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The Stories That Little Breeches Told
Charles Bennett · 1863 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Sampson Low, Son, and Co, 1863. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming tale for children by Charles Bennett, illustrated with hand-coloured plates. The first edition, this is the scarcer issue with hand-coloured plates.Illustrated with ten hand-coloured…
The School for Scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1911 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Cloth. A lovely copy of Sheridan's successful comedy of manners, with delightful colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson. An illustrated work in the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board a…
Collection Complette Des Oeuvres de Mr. De Voltaire
Voltaire · 1768 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
Geneve, [Cramer], 1768. First edition. Leather. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Pre…
The Legacy, the Testament, and Other Poems of Francois Villon
Francois Villon; Peter Dale [trans] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Leather. A collection of poetical works by Francois Villon, translated by Peter Dale and bound in a quarter morocco binding. The very scarce first UK edition of this translated collection of Villon's works. In the publisher's or…
The Two Types: Being the Saga of the Two Jaunty Heroes Who Have Given Us the Best Laugh Since the Campaign Began
Jon [John Jones] · 1945 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
None stated, British Army Newspaper Unit, [1945]. First edition. Paperback. A humorous wartime comic about two jaunty heroes, published by the British Army Newspaper. The first edition. Illustrated with a colour illustration to the front, and many monochrome illustrations throu…
Portrait of Mimosa
David Arkell · 1958 · Rooke Books
£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)
London, W. H. Allen, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this pleasant novel of romance and mystery, written by Reginald Arkell's son, David Arkell. The first edition of this scarce work. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. Set within a …
Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others
Padraic Colum; Margaret Freeman Cabell [ed.] · 1962 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
New York, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this excellent correspondence between important American literary figurers of the 1920s. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper…
The Reign of George VI 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763
C. Oman · 1899 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)
London, Rivingtons, 1899. Cloth. A smart copy of this reprinted exercise in prophecy from 1763, with notes and a preface by British historian Sir Charles Oman. Scarce work. A reprinted edition of the same work from 1763, issued with note and a preface by Sir Charles William Chad…
The Liberty of Love
James Blyth [Henry James Catling Clabburn] · 1909 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.02 | ¥40,072)
London, F. V. White & Co. Ltd. 1909. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this very scarce novel from British author James Blyth. First edition. Very scarce. Opening on a conversation between a General and his wife, sharing their concerns for their daughter Millicent, a self…
The Progress of Love. In Four Eclogues.
[George Lyttelton] · 1732 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, L. Gilliver, 1732 . First edition. Disbound. The first edition of George Lyttelton's poem in four eclogues, exploring the nature of love relating to 'Uncertainty', 'Hope', 'Jealousy' and 'Possession&apos. The first edition. Disboun…
A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains
Jonathan Otley · 1825 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)
London, Published by the author by John Richardson , 1825 . Leather. The second edition of Jonathan Otley's very scarce topographical work on English lakes and mountains, with a folding map. The second edition. First published in 1823. Bound in full calf, rebacked and with …
Lucian of Samosata. From the Greek. With the Comments and Illustrations of Wieland and Others
William Tooke · 1820 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Leather. The complete two-volume first edition of William Tooke's translations of the works of Lucian of Samosata, uniformly bound in half calf. The first edition of this work, uniformly bound in a half calf binding with m…
The Kit-Cats, a Poem and St. James&Apos;S Park: A Satyr.
Sir Richard Blackmore; James Browne · 1709 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)
London, H. Hills, 1709 . Paperback. Two very scarce works early eighteenth century works of poetry, from poets and physicians Richard Blackmore and Joseph Browne. Two very scarce works bound together and held in paper wraps.The first of these works is a 1709 edition of Sir Richa…
The Green Mare
Marcel Ayme · 1938 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, The Fortune Press, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in English of this entertaining novel by Marcel Ayme. A variant of this edition, issued without plates. An unusual issue of the first edition in English of this work.'The Green Mare', originally …
The Persian Adventurer: Being the Sequel of "the Kuzzilbash
J. B. Frazer [James Baillie Fraser] · 1830 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830 . First edition. Leather. The scarce three volume first edition of James Baillie Fraser's thrilling romance 'The Persian Adventurer&apos. The scarce first edition of this work, complete in three volumes.The work of Scotti…
The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
Theodore Martin · 1875 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1875-6. Cloth. The first two volumes of Theodore Martin's biography on the Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, the husband to Queen Victoria. The fourth edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece to both volumes and four monochrome …
The Visitor, or Monthly Instructor, for 1838
Various · 1838 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1838. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this collection of articles and stories from the Religious Tract Society. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of stories and articles produced by the Religious Tract Socie…
Eva Luna, the Stories of Eva Luna, & Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende; Margaret Sayers Peden [translator] · 1989 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
London, Hamish Hamilton; Flamingo, 1989-1999. First edition. Cloth. Three smart first UK editions of novels from Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende. Three volumes. First UK edition. Written by Isabel Angelica Allende Llona, a Chilean-American writer noted for her magical rea…
Ben Nevis Goes East & the Lunatic Republic
Compton Mackenzie · 1954 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1954-1959. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these comedic novels from Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. Two volumes. First edition. Written by Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, historie…
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen · 1938 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this moving novel from Irish-British writer Elizabeth Bowen. First edition. Following the story of a sixteen-year-old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thomas…