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The Orange Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · 1914 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1914. Cloth. An uncommon to see early edition of Andrew Lang's tenth 'Fairy Book' this being his charming orange volume, illustrated with all colour plates present. An uncommon to see early edition of this work.Illustrated with a c…
The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Percy Fitzgerald · 1876 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, E. Moxon & Company, 1876. Leather. A smart complete set of this collection of works and letters from Charles Lamb, with biographical sketches and notes. Complete in six volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. The life, letters, and works of English essayist,…
Baron Bruno; or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories
Louisa Morgan · 1875 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1875. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition copy of this volume of five short stories by Louisa Morgan, one of the first works to be illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. The first and only edition edition of this very scarce work.Smartly bou…
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The English Humourists in Art. A Catalogue of the Exhibition Containing 100 Pages of Illustrations.
Not Statetd · 1889 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1889. Leather. A very scarce catalogue detailing an 1889 exhibition of the works of noted English humorists, illustrated with examples of their works. A very scarce work.Sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf.Original wraps are boun…
The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: And Mrs. Gamp.
Charles Dickens · 1858 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First edition. Paperback. The first reading edition of these three tales by Charles Dickens, charming festive tales by the eminent author. The first "reading edition" of this work, the rarest of Dickens's five reading editions.Containing thre…
Portfolio of Fragments, Relative to the History & Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster
Matthew Gregson · 1817 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
Liverpool, G. F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1817. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Matthew Gregson's important history on the city of Lancaster, an extensive work with three parts bound in one, illustrated throughout. The first edition.Three parts bound i…
Orley Farm
Anthony Trollope · 1862 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1862. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of the uncommon to see first U.S. edition of Anthony Trollope's personal favourite of his novels, complete with the original illustrations by Millais. The first U.S. edition, published in the same year …
The Girl on the Boat
P. G. Wodehouse · 1925 · Rooke Books
£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1925. Cloth. An early edition of an entertaining novel by P. G. Wodehouse, set upon an ocean liner sailing to England. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The fifth…
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Douglas Adams · 1984 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Pan Original, 1984. First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this novel by Douglas Adams, with an eye-catching dust wrapper with a moving dinosaur motif. This is a first edition of the work, in the original publisher's cloth binding, with the original…
Three Volumes from "Sapper
Sapper" [H. C. McNeile] · 1933 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933-1941. Cloth. A smart collection of three volumes written by "Sapper" from the Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket series. Three volumes. Written by "Sapper" the pen name of Herman Cyril McNeile, a British soldier and author. As serving officers …
Hands Off Bulldog Drummond
Gerard Fairlie · 1949 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detective novel featuring Sapper's character Bulldog Drummond, written by his successor, Gerard Fairlie. This is a first edition of the work in original publisher's blue cloth binding with …
Cupid&Apos;S Whirligig; the Tragedy of Osmond the Great Turk, or the Noble Servant; the Fool Would Be a Favourit: Or, the Discreet Lover
Edward Sharpham; Edward Lodowick Carlell · 1926 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Cloth. A limited edition reprint of three seventeenth century play. A limited edition set containing reprints of three seventeenth century plays. The present copy of 'Cupid's Whirligig' is number 112 of 550 printed. The pre…
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne
Gilbert White · 1887 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, J. and A. Arch, 1887. Leather. A popular work by Gilbert White, in which he discusses the natural history and antiquities of Selbourne. A new edition of Gilbert White's best known work on the natural history and antiquities of the Hampshire village of Selbourne. Fol…
Man Heaven Earth
Henri Tracol · 1980 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Not Stated, Pembridge Design Studios, 1980 . First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce esoteric work by Henri Tracol, regarding the role of man, heaven and earth, and how they are represented in various scriptures. Tracol was a pupil of mystic, philosopher …
The Theatre of Life
George Robert Sims · 1881 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)
London, John P. Fuller, 1881 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of short stories from prolific poet, journalist and writer George Robert Sims, in the vibrant publisher's original paper covered boards. The first edition in book form of this short…
The Scarlet Tree; Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations
Osbert Sitwell · 1949 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
London, Macmillan & Co. 1949-1950. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes of Osbert Sitwell's interesting autobiography. Volumes two and five from Osbert Sitwell's autobiography entitled Left Hand Right Hand. With twenty three plates to each volume, collated and complete. W…
A View of Society and Manners in Italy
John Moore, M.D. · 1781 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this study of the society and manners of eighteenth century Italy, written by John Moore as he was travelling with the Duke of Hamilton. The complete and very scarce first edition of…
Misalliance and Androcles and the Lion
Bernard Shaw · 1914 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
London, Constable and Company LTD, 1914-23. First edition. Cloth. Two smart volumes containing six popular plays of the leading Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, uncommon to see in early dust wrappers. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Two volumes of George Bernard Sha…
The Poems of John Ruskin: Now First Collected from Original Manuscript and Printed Sources; and Edited, in Chronological Order, with Notes, Biographical and Critical
John Ruskin; W. G. Collingwood · 1891 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, George Allen, 1891. First edition. Leather. A first edition, two-volume set of poetry by the renowned Victorian writer, John Ruskin. With illustrations throughout. The first collected edition, being the first collection of Ruskin's poetry. Complete in two volumes. I…
Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated Into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: With Original Poems
John Dryden · 1734 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Jacob Tonson , 1734. Leather. A scarce new edition of John Dryden's collected fables, in a very smart half morocco binding. The scarce fourth edition. Rebound in handsome half morocco with new endpapers. WIth an engraved frontispiece and some small vignette illustra…