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Chaka: An Historical Romance

Thomas Mofolo; Sir Henry Newbolt; F. H. Dutton · 1931 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

Oxford; London, International Institute of African Languages & Cultures; Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first English language edition of this great Sesotho novel, a fictionalised account of the rise and fall of the Zulu Emperor Shaka.…

The Virgin of the Sun

H. Rider Haggard · 1922 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling adventure novel set in South America by the popular author H. Rider Haggard. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original tan cloth binding, with brown …

The Realms of Gold; the Ice Age; the Middle Ground

Margaret Drabble · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975-1980. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions of works by the award-winning novelist and biographer Margaret Drabble. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dus…

The Book of Romance

Andrew Lang · 1902 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of one of the short story collections of Andrew Lang, this volume including the tales of ancient folklore, complete with illustrations throughout. The first edition.Illustrated with a colour …

A Few Sketches by the Late Randolph Caldecott

None · 1886 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1886. Leather. A very scarce volume of eight plates by Randolph Caldecott, published as a Christmas greetings not long after the eminent artist's death. A vanishingly scarce work.Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Original red wraps bound in. This volume was des…

A Handefull of Pleasant Delites

Clement Robinson and Divers Others · 1926 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, T. Werner Laurie LTD, 1926 . Cloth. A charming reprint of this poetical work by Clement Robinson, from his 1584 collection. In the publisher's smart quarter cloth binding with red paper covered boards. In the original, price-clipped dust wrapper.A facsimile of the w…

Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds End of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind

Charles G. D. Roberts · 1905 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Duckworth & Company, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition of this Canadian adventure, following the experiences of the Red Fox as it learns life lessons and how to survive. This is a First Edition of the work, bound in green cloth with a fox motif to the front boa…

Etat Des Cours de L&Apos;Europe Et Des Provinces de France Pour L&Apos;Annee M. Dcc. LXXXVI. Pubile Pour la Premiere Fois En 1783.

L'Abbe de la Roche-Tilhac · 1786 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Paris, l'Auteur et le Roy; Les Principaux Libraires de l'Europe, 1786. Paperback. A very scarce French almanac exploring the Courts of Europe in the year 1786, before the upheaval of the French Revolution. A very scarce work.In the original French.A French almanac for …

Valcreuse

Jules Sandeau · 1847 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, Desessart, 1847. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of this entertaining novel by Jules Sandeau, in the original French. A very scarce first edition.In the original French.Complete in three volumes.Following Monsieur de Valcreuse, who returns from war in …

Aurelia & Other Poems

Robert Nichols · 1920 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A first edition poetry collection by Robert Nichols, with the author's handwritten poem tipped in. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. With a handwritten poem, titled 'The Rain&ap…

Morley Ernstein; or, the Tenants of the Heart

G. P. R. James · 1842 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1842. First edition. Cloth. The first american edition of George Payne Rainsford James' 'Morley Ernstein', complete with two volumes bound in one. The scarce first American edition. Complete in two volumes, bound in one. In the origina…

Le Roman D&Apos;Un Jeune Homme Pauvre

Octave Feuillet · 1859 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Éditeurs, 1859. Leather. A smart copy of Octave Feuillet's most popular novel, which has been adapted for film multiple times. A new edition, part of the publisher's 'Oeuvres Completes d'Octave Feuillet' series. Pu…

Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1851 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. Cloth. A copiously illustrated biography of the British eccentric and rake of the Regency period, John Mytton, in the publishers' original cloth binding. John Mytton, or 'Mad Jack' as he is more widely known, was Regency rake and S…

Yes and No

William Scammell · 1979 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Cornwall, Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy containing the poetry of William Scammell, with an ink inscription from the author to the half-title page. First edition, scarce. With an ink inscription from the author to the half-ti…

Facts and Illustrations Relative to the Military Preparations Carried on in France

Sir Francis d'Ivernois · 1804 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, J. Hatchard, 1804. Cloth. A very scarce historical work First English Edition, very scarce.In a modern cloth binding, with a leather label on spine displaying the title in gilt. This is a historical work which gives the readers 'facts and illustrations' that w…

Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art

Roger Fry · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge. A series of critical and speculative essays on art by Roger Fry, concerning the transmuta…

William Dyce 1806-1864: A Critical Biography

Marcia Pointon · 1979 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.30 | $101.73 | ¥16,245)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the Scottish painter William Dyce, with over one-hundred pages of illustrations to the rear of text. First edition, uncommon, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece a…

Microcosmic God: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon · 1994 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Berkeley, North Atlantic Books, 1994-95. Cloth. The first two volumes in a collection of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon, including his well-regarded 'Microcosmic God&apos. First edition. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Illustrated with frontispieces depicting T…

Nouveaux Contes a Ninon

Emile Zola · 1886 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1886. Leather. A lovely illustrated limited edition of Emile Zola's short story collection, in the original French language and bound in delightful leather. 'Contes de Ninon' was amongst Zola's earlier works, a collection of short…

The Highfield Mole Book One: The Circle in the Spiral

Roderick Gordon; Brian Williams · 2005 · Rooke Books

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

Not Stated , Mathew & Son, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A superb signed copy of this novel by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the first hardback issue, limited to five hundred copies. A special copy featuring a cartoon doodled by Brian Williams. The first edition, first pr…