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Animal Life in Fact, Fancy and Fun

S. Louis Giraud [ed.] · 1939 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic, 1939. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of this animal pop-up book, with six pop up pages. A lovely first edition copy of this charming pop-up book exploring different species of animals and their lives, edited and pro...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears an All Action Treasure Hour Pop-Up Book

1977 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Murrays Childrens Books, 1977. Hardback. A lovely pop-up book of the popular tale of Goldilocks, with six folding pages of colour pop-ups. An lovely all action treasure hour pop-up book of the popular children's tale Goldilocks and The Three Bears. With six fold...

Lyrics & Ballads

Margaret L. Woods · 1889 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this scarce first edition anthology of verses by Margaret L. Woods. Scarce first edition, first impression of this work. A scarce book. First anthology of poems by Margaret Louisa Woods, English autho...

The Rise of Ruderick Clowd

Josiah Flynt · 1904 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Grant Richards , 1904. First edition. Cloth. A bright and lovely copy of the first UK edition of this novel by American author Josiah Flynt, a scarce edition. The scarce first UK edition of this work, preceded by the true first US edition the year prior. Novel by Josia...

The Mysterious Commission and from London Far

Michael Innes [J. I. M. Stewart] · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1973-1975 . Cloth. Two early editions of crime fiction works by Michael Innes in their original dust wrappers. Two early edition works from Michael Innes in the original publisher's cloth bindings and unclipped dust wrappers.John Innes Mackint...

Verses for Children

Harry Golding [ed.] · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1930. Cloth. The fifth edition of this beautiful collection of children's poems from the early twentieth century in the scarce dust wrapper. Fifth edition of Verses for Children edited by Harry Holding in the original publi...

Focus One

A Pearse; B Rajan · 1945 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Dennis Dobson, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very neat first edition of this collection of critical analysis of contemporary literature. First edition of this work. An excellent collection of literary criticism with contributions from D.S. Savage, George Woodcock, Pete...

Door Into the Dark

Seamus Heaney · 1969 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Faber and Faber LTD, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A superb copy of the second major poetry collection of the Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney, a lovely copy of this sought after work. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Door ...

Baba Yaga

Rose Celli · 1932 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Paris, Flammarion, 1932. First edition. Paperback. A first French edition of this illustrated Russian folk tale of Baba Yaga, retold by Rose Celli. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. 8 full page colour illustrations and further colour illustrations in the ...

Halfway House a Comedy of Degrees

Maurice Hewlett · 1908 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Hewlett's novel Halfway House. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding. Bookplate to the front paste down. A comic novel, originally published in the...

The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England in Two Volumes.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton · 1843 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Richard Bentley, 1843. Leather. A second edition two volume set of Haliburton's satricial novel concerning mid-19th century British society. The second edition of this work, rebound in a half calf binding. A satirical novel following an American diplomat, Sam Slic...

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Various · 1896 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , Bickers & Son , 1896. Leather. A smart Bickers bound volume of twelve wonderful essays, with plates. Bound and published by Bickers & Son. This volume contains twelve essays by eminent essay writers including Irving, Lamb, De Quincey, Emerson, Arnold, Morley, Lowell,...

Three Glass Eyes

William Le Queux · 1903 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London , Anthony Treherne, [1903]. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling first edition copy of Three Glass Eyes by William Le Queux. A first edition copy of William Le Queux's thrilling novel, Three Glass Eyes A Story of To-day. William Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalis...

Three Works by Len Deighton

Len Deighton · 1981 · Rooke Books

£118.00 (€141.44 | $155.89 | ¥24,894)

London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg, Hutchinson , 1981-1990 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of three first editions, first impressions, of these war spy novels by British author Len Deighton. Three works by Len Deighton in the original publisher's cloth bindings a...

A Daughter of the Samurai

Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto · 1933 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hurst & Blackett Ltd. 1933 . Cloth. The illustrated UK edition of this beautiful autobiography by Japanese novelist Sugimoto. Early UK edition of A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto in the original publisher's cloth binding.This lovely but harrowing...

Ape and Essence

Aldous Huxley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Ape and Essence, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Ape and Essence (1948...

The Bibelot a Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and Sources Not Generally Known

Thomas B. Mosher · 1895 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

New York, Wm. H. Wise & Co. 1895-1925. Hardback. A wonderful limited edition 21-volume set of prose, plays and poetry, originally published by Thomas B. Mosher. A 21-volume set of the Testimonial Edition of The Bibelot in the original paper boards. Number 954 of 450 of this ed...

The Book of Animal Tales

Stephen Southwold · 1929 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

London, George G. Harrap & Co Limited, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A delightful, first edition, copy of this collection of children's stories regarding animals, with numerous illustrations throughout. The scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only four British lib...

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Washington Irving; Charles Lamb; Thomas de Quincey et al. · 1886 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Bickers and Son, 1886 . Leather. A smart anthology of prose pieces by leading essayists of the nineteenth century, complete with twelve photographic portrait plates. A series of twelve abridged prose pieces by leading essayists of the 1800s, including works from Irving...

Warblin&Apos;S Fro&Apos; an Owd Songster

Samuel Laycock · 1893 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, illustrated copy of Samuel Laycock's dialect poems. Samuel Laycock was a dialect poet who recorded the vernacular of the Lancashire cotton workers. This volume contains a s...