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The Fables of Aesop with Applications, Morals, Etc.
Aesop; Samuel Croxall; Sir Roger L'Estrange; Rev. G. F. Townsend; L. Valentine · 0 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London; New York, Frederick Warne and Co. c1890. Cloth. A richly illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables, featuring 159 of these timeless tales with additional moral applications by Rev. G. F. Townsend and L. Valentine. In the publisher's original red cloth binding, with…
Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated Into English
Aesop; Samuel Croxall [trans.] · 1825 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)
London, C. and J. Rivington et al. 1825 . Leather. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco, this is a charmingly illustrated early nineteenth century edition of Croxall's edition of the fables of Aesop. The twenty-second Croxall edition of Aesop's fables.Illustrated with a…
Fables of Aesop and Others
Aesop; Samuel Croxall [trans.] · 1731 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1731 . Leather. The very scarce third edition of Samuel Croxall's translation of the fables of Aesop, vibrantly bound in half morocco by Eric Sweet, and illustrated throughout. The very scarce third edition of this work, which was first publi…
The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Percy Fitzgerald · 1876 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, E. Moxon and Co, 1876. Leather. A set of the collected writings and biography on Charles Lamb, including his best known works. Complete in six volumes.A biographical account of the life, letters, and writings of Charles Lamb.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I. C…
A Collection of Novels by Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace · 1926 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1926-1929. Cloth. Eight uniformly bound works of fiction by noted British war correspondent and author, Edgar Wallace. Eight volumes. Early editions. Written by Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adve…
Iron Will; Villains Galore: The Heyday of the Popular Story Weekly; Drum
Charles Neville Buck; W. R. Burnett; Mary Noel; Kyle Onstott · 1927 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
New York, Grosset and Dunlap; The Macmillan Company; The Dial Press, 1927-1962. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works centred around 19th-century southern America, complete with the original dust wrappers. First edition, first printings of these works. This set offers …
The Naval History of Great Britain
William James · 1886 · Rooke Books
£1,295.00 (€1,552.49 | $1,711.16 | ¥273,283)
London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1886. Leather. An extensive illustrated history of the British Navy, a fascinating history by William James, illustrated with portraits and folding table. Complete in six volumes.Bound by A. H. Swiss, Devonport.Volume I is illustrated with a fronti…
Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young", Songs from "Now We Are Six
A. A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson · 1926 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1926-27. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of two beautiful anthology of songs by A. A. Milne, complete with Shepard's charming illustrations. The first editions.Two charming volumes of A. A. Milne's songs put to music by H. Fraser Simso…
The Waverley Novels
Sir Walter Scott · 1827 · Rooke Books
£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)
Edinburgh, William Paterson, c1887. Leather. A complete 25 volume collection of Sir Walter Scott's popular 'Waverley Novels', bound in quarter morocco. The 'Edinburgh Edition&apos. Bound in quarter morocco with cloth to the boards. A complete twenty-five vo…
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1848 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Cloth. An early issue of the first edition of Thackeray's classic novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Illustrated throughout by the author himself. A first edition in book form, early issue; without the suppressed woodcut …
Heads of the People: Or, Portraits of the English
Kenny Meadows; Douglas Jerrold; W.M. Thackeray et al · 1878 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, George Routledge and Sons, 1878. Leather. A half morocco edition of Kenny Meadow's humorous work discussing people's features and how they denote personality, in signed bindings by Henderson & Bisset. An excellent example of this work, in half morocco signed bi…
1981 Dark Blue and Dangerous 1984 Dropped Dead 1984 Seeing Red
Jonathon Ross; Roger Ormerod · 1981 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Constable & Company Ltd, 1981-1984. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set of thrilling police detective novels from prolific authors John Rossiter and Roger Ormerod. A set of three scarce police detective novels. All first editions. 'Dropped Dead' is an advan…
A Tour in Scotland
1790 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Benjamin White, 1790. Leather. The fifth edition of this detailed and illustrated travel work of Scotland by the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant, complete in three volumes. The fifth edition of this three-volume work in half calf bindings, with marbled boards and end pap…
History of the Conquest of Mexico: Volumes I & II; History of the Reign of Philip the Second: Volume III
William H. Prescott · 1849 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Richard Bentley; Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1849-1859. Leather. Early editions of two of William H. Prescott's most important historical works, on the Conquest of Mexico and the reign of King Philip II. The fourth edition of volumes I and II of History of the…
Twenty-Eight Mounted Photographs of the North Devon Coast
None · 1890 · Rooke Books
£875.00 (€1,048.98 | $1,156.19 | ¥184,651)
Not Stated, James Valentine & Co, c1895. Leather. A very scarce and unique collection of twenty-eight mounted albumen print photographs looking at North Devon. A very scarce photographic study of North Devon, produced by James Valentine & Co.This volume includes a total of twent…
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe · 1815 · Rooke Books
£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)
London, J. Gold; Joseph Mawman, 1815. Leather. A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects. A very unusual and scarce edition of the popular novel of Daniel Defoe. The or…
Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russian and Siberia Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka; Performed During the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823
Capt. John Dundas Cochrane · 1824 · Rooke Books
£3,950.00 (€4,735.39 | $5,219.38 | ¥833,567)
London, John Murray, 1824 . First edition. Leather. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Cochrane's scarce account of his Russian and Siberian travels, inscribed by the author to his sister, Lady Napier. A signed association copy of this scarce first edit…
Irene Iddesleigh
Amanda McKittrick Ros · 1926 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Leather. A smart limited edition copy of what is considered to be one of the worst novels ever published, an illustrated edition published by the Nonesuch Press. A limited edition of 1,250 copies, of which this is numbered 99.Generally considere…
Works of Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis; Eric Jacobs; Neil Powell · 1984 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London; New York, Hutchinson; Macmillan; Hodder & Stoughton,; Viking; Summit Books, 1984-2007 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Ten volumes of work by and on Kingsley Amis, being a mixture of novels and memoirs of his life. A collection of ten works by Kingsley Amis. Kingsle…
The Princess Priscilla&Apos;S Fortnight
[Elizabeth von Arnim] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1905. First edition. Leather. A lovely rebound first edition of this charming drama comedy by Elizabeth von Arnim, following a runaway princess. The first edition, first impression, with no subsequent impressions listed.Scarce to see rebound in a leat…