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The Toys and Games ABC
Edith Nesbit · 1898 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Ernest Nister, 1898 . First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of this charming picture book from beloved author Edith Nesbit, illustrated throughout in colour. A very scarce first edition.A delightful children's poem, arranged in four line stanzas.Th…
Shakespeare&Apos;S Comedy As You Like It
William Shakespeare · 1909 · Rooke Books
£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909 . Vellum. A scarce limited edition of Shakespeare's beloved comedy, illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson, and signed by the Thomson himself. A scarce limited edition work, in the publisher's original full vellum binding.This i…
The Fairy Book: The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
Mrs. Dinah Craik · 1913 · Rooke Books
£425.00 (€509.43 | $561.48 | ¥89,662)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dinah Craik's beautifully bound and vibrantly illustrated volume of fairy tales, with plates by Warwick Goble. The first edition of this charming work.Illustrated with thirty-two colour plates by Wa…
Haustochterchens Kochschule Fur Spiel Und Leben
Anna Jager · 1900 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
Ravensburg, Otto Maier, c1900 . Cloth. An early edition of Anna Jager's charming children's cookery work, in the vanishingly scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the original German, printed in black letter type. A circa 1900 edition of this work, in the v…
Sixteen Science Fiction Novels and Periodicals
David Meltzer; Ray Luther; Michael Moorcock; Edward E. Smith; Manly W. Wellman; Wade Wellman; Spider Robinson; Brian W. Aldiss; E. C. Tubb; George C. Foster; Judith Reeves-Stevens; William F. Temple; Curt Siodmak; · 1953 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
New York; California, Brown, Watson Limited; Ace Books; Hamilton & Co; Warner Books; Granada; et al. 1953-81. First edition. Paperback. A sixteen volume set of first edition science fiction novels and magazines, including works based on the popular series 'Star Trek', …
From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus
Georges Dumezil; Derek Coltman [translated] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1973. Cloth. The first English-translated edition of this mythological study by reputable religious historian Georges Dumezil. The first English translated edition. Originally published as Du mythe au roman.In the publisher's origin…
Gold-Dust and Ashes: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
Ion L. Idriess · 1942 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Limited, 1942. Cloth. A gripping story of adventure based on the true story of how C. J. Levien mining quest for gold in New Guinea. A later edition of this work, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout, includin…
Temperate Chile: A Progressive Spain
W. Anderson Smith · 1899 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this interesting study of Chilean culture, specifically the progression of such after the Chilean Civil War of 1891. The first edition of this work.With a monochrome frontispiece of Chiloe Indians a…
Casualty Ward
Robert Conquest · 1974 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
Lunchtime
Dannie Abse · 1974 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd. 1974. First edition. Loose Pages, Articles. A fine first edition of this broadside poem from the Poem-of-the-Month Club, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author. From the Poem-of-the-Month Club set of broadside printed poems.…
Gold the Man
Joseph Green · 1971 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce, first UK edition of Joseph Green's second novel, a science-fiction tale surrounding aliens from neighbouring planets. The first UK edition, published the same year as the US edition. With the original, uncl…
The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott, the Corn-Law Rhymer
Ebenezer Elliott · 1840 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)
Edinburgh; London, William Tait; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1840. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this collected volume of Ebenezer Elliott's poetical works, in which he vehemently fights against the Corn Laws. The first edition of this anthology of the poetic…
Valleys Branches; What You Hear
Larry Eigner · 1969 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
London, Edible Magazine; Big Venus, 1969-1972 . First edition. Paperback. Two bright volumes of poetry by Larry Eigner, with one volume featuring two pencil corrections in the hand of the author, and the other being a limited edition work. Two volumes from American poet Larry Ei…
A Test of Poetry
Louis Zukofsky · 1952 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Louis Zukofsky's comparative study of poetry, from Homer to the mid 20th century. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this work.Zukofsky worked on this volume throughou…
The Spas of Europe
Julius Althaus · 1862 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, Trubner & Co, 1862 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this guide to the medicinal watering places of Europe. A very scarce first edition.The work of German-English physician Julius Althaus, known for his use of electrical treatments to patients, and…
An American Emperor: The Story of the Fourth Empire of France
Louis Tracy; M. P. Shiel · 1897 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Tracy's thrilling future war science fiction novel, illustrated by E. S. Hope. The first edition of this exciting novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates by E. S. Hope. Colla…
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd &Apos;St Michael&Apos; Book of Rupert Favourites
Mary Tourtel · 1978 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Purnell Books (for Marks and Spencer), 1978-80. First edition. Hardback. Three volumes of Marks and Spencer's Rupert anthologies, containing colour illustrated short stories about the beloved comic strip character, Rupert Bear. The first edition of the 'St Mich…
Red Ike
J. M. Denwood; S. Fowler Wright; Hugh Walpole · 1931 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Hutchinson & Co. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this classic tale from Denwood and Fowler Wright, with the original pictorial dust wrapper. First edition. In 1883 Cumberland, England, Red Ike and his friend Will Moffatt must persevere through great …
Plain Tales from the Hills
Rudyard Kipling · 1893 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1893. Cloth. A smart third edition of Kipling's first collection of short stories. Third edition. Kipling's first collection of short stories. A total of forty short stories including the first appearances, in book form, of Mrs. Hauks…
The Night Side of London
J. Ewing Ritchie · 1857 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, William Tweedie, 1857. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this examination of the author's life in London and the city's vivid nightlife. First edition. Scarce. A memoir of the author's own experiences living in Victorian London and exploring …