreutzer Sonata. Cossacks & Sebastopol. Russian Proprietor the Long Exile Boyhood Youth What Is to Be Done? My Confession & My Religion. What Is Art? Kingdom of God. Ivan Ilytch.

Count Lyof N. Tolstoi · 1898 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,495.62 | $4,955.11 | ¥791,361)

New York, E. R. DuMont, 1898-1899. Cloth. An exquisite early US edition of the complete works of Leo Tolstoy, in twenty-four matching volumes. An excellent twenty-four volume set of Leo Tolstoy's complete works. Published as The Emancipation Edition by E. R. DuMont of New...

Catulli, Tibulli, Et Propertii Opera

Gaius Valerius Catullus; Albius Tibulus; Sextus Aurelius Propertus · 1772 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1772 . Leather. The Baskerville edition of this anthology of poetry by the Latin elegists Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius, issued concurrently with the quarto, in a contemporary full calf binding. In a contemporary full calf binding with gilt s...