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Stuff and Nonsense

Walter De La Mare · 1927 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An uproarious collection of limericks and nonsense rhymes by Walter De La Mare, illustrated by Bold. Containing such verses as 'Moonshine', 'Fish', 'Bishop Winterbourne', 'The Pretender...

The Human Factor

Graham Greene · 1978 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Sydney and Toronto, The Bodley Head, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of Graham Greene's suspenseful espionage work. Complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. This work follows Maurice Castle, a nearly retired MI6 agent living qu...

Explication and la Plante Enchantee

Jules Claretie; Armand Silvestre · 1894 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Paris, Librairie Illustree, 1894-1895. Cloth. Two volumes of limited edition works illustrated by noted French artist Albert Robida. Printed for Angelo Mariani, the purpose of these works is for extolling the virtues of his popular coca wine. Comprising 'Explication'...

The Boy&Apos;S Own Book. A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth.

[William Clarke] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, W. Kent and Co, 1859. Cloth. A charming illustrated encyclopaedia of the childhood pastimes of the young boys of the Victorian period. The scarce 1859 edition of this work from William Clarke, first published in 1828. According to sports historian Robert William Hender...

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. [1925]. Cloth. An exciting later edition of this popular children's novel by Frances Burnett with numerous illustrations by the noted artist C. E .Brock. A charming later edition of this novel, a copy dated from Jisc from other copies illustr...

A Book of Old Ballads

Beverley Nichols · 1934 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1934. First edition. Cloth. A marvellous collection of old ballads, illustrated with colour plates by H. M. Brock. Containing such verses as 'Mandalay', 'King Estmere', 'May Collin', 'Fair Rosamund', 'Chevy ...

Jorrocks&Apos; Jaunts and Jollities

Robert Smith Surtees · 1874 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1874. Cloth. A fourth edition of the first of Surtees' works to feature his brilliant character Jorrocks, bound in the publisher's original cloth. A humorous novel following Mr. Jorrocks, the sporting cockney grocer. First appearing...

The Fables of Babrius

James Davies; G C Lewis · 1860 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Lockwood and Co, 1860. Leather. An uncommon nineteenth century English translation of Babrius' fables. With an introductory preface on Babrius' life.  Babrius was the author of a collection of Greek fables more commonly known today as Aesop's fables. I...

The Notebooks of Captain Georges

Jean Renoir · 1966 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Jean Renoir's nostalgic novel translated from the original French, complete with a smart dust wrapper. This novel narrates a young man's sentimental education, as well as his adoration for a young peasan...

The Man Who Won the Pools

J. I. M. Stewart · 1961 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of J. I. M. Stewart's novel, complete with an unclipped yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. A humorous novel, following Phil Tombs as he manoeuvres life after winning nearly a quarter of a milli...

Scritti Di F-D Guerrazzi

Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi · 1851 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Florence, Felice le Monnier, 1851-56. Cloth. A smart two volumes of the writings of Guerrazzi, in the original Italian language. Written by Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (1804-1873), a left-wing Italian writer and politician known for his role in the Italian Risorgimento. He wa...

The Twister the Fellowship of the Frog

Edgar Wallace · 1928 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Long Limitied; Ward, Lock, & Co, 1928-29. First edition. Cloth. Two of the thrilling murder mystery novels by Edgar Wallace, detective fiction of the Golden Age, 'The Twister' being the first edition. Two of Edgar Wallace's popular Detective Sergean...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1906 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these entertaining fantasy short stories by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated throughout by H. R. Millar. The first edition, first impression of this work.A historical fantasy work by Rudyard Kiplin...

O&Apos;Kelly&Apos;S Eclipse

Arthur Weiss · 1969 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell, 1969. Cloth. A work of fiction about late eighteenth century racehorse, Eclipse, in a very scarce illustrated dust wrapper. An early edition of this novel, in a very scarce, unclipped, pictorial dust wrapper from prolific book illustrator Charles Mozley. Since...

The Chase: A Poem

William Somervile · 1796 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office , 1796. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this poem by William Somervile, the first edition to be embellished throughout with numerous engravings by Thomas Bewick. ESTC T108434A large paper volume, the firs...

Twilight of the Wise

James Hilton · 1949 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, St. Hugh's Press Ltd. 1949. Leather. A scarce and pocket-sized story by James Hilton. The thrilling tale of a soldier's escape from prison camp, told many years after the war.This work was published as a novella in 1949, but was written as a short story in th...

Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1930 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, William Heinemann LTD, 1930. Vellum. A signed limited edition copy of George Moore's ancient Greece set novel, a wonderful work revolving around statues of Aphrodite. A limited edition work, limited to 1825 copies, of which this is was numbered 698. Signed by Geor...

The Diary of a Nobody

George Grossmith; Weedon Grossmith · 1892 · Rooke Books

£1,150.00 (€1,378.46 | $1,519.31 | ¥242,614)

Bristol, J. W. Arrowsmith, 1892. First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright copy of the first book form edition of the Grossmith's brother's comical novel, illustrated with Weedon Grossmith's original illustrations throughout. The first edition of this work i...

The Plays of William Shakespeare: A Midsummer-Night&Apos;S Dream, Love&Apos;S Labour&Apos;S Lost, the Comedy of Errors, and As You Like It

William Shakespeare · 1868 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, [1868]. Hardback. A collection of four pocket sized plays by Shakespeare from the Bernhard Tauchnitz's series of 'The Plays of William Shakespeare in 37 Parts.' A collection of four plays by the national bard William Shakespeare, fro...

Fables, Original and Selected

James Northcote · 1833 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, John Murray, 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second series of James Northcote's popular fables, illustrated with his own engravings throughout. The first edition of this work.Editor's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the front...