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&Apos;Tween Gloamin&Apos; and the Mirk Tales and Sketches of Scottish Life

Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid · 1897 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London , Alexander Gardner, 1897. Cloth. A fascinating insight into the Tales and Sketches of Scottish Life by Sir Hugh Gilzean-Reid. New issue, from the original 1894 volume. From the Prefaratory Note: "[This] was written with one definite aim - namely, to preserve and expres...

The Splendid Wayfaring

Haldane Macfall · 1913 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London , Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1913. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of essays on the Arts by Haldane Macfall. With numerous vignette illustrations throughout by Lovat Fraser, Gaudier Brzeska, Gordon Craig, and the author. With chapters including Of...

Ignoramus: A Fairy Story

E. Todd · 1901 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Manchester , Sherratt and Hughes, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A scarce fairy story about a young girl nicknamed 'Ignoramus' with an illustration to frontispiece, black and white plates and further illustrations integrated with the text. First edition. With decorative...

Marah

Owen Meredith [Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London and New York, Longmans, Green and Co. 1893. Vellum. Marah is a poetry collection by Owen Meredith, a pseudonym for Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831 - 1891) who was an English statesman and poet. Third edition. When Lytton was twenty-five year...

Odd Craft

W. W. Jacobs · 0 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London , George Newnes, c1904. Cloth. A collection of short children's stories from William Wymarck Jacobs. Including The Money Box, Establishing Relations, and The Changing Numbers. With numerous engraved plates throughout. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally sound...

Poison of Kali a Tale of "Kimber Sali" - the &Apos;Watcher of the Hills&Apos;

Robert Harding · 1939 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , Lutterworth Press, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Poison of Kali. By Robert Harding, Editor of the 'Boys' Own Paper' and Author of 'Timber Sahib', 'Tales of the Frontiers', 'The Keys of Freedom', etc. With a...

The Christmas Box

Francis Brett Young · 1938 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London , William Heinemann Ltd. 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Francis Brett Young's The Christmas Box in original dustwrapper. Francis Brett Young (1884 – 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer. With 36 illustrations by Kay Ambrose...

The Alabaster Box

Walter Besant · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Thomas Burleigh, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The Alabaster Box, one of Walter Besant's final novels before his death in 1901. First edition. A scarce work bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Walter Besant a noted novelist and historian...

St Stephen&Apos;S, a Poem

Unamed · 1860 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, Blackwood & Sons, 1860. Cloth. A very scarce poetical work which was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. Blue cloth hardback with blind embossed covers, there are gilt titles on the spine. There is a half title page and title page followed by a Dedica...

Miss Toosey&Apos;S Mission

Evelyn Whitaker · 1881 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Evelyn Whitaker, 1881. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of fiction from the late nineteenth century written by the noted British author, Evelyn Whitaker. Evelyn Whitaker (1857 - 1903) was a British woman novelist. All her works were published anonymously until afte...

The Works of William Shakspere Containing His Plays and Poems

Charles Knight · 1849 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London , Charles Cox , 1849. Cloth. A scarce anthology containing the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare. With glossarial notes; and facts connected with his life and writings, abridged from "William Shakspere, a Biography". Profusely illustrated throughout by W. Harvey. ...

Milton&Apos;S Poetical Works

John Milton · 1853 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , James Nichol, 1853. Cloth. A two volume set of the works of John Milton. Complete in two volumes. With a life, critical dissertation and explanatory notes by Rev George Gilfillan. John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters and civil servant, famous fo...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1930. Cloth. A copy of Robert Bridge's most popular poem, A Testament of Beauty. With tissue-guarded frontispiece. A Testament of Beauty is a discursive work, setting out his understanding of man's nature, spiced with scenes and incidents fr...

Bramble

Margery Colman · 1945 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London , Faber and Faber, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout with coloured lithographs. First edition. Complete with the original illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated by the author. In original pictorial cloth binding...

Victorious Troy or the Hurrying Angel

John Masefield · 1935 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London , William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by John Masefield. John Edward Masefield, OM (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as t...

On the Art of Thackeray

H.N. Wethered · 1938 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1938. Cloth. A scarce first edition of H.N. Wetherford's On The Art of Thackeray. Focusing on both his life and work, this volume makes for an interesting insight into Thackeray's influence from a Twentieth Century perspective. Includ...

A Selection of Plays and Miscellaneous Pieces

Various · 1819 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Edinburgh and Paris, Henry Colburn et al. 1819-1839. Cloth. A scarce anthology of Georgian theatrical pieces as well as the first edition of "Massaniello; or a The Revolt of Naples" by Sir John Dean Paul. Includes the third edition of "Mirandola" a tragedy by Barry Cor...

The Adventures of Dick Boldhero in Search of His Uncle, or Dangers and Difficulties Overcome

Peter Parley [Samuel Griswold Goodrich] · 1793 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Darton and Co. c1880. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this children's novel about an American boy's search for his uncle. With numerous vignette illustrations throughout. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (August 19, 1793 – May 9, 1860) was an American author, better kn...

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin&Apos;S

Bret Harte · 1894 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by Bret Harte. The first UK edition , published the same year as the true first American edition. With a 32 page publisher's catalogue to the rear dated Feb 1894, (Sadleir 1155). Illustra...

The Devil&Apos;S Motor a Fantasy

Marie Corelli · 1910 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Cloth. A very scarce, beautifully illustrated copy of this fantasy work by Marie Corelli Illustrated throughout with tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Severn. Designed to smell of motor oil -quite successfully. Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 2...