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The Everyman&Apos;S Library a Selection of Works

Various · 1906 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, J M Dent and Sons, c1910. Leather. A selection of works from J M Dent's 'Everyman's Library&apos. These eight volumes are from a variety of the essay, theatrical, fictional and children's series published by Dent. The works are as follows: A Doll&ap...

Works by Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies · 1900 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1900-1906. Leather. A scarce collection of works from renowned English nature writer in both novels and fiction, John Richard Jefferies. With the collection comprising of: Wood Magic a Fable, being the third impression of the first Silver Librar...

Percy Society Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Age Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications

Various · 1842 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)

London, Printed for the Percy Society, 1842-1849. Leather. Ninteen volumes of the Percy Society's reproductions of medieval poems and stories. Including: Volume VI (1842): Ancient Poetical Tracts of the Sixteenth Century, edited by E. F. Rimbault; Cock Lorell's Bote,...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott in Seven Volumes

Sir Walter Scott · 1826 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1826. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. In seven volumes. Volume I contains: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, volume II contains: Marmion, volume III contains: The Lady of the Lake, volume IV contains: Rokeby, volume V contains: ...

White Lies a Story

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)

London , Trubner and Co. 1857. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Charles Reade. Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. No half titles required for this work. White Lie...

Mary of Burgundy; or, the Revolt of Ghent. In Three Volumes

G. P. R. James · 1833 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London , Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. First edition. Leather. A first edition and complete set of James's historical novel, dating from the 1830s. First Edition. Complete in three volumes. George Payne Rainsford James (August 9 1799 – June 9 1860...

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table the Professor at the Breakfast-Table, and the Autocrat at the Breakfast-Table

Oliver Wendell Holmes · 1872 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London , William Paterson and Co. c1900. Leather. A uniformly bound set of Oliver Wendell Holmes' fictionalised breakfast table talk novels, which include poetry, stories, jokes and songs. Being the complete set of Holmes' "Breakfast-Tables" series. Holmes first gain...

A Collection of Early Prose Romances

William J. Thoms · 1828 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

London , William Pickering, 1828. Leather. A scarce complete first edition set of Thoms's wonderful collection of 'scattered specimens of popular fiction&apos. Rarely seen complete. Composed of eleven tales, divided into three volumes published in 1827 and 1828. Volu...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet. In Ten Volumes

Walter Scott · 1821 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London , Archibald Constable, 1821. Fine Binding. A lovely early set of Walter Scott's poetry, in decorative full calf bindings. 'Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a f...

Tales and Novels by Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth · 1832 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London , Baldwin and Cradock, 1832-33. Leather. A collection of the stories of Maria Edgeworth. Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children&apos...

Marryat&Apos;S Works

Captain Frederick Marryat · 1862 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London , Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862-4. Leather. A selection of Captain Marryat's wonderful naval and adventure stories. Includes: The Phantom Ship, Mr. Midshipman Easy, Peter Simple, The Naval Officer: or Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Frank Mildmay, The K...

Peter&Apos;S Letters to His Kinsfolk. In Three Volumes.

Dr. Peter Morris (J. G. Lockhart) · 1819 · Rooke Books

£285.00 (€341.67 | $376.59 | ¥60,143)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood et al, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition collection of Lockhart's satirical letters written as Dr Peter Morris, in an attractive fine binding. Complete in Three Volumes. With portrait plates of eminent gentleman, including Sir Wa...

Decamerone in Three Volumes

Giovanni Boccaccio · 1825 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

London, William Pickering, 1825. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition set of 'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio, illustrated with ten plates by the famous English illustrator and engraver Thomas Stothard. Collated: Complete in three volumes with the 10 Sto...

The Lord Mayor of London or, City Life in the Last Century

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1862 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.22 | $885.31 | ¥141,390)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth. One of the most difficult to source. Fading to spines as normally seen. No half titles called for. Complete in three volumes. William Harriso...

Old Court a Novel

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1867 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volume set of this scarce first edition of 'Old Court' by William Harrison Ainsworth. William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born in Manc...

Stereotype Edition of the British Essayists the Spectator Vol I - VI No. 1 - No. 635 Tatler Vol I - III No. 1 - No. 271 with Notes and Illustrations the Guardian Vol I - II No. 1 - No. 175 with Notes and Illustrations

Various · 1819 · Rooke Books

£499.99 (€599.40 | $660.67 | ¥105,513)

London, Andrew Wilson, 1819. Cloth. Eleven hardbound volumes of 'The British Essayists', very scarce in the original paper boards. The Spectator was a daily publication of 1711–12, founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England after they met at Charterhous...

Lord Ormont and His Aminta

George Meredith · 1894 · Rooke Books

£129.99 (€155.84 | $171.76 | ¥27,432)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, three volume set of George Meredith's Lord Ormont and his Aminta. First edition. Three volumes, complete. George Meredith, OM, 1828 – 1909, was an English novelist and poet during the Victorian era. A...

Selected Plays Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Richard Cumberland · 1783 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, C Dilly and Lackington, Allen and Co, 1783-1804. Paperback. Five plays by English dramatist and civil servant Richard Cumberland. The volumes include: The Mysterious Husband, A Tragedy in Five Acts (1783) First Edition The Wheel of Fortune, A Comedy (1795) Second Editi...

A Hall of Mirrors

Robert Stone · 1968 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, The Bodley Head, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first UK edition of American novelist Robert Stone's 'A Hall of Mirrors' - of only a 1000 estimated to have been published. 'A Hall of Mirrors' was Stone's first novel. As written in the synop...

White Skin Man

John Baker · 2003 · Rooke Books

£14.99 (€17.97 | $19.81 | ¥3,163)

London, Orion, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery novel by John Baker. ''White Skin Man' is John Baker at his best. Powerful, moving and very human, this is a novel both of tension and huge emotion.' John Baker is a British author, ...