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The Rustlers of Rattlesnake Valley

Captain W. E. Johns · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, c1948. Cloth. A smart undated edition of this adventure novel from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Early edition. New era series. With a colour frontispiece by Drake Brookshaw, and English graphic designer, lithographer and illustrat...

Oeuvres Completes de P.J. De Beranger

Pierre-Jean de Beranger · 1847 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Paris, Perrotin, 1847. Leather. A collection of the works of French poet and songwriter Pierre-Jean de Beranger, in the original French. French. Nouvelle edition. Elzevirien format. Illustrated with seven engraved plates. Collated complete. The complete works of Pierre-Jean de...

The Life and Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John&Apos;S College, Cambridge

Henry Kirke White · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, Scott and Webster, c1834. Leather. A smart copy of this memoir of English poet Henry Kirke White, with examples of his work. With a frontispiece and vignette title page. The memoirs of Henry Kirke White, an English poet and hymn-writer who died at the young age of twen...

Queen&Apos;S Folly

Stanley J. Weyman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, John Murray, 1928. Cloth. A later edition of this intriguing novel from English writer Stanley John Weyman, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Later edition, originally published 1925. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The penultimate ...

Aeschyli Tragoediae

Lewis Campbell · 1898 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1898. Vellum. A smart copy of this translation of the tragedies of Ancient Greek writer Aeschylus edited by Lewis Campbell, in the original Greek. Scarce work. The works of Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father o...

Le Meunier D&Apos;Angibault

George Sand [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin] · 1933 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

Paris, Nelson, 1933. Cloth. A scarce copy of this arch-socialist novel from French writer George Sand, in the original French. French. Scarce edition. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Rejected by its original publisher as too violent an attack on property, The Miller ...

Mr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India

F. Marion Crawford · 1919 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1919. Cloth. A new issue of this thrilling novel of life in India from American writer Francis Marion Crawford. New issue. Scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A thrilling novel of life in India centered around...

Biggles & Co.

Capt. W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.49 | ¥89,634)

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this exciting adventure featuring Biggles, written by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1936.Scarce to se...

Biggles in the Baltic

W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.25 | ¥82,252)

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1940. Scarce to see with the origin...

A Study in Scarlet: A Sherlock Holmes Murder Dossier

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1983 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

New York, Quill , 1983 . First edition. Paperback. The first US edition of this intriguing crime dossier surrounding Arthur Conan Doyle's spectacular Sherlock Holmes case, 'A Study in Scarlet&apos. The first US Quill edition. Bound in the publisher's original pa...

Biggles in the Jungle

Captain W. E. Johns · 1944 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of one of the popular Biggles adventures, a very smart copy in the original dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition of this work, in turquoise cloth. In the original unclipped dust wrapp...

Bookano Stories

S. Louis Giraud; Various · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Strand Publications; Bookano Books, c1942. Hardback. A scarce number of Bookano stories, an entertaining volume of short tales and poems, complete with five colourful pop-ups. A scarce number of 'Bookano Stories', this being Number 9. Illustrated with a colo...

Colas Breugnon

Romain Rolland · 1919 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1919. First edition. Leather. An out of series example of the limited edition first edition of Romain Rolland's celebrated novel, in a signed Durvand binding. In the original French.The first edition of this work, an out of series copy of...

The Wizard&Apos;S Puzzle: An All Colour 3d Pop-Up Book

None stated · 1967 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Bancroft & Co Ltd, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce children's pop-up book about a wizard and his pet penguin in excellent condition. The first edition. A very scarce work. From the 'Animal Magic Pop-Up Series&apos. Illustr...

Q. Horati Flacci and Aeschyli Tragoediae

Q. Horati Flacci [Horace]; T. E Page [Ed]; Aeschyli; Lewis Campbell [Ed] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1895-8. Hardback. Two collections of works by the ancient Greek and Roman authors Horace and Aeschylus, bound in full paper vellum. Two volumes. In full paper vellum uniform bindings with red decorations. Written in Greek, with English introduct...

Ginx&Apos;S Baby

Edward Jenkins · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

London, Strahan and Co. Publishers , 1876. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this satirical novel by Liberal politician Edward Jenkins, bound with very smart gilt-decorated cloth. An illustrated edition of this work. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with illustrati...

Little Red Riding Hood: A Child Guidance Action Book

0 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

New York, Child Guidance Books , c1970. First edition. Hardback. A very smart action book edition of this classic children's story, with colourful illustrations by Liz Dauber. A bright action book edition of this popular European fairy tale about a young girl, her grandmo...

The Boys Book of Adventure

Eric Leyland [ed.] · 1950 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this gripping set of adventurous short stories, with the scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this uncommon collection of short stories. With the scarce unclipped dust wrapper...

The Broken Road

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason · 1907 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this adventure-romance novel from prolific English author A. E. W. Mason. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. This novel, set in India during the period o...

Animal Band

Vojtech Kubasta · 1982 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,232)

Leicester, Brown Watson, 1982. Hardback. A smart copy of this scarce pop-up book for children. Scarce work. Illustrated with six full colour pop-up plates with moveable features. Collated complete and in perfect working condition. An entertaining children's book following...