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The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1898 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, J. M. Dent & Co. 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of these popular myths, legends and ghost stories from Richard Harris Barham. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of this popular anthology.In the publisher's decora...

Gulliver&Apos;S Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Jonathan Swift · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Temple Press , 1937. Cloth. Arthur Rackham's striking colour plates accompany this Temple Press edition of Swift's momentous novel. The Temple Press edition of this iconic work, with Arthur Rackham's illustrations. "Most of the designs appeared as li...

Two Little Pilgrim&Apos;S Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1895 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1895. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this heart warming illustrated children's retelling of the classic allegory, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's decorative clo...

Cautionary Verses

H. Belloc [Hilaire Belloc] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Not Stated, Duckworth, 1951. Cloth. An engaging book of light-hearted verse, littered with illustrations, and in original unclipped dust wrapper. A very scarce title, in its original, and incredibly scarce, unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. In original red cloth binding, with...

Paintings in Proust Marcel Proust Collection "Les Geants" Index General de la Correspondance de Marcel Proust

Eric Karpeles; Francois Cruciani; Philip Kolb [ed.]; Jean-Yves Tadie [preface] · 2008 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London; Not Stated; Yoshide-honmachi; Sakyo-ku; Kyoto, Thames & Hudson; Editions Pierre Charron; l'Universite de Kyoto, 2008; 1971; 1998. Hardback. A richly illustrated collection of critical reflections on the work and legacy of Marcel Proust, each in original dust wrapp...

Wanted: A King

Maggie Browne [Margaret Andrewes] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Duckworth and Co. 1910. Cloth. A scarce fantastical children's title, richly illustrated in both colour and monochrome. A scarce children's title - following in the fantastical children's literary tradition of Alice in Wonderland.Features a colour fronti...

Four on an Island

L. T. Meade [Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London; Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, [1892] (Undated, dated from a co. First edition. Cloth. London; Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [1892] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library). First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 6". W. Rainey. An incredibly scarc...

The Next-Door House

Mrs Molesworth [Mary Louisa Molesworth] · 1913 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, W. & R. Chambers, c1893 (Undated, dated approximat. Cloth. London: W. & R. Chambers, c1893 (Undated, dated approximately from a copy held by the University of Cambridge Libraries). Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon, illustrated children&apo...

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton · 1888 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1888 (Undated, dated approximat. Leather. London: Frederick Warne and Co. c1888 (Undated, dated approximately from copies held by Goldsmiths, University of London, and the University of St Andrews Library. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 6". Not St...

Caesar in Egypt Costanza and Other Poems

Joseph Ellis · 1876 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Basil Montagu Pickering, 1876. Cloth. An incredibly scarce volume of Victorian poetry, featuring illustrated details. An incredibly scarce volume of poetry by Joseph Ellis, including 'Caesar in Egypt', The Tercentenary', and 'Columbus at Seville&apo...

Demeter and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London; New York, Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of poems by Tennyson, including his influential 'Crossing the Bar&apos. A very smart first edition book of poems by influential British poet, and Victorian Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tenn...

The Warden Doctor Thorne Barchester Towers Framley Parsonage the Small House at Allington the Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope · 1913 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London, G. Bell & Sons, 1913-1920. Leather. - In six volumes. Bound in half blue crushed morocco with cloth boards.This set contains: The Warden (1913)Doctor Thorne (1914)Framley Parsonage (1914)The Small House at Allington (1914)The Last Chronicle of Barset (1914)Barchester ...

Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas · 1957 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1957. Cloth. An uncommon limited edition for the Readers Union of a radio drama commissioned by the BBC and written by prolific Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas. A scarce limited edition of Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices, written by distinguis...

Book of Nursey Rhymes and Mother Good Rhymes

Marguerite de Angeli · 1954 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

New York, Doubleday, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a lovingly illustrated children's book containing an array of nursey rhymes, written and illustrated by an award-winning American children's author. The first edition of a Book of Nursery and Mothe...

Scarce Poetic Anthology Editions

Francis W. Bourdillon; Adelaide Anne Proctor; Edwin Arnold; D.H. Lawrence · 1883 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Marcus Ward and co.; George G. Harrap; Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner and co.; Martin Secker, 1883-1932. Cloth. Four charming and scarce poem anthologies, containing both abstract reflections on religion and enlightenment, as well as vivid pictures of beauty. A charming ...

The Ferguson Affair

Ross MacDonald [Kenneth Millar] · 1961 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. Cloth. The first UK edition of this intriguing detective novel, in which private investigator, Lew Archer, unveils the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable Californian family. In the publisher's original cloth binding.An intrigu...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1906 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

New York , Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. Cloth. A first American edition of Kipling"s "Puck of Pook"s Hill," illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.First published in Britain in 1906, this is the first American...

2 Vols the House on the Roof; House of Storm

M. G. Eberhart · 1935 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1935-1949. Cloth. A two-volume collection of the first British editions of these suspenseful Crime Club mysteries from enduring American mystery writer, Mignon Good Eberhart. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.First British editi...

Pirate Gold; the Story of an Adventure Fight for a Hidden Fortune

J. R. Hutchinson · 1911 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, [1911]. Cloth. An uncommon illustrated adventure novel by J.R. Hutchinson. An uncommon title.In publisher's original decorative red cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 5 plates. Collate, lacking the plates to p.45 and p.114.A nove...

The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak

Miss Mulock [Dinah Maria Mulock Craik] · 1927 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Chicago, Rand McNally Co. 1927 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of this children's book on morality and empathy. A later edition, first published in 1909.In the original decorative green cloth binding. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, and coloured in text...