Peter, John

George Ormerod: Historian of Cheshire

John Peter Hess · 1989 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.15 | $233.50 | ¥37,080)

Whitchurch , Herald Printers , 1989. First edition. Cloth. An excellent signed biographical work on English antiquary, George Ormerod. Author's presentation copy, signed to the dedication page. First edition. In the publisher's faux leather binding.George Ormerod w...

Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World and Seabirds: An Identification Guide

Peter Hayman; John Marchant; Tony Prater; Peter Harrison · 1989 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.78 | $60.04 | ¥9,535)

London, Christopher Helm, 1989. Cloth. Two smart identification guides to the shore and seabirds of the world, with colour plates. Two volumes. Later editions. A set of detailed and comprehensive identification guides to the shorebirds and seabirds of the world, enabling birdw...

The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher

Ben Jonson; Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Peter Whalley; George Colman · 1811 · Rooke Books

£570.00 (€681.22 | $760.53 | ¥120,774)

London, John Stockdale, 1811. Leather. The collected dramatic works of three eminent Renaissance playwrights, Jonson, Beaumont, and Fletcher, a nice set illustrated with portraits of the three men. Complete in four volumes.The collected dramatic works of Ben Jonson, Francis Be...

Advice to the Future Laureat: An Ode

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1790 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.32 | $77.39 | ¥12,289)

London, G. Kearsley, 1790. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce new edition of this work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. Scarce work. New edition. A humorous verse with instructions and tips for a future poet laureate. Written by John Wolcot under the pseudonym of Peter P...

Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat; Alias the Progress of Curiosity; Alias a Birth-Day Ode; Alias Mr. Whitebread&Apos;S Brewhouse

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1787 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.68 | $86.73 | ¥13,772)

London, G. Kearsley, 1787. Disbound. A scarce second edition of this work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. Scarce work. Second edition. A collection of humorous verses including: Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat, The Progress of Curiosity, A Birth-Day Ode, and...

Life and Letters of James David Forbes

John Campbell Shairp; Peter Guthrie Tait; A. Adams-Reilly · 1873 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.22 | $213.48 | ¥33,902)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1873. First edition. Fine Binding. A handsomely bound, first edition copy of James David Forbes's biography, written by John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. A first edition copy of this biography of the life of James Dav...

1936-1981 9 Vols a Collection of Local Interest Book of South England

Various; H. J. Massingham; Dorothy Devenish; Edith Olivier; Godfrey Harrison; H. A. N. Brockman; Nicholas Pevsner; Ida Gandy; John Betjeman; Colin Morris; Peter Drury; Jill Drury; Paul Hyland · 1936 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.12 | $240.17 | ¥38,139)

London; Newton Abbot; Wiltshire, B. T. Batsford Ltd.; B. T. Batsford Ltd; Werner Laurie; George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Collins; David and Charles; Element Books; Vi, 1936-1981. First edition. Cloth. London; Newton Abbot; Wiltshire: B. T. Batsford Ltd.; B. T. Batsford Ltd; Werner ...

Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke and a Little Lord

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1789 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.71 | $80.06 | ¥12,713)

London, G. Kearsley, 1789. Disbound. A scarce new edition of this satirical work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. New edition, printed the same year as the first edition. Scarce work. A very popular anti-royalist satire in verse. Written by John Wolcot under the p...

A Poetical Epistle to a Falling Minister; Also an Imitation of the Twelfth Ode of Horace

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1789 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.12 | $130.76 | ¥20,765)

London, G. Kearsley, 1789. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce new edition of this work by Peter Pindar, the pen name of John Wolcot. Scarce work. New edition. Two humorous verses A Poetical Epistle to a Falling Minister, and an Imitation of the Twelfth Ode of Horace which is in the o...

On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man; on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man; Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology; on the Wisdom and Goodness of God As Manifested in the Creation of Animals and in Their History, Habits, and Instincts

Thomas Chalmers; John Kidd; Peter Mark Roget; William Kirby · 1834 · Rooke Books

£985.00 (€1,177.20 | $1,314.26 | ¥208,706)

London, William Pickering, 1834-1835. Fine Binding. An attractive set comprising four nineteenth century treatises on natural theology. Treatise I, II, V and VII of the Bridgewater Treatises. With over four hundred in-text illustrations to the fifth treatise by Peter Mark Roge...

Poems for Alan Hancox

Alan Tucker [ed.]; Melvyn Bragg; D.J. Enright; U.A. Fanthorpe; Michael Foot; Duncan Forbes; John Fuller; Seamus Heaney; Michael Horovitz; Ted Hughes; Adrian Mitchell; Jenny Joseph; P.J. Kavanagh; Laurie Lee; Peter Levi; Brian Patten; Lawrence Sail; et al. · 1993 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.34 | $180.13 | ¥28,604)

Lower Marston, The Whittington Press, 1993 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this collection of poetry from noted authors dedicated to Alan Hancox, signed by the assembler, Alan Tucker. A limited edition copy, No. 76/350. Signed by Alan Tucker to the edition pa...

The Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of the Author&Apos;S Life

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€346.59 | $386.94 | ¥61,446)

London, J. Walker, G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, G. Robinson, 1812. Leather. A smart five-volume new edition of the works of John Wolcot, better known by his pseudonym "Peter Pindar". New edition, revised and corrected.  Complete in five volumes. To which are prefixed memoirs of...

A Sammelband of Early Editions of Works by Peter Pindar

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1700 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€591.59 | $660.46 | ¥104,883)

London, G. Kearsley; H. D. Symonds; J. Evans; T. Evans, 1700-1800 . Leather. A wonderful sammelband of thirty-seven satirical works of poetry written by John Walcot under his Peter Pindar pseudonym, illustrated with frontispieces and including four first editions. A sammelband...

The Book of Family Crests

John Peter Elven · 1838 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.07 | $253.51 | ¥40,258)

London, Henry Washbourne, 1838. Cloth. A scarce and revised edition of two small volumes that detail thousands of families, with their mottos and coats of arms included. A scarce and revised edition of The Book of Family Crests; Comprising Nearly Every Family Bearing, Properly...

Biographies on Iris Murdoch

John Bayley; Peter J. Conradi; A.N. Wilson · 1999 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.56 | $65.38 | ¥10,382)

London, Duckworth; HarperCollins; Hutchinson, 1999-2003. First edition. Cloth. Three first editions of literary biographies on the esteemed philosophical novelist, including her definitive biography, and those written by her husband and friend. Three first editions of biograph...

The Elements of Natural Philosophy

Peter Van Musschenbroek; John Colson [trans.] · 1744 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€430.24 | $480.34 | ¥76,278)

London, J. Nourse, 1744 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with twenty-six folding engraved plates, this is the very scarce first English language edition of Peter Van Musschenbroek's study of natural philosophy. The very scarce first English language translation of th...

New Poems 1967: A P.E. N. Anthology of Contemporary Poetry

Harold Pinter [Editor]; John Fuller [Editor]; Peter Redgrove [Editor]; Various · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.83 | $46.70 | ¥7,416)

London, Hutchinson, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A vibrant snapshot of late-1960s verse, New Poems 1967 is a first-edition P.E.N. anthology edited by Harold Pinter, John Fuller, and Peter Redgrove, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth...

The Works of Peter Pindar

Peter Pindar; [John Wolcot] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.56 | $393.61 | ¥62,506)

London, John Walker, 1794. First edition. Leather. The first collected edition of the satirical works of Peter Pindar, humorous poems making fun of prominent figures in the society of the day. The first collected edition, issued in three volumes with additional volumes publish...

The New Naturalist; Sea-Birds, the Common Lands of England and Wales, Freshwater Fishes, British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails, the New Naturalist, Loch Lomondside, Dragonflies, Wildfowl

James Fisher & R. M. Lockley; L. Dudley Stamp & W. G. Hoskins; P. S. Maitland & R. N. Campbell; Eric Simms; John Mitchell; Peter Marren, Philip Corbet & Stephen Brooks; David Cabot · 1954 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€896.34 | $1,000.70 | ¥158,913)

London , Collins , 1954-2009. First edition. Cloth. A stunning set of eight volumes of the charming New Naturalist Library collection. This is a collection of eight volumes from the Collins The New Naturalist Library series. This set includes: Sea Birds by James Fisher & R. ...

The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar

Peter Pindar [John Wolcot] · 1788 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.56 | $65.38 | ¥10,382)

Dublin, Messieurs Colles, White, Byrne, M'Kenzie, Jones, 1788. First edition. Leather. The first Irish edition of the witty poetical works of English satirist John Wolcot, including mockeries of James Boswell and of contemporary literary reviewers. The first Irish edition...