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Captain Crawley · 1876 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Ward, Lock and Tyler, [1876]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce handbook for playing cards written by Captain Crawley, in the original decorative cloth. The first edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. This work was written by …

Studies in Ruskin

Edward T. Cook · 1890 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Orpington, George Allen, 1890 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition large paper copy of Edward T. Cook's study of John Ruskin, with illustrations throughout. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Limited edition large paper copy. Written by…

More Poems

A. E. Housman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Jonathan Cape , 1936. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this collection of poetry by the celebrated poet A. E. Housman, published after his death in 1936, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition. First published as a limited edition the same …

Lustrum ; the Fear Index ; an Officer and a Spy

Robert Harris · 2009 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Hutchinson , 2009-2013. First edition. Hardback. A collection of atmospheric historical crime novels written by Robert Harris. The first editions, first impressions.In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Robert Harris is a British novelist and former journalist. He is…

Ballads and Lyrics of Old France

Andrew Lang · 1872 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1872. First edition. Leather. A first edition handsomely bound in a John Bumpus signed binding. The first edition. Handsomely bound in a calf binding. John Bumpus signed binding. Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, literary critic, and novelist. He …

Drawn from Memory

Ernest H. Shepard · 1957 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1957. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this biographical sketch of the author's childhood with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with gravure frontispiece and over one hundred in-text images. A charming collec…

The King&Apos;S White Elephant

Rosemary Harris · 1973 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition of this charming children's story from Rosemary Harris, illustrated in colour throughout. First edition. Illustrated with colour images throughout. It was the custom in Siam for the Supreme K…

Eva Trout, or Changing Scenes

Elizabeth Bowen · 1969 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this novel telling the story of Eva Trout, by Elizabeth Bowen First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original dust wrapper. Written by Irish and British novelis…

Poems

Lady Margaret Sackville · 1901 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1901. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition copy of Lady Margaret's second book of poetry. The scarce first edition of this work in the original paper boards. Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963) was an English poet, children&apo…

New Verse Written in 1921; Three Friends: Memoirs of Digby Mackworth Dolben, Richard Watson Dixon, Henry Bradley

Robert Bridges · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Oxford; London, Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1925-1932. First edition. Hardback. A poetry anthology and collection of memoirs by Robert Bridges, who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. The first editions of these two works uniformly bound in the publisher's or…

Orlando&Apos;S Zoo

Kathleen Hale · 1954 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, John Murray, 1954 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of this charming tale about Orlando the Marmalade Cat, by Kathleen Hale. The scarce first edition of this Orlando tale.This is Kathleen Hale's twelfth work about Orlando. 'Orlando the Marmal…

Ivanhoe: The Story of the Film

Sir Walter Scott · 1952 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1952 . Cloth. The uncommon film tie-in edition of Scott's 'Ivanhoe', illustrated with stills from the 1952 motion picture starring Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine. The first edition thus, being the uncommon abridged tie-in edition of…

The Book of Maidenhead & Yesterday&Apos;S Town: Maidenhead

Tom Middleton · 1975 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Buckingham, Barracuda Books Limited , 1975-1980 . First edition. Cloth. A smart pair of first editions presenting the market town of Maidenhead, in Berkshire, by Tom Middleton. First editions, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapp…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1982 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1982 . Cloth. A smart copy of the first UK edition of this novel by novelist Gabriel García Márquez, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First UK edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. This…

Black Swan Green & the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

David Mitchell · 2006 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Scepter, 2006-2010 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully presented set of two first editions by David Mitchell. First editions, in the publisher's original cloth binding. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet has a beautiful pictorial binding, while Black Swan Green…

The Breeding-Birds of the Netherlands

A. L. J. Van Ijzendoorn · 1950 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1950 . First edition. Cloth. A well presented first edition of this illustrated study of breeding birds in the Netherlands. First edition, in the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial boards. Written by A. L. J. Van Ijzendoorn, this …

The Little Fire Engine

Graham Greene · 1950 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Max Parrish & Co LTD; Jarrold and Sons LTD, 1950. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of the second children's work by Graham Greene, illustrated colour throughout by Dorothy Craigie. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A lesser-known wor…

The Second Form at Malory Towers

Enid Blyton · 1947 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Enid Blyton's second Malory Towers novel, an exciting children's novel set in the Cornish boarding school. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second of …

The Walrus Hunters

Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1893 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, J. Nisbet & Co. 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated adventure novel by Ballantyne. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an illustrated title page, and four …

The Complete Angler

Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton · 1856 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1856 . Leather. A smart half morocco edition of Izaak Walton's famed celebration of angling, illustrated throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six engraved plates, each retaining their original tissue guard. Collated, complete.A well …