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For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale

Lewis Carroll; Hugh J. Schonfield · 1932 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Denis Archer, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short works from Lewis Carroll original written for The Train. First edition. Originally published in The Train between 1856 and 1857, together with some Carrollean episodes concernin...

Ardizzone&Apos;S Hans Andersen: Fourteen Classic Tales

Hans Christian Andersen; Edward Ardizzone; Stephen Corrin [translator] · 1978 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Andre Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of classic tales from Hans Christian Andersen, with illustrations throughout. First edition of this collection. Illustrated with sixteen full-page colour images and numerous in-text bla...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) Keeps a Dog

Kathleen Hale · 1950 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Country Life Limited, 1950. Cloth. The second impression of this charming Orlando tale, a colourfully illustrated volume in the original dust wrapper. The second impression, published the year after the first.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming Orlando ta...

The Silver Swan, a Legendary Tale

Madame De Chatelain · 0 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1860. Cloth. A scarce fairy tale by Madame Clara de Chatelain, an illustrated story about an inn. A scarce work, this being the blue cloth variant. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the Victoria and Albert Museum Libraries.A charming fa...

A Collection of Beatrix Potter Tales

Beatrix Potter · 1949 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,508)

London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1949-85. Hardback. A nice set of ten popular Beatrix Potter tales, all with their original colour illustrations and dust wrappers. A nice collection of ten popular tales by Beatrix Potter, all in the original dust wrappers, collecting togethe...

Oeuvres de Monsieur de Boissy

Louis de Boissy · 1758 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Amsterdam; Berlin, Jean Neaulme, 1758. Leather. A complete set of the collected plays of Louis de Boissy, containing his best known works. Complete as eight volumes bound in four.In the original French and Italian.The collected works of Louis de Boissy, published in the year o...

Scenes de la Vie Privee

Honore de Balzac · 1839 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris, Charpentier, 1839. Leather. A collection of the brilliant short stories of Honore de Balzac, in the original French. Complete in two volumes.In the original French.Two volumes of short stories by Honore de Balzac, collecting together eleven tales with themes of passion ...

Mr. Sponge&Apos;S Sporting Tour, Handley Cross, Ask Mamma

Robert Smith Surtees · 0 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

London, Methuen & Co, c1900. Cloth. Three of the popular sporting novels of Robert Smith Surtees bound in one volume, illustrated throughout by John Leech. Three sporting novels by Robert Smith Surtees bound in one volume.Part of the 'Methuen"s Sixpenny Books' Series...

Around Theatres

Max Beerbohm · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, William Heinemann, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this two-volume collection of Beerbohm's witty theatre reviews for The Saturday Review. A first edition of this two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding; blue for volume I and ...

Johnny Bear; Old Silver Grizzle the Badger; Billy

Ernest Thompson Seton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1925. Cloth. Three uniformly bound volumes of short animal stories by Ernest Thompson Seton, with charming illustrations. A set of three volumes uniformly bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.Illustrated by the auth...

Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey [ed.] · 1806 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 . Leather. A smart two volume illustrated edition of Butler's satirical poem, with additional annotations and a preface from Zachary Grey. Complete in two volumes.The poem tells the story of Sir Hudibr...

Three

William Sansom · 1946 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, The Hogarth Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this trio of vivid and unusual short stories by William Sansom, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. With the original unclipped...

Web of Lucifer: A Novel of the Borgia Fury

Maurice Samuel · 1948 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Robert Hale Limited , 1948. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of this novel which takes place during the Borgias' rule of Renaissance Italy. The first UK edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Taking place during the ...

Margie at the Harbour-Light: A Story for the Young

Rev. Edward A. Rand · 1893 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,960)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons , 1893. Cloth. An early edition of this story for young girls, containing a charming tale about a girl who moves into a lighthouse. An early edition of this work. First published in 1890, however copies of this work dated pre-1900 are very scarce...

The Three Buttons: A Faery Tale

1864 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,799)

London, Bosworth and Harrison, 1864. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce Victorian children's fairy tale about gluttony, complete with six coloured plates. A vanishingly scarce children's book containing a fairy tale, 'The Three Buttons&apos. In the p...

The Fisher Village

Anne Beale · 1894 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1894. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this English novel by popular author Anne Beale, set in a quaint but efficiently run fictional fishing village. First edition. Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library. In the pu...

Lady Betty&Apos;S Twins

E. M. Waterworth · 1896 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co. Ltd , 1896. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated children's novel, with a catalogue of publisher's advertisements. The first edition of this very scarce children's novel. In the original decorative green cloth binding....

A Queen Among Girls

Ellinor Davenport Adams · 1900 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Blackie and Son, Limited , 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this inspiring novel about a girl who defends her timid younger brother, with illustrations. A very scarce first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding....

Living Animals

Hilary Stebbing · 1954 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce collection of interesting guides on animals for children, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with numerous colour and black-and wh...

The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith; Robert Aris Willmott [editor] · 1860 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,912)

London, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated new edition of this collection of poetry from Oliver Goldsmith. New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous colour vignettes throughout. A collection of poetry by novelist and po...