Smith, John

Vagabondiana or Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers Through the Streets of London

John Thomas Smith · 1817 · Rooke Books

£4,950.00 (€5,927.16 | $6,565.81 | ¥1,049,188)

London, J and A March; Cornhill; Hatchard et al , 1817. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of John Thomas Smith's illustrations of the London streets in the nineteenth century. Extra-illustrated with 56 etched plates. With an introduction by Francis Douce, w...

Substance of the Work Fruits and Farinacea, the Proper Food of Man

John Smith; Francis Newman · 1873 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.69 | $159.17 | ¥25,435)

Manchester & London, John Heywood; F. Pitman, 1873. Cloth. A fascinating work on the benefits of vegetarianism, hailing from a surgical library. This is an insightful scientific exploration into the health benefits of vegetarianism on the body. First published in 1845, this ed...

If I Could Preach Just Once

Bertrand Russell; Joseph Collins; John Drinkwater; G. K. Chesterton; Sheila Kaye-Smith; Arthur Conan Doyle; Et al. · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.35 | $129.99 | ¥20,772)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce anthology asking Bertrand Russell, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Conan Doyle and other eminent figures what they would preach if given only one opportunity. In the publisher's original re...

The Theatre at Work Fireworks & Fetes Animals of Australia Zoo Birds Living Pictures Signs and Symbols a History of the Countryside Wild Flowers Pottery and Its Making Mountain and Moorland Birds a Book of Trains

James Cleaver; Alan St. H. Brock; Webster Murray; Sheila Hawkins; David Seth Smith; John Maddison; G. E. Pallant Sidaway; Margaret & Alexander Potter; Paxton Chadwick; R. B. Talbot Kelly; W. J. Bassett-Lowke; F. E. Courtney · 1947 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.68 | $165.80 | ¥26,495)

Middlesex; New York, Penguin Books Ltd. [1947]; [1946]; [1947] (Undated. Paperback. Middlesex; New York: Penguin Books Ltd. [1947]; [1946]; [1947] (Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library); 1951; 1950; 1953; c.1947; [1949]; [1950]; [1947] (Undated, dated from co...

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles

Captain John Smith; A. L. Rowse [intro.]; Robert O. Dougan [bibl.] · 1966 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.52 | $245.39 | ¥39,212)

Cleveland, World Publishing Co. 1966 . First edition. Vellum. An exceptional facsimile edition of Captain John Smith"s vivid 1624 chronicle of his colonisation of North America, recreating the original woodcuts and housed in a full vellum binding and clamshell box. First publi...

General View of the Agriculture of the County

John Smith · 1798 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.51 | $252.02 | ¥40,272)

Edinburgh, Mundell and Son, 1798. First edition. Leather. A very smart, first edition of this agricultural work by John Smith on the country of Argyll. A scarce work. Collated, complete, with the folding table and three plates.Publisher's adverts to the rear.ESTC referenc...

On John Masefield Collection

John Masefield; Constance Babington Smith · 1947 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.82 | $92.85 | ¥14,837)

London; Oxford, William Heinemann Ltd; Oxford University Press; Buchan and Enright, 1947-1983. First edition. Cloth. An insightful collections of works which offer an intimate portrait of the fascinating 1930 poet laureate. All first editions. An insightful collection on John ...

The Kirk in Scotland

John Buchan; George Adam Smith · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.68 | $165.80 | ¥26,495)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated history of the Church of Scotland, by John Buchan and George Adam Smith. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A study on the Kirk of Scotland by John Buchan and Ge...

Seventy of the Psalms of David, for the Use of Churches: The Words Selected from the Authorized Version of the Church of England: The Music by the Best Composers, Ancient & Modern.

Doctor John Smith · 1831 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.69 | $159.17 | ¥25,435)

Dublin, A. & W. Watson, 1831. Leather. A very scarce collection of music scores and lyrics for seventy of the psalms of David, with chants for morning and evening service. A very scarce work in a half calf binding with the original boards and the calf corners removed. Ink insc...

The English Rogue; Musarum Deliciae: Or, the Muses Recreation; Rump: Or an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times

Richard Head; Francis Kirkman; John Mennis; James Smith · 1874 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€472.98 | $523.94 | ¥83,723)

London, Henry Marsh; John Camden Hotten; Henry Brome, 1874. Leather. An excellent uniformly bound eight volume set presenting facsimile's of three seventeenth century works. Smart 1874 facsimile editions of three literary works from the 1600s.The first work present is a f...

Shelley and the Skylark a Series of Letters

George Milner; Morgan Brierley; John Page; Charles Potter; J. H. Nodal; J. E. Smith; Geoffrey Melbrook · 1877 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.67 | $64.99 | ¥10,386)

Manchester , Manchester Literary Club, 1877. Paperback. A very scarce collection of letters in which the Manchester Literary Club discuss Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem 'To a Skylark&apos. An association copy. In this very scarce collection of letters published by the M...

New Zealand Ferns and Allied Plants

Patrick J. Brownsey; John C. Smith-Dodsworth · 1989 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.67 | $64.99 | ¥10,386)

Auckland, David Bateman, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study on the plants of New Zealand, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated throughout with line sketches and photographs. A study into all ferns and allied plants which can be found...

Nollekens and His Times; Comprehending a Life of That Celebrated Sculptor

John Thomas Smith · 1828 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.66 | $172.44 | ¥27,554)

London, Henry Colburn, 1828. First edition. Leather. A candid biography of this British scultor, complete in two volumes bound in contemporary leather. This biography has been described as being 'perhaps the most candid biography ever published in the English language&apo...

(1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream; (1943) Fishes of Britain&Apos;S Rivers and Lakes; (1943) the Poet&Apos;S Corner; (1944) English Ballet; (1944) Children As Artists; (1945) the Leaves of Southwell; (1945) the Bayeux Tapestry; (1945) Poisonous Fungi; (1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream; (1947) Russian Icons; (1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900; (1947) a Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick; (1948) British Military Uniforms; (1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer; (1948

Phyllis Barclay-Smith; J. R. Norman; Sir Max Beerbohm; Janet Leeper; R. R. Tomlinson; Nikolaus Pevsner; Eric Maclagan; John Ramsbottom; Iolo A. Williams; David Talbot Rice; Philip James; John Rayner; James Laver; T. D. Barlow; C. H. Gibbs-Smith · 1941 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.53 | $238.76 | ¥38,152)

London and New York, Penguin Books Limited, 1941-1957. Hardback. An attractive and highly illustrated collection of King Penguin Books, sixteen of which are first editions and five of which retain their original dust wrappers. A delightful collection of twenty-one "King Pengui...

Letters of Dorothy Osborne, English Books and Readers: 1475-1557 and Lectures on Chaucer

Dorothy Osborne [ed. by G.C. Moore Smith]; H.S. Bennett; John Livingston Lowes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.70 | $152.54 | ¥24,375)

Oxford; Cambridge, Clarendon Press; Cambridge University Press, 1928-1956. Cloth. Three works from accomplished scholars on literary critiques and obscure histories, including first editions and scarce reprints, all in the original dust wrappers. Three works from accomplished ...

Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature: Samuel Halkett and John Laing

Samuel Halkett; John Laing; Dr James Kennedy; W. A. Smith; A. F. Johnson · 1926 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€592.72 | $656.58 | ¥104,919)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1926-1934. Cloth. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of the dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, with the original dust wrappers. Seven volumes of the new and enlarged edition of this work in the publisher&...

Thoughts on Hunting and Other Matters

Robert Smith Surtees; John Jorrocks · 1925 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.38 | $318.34 | ¥50,870)

Edinburgh, London and New York, William Blackwood and Sons; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Cloth. An excellent limited edition collection of Jorrocks' encounters during a hunt, illustrated by Denholm Armour and complete with an uncommon dust wrapper. A limited editio...

Bibliotheca Cantiana: A Bibliographical Account of What Has Been Published on the History, Topography, Antiquities, Customs, and Family History, of the County of Kent

John Russell Smith · 1837 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.51 | $43.77 | ¥6,995)

London, John Russell Smith, 1837. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Russell Smith's interesting history of Kent, illustrated with two plates. The first edition of this work. A fascinating and in-depth look at the history of the county of Kent, including info...

Nineteen 19th Century Theological Pamphlets

Christophe Jibara; Henry B. Smith; Henry Roe; John H. Rice; Edwards A. Park et al. · 1820 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€538.83 | $596.89 | ¥95,381)

Pewaukee; New York; Quebec; Andover, Burleson Bros.; Acton Publishing Company; P. Sinclair; D. H. Wickham et al, 1820-1893 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of nineteen first edition and very scarce North American theological pamphlets. An impressive collection of...

The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith; Charles Mackay [editor] · 1861 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.90 | $53.06 | ¥8,478)

London, Richard Bentley, 1861. Cloth. A scarce new edition of this fascinating history of London and its celebrated residents from English antiquarian John Thomas Smith. New edition. Scarce work. A historical compilation of stories and anecdotes of notable figures who lived on...