Irving, Washington

Journal, 1803

Washington Irving; Stanley T. WIlliams [ed.] · 1934 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

1934, Oxford University Press, 1934. First edition. Fine Binding. An incredibly scarce presentation copy of this already uncommon work, signed and inscribed by the editor. An excellent first edition copy of this uncommon title. Bound in original marbled pictorial boards, with...

Salmagundi; or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others

Washington Irving; James Kirke Paulding; William Irving, Jr. · 1807 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

New York, David Longworth, 1807 . First edition. Unbound. A very scarce collection of eighteen issues of Washington Irving's humorous and ill-fated first literary endeavour, including seven issues in the first state. Eighteen of the very scarce twenty issues published of ...

Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson

Washington Irving; Margaret Miller Davidson · 1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of Washington Irving's biography of teenage poet Margaret Miller Davidson, including much of her own poetry. The first edition of this work. BAL 10159. Washi...

The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1840. First edition. Cloth. Housed in a quarter crushed morocco clamshell case by Riviere, this is the scarce first edition of Washington Irving's biography of Oliver Goldsmith. The scarce first edition, complete in two volumes, in the publish...

The American Renaissance Series

Edgar Allan Poe; Washington Irving; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry David Thoreau; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Walt Whitman · 1936 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

New York City, Powgen Press, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A scarce complete set of Powgen Press' 'The American Renaissance Series', a fantastic selection of writings by eminent American authors. Complete in six volumes, scarce to find as a complete set.Each volum...

Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving · 1905 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London; New York, William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page, & Co, 1905. Cloth. Arthur Rackham's strikingly illustrated edition of this popular tale by Washington Irving. The second impression of this Rackham edition, published two months after the first impression in November 1...

Our Village; the Vicar of Wakefield; Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe; the Household of Sir Thomas More; the Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall

Mary Russell Mitford; Oliver Goldsmith; George Eliot; Anne Manning; Washington Irving · 1904 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, J. M. Dent and Co, 1904-1906. Cloth. A series of five decoratively bound and beautifully illustrated works set against idyllic English rural backgrounds. The first with these illustrations. A set of five volumes from the publisher's 'Series of English Idylls...

Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists

Washington Irving · 1896 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Cloth. A very smart edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham of this episodic novel from American author Washington Irving. Complete in two volumes. Surrey edition. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen pl...

The Perverse Widow the Widow

Richard Steele; Washington Irving · 1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London , William Heinemann, 1909. First edition. Hardback. A charming collection of two short stories, illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin. The first Aldin edition of the work. In the original pictorial boards. With three tipped in colour plates and monochrome vignettes thr...

A Tour on the Prairies

Washington Irving · 1835 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1835 . Leather. The scarce second Paris edition of Washington Irving's account of his tour of the Southern Great Plains of America. The second Paris edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition. All Paris editions of th...

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Washington Irving; Charles Lamb; Thomas de Quincey et al. · 1886 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, Bickers & Son, 1886. Cloth. A bright copy of this anthology of celebrated prose pieces of the nineteenth century. Celebrative of leading prose pieces and authors of the nineteenth century, featuring works from Washington Irving, Charles Lamb, Thomas de Quincey, Lord Ma...

Bracebridge Hall; or the Humourists

Geoffrey Crayon [Washington Irving] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, John Murray , 1845. Leather. A new edition of Washington Irving's episodic novel in half calf binding. A new edition of Washington Irving's episodic novel formed of a series of character sketches, originally published in 1821 under pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. ...

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada

Washington Irving · 1896 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1896-1902 . Leather. A handsome two volume edition Washington Irving's fascinating account of the Conquest of Granada, written in the form of an old Spanish chronicle. First published in 1829, present here are the two volumes of this work bound...

Wolfert&Apos;S Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected

Washington Irving · 1855 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York, G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. First edition. Leather. The first edition, third printing of this Irving anthology, bound in full crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, with lovely gilt dentelles. First edition, third printing. Publisher's address in the title imprint is ch...

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Washington Irving's popular fictional account of the life of Christopher Columbus, bound in half calf. The first edition. A four volume, complete set. Illustrated with two folding maps, one each to ...

Bracebridge Hall

Washington Irving · 1895 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

London, Macmillan & Co. 1895. Leather. The third edition, third printing of this richly illustrated American novel by Washington Irving, half bound in morocco leather. The third edition, third printing of the work. The first edition of this work was published in 1876 (dated 18...

The Story of the Gloucester Epidemic of Small-Pox: Showing How It Arose, the Facts Which Make It Notable, and the Lessons It Teaches, with Full Statistics, Diagrams, &C. ; Ethandune, 878: King Alfred&Apos;S Campaign from Athelney; Old Christmas from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving; the Bushranger&Apos;S Sweetheart; Cavaliers & Roundheads: A Chapter in the History of Bath; Fashions in Food: A Paper

Francis T. Bond; Charles W. Whistler; Washington Irving; Austin J. King; B. H. Watts; Louis King · 1887 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Gloucester; Coventry; London; Bath, The Jenner Society; Viking Club; Macmillan and Co. Limited; Spottiswoode and Co. Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Bath Chronicle, 1887-1899. Cloth. A collection of six scarce volumes bound into one, with folding plates and illustrations. Six volumes b...

The Sketch Book

Washington Irving · 1850 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, George Routledge, 1850. Leather. A very scarce revised edition of Washington Irving's famous collection of short stories, including a preface concerning his struggles with publishing in Europe. A very scarce revised edition of The Sketch Book, the famous collectio...

Mahomet and His Successors

Washington Irving · 1909 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.03 | ¥45,356)

London, George G. Harrap Company, 1909. Leather. A very smart copy of this history of Muhammad and the Muslim faith by Washington Irving. 'Mahomet and his Successors' is an interesting biography about the history and life of Muhammad and his followers. Illustrated th...

Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists

Washington Irving · 1896 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1896. Cloth. A pleasing first Surrey edition of 'Bracebridge Hall', adorned with illustrations from Arthur Rackham and others. First Surrey edition. Complete in two volumes.In the publisher's decorative cloth binding. Vol II ...