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The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray · 1822 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Benbow, 1822 [c1885]. Hardback. The complete 'Faublas' novels of Louvet de Couvray popular novel about a philandering young man. Complete in four volumes.The complete 'Faublas' novels by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray. The novels follows a young no...

Gleanings from the Pastures of Tekoa, and, Mrs. Dubosq&Apos;S Bible

Robert William Forrest; William Gilbert · 1876 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington; Strahan and Company Limited, 1876-79. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce first edition religious works bound in one, one being a series of lectures on the Book of Amos, and the other a novel revolving around a 1650 Geneva B...

C1906 the Works of Lord Macaulay Vol 1 Literary Essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 0 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, George Routledge & Sons, Limited, c1906. Leather. A smart volume of the literary essays of British political figure and historian Thomas Baron Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay. In the publisher's original navy morocco leather binding.This edition is undated. Dated her...

Gray&Apos;S Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard

Thomas Grey; Christopher Sandford [foreword.] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. Cloth. A lovely, limited edition of this cornerstone of 18th-century English poetry, reflecting on death, obscurity, and rural life, with engravings throughout. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper b...

Dylan Thomas: Letters to Vernon Watkins

Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins [intro, editor] · 1957 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; Faber and Faber Ltd. 1957 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this work, revealing 20 years of revealing correspondence between Dylan Thomas and fellow poet and close friend, Vernon Watkins. In the publisher's original green cl...

Twenty-Five Aesop&Apos;S Fables Eight Volumes Bound As One

Aesop; Shogo Hirata [Contributor] · 1991 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Unknown, Joie, Inc. 1991. First edition. Cloth. Eight vibrantly illustrated volumes of Aesop"s Fables, skillfully rebound into a single volume. Rebound in brown cloth with charming gilt star decoration.This edition comprises eight volumes, each containing a selection of fables...

The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior · 1779 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington et al, 1779 . First edition. Leather. Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed's personal copy of the two volume first edition of this collected edition of Matthew Prior's poetry, with tipped in notes from Reed throughout. The first...

Aesop at Court; or, the Labyrinth of Versailles

Charles Perrault; Daniel Bellamy · 1768 · Rooke Books

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

London, Printed for ye editor, 1768 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of Daniel Bellamy's translation of this satire about Aesop navigating the 'labyrinth' of the French court, illustrated with engraved plates by George Bickham. A very scar...

The Fables of Aesop

Samuel Croxall; Aesop · 1837 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Halifax, William Milner, 1837. Leather. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, bound in full suede and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen ...

The Fables of Aesop

Samuel Croxall; Aesop · 1835 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

Halifax, William Milner, 1835. Leather. A pocket sized edition of Samuel Croxall's noted edition of Aesop's fables, smarty bound in quarter calf and adorned with many wood engravings. A nineteenth century edition of Samuel Croxall's edition. Illustrated with an...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables, with Proverbs and Applications

Aesop · 1897 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Bliss, Sands & Co, 1897. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Aesop's fables with additional proverbs and applications, illustrated with charming engravings throughout, and bound in crushed moroco. A new edition, with proverbs and applications.Bound by Eric Swe...

The Fables of Aesop

Samuel Croxall [trans]; Sir Roger L'Estrange [Trans]; G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine; Aesop · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1887. Cloth. A strikingly bound copy of Aesop's fables, with charming illustrations throughout, bound by Eric Sweet with moire cloth panels and a cloth chemise and slipcase. A new edition. Part of the 'Chandos Classics' series. ...

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop · 1908 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. Cloth. The very scarce first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated edition of the popular fables of Aesop, with her fantastic colour plates throughout, and in the original early dust wrapper. The first Lucy Fitch Perkins illustrated editio...

Aesop without Morals: The Famous Fables and a Life of Aesop

Lloyd W. Daly · 1961 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this newly translated and 'uncensored' collected of Aesop's fables. First edition. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.This collection of Aesop's fables is ...

The Big Book of Fables

Walter Jerrold [ed.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Blackie and Sons Limited , 1912. First edition. Leather. A striking copy of this anthology of fables, lavishly illustrated with colour plates and bound by collector and typographer, Eric Sweet. The first trade edition of this delightful book of fables edited by Walter ...

The Orchard Book of Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Aesop; Michael Morpurgo · 2004 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Orchard Books, 2004. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition, first impression of this collection of the fables of Aesop, retold for children, with bright illustrations throughout. First edition, first impression. Illustrated in colour throughout. A collect...

The Poems of Nizami

Laurence Binyon · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Studio Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this description of the poems of twelfth-century poet Nizami Ganjavi, with colour plates. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen colour plates. Collated complete. A description of five of the poems o...

Shakespeare to Hardy: An Anthology of English Lyrics

A. Methuen; Robert Lynd · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1922. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this anthology of English poetry. First edition. An anthology of English poetry and verse from Shakespeare to Hardy, with selections from authors including: Matthew Arnold, Walter De La M...

Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists

Aesop; Sir Roger l'Estrange · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Ernest Benn, Limited, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of fables and myths adorned with lovely illustrations after Marcus Gheeraerts. Twenty-four fables of Aesop and others collected into one volume, the first trade edition. Illustra...

Westward Ho!

Charles Kingsley · 0 · Rooke Books

£117.00 (€140.24 | $154.57 | ¥24,683)

London, The Walter Scott Publishing Co. c1900. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this historical novel from British author Charles Kingsley. With a frontispiece. A historical novel beginning in Bideford in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I. The novel follows the adven...