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Untold Tales of the Past

Beatrice Harraden · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of ancient stories retold for children by author and suffragette Beatrice Harraden. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pi...

Bulgy in Wombolia

Roderick Maude-Roxby · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this humorous children's story, written and illustrated by the actor Roddy Maude-Roxby. The first edition of this scarce work in the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards...

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1896 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Bliss Sands & Co, 1896 . Cloth. Elizabeth Gaskell's popular episodic novel on life in the fictional town of Cranford, with illustrations by T. H. Robinson and in the original gilt pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original gilt pictorial cloth.Illustrated b...

The Water-Babies

Charles Kingsley · 1912 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Chapman and Hall , 1912. Cloth. A charming copy of the 'Water-Babies', a Victorian classic by Charles Kingsley, beautifully illustrated with colour plates. 'The Water-Babies' is a children's novel by Charles Kingsley originally written as a se...

Jane Austen and Her Art

Mary Lascelles · 1948 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Oxford University Press , 1948. Hardback. A fascinating work celebrating the writing of Jane Austen from her popular novels to unfished works. The 1948 Reprint of this work. The first edition was published in 1939. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Very scarce. ...

Selected Poets of Great Britain to Which Are Prefixed Critical Notes of Each Author

William Hazlitt · 1825 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Thomas Tegg, 1825 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of poetry and critical notes created by William Hazlitt. The first edition trade edition. First published the year prior, but suppressed due to copyright infringement. Handsomely bound in a con...

La Gerusalemme Liberata, Poem or la Jerusalem Delivree, Poeme

Torquato Tasso; LeBrun [translator] · 1824 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, Dulau & Co. Ltd, 1824. Leather. A very smart two volume set of the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered by Tasso, with both the original Italian and a French translation of the work. Italian and French language. Complete in two volumes. An epic poem, first published in 1581, ...

Mafoota

Dolf Wyllarde · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Hurst and Blackett, c1907. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming novel from Wyllarde, with the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Seventy-third thousand. In the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. A romance novel following young Ellice Hillier as she trav...

A Poet&Apos;S Alphabet

W. H. Davies · 1926 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1926. Hardback. A smart second impression of this charming collection of alphabet poems from Davies, with decorations by Batty. Second impression. Originally published 1925. With illustrations throughout. A collection of alphabet poems, including: A is f...

Recollections of a Ghost

Colin Murry [John Middleton Murry Jr.] · 1960 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Hutchinson, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this splendidly terrifying work from John Middleton Murry Jr. under the pen name of Colin Murry. First edition. Warwick Sturgess is an ageing author feeling somewhat uninspired. When a young girl names Is...

Sonnets and Verse: The Collected Poems of H. Belloc

H. Belloc · 1945 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Duckworth, 1945. Cloth. A smart reprint of this collection of verses from Franco-English writer, Hilaire Belloc. New edition, with additional poems. Reprinted, originally published 1923. A collection of poetry with several unpublished sonnets, new epigrams, and a long ...

A Sheaf of Memories Speeches on Various Occasions by Sir Alexander Macdonald of the Isles

Alice Macdonald; Sir Alexander Macdonald · 1933 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, A. Brown & Sons, Limited , 1933. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition presentation copy of this collection of speeches by Alexander Macdonald, lovingly collected and prepared by his wife, Alice Macdonald. The first edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the a...

The Day of the Dog ; on the Outskirts ; Sweet Dreams

Michael Frayn · 1964 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , Collins , 1964-1973 . First edition. Hardback. The first editions of a collection of essays and stories by Michael Frayn. The first edition.In the original dust wrapper. The Day of the Dog is in a price-clipped dust wrapper and Sweet Dreams and On the Outskirts is in ...

Sean Dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &C. Ancient Poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullian &C. Galic Antiquities

John Smith; Various · 1780 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

Edinburgh; London, Charles Elliot; C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co, 1780-87. First edition. Leather. The first edition of two works by John Smith, both focusing on Gaelic history, with a selection of ancient poetry, and an exploration of the druids. Two first edition works by John S...

The Island of Sheep

John Buchan · 1938 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1938. Cloth. The third edition of this novel by John Buchan, with the very scarce original dust wrapper. The third edition. First published in 1936 by the same publisher. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped v...

Pages and Pictures from Forgotten Children&Apos;S Books

Andrew W. Tuer [ed] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1898-9. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of children's illustrations and stories from various forgotten children's books. The first edition. Illustrated profusely throughout with four hundred monochrome illustr...

The Eighteen-Carat Kid and Other Stories Edited and Introduced by David A. Jasen

P. G. Wodehouse · 1980 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

New York , Continuum , 1980 . First edition. Hardback. A collection of stories and a novella by P. G. Wodehouse published after his death. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Eight-Carat Kid and Other Stories was first published in 1980 five years af...

Toy Bearkins at School

John Howard Jewett · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , Ernest Nister, [1908]. First edition. Hardback. A charming children's story of Toy Bearkins at School. The first edition. Very scarce. Toy Bearkins At School is part of the Little Mother Stories collection. In the original pictorial boards. This charming children...

The Land of Nursery Rhyme

Alice Danglish and Ernest Rhys · 1932 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London , E. P. Dutton , 1932. First edition. Cloth. A charming collection of children's nursery rhymes from the 1930s. The first edition. A very scarce edition of this work from 1932. A charming collection of nursery rhymes, transporting the reader into a world of castles...

Heat & Dust

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · 1975 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, John Murray, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this Booker Prize winning novel by Ruth Pawer Jhabvala. First edition. Winner of the Booker Prize and ranked by the Telegraph as one of the ten all-time greatest Asian novels in 2014. Following a yo...