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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1719 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1950 . Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of the Defoe's revolutionary realistic fiction novel, Robinson Crusoe, illustrated by A.E. Jackson. A colourful edition of Daniel Defoe's most famous work.In a quarter cloth binding, wi...

The Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1890 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Frederick Warne and Co , [1890]. Leather. A neatly bound collection of illustrated works by influential writer William Shakespeare. Part of the Landsdowne Poets series. Reprinted from earlier editions.Including life, glossary, etc. In full red morocco binding, with a...

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

Dean Swift [Jonathan Swift]; John Francis Waller · 1875 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1875]. Leather. A beautifully illustrated copy of the classic satirical prose novel Gulliver's travels. A new edition. In half black morocco, with marbled boards. A lovely copy of Gulliver's Travels, Illustrated with a coloure...

The Zandra Rhodes Fashion Dress Up Book

Zandra Rhodes · 1960 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, The Fashion and Textile Museum , c1990 . Paperback. A very scarce paper dress up doll from the bold fashion designer Zandra Rhodes. A very scarce work.As new, in the plastic wrapper.A dress-up paper doll showcasing the designs of Zandra Rhodes, with authentic dress sty...

The Works of Charles Dickens Library Editions

Charles Dickens · 1866 · Rooke Books

£2,500.00 (€2,996.65 | $3,302.85 | ¥527,422)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1866-1870. Leather. A brilliantly illustrated twenty six volume set of works by notable author Charles Dickens, in half morocco binding. A brilliant twenty six volume set of works by Charles Dickens.The library editions, illustrated.In half red morocc...

The Poems of John Keats and Arthur Hugh Clough

John Keats; Arthur Hugh Clough; E. De Selincourt; H.F. Lowry; A.L.P. Norrington; F.L. Mulhauser · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London; Oxford, Methuen and Co.; At the Clarendon Press, 1907-1951. Cloth. A set of two volumes containing the influential poetry of notable writers John Keats and Arthur Hugh Clough. A fantastic two volume set of poetical works.In publisher's original blue cloth bindings...

The Brownies Through the Union

Palmer Cox · 1895 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. Charmingly illustrated throughout by the author, this is the very scarce first UK edition of Palmer Cox's poetical work about a tour taken by the mythical Brownies around the USA. The very scarce first UK edition of th...

Grimm&Apos;S Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm · 1937 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Blackie & Son, 1937 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with colour plates by Helen Stratton, this is a delightful edition of the classic tales of the brothers Grimm, in a very scarce dust wrapper. In the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper, price clipped.Il...

Lives of the Hunted

Ernest Seton-Thompson · 1901 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition collection of short stories about man's relationship with animals, in the publisher's original scarce dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of autho...

Bannertail, the Story of a Gray Squirrel

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1922 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated throughout by the author, this is a lovely first edition of Ernest Thompson Seton's children's book about a grey squirrel. The first edition, in the publisher's original...

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Andrew Shirrefs · 1790 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

Edinburgh, For the author, by D. Wilson; W. Creech and P. Hill, 1790 . First edition. Hardback. A bright and scarce first edition of Andrew Shirref's impressive collection of late 18th century poems, many of which are written in the Scottish dialect of the period. A scarc...

The Common Accidence Examined and Explained, by Short Questions and Answers

Charles Hoole · 1690 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, M. C. for John Clark, 1690 . Leather. A very scarce early edition of Charles Hoole's highly informative and educational young person's guide to the use of grammar in the Latin language. First published in 1683, this work is very scarce in all editions.Charles...

King Arthur and His Knights

Doris Ashley and others · 1932 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London; Paris; New York, Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. c1930. Cloth. Engaging illustrated retelling of the legend of King Arthur. In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring seven colour plates, including the cover and frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Col...

John Newbery and His Successors 1740-1814

S. Roscoe · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Wormley, Five Owls Press Ltd, 1973. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this fascinating illustrated bibliography of prominent children's publisher John Newbery. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring a tipped-in...

Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle: A Bibliography of Published Works

Patricia Hall · 2001 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Gretna, Pelican Publishing Company, 2001. First edition. Cloth. Signed first edition of Patricia Hall's expansive bibliography on Johnny Gruelle's published works, profusely illustrated throughout. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclip...

Early Children&Apos;S Books and Their Illustration

Gerald Gottlieb; J. H. Plumb; Charles Ryskamp · 1975 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library; Oxford University Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth. a First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring 225 illustrations, including fifty-four plates, in both colour and black and white. Col...

Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1899 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899 . Leather. Smart full-calf collection of the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson. The "Albion" edition.In brown full-calf binding with marbled endpapers.Extensive poetry collection from Alfred Lord Tennyson, best known for "The Charge of the ...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1860 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1860. Leather. Lovely full-morocco illustrated poetry collection from significant Romantic writer Samuel Rogers, featuring a prominent contemporary inscription. New edition.Bound in full morocco.Contemporary inscription from British biographer and po...

Maud: A Monodrama

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1922 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.37 | ¥16,667)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1922. Cloth. Beautifully colour illustrated, decorative-cloth edition of Tennyson's chivalric epic. In publisher's original decorative cloth binding.Prize bookplate of Holmewood School, London, dated 1924.Featuring eight colour plat...

The Dome: A Quarterly Containing Examples of All the Arts

Ernest J. Oldmeadow [ed.]; Various · 1897 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The Unicorn Press, 1897. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the first issue of 'The Dome', an illustrated late 19th-century literary periodical edited by Ernest J. Oldmeadow. First trade edition of No. 1 of The Dome.In the publisher's paper bo...