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Little Ann and Other Poems

Jane Taylor; Ann Taylor · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

London, Frederick Warne &Co, c1900. Cloth. A charming collection of narrative poems for children by the author of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". With colour illustrations by Victorian artist Kate Greenaway. An early edition of this wonderfully illustrated collection of child...

J.M. Barrie&Apos;S Peter Pan & Wendy

J. M. Barrie; May Byron · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London , Hodder & Stoughton , c1930. Cloth. An illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy. This edition of Peter Pan & Wendy has been retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author and with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. The we...

Collected Works of Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon · 1930 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

New York; London , Faber and Faber; The Viking Press, 1930-1946. Cloth. Three volumes of work by war author and poet Siegfried Sassoon. Three volumes of works by war poet Siegfried Sassoon. This includes:A first edition copy of Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) which is a...

The Works of Lord Byron

Lord Byron · 1829 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London, John Murray , 1829. Leather. The works of famous Romantic poet Lord Byron in four uniform pocket sized volumes. John Murray's edition of the collected works works of Romantic English poet Lord Byron in four pocket sized volumes. In uniform morocco bindings complet...

The Forbidden Zone

Mary Borden · 1929 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, William Heinemann, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Mary Borden's semi-autobiographical novel, in the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, of this work from the Chicago born socialite Mary Borden, who...

The Epping Hunt

Thomas Hood · 1829 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,543)

London, George Tilt, 1829. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of this hunting poem by Thomas Wood, illustrated by George Cruikshank. First edition. Illustrated with six engravings on wood, with tissue guards for plates. Collated complete. An exciting poem about...

The L-Shaped Room

Lynne Reid Banks · 1960 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of Banks's first novel, The L-Shaped Room. First edition. Following the story of a young woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the b...

The Collected Tales of A.E. Coppard

A. E. Coppard · 1951 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of outstanding short stories from A. E. Coppard. A first edition copy of this collection of tales by A. E. Coppard. This volume contains thirty-eight works by A. E. Coppard which w...

Poems

Rupert Brooke · 1959 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London , The Folio Society, 1959. Leather. A lovely copy of Poems by Rupert Brooke. A fourth impression copy. A lovely volume of poems by Rupert Brooke with illustrations by Buckland-Wright. Some of the poems that appear in this volume include Second Best, Day That I Have Lov...

Jill the Reckless

P. G. Wodehouse · 1920 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Herbert Jenkins, c1921. Cloth. The seventh printing of this successful novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Popular novel by GP Wodehouse, first published in 1920 in New York. This is the seventh impression of the UK edition, dated via Jisc. Following the adventures of heroine J...

The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces

William Golding · 1965 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Faber and Faber, 1965 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of essays by the well renowned British novelist William Golding. First edition of The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces by William Golding in the original publisher's cloth bind...

Up the Junction

Nell Dunn · 1963 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1963. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Nell Dunn. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of short stories that depict contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham...

A Day of Dwarfs

Peter Everett · 1962 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Neville Spearman, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon novel by Peter Everett. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of Peter Everett's debut novel, found in the original dust wrapper. In order to bring the intensity...

Farmer Duck

Martin Waddell · 1991 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

London, Walker Books, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler. The first edition, first impression of this delightful children&apo...

The Old Devils

Kingsley Amis · 1986 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg, Hutchinson, 1986 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Kingsley Amis's novel in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrappe...

The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher

Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Reverend Alexander Dyce [Ed.] · 1843 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, Edward Moxon, 1843-1845 . Leather. Famed for their collaboration, this set contains the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Comprising the complete dramatic works of Renaissance playwrights Francis Beaumont and John Fl...

Old Rhymes and New Chosen for Use in Schools

Walter de la Mare · 1932 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London , Constable and Co, 1932. First edition. Paperback. An uncommon first edition copy of this poetry anthology for children. A first edition copy of this uncommon volume of poems for use in school, by Walter de la Mare. This is the second series.This anthology of poems for...

The Crossing and the Judas Factor

Ted Allbeury · 1984 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Great Britain, New English Library , 1984-1987 . First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works by British author Ted Allbeury in the original dust wrappers. First editions of The Crossing (1984) and The Judas Factor (1987) by Ted Allbeury in the original publisher's cloth...

Allan Quatermain, Being an Account of His Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John Good, and One Umslopogaas

Henry Rider Haggard · 1888 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888 . Cloth. An early edition of this action adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard with illustrations. Early edition of Allan Quatermain, Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries in Company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John...

Novels of George Eliot

George Eliot · 1892 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892 . Cloth. A lovely five volume set of the novels of George Eliot in uniform cloth binding. A lovely set of the Novels of George Eliot in the original publisher's cloth bindings. A set of five works, all of which are u...