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Cat Among the Pigeons

Agatha Christie · 1959 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1959. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie mystery set in a prestigious all-girls school. First edition, first impression.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Late one night, two te...

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Joseph Conrad · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, Harper and Brothers , 1904. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first state of 'Nostromo', often considered Joseph Conrad's best work of long fiction. First edition, first state with p.187 misprinted 871 and final page correctly printed 480. First ...

Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen · 1945 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Oxford University Press, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of this collection of twenty-eight of Andersen's most beloved tales, adorned with the illustrations of Tasha Tudor. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth, i...

The World of Wonderful Reality

E. Temple Thurston · 1919 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1919 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful signed presentation copy of the first edition of E. Temple Thurston's delightful novel about how romantic hopes confront material challenges. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work.Wit...

Lyrics and Narrative Poems

Herbert Trench · 1912 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London; New York; Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a co. Leather. London; New York; Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A handsome, and uncommon copy of this ...

1838-1839 the Life of Robert Burns; with Other Works from Great Scottish Poets

James Currie; Robert Burns; George Crabbe; William Tennant; James Grahame; Walter Scott; Thomas Campbell · 1838 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1838. Leather. An intriguing volume that showcases the great talent of Scottish poetry, including a literary critique of Robert Burns and a very scarce edition of Scott's Lady of the Lake. A revised edition of The Life of Robert Bur...

The Ingoldsby Legends; the Poetical Works of John Milton; the Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans; the Poems of Elizabeth Barret Browning; the Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]; John Milton; Mrs. Hemans [Felicia Dorothea]; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Frederick Warne; Macmillan and Co. 1889-1911. Cloth. An attractive set of collective poetical works and short stories from classic authors on early modern and Victorian Britain, with nice decorative bindings. A collection of classic British poets, an attractive set of ...

A Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll · 1886 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1886. Cloth. An 1886 early printing of Lewis Carroll"s witty collection of mathematical puzzles, charmingly illustrated by Arthur B. Frost. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.States 'Third Thousand' to title page.With six ill...

Alec Green; Kibboo Ganey; or, the Lost Chief of the Copper Mountain; Pioneers in Australia; Stories of Exploration and Adventure; Touch and Go; and Other School Stories

Walter Wentworth; Herbert Strang [ed.]; Richard Bird; Silas K. Hocking · 1879 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons; Henry Frowde; Blackie and Son Limited; Frederick Warne & Co. [1879-1925]. Cloth. A fantastic set of four volumes bound in decorative cloth with illustrations throughout. A lovely four volume set of works with decorative cloth bindings.All abunda...

For the School Colours

Angela Brazil · 1918 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)

London, Blackie and Son, 1918 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this is the first edition of Angela Brazil's entertaining school story, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the very scarce pu...

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations

Arthur Rackham · 1954 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, George G. Harrap, 1954 . Cloth. A wonderful example of this charming collection of fairy tales illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, and retaining the original dust wrapper. The tenth impression of this work, which was first published in 1933.In a clipped example o...

The Surprising Adventures of Toady Lion

S. R. Crockett · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Gardner, Darton and Co,, 1897. Cloth. Charming children's adventure from Samuel Rutherford Crockett, profusely illustrated by Gordon Browne and featuring an additional colour folding map. Second edition.In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Featuri...

The Fairy Mythology; Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries

Thomas Keightley · 1833 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1833. Leather. A scarce early edition of this curious folklore work from Thomas Keightley, wherein he attempts to trace fairy myth to Gothic and Teutonic roots. A fascinating work of 19th-century folklore, exploring the origins and depictio...

Wheels and Butterflies

W. B. Yeats · 1935 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York , The Macmillan Company , 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this collection of short dramatic pieces from Irish writer W. B. Yeats. The second volume of his "Plays for Dancers". The first U.S. edition.In the publisher's cloth binding, with gil...

C. 1820 the History of Giles Gingerbread, a Little Boy Who Lived Upon Learning C. 1835 the First Set of Catechisms and Prayers: Or, the Religion of Little Children, Under Seven or Eight Years of Age

Tom Trip; Isaac Watts · 1820 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

York; Derby, J. Kendrew; Thomas Richardson, c.1820 - 1835. First edition. Paperback. Two lovely pocket-sized nineteenth-century children's works, adorned with various woodcut illustrations. Two pocket-sized children's works in the original paper wraps. Catechisms i...

The Acorn: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art

W. B. Yeats; G. K. Chesterton et al. · 1905 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Caradoc Press, 1905-1906. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon short-lived Modernist magazine on arts and literature, with illustrations throughout, and contributions from writers including W. B. Yeats and G. K. Chesterton. Volumes I and II of th...

The Poems of Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace; C. H. Wilkinson · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this comprehensive two-volume set on the poetry of Richard Lovelace, featuring extensive notes to Volume I and numerous plates and musical settings. First edition. Large-paper edition limited to 400 c...

Poetical Amusements

William Woty · 1789 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Nottingham, Printed for the Author by G. Burbage , 1789. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this poetical anthology from English law clerk and hack writer, William Woty. The first and only edition of this very scarce volume. In a library half calf binding, with lat...

L&Apos;Eloge Des Belles a la Beaute; Petit Souvenir Des Dames

Anonymous · 1811 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Paris, Chez Janet, 1811. Leather. A charming, and unusual title, containing monochrome illustrations, French poetry, and a decorated calendar for the year 1811. A charming and very scarce title, made up of 48 pages of French poetry, and, in the second half, the 'Petit Sou...

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1936 . Leather. A smart limited edition of A. E. Housman"s final selection of poetry, published posthumously. In the publisher's original quarter calf binding with cloth boards.A limited edition, being copy number one hundred and twelve of three hun...