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Number Three Joy Street: A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls

Walter de la Mare; G. K. Chesterton; A. A. Milne; Laurence Housman; Compton Mackenzie; Hilaire Belloc; Hugh Chesterman; Et al. · 1925 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Cloth. The first American edition of the third Joy Street annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, Walter de la Mare, G. K. Chesterton, and many others, in the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper....

A Collection of Modern Poems: The Love of Fame; the Last Day; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; Hymn to Adversity; the Grave; the Hermit; the Splendid Shilling

Various [Edward Young; Mr. [Thomas Gray]; Robert Blair; Thomas Parnell; Mr. Philips] · 1762 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, J. James, 1762. Leather. A very scarce and charming collection of great poems from the Enlightenment era, bound in a lovely later quarter calf binding from Bath. A Collection of Modern Poems, a charming selection from Britain's best poets of the era, including Edw...

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose. And Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages of Prose, Book Third & Fourth.

Vicesimus Knox [Ed.] · 1801 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. Johnson , 1801. Leather. Three smart, tree calf volumes of this popular, nineteenth-century miscellany of passages; designed for the improvement of young persons. The seventh edition of the Elegant Extracts of Verse and Prose. edited by Vicesimus Knox. Knox's ...

Gentle Giant

Michael Morpurgo · 2003 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003. First edition. Hardback. A first edition, first impression, colourfully illustrated, with unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce first edition, first impression of this enchanting story, with complete number line. Richly illustrated t...

The Little Red Hen

Michael Foreman · 1999 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Andersen Press, 1999. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition first impression of the charming children's fable, retold. A beautifully illustrated first edition, containing Michael Foreman"s retelling of the classic children"s tale about determination and ...

Alice&Apos;S Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1980 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan Children's Books, 1980 . Hardback. A fantastic pop-up edition of Lewis Carroll's acclaimed Victorian children's fantasy book. In the original pictorial hardback binding. A fantastic pop-up edition of Lewis Carroll's famous children's...

A Moment in Time

H.E. Bates · 1964 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Michael Joseph, 1964 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce uncorrected proof copy of this novel by English author H.E. Bates, based at the setting of Shopswyke House. The very scarce uncorrected proof copy. In the original paper wrap binding.A work by H.E. Bates...

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2009 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

London, Faber and Faber, 2009. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed first edition, first impression of Kazuo Ishiguro's short story collection based on music and musicians, with the accompanying slipcase. The first edition, first impression. In the original dust wrap...

First Edition Novels by Salley Vickers

Salley Vickers · 2003 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Fourth Estate , 2003-2009. First edition. Cloth. A very smart set of first edition novels by acclaimed British writer Salley Vickers, with two signed copies. A three volume set.The first editions. With two copies being signed by the author to the title page.In the pub...

I Can&Apos;T Stay Long

Laurie Lee · 1975 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this collection of writings by Laurie Lee, signed to the title page. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page. In the publisher's original green cloth binding....

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter · 1912 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1912. First edition. Hardback. One of the first two indistinguishable printings of this popular Beatrix Potter tale, complete with fifteen charming colour plates. First edition. One of the first or second printings which are indistinguishable fr...

A Collection of Plays Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden between 1791 and 1799 in Twenty Volumes.

Various · 1791 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.34 | $647.36 | ¥103,375)

London, The Proprietors , 1791-1799. Leather. A collection of uniformly bound theatrical works all written as they were performed at the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, Covent Garden. Regulated from the prompt books by permission of the managers, boasting a range of genres such a...

Literary Ancedotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S. A. And Many of His Learned Friends.

John Nichols · 1812 · Rooke Books

£239.99 (€287.67 | $317.06 | ¥50,630)

London, Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1812. Leather. Three volumes of the scarce Literary Ancedotes of the Eighteenth Century. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Volumes I, II and VII. Scarce. John Nichols, 1745 – 1826, was an English printer and author. Nichol...

English Literature 1475-1700 in Three Volumes

Carl H. Pforzheimer · 1940 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

New York, Morrill Press, 1940. Cloth. An entire photocopy of the original 1940 edition of English Literature 1475-1700. Clear evidence of a bibliophile's dedication considering the hours of effort this must have taken to produce and to have professionally bound. Complete ...

Westward Ho! or, the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh

Charles Kingsley · 1855 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Cambridge, Macmillan & Co. 1855. Cloth. The uncommon second edition of one of Kingsley's most popular novels. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Complete in Three Volumes. This particular copy comes from the Worcester Public Library, Reference Department, with a lib...

The Writings of Mrs Humphry Ward Westmoreland Edition

Mrs Humphry Ward · 1911 · Rooke Books

£600.00 (€719.20 | $792.68 | ¥126,581)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1911-12. Leather. A sixteen volume set of the complete works of Mrs Mary Augusta Humphry Ward. A limited edition copy, signed by the author. The Westmorland edition. Signed by the author to volume I with limited edition number 167 of 250. Illustrat...

Spike It

Chris Niles · 1997 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

London, Macmillan, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of this fast-paced work of crime fiction, being Chris Niles' first novel. First edition. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original photographic unclipped dustwrapper, designed by Paul ...

A Clear Conscience

Frances Fyfield · 1994 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Bantam Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Frances Fyfield's fifth crime novel in her Helen West series. Neatly signed by the author to the title page, dated 30th September 1995. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper, by Jonathan R...

Lying

Wendy Perriam · 2000 · Rooke Books

£14.99 (€17.97 | $19.80 | ¥3,162)

London, Peter Owen, 2000. First edition. Cloth. Alison - a publisher's assistant of modest means and background - falls for James, a Cambridge-educated accountant from a prominent Anglo-Catholic family. Against the odds, she wins his love, but finds herself compelled to l...

A Widow for One Year

John Irving · 1998 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of John Irving's bestselling novel. The book is split into three sections, following the life of Ruth Cole from 1958 to 1996. Irving splits the work according to Ruth's major life events; the brea...