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The Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear · 1905 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1905. Cloth. A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense. Collated complete from copac. Profusely illustrated by Lear throughout. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author an...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald · 1901 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.29 | $693.60 | ¥110,724)

London, John Lane, 1901. Vellum. The desirable limited edition of the 1901 edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Illustrated by Fitzgerald H Cole This is a Limited Edition of 375 total copies, 350 of which are for sale. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' is the title E...

Over Floden Paa Forsyte-Borsen Til Leje Den Hvide Abe Den Rige Man Under Aaget

John Galsworthy · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Copenhagen, Gydendalske Boghandel, 1930-1934. Leather. Three attractively bound volumes of the novels of John Galsworthy in Danish. Containing six works bound in three. In Danish With a folding family tree of the Forsyte Saga to the rear of the Den Rige Mand volume. With the b...

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,803)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption an...

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch · 1985 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1985. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Good Apprentice' is Murdoch's 22nd novel in her extensive bibliography. It follows the story of Edward Baltram's path to redemption an...

Nuns and Soliders

Iris Murdoch · 1980 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)

New York, The Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A First U.S Edition of Murdoch's 'Nuns and Soldiers' dedicated and signed. First thus, First U.S Edition. Set in England, the novel opens with Guy Openshaw on his deathbed. A story of life and death, love a...

My Enemy&Apos;S Enemy

Kingsley Amis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by popular humorous novelist Kingsley Amis. The first edition of this short story collection. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, criti...

My Enemy&Apos;S Enemy

Kingsley Amis · 1962 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A collection of short stories by popular humorous novelist Kingsley Amis. The first edition of this short story collection, held in original price-clipped dustwrapper. Sir Kingsley Amis was a popular English novelist, poet, ...

Girl, 20

Kingsley Amis · 1971 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first U.K edition of this novel by Kingsley Amis. This novel is a dissection of the flower-power phase of the 1960s. It follows the antihero, Sir Roy Vandervane, a conductor and composer who is a pillar of the establishmen...

Don&Apos;T Upset the Choir

Reg Frary · 1965 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

London, A R Mowbray and Co, 1965. Hardback. A collection of humorous writings by Reg Frary, who was known for writing about the eccentricities of the Church. This work, 'Don't Upset The Choir', draws on real experiences from Frary, who was a singer in the choirs...

Knight-Errant

Edna Lyall · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London, Hurst and Blackett, 1910. Fine Binding. An attractively bound copy of this novel by Edna Lyall In a Relfe binding for Wanstead college. Edna Lyall was the pseudonym for Ada Ellen Bayly, an English novelist and early feminist known for her historical novels. In a half m...

The Poems of John Dryden

John Dryden · 0 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London, Charles Griffin and Co. c1854. Leather. Three volumes of John Dryden's poetry, edited with a memoir by Robert Bell. Complete in three volumes, bound as one. Edited, and with a memoir by Robert Bell. John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator and ...

Here Comes Mumfie

Katharine Tozer · 1942 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London, John Murray, 1942. Cloth. A third impression of this children's novel by Katharine Tozer. This work follows further adventures of the elephant, Mumfie. There are several 'Mumfie' books such as 'Mumfie's Uncle Samuel', 'Here Comes Mumf...

Max Fritz and Hob a Tale of Adventure

C R Coleridge · 1892 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London, National Society's Depository, c1892. First edition. Cloth. A late nineteenth century novel, illustrated throughout by W S Stacey. Believed first edition. Undated. dated using Copac and inscription to the recto of half-title page. With a publisher's catalogue...

Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs

Lafcadio Hearn · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition a beautifully illustrated collection of folk tales and insightful studies which enlighten Western audiences on Japanese culture. The first edition of Kotto: Being Japanese Curios with Sundry Cobwebs...

Broad Grins; Eccentricities for Edinburgh

George Colman the Younger · 1839 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1839. Leather. Two humorous collections of verse by the witty British dramatist, bound in one attractive quarter calf volume. The eighth edition of Broad Grins, with New Additional Tales in Verse, and the first edition of Eccentricities for Edinburgh, with ...

Rhymes without Reason

Mervyn Peake · 1944 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,162)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of Peake's eccentric of nonsense verse, illustrated with sixteen colour illustrations by Peake, and complete with the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1932 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

Nottingham , Hodder and Stoughton Limited for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd , 1932. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated centenary edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, with the uncommon original dust wrapper. A Centenary Edition of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'...

Peter Pan and Wendy: Retold for Little People

J.M. Barrie [adapt. May Byron] · 1940 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, c1940. Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of a popular retelling of Peter Pan for young children, with colour gravure plates by Golden Age illustrator Mabel Lucie Atwell. A lovely illustrated edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and We...

The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy

George Colman; David Garrick · 1766 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

London, T. Becket, P.A. De Hondt; R. Baldwin; R. Davis; T. Davies, 1766. First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of Colman and Garrick"s comedy of secret marriage, manners, and social ambition, first performed at Drury Lane in 1766. Rebound in a modern r...