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Rupert Annuals for the Years 1969 & 1970
Alfred Bestall · 1969 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Daily Express Publications, 1969-1970. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first editions of the Rupert Bear annuals for the years 1969 and 1970. Two volumes. First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear who lives …
A Sort of Traitors & Seen Dimly Before Dawn
Nigel Balchin · 1949 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Collins, 1949-62. First edition. Cloth. A pair of first edition novels by Nigel Balchin, comprised of 'A Sort of Traitors' and 'Seen Dimly Before Dawn&apos. Two first edition novels. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unclipped dust wra…
Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young
A. A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson · 1926 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Methuen & Co, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of the poems of A. A. Milne put to songs, illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. The first edition of this work.A collection of fourteen poems put to music by H. Fraser-Simson. …
On High Hills: Memories of the Alps
Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1927 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. Cloth. The second edition of Young's popular account of his climbs in the Alps, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. …
Ancient Earthworks and Camps of Somerset
Ed. J. Burrow [Edward J. Burrow] · 1924 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Cheltenham, Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of this collection of drawings of British, Saxon and Roman camps in Somerset. No. 678 of 1025 limited edition copies, and the first edition of this uncommon work, in a quarter cloth bi…
Letters from the North of Italy. Addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq.
William Stewart Rose · 1819 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of William Stewart Rose's travel work on Italy, recounting his experiences exploring the north of the country, The first edition.Complete in two volumes.The travel letters of William Stewart Rose, penned …
Through America; or, Nine Months in the United States
W. G. Marshall · 1881 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting illustrated travel work on nine months spent by the author in the United States. The first edition.A vivid travel account of the author's experiences spendin…
The Meitheis
T. C. Hodson; Sir Charles J. Lyall · 1908 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, David Nutt, 1908. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition work exploring the Meitheis, predominantly focused on their folklore, an illustrated work with striking colour plates. The first edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one foldi…
The Owls of Olynn Belfry. A Tale for Children.
A.Y.D. · 1885 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, Field & Tuer, [1885]. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this very scarce children's tale illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, in a signed binding by Zaehnsdorf. The first edition of this very scarce work, dated 1885 via the British Library.In a half morocco…
The Pale Horse
Agatha Christie · 1961 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, The Crime Club, by Collins, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Agathe Christie's thrilling murder mystery, with a somewhat supernatural theme. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped du…
The Communist Insurrection in Malaya 1948-1960
Anthony Short · 1975 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1975. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition study on the communist uprisings of Malaysia the post-War country. The first edition of this uncommon work.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.A major and important study on the 1948-6…
The White King; or, Charles the First, and the Men and Women, Life and Manners, Literature and Art of England in the First Half of the 17th Century
W. H. Davenport Adams · 1889 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, George Redway, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A scarce two-volume set of W. H. Davenport Adams' biography of King Charles I, popularly known as the White King, The first edition of this scarce two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictori…
Ausgewahlte Werke
Jean Paul · 1847 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
Berlin, G. Reimer , 1847-1849. Leather. Sixteen volumes across five of works by Jean Paul, with folding plates. In the original German. Complete in sixteen volumes which are bound across five.Jean Paul was a German Romantic writer. He is best known for his humorous novels and …
Oeuvres de Jean Racine Avec Les Jugemens de la Harpe Et de Nouvelles Notes Grammaticales
Jean Racine; Jean Lecoutz de Levizac; C. Gros [ed.] · 1811 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, B. Dulau and Co. 1811. Leather. A scarce three volume set of the works of renowned French playwright Jean Racine; the second edition revised and enlarged by C. Gros. The second edition of this three-volume work in half calf bindings with marbled boards and gilt decoratio…
The Plagiary &Apos;Warned&Apos;. A Vindication of the Drama, the Stage, and Public Morals
Reverend John Angell James · 1824 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
Birmingham, J. Drake, 1824. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of this very scarce volume in which Reverend John Angell James defends the reopening of the Birmingham Theatre. The English Nonconformist clergyman and writer John Angell James defends the reopening of the Birm…
Banbury a History
Brian Little · 2003 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Sussex, Phillimore , 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brian Little's study of Banbury, a historic market town in Oxfordshire. This association copy belonged to the author's aunt, and has a letter stapled in, as well as an inscription by the author to the …
The Proceedings of the Honourable House of Commons, Who Met at Oxford, March 21st 1681, and Were Dissolved the 28th of the Same Moneth
1681 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, John Peacock, 1681. Disbound. A very scarce pamphlet containing the proceedings of the House of Commons during the Popish Plot, a fascinating contemporary work on the conspiracy. Very scarce.ESTC citation number R29780.Advertisement to the first leaf.Collated, lacking th…
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens · 1865 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1865 . First edition. Leather. The first edition in book form, first issue, of one of Charles Dickens's final novels. The first edition of this work is book form. The first issue, with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with &a…
Fix Bayonets
John W. Thomason Jr. · 1955 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Cloth. Through vivid prose and illustrations, John William Thomason Jr. recounts his memories of battles at Belleau Woods, Soissons, and Blanc Mont in 1918 when the Marines of the Fourth Brigade fought to defend Paris. In this work o…
Stuff and Nonsense and So on
Walter De La Mare · 1927 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Constable and Co. Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry by Walter De La Mare in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Stuff and Nonsense and So On by Walter de la Mare in the original publisher's cloth bin…