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Fables by John Gay

John Gay · 1793 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, Darton & Harvey , 1793 . Leather. The beautifully illustrated, first Darton & Harvey edition of John Gay's fables, including twelve plates are designs by William Blake. The first Darton & Harvey edition.An edition published by John Stockdale was published earlier ...

Aristophanis Comoediae Undecim : Graeceãƒâoeゆ& Latineãƒâoeゆ/ Cum Indice Paroemiarum Selectiorum, & Emendationibus Virorum Doctorum, PraecipueãƒâoeゆIosephi Scaligeri

Aristophanes · 1624 · Rooke Books

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

Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Ioannem Maire , 1624. Vellum. A very scarce imprint of the notable Scaligeri edition of the works of Ancient Greek playwright, Aristophanes, presented in full contemporary vellum. A pleasing copy of a scarce work. In full contemporary vellum with yapp e...

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1801 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson et al, 1801 . Leather. An attractive early 19tth century four volume edition of the miscellaneous works of Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, with tree calf boards. A New Edition, complete in four volumes.With a portrait frontispiece to...

The Boy and Heron: A Story

John O'Connor · 1977 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

London, Foulis Archive Press, 1977. Paperback. A pleasing copy of this beautifully designed story of The Boy and Heron, with wood-engravings from John O'Connor, a limited edition signed by the artist. Limited to one hundred copies, of which this is number forty-four. Sign...

The Oeconomy of Human Life

Robert Dodsley · 1806 · Rooke Books

£149.00 (€178.63 | $196.88 | ¥31,443)

London, W. Gardiner , 1806 . Leather. An early edition of Robert Dodsley's popular collection of moral precepts, with wonderful illustrations throughout and bound in contemporary full calf. An illustrated, early nineteenth-century edition. First published in 1750.Illustra...

Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A finely bound Riviere & Son edition of Gray's poems and letters, featuring monochrome tipped-in illustrations and an Eton prize label. In a full calf signed binding by Riviere & Son.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three photogr...

4 Vols King of the Air; Bridget of All Work; the Lost Empire; the Romance of the King"S Navy

Herbert Strang [George Herbert Ely; Charles James L’Estrange]; Winifred M. Letts; Captain Charles Gilson; Edward Fraser · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Herny Frowde; Hodder and Stoughton , 1908-1913. Cloth. A smart four-volume collection of early 20th-century illustrated adventure novels, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth bindings.  This is a charming collection of four ...

Christopher with "Come-to-Life" Pictures

None Stated · 1866 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, c1952 . Cloth. A charming mid-century Father Tuck "Come-to-Life" Little Book, with two fully intact fold-out panoramas, illustrated by Dinah. A pop-up book in the original quarter cloth and pictorial paper boards.This copy is undated. Dated here us...

An Amateur Peasant Girl

Alexander Pushkin · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Ampleforth, The Ampleforth Press, 1973 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated by James O'Connor and Simon Peers, this is a charming limited edition of Alexander Pushkin's entertaining short story. The first English translation of this work to feature these illustrations...

The School Friend Annual for the Years 1927, 1929, and 1930

1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Fleetway House, 1927-1930. Cloth. Three delightful volumes of The School Friend Annual for children, with entertaining activities and stories throughout. Three volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two colour plates, and four photogravure ...

Coin Locker Babies

Ryu Murakami · 2002 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Tokyo, New York, London, Kodansha International, 2002. First edition. Paperback. A pleasing first trade paperback edition of this genre transcending novel from Japanese writer and filmmaker Ryu Murakami. First trade paperback edition. The surreal story of two boys, Hashi and K...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables Retold for Children

Aesop; Elizabeth Hardie · 1915 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London; Edinburgh; Dublin; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1915. Cloth. A lovely retelling of Aesop"s Fables by Elizabeth Hardie, designed to introduce children to these classic moral tales, with charming colour plate illustrations and frontispiece. In the publisher's o...

My Uncle Silas by H.E. Bates Order Form from the Reprint Society

H. E. Bates · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, The Reprint Society, c1947. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce original order form for Bates' book of short stories My Uncle Silas, from the Reprint Society. Very scarce original order form. An original order form from The Reprint Society for My Uncle Silas, a book ...

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ou Lettres Recueillies Dans Une Societe, & Publiees Pour L&Apos;Instruction de Quelques Autres

M. C..... De L.... [Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]; [Pierre-Ambroise-Francois] · 1784 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)

Amsterdam, Chez Durand, 1784. Leather. An early edition of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' renowned epistolary novel, considered one of the most important early French novels, in a decorative contemporary full calf binding. An early edition of this important work, first publi...

A Collection of Novels by James Fenimore Cooper: The Prairie, the Borderers, the Bravo & the Spy

James Fenimore Cooper · 1827 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.72 | $2,576.65 | ¥411,508)

London, Henry Colburn; A. K. Newman and Company , 1827-1835 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful, leather-bound collection of four novels by James Fenimore Cooper, featuring the first edition of 'The Prairie', 'The Bravo' and 'The Borderers', and...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice; the Corsair, a Tale

Lord Byron · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, John Murray, 1814-1821 . First edition. Leather. A fantastic volume gathering together the first editions of two works from Lord Byron, 'Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice', and 'The Corsair&apos. The first work is the 1821 second issue, variant A of 'M...

New Arabian Nights

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1924. Leather. A smart new impression of Robert Louis Stevensons' short-story collection, in signed half calf prize binding. New impression. In signed half calf prize binding by Best & Co, for Heddon Court School. With a contemporary prize book...

Tim in Danger; Tim to the Lighthouse; Tim&Apos;S Last Voyage; Tim All Alone

Edward Ardizzone · 1953 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, Oxford University Press; The Bodley Head , 1953-1975. Hardback. A smart set of 'Little Tim' children's books written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, mostly first editions. Comprising four illustrated books from Edward Ardizzone's 'Little T...

Stray-Aways

E. OE. Somerville; Martin Ross · 1920 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1920. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition of this collection of sketches and original stories from Somerville and Ross. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-three in-text images. A collection of sketches and ori...

Showmen and Suckers: An Excursion on the Crazy Fringe of the Entertainment World

Maurice Gorham · 1951 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, Percival Marshall , 1951. First edition. Cloth. An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with in-...