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The Story of Little Black Sambo
Helen Bannerman · 1919 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1919. Hardback. Helen Bannerman's popular children's work following a young South Indian boy, complete with colour plates. Helen Bannerman's oft-reprinted children's tale.The tale follows a South Indian boy named Sambo, who encounte...
The Temple of Gnidus
Charles de Secondat; Baron de Montesquieu; Octave Uzanne · 1889 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Vizetelly & Co, [1889]. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this poem in prose by influential French author Montesquieu, complete with beautiful plates. A limited edition, being one of six hundred and fifty copies, on hand-made paper, with a single set of plates, for the ...
The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; a Rural Poem
Robert Bloomfield · 1800 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Vernor and Hood; T. Bensley, 1800. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this incredibly popular pastoral poem by Robert Bloomfield. The first edition, large paper issue.Half-title is present.Two pages of adverts to the rear.With engravings throughout. Collated,...
The Fables of Aesop, and Others
Aesop · 1818 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)
Newcastle , E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son; Longman and Co, 1818 . First edition. Leather. Thomas Bewick scholar Thomas Hugo's own copy of the Royal 8vo edition of Bewick's Aesop's fables, illustrated throughout with vignette engravings. One of 500 copies on Ro...
Men Like Gods
H. G. Wells · 1923 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Cassell and Company, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of H. G. Wells's 1920s 'science fantasy', a novel set in a Utopian parallel universe to our own. The first edition, first issue of this work, in the first issue Currey 'A' bind...
The African Queen
C. S. Forester · 1936 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, William Heinemann, 1936 . Cloth. The scarce 'cheap edition' of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa. The scarce 1936 cheap edition of ...
Payment Deferred
C. S. Forester · 1926 · Rooke Books
£430.00 (€515.42 | $568.09 | ¥90,717)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. A handsome example of the first edition of C. S. Foreser's psychological crime novel, a departure from his usual tales of naval adventure. The first edition, first impression.A thrilling crime novel from Fore...
The Fables of Aesop and Others; with Instructive Applications
Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1834 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Joseph Smith, 1834. Leather. A smartly bound pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, bound by Eric Sweet in crushed morocco with a uniform chemise and clamshell casing, and adorned with many wood engravings. A beautifully bou...
Aesop&Apos;S Fbales
Blanche Winder; Aesop · 0 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, c1933. Cloth. Blanche Winder's retelling of the fables of Aesop, in the very scarce original dust wrapper eautifully illustrated by Harry Rountree. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, very scarce dust wrapp...
Fables of Aesop; with Instructive Applications
Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1855 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, T. Allman, [1855]. Cloth. Two pocket sized copies of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, one in the original cloth and the other smartly bound by Eric Sweet in gilt cloth, and both housed in a cardboard clamshell casing. A two volume set, featur...
By Jack Rosenthal: An Autobiography in Six Acts
Jack Rosenthal; Maureen Lipman · 2005 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Robson Books, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this unique autobiography from Jack Rosenthal. Signed by Maureen Lipman and previously owned by an acquaintance of their daughter, playwright Amy Rosenthal. An excellent copy signed by Rosenthal's wife, ac...
Aesop&Apos;S Fables: A New Edition with Proverbs and Applications
Aesop · 1897 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Bliss, Sands & Co. 1897. Cloth. A very smart edition of Aesop's classic fables, each accompanied by a relevant proverb from the writings of Shakespeare, Macaulay and others. The first edition of this collection of Aesop's fables. With each fable paired with i...
Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop · 1912 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first of this illustrated edition of Aesop's fables, adorned with colour plates by Charles Folkard. The first edition with Charles Folkard's illustrations. In the publisher's charming pictorial clo...
Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Blanche Winder · 0 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1930. Cloth. A delightful illustrated collection of Aesop's fables, retold by Blanche Winder and with colour plates by Harry Rountree. A very smart illustrated anthology of these classic fables from Aesop.In the publisher's origin...
Al Baghdadi: Tales Told by the Tigris
Edward F. Madaras · 1936 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
New York, Jesuit Mission Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of stories from Edward F. Madaras, with the original dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughou...
A Collection of Ladybird Books of Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop; Marie Stuart; Anne McKie; Alison Ainsworth; Ronne Randall · 1974 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Loughborough, Ladybird Books, 1974-1998. Hardback. A smart collection of six Ladybird Books containing Aesop's Fables, written for children. Six volumes. Ladybird Books. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storytell...
The Tortoise and the Ducks and Other Aesop Fables & Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop · 1963 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1963-1965. Hardback. Two smart copies of these very scarce collections of fables for children, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Very scarce works. Illustrated throughout with full colour. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, ...
Aesop&Apos;S Fables
Aesop · 0 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. c1920. Cloth. A smartly bound copy of this very scarce collection of fables attributed to Aesop, with colour illustrations. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout with twelve colour full-page images. A collection of the fables attributed to A...
Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae
Phaedri; S. A. Phillippe [Ed.] · 1754 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
Paris , Joseph Barbou, 1754 . Leather. A scarce mid eighteenth-century edition of the fables of Phaedrus, strikingly illustrated with vignettes and a frontispiece from Durand. Scarce work. Beautifully bound in contemporary calf, housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. ...
Beeton&Apos;S Christmas Annual
Various · 1872 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)
London, Weldon & Co; S. O. Beeton; Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1872-76. Leather. Four seasons of the Beeton 'Christmas Annual' profusely illustrated annuals collecting together entertaining tales and poems. Four seasons of 'Beeton's Christmas Annual' bound ...