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Jackanapes; Daddy Darwin&Apos;S Dovecot; Lob Lie-by-the-Fire
Juliana Horatia Ewing · 0 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, SPCK, c1897. Cloth. A collection of short, illustrated tales aimed at children. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Being Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot, Lob Lie-By-The-Fire. With charming illustrations throughout by Randolph Caldecott. Undated, dated usi...
Little Bear&Apos;S Visit an I Can Read Book (No. 14)
Else Holmelund Minarik · 1962 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, World's Work, 1962. First edition. Hardback. An educational, reading primer for children. Colourfully illustrated throughout First thus, first U.K edition. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Written for the 'I Can Read' series, of which this is number ...
The Church Bizarre
S J Forrest · 1973 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)
London, Mowbrays, 1973. First edition. Hardback. A collection of poetry by S J Forrest. Illustrated throughout by E W Forrest. Stanley Forrest was an Anglican reverend whose poetry relating to the church was humorous. He was often published in he 'Church Times&apos. In or...
The Temple Anecdotes Enterprise and Adventure
Ralph and Chandos Temple · 1882 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Groombridge and Sons, 1882. Fine Binding. An illustrated collection of anecdotes in a Relfe binding. With 14 plates A charming collection of short stories, both fictional and true, giving tales of adventure, bravery and exploration including accounts of Arctic explorat...
We Are 7
Unknown · 0 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
England, G & D L, c1900. Cloth. An extremely scarce children's publication printed on cloth. Illustrated throughout. Advertised to the front leaf as a 'Never-Rip' Calico Book. This is just one title from an entire series and is number 13 of the series. Undated, ...
Cal
Bernard MacLaverty · 1983 · Rooke Books
£255.00 (€305.66 | $336.89 | ¥53,797)
London, Jonathan Cape , 1983. Paperback. A scarce uncorrected proof of this novel by Bernard MacLaverty Printed before the first edition, with the scarce dustwrapper, slightly larger than the book. Cal details the experiences of a young Irish Catholic involved with the IRA. On...
The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-9. First edition. Fine Binding. An early edition of this famous historical novel. Illustrated, with numerous plates and woodcuts across both volumes. First edition in book form. Prior to this edition the work was issued in 24 monthly parts. Fir...
Characters Omitted in Crabbe&Apos;S Parish Register; with Other Tales
Alexander Balfour · 1825 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
Edinburgh, Alexander Balfour, 1825. First edition. Leather. An uncommon series of character sketches inspired by George Crabbe's Parish Register, including those on The Village Doctor and The Sailor's Orphan. The first book edition of Characters Omitted in Crabbe&apo...
Stories in Verse
Leigh Hunt · 1855 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Geo. Routledge & Co. 1855. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a complete collection of mythological and biblical narrative poems by the Romantic intellectual, with the bookplate of historian George Prothero to the front pastedown. The first edition of Stories i...
Lyra Urbanica; or the Social Effusions of the Celebrated Captain Charles Morris, of the Late Life-Guards
Captain Charles Morris · 1840 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
London, Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a scarce collection of poetry from the celebrated bard of the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks, including many witty ballads which poke fun at Tory opponents. The first edition of Lyra Urbanica; or The Soci...
The Whigs Supplication; or, the Scots Hudibras
Samuel Colvil · 1797 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
St Andrews, James Morison, [1797]. Leather. A very scarce St. Andrews edition of Colvil's lively satire, a Scottish answer to Butler's Hudibras and the political and religious turbulence of 17th-century Scotland. In a contemporary full calf binding. A late 18th-centu...
The Satires of Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto; Rev. Mr. Horton [Trans.]; Temple Henry Croker [Trans] · 1759 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, A. Millar, 1759. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this English translation of Ariosto's seven candid satirical verse epistles. Rebound in a full brown cloth for the Lincoln's Inn Library, endpapers renewed. The first edition of this translation of Ar...
Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books
£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.78 | ¥32,700)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, c1915. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated with tipped in colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and in the publisher's original decorative cloth, this is a wonderful example of Shakespeare's beloved comedy. First published in 1909, this is an early ex...
Wrestling with the Angel: Two Plays
Frank Sargeson · 1964 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of two play scripts published together, once owned by actress Joan Crawford, with the original dust wrapper. A very smart first edition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, with the o...
The Works of Mr. Thomas Brown, Serious and Comical, in Prose and Verse. Volumes III and IV.
Thomas Brown · 1730 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Edward Midwinter, 1730 . Leather. Volumes III and IV only of the illustrated seventh edition of Thomas Brown's satirical works, offering a vivid portrait of the manners, vices and street life of early 18th century London. In contemporary full calf bindings. The ...
Peake&Apos;S Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake; Maeve Gilmore; John Watney · 1978 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Allen Lane, 1978 . Cloth. The first edition of this charming selection of the works and illustrations of Mervyn Peake, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Extensively illustra...
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....
The Stone Book Quartet
Alan Garner · 1983 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Collins, 1983. First edition. Cloth. The first collected edition of a beautifully written series spanning four generations of the author's family, inspired by folk traditions from his local Cheshire. The first edition of The Stone Book Quartet, the complete editio...
The Poems of Mr. Gray, to Which Are Prefixed Memoires of His Life and Writings
Thomas Gray, [ed. by W. Mason] · 1775 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Dublin, D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts et al. 1775. First edition. Leather. The first Irish edition of a scarce collection of letters offering insight into the mind of the eminent Poet, complete in two volumes. The first Irish edition of Poems of Mr. Gray, to which are Prefixed Mem...
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...