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The Grey House on the Hill
Louise Lillias Plunket Greene · 1903 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. Cloth. A charming edition of a lovely children's story centered around kindness, illustrated by Arthur Rackham during the height of the 'Golden Age' of illustration. An early edition of The Grey House on the Hill, a lovely a...
Poems of Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson [int. by T. Herbert Warren] · 1912 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Henry Frowde, 1912. Cloth. A scarce edition of poems from the iconic poet laureate, including The Princess and In Memoriam, with an introduction from eminent scholar Herbert Warren. A scarce edition of The Poems of Tennyson, writing by the renowned British poet laureat...
Catalogue of a Highly Important Collection of Children&Apos;S Books Parts I-VI
1974 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
New York, Sotheby & Co. 1974-1977 . Cloth. A complete six part catalogue of one of the most extensive collection of children's books ever to be sold at auction. A complete six parts, bound in one.In a full red cloth binding.Illustrated with 84 plates. Collated, complete.C...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne; Heather Amery [ed.] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Studio Vista Books, 1973. Cloth. A highly illustrated abridged edition of the science fiction adventure novel by notable author Jules Verne. Originally published in 1870, when the exploration of the sea had hardly begun.This edition has been edited, annotated and abri...
The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral
T.S. Eliot · 1938 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
New York; London, Harcourt, Brace and Company; Faber and Faber, 1938-1950 . Cloth. A lovely set of plays by leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry T.S. Eliot. A lovely two volume set of plays by T.S. Eliot.T.S. Eliot was a leading figure in English-language Mod...
My Book of Motors
John Anderson; Herbert Strang [ed.] · 1939 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1939 . Cloth. A very scarce copy of this highly illustrated story of motors. A very scarce work.Part of The Happy Days Series, edited by Herbert Strang. Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely an...
Blackie&Apos;S Popular Nursery Rhymes
1913 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Blackie and Son Limited, [1913]. Cloth. - A scarce work.In the original decorative blue cloth binding. With a gilt to fore edge.A charming collection of popular nursery rhymes.Including familiar favourites such as Little Bo-Peep, Peter Piper, Handy Pandy, Baby Bunting,...
Dictionnaire Portatif de Mythologie, Pour L&Apos;Intelligence Des Poetes
Andre de Claustre · 1765 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
Paris, Chez Briasson, 1765 . Leather. Attractively bound in contemporary calf, this is the scarce second edition of Andre de Claustre's alphabetical guide to the mythological references frequently employed in art and literature. In the original French.The second edition o...
A Rebours
J. K. Huysmans [Joris-Karl Huysmans] · 1961 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
Paris, Fasquelle Editeur, 1961. Leather. A 1960s edition of J. K. Huysmans classic Decadent novel, strikingly bound in a beautiful morocco binding with floral gilt detailing. In the original French.First published in 1884, this is a 1961 edition of 'A rebours', which...
Yellow Gods
John G. Brandon · 1940 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Wright & Brown, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely example of the first edition of this very scarce work of detective fiction surrounding the theft of a giant ruby carved into the shape of a Buddha. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this novel.In th...
I&Apos;LL Blackmail the World
S. Andrew Wood · 1835 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1835. First edition. Cloth. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this thrilling science fiction tale about Machiavellian millionaire scientist John Kingdom. The scarce first edition, first impression.In the very scarce publisher's or...
The Scarlet Impostor
Dennis Wheatley · 1940 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
London, Hutchinson & Co, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this scarce first edition Gregory Sallust thriller by Dennis Wheatley, in which the lead character collaborates with an anti-Nazi organisation. The scarce first edition, first impression. In t...
Tanar of Pellucidar
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1939 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Methuen, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. In the scarce original dust wrapper, this is the first UK edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs's thrilling science fiction adventure novel set in the internal surface of a Hollow Earth. The first UK edition, first impression.In the...
Within the Tides
Joseph Conrad · 1915 · Rooke Books
£149.00 (€178.60 | $196.85 | ¥31,434)
London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of this impressive collection of four short stories and novellas by Joseph Conrad, author of 'Heart of Darkness&apos. The first edition of this work. The first issue, with ...
Victory: An Island Tale
Joseph Conrad · 1915 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Methuen & Co, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling psychological tale from Joseph Conrad, published after delays during the First World War. The first edition, first impression. The first issue, as identified by the comma after 'Street&...
Tales of Hearsay
Joseph Conrad · 1925 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this posthumously published anthology of four short stories by Joseph Conrad, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A posthumously publ...
Hymns and Pictures
1864 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1864] . Cloth. Beautifully illustrated edition of this scarce second series of hymns from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Second series. Scarce.In publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with sixtee...
De Ivsticia Pingenda
Battista Fiera; James Wardrop · 1957 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1957 . First edition. Leather. Lovely limited first edition reprint of Battista Fiera's 1515 Latin text, with an English translation, introduction and notes by James Wardrop. First edition of the limited contemporary reprint of the 1515 tex...
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Faber & Faber Ltd. 2021 . First edition. Cloth. Pristine signed first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 science fiction novel. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by the author to half-title page.Klara and th...
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Bradbury and Evans , 1848. First edition. Leather. A handsome first edition, early issue of William Makepeace Thackeray's first major work, a quintessential satire of life in early 19th-century Britain. First complete edition in book form. Early issue. Heading on ...