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The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1864 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1864. Leather. An uncommon and illustrated copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's serial novel, The Newcomes. Delightfully illustrated throughout, with several engraved plates. Published in one volume. Perhaps one of the novel's greatest st...

The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century

W. M. Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. The scarce and important first issue of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. Bound from the parts with "actresses" on page 207 line 33 and misnumbered chapter 47 and 48. Complete in two volumes and illustrated ...

Advise and Consent

Allen Drury · 1960 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Collins, 1960. First edition. Fine Binding. The first UK edition of Drury's acclaimed novel, in a fine binding. First UK Edition. Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secre...

The Months Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year

Leigh Hunt · 1821 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.45 | $621.04 | ¥99,184)

London, C and J Oliver, 1821. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of the first edition of Hunt's delightful work on the months of the year. James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English essayist, poet and writer. Leigh Hunt was educated at ...

The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copi...

Christmas Improvements; or Hunting Mrs P.

Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, N. Hailes , 1834. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of this charming collection of tales told from a mother to her children. First edition. Published anonymously, this charming volume is "A tale founded on facts intended as a Christmas Box for those who wish to beg...

Dartmoor a Descriptive Poem

N T Carrington · 1826 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

London, Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this narrative poem, by N. T. Carrington, profusely illustrated throughout. With twelve etched plates. With a half title and with the subscribers list and publisher's advertisment to the rear. With...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper; William Michael Rossetti (Ed) · 1731 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. c1884. Leather. The Poetical Works Of William Cowper, edited with a memoir by William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. William Cowper (1731 - 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowp...

Needwood Forest

Francis Noel Clarke Mundy · 1776 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Lichfield, John Jackson, 1776. Leather. The very scarce, privately issued first edition of Francis Noel Clarke Mundy's poem, Needwood Forest. The text finishes on page 48 though this seems to have always been the case for this printing. This appears to be an alternate and...

The Gaberlunzie&Apos;S Wallet

James Ballantine · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Edinburgh, John Menzies, 1843. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of 'The Gaberlunzie's Wallet' by James Ballantine. Inscribed by the author James Ballantine, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Jot.' With numerous illustrations on steel and woo...

The Love-Chase a Comedy, in Five Acts

James Sheridan Knowles · 1837 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Edward Moxon, 1837. Leather. A scarce first edition of this comedy from James Sheridan Knowles. First Edition. James Sheridan Knowles, born in 1784, was a Irish dramatist and actor, as well as a prolific author. Giving up a career in medicine for the stage, it is belie...

Collected Poems

Austin Dobson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. 1897. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Austin Dobson, with a illustrated frontispiece. With portrait frontispiece. Containing a letter tracing the history of this volume from its first presentation to Sir Alfred Bateman by the ...

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1842 · Rooke Books

£38.99 (€46.74 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. Leather. Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817. With an illustrated half title. A new edition. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the Mughal ...

Solyman and Almena an Oriental Tale

Dr John Langhorne · 1826 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.55 | $43.59 | ¥6,962)

London, C. Cooke, c1826. Leather. A story by Dr John Langhorne. With previous owner's copperplate inscription to title page, dated 1826. John Langhorne (March 1735 – 1 April 1779) was a British translator, poet and priest. He and his brother, William Langhorne, are best ...

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. In Two Volumes

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. Wi...

Hudibras, in Three Parts; Written in the Time of the Late Wars. In Two Volumes

Samuel Butler · 1772 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, C Bathurst et al, 1772. Leather. Samuel Butler's brilliant satirical epic written and set against the background of the Civil War. Third Edition, 'corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey&apos. With a portrait frontispiece...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1875 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of Lord Macaulay's works. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively ...

The First Book of Poetry for the Use of Schools Intended As Reading Lessons for the Younger Classes

W F Mylius, [Charles and Mary Lamb] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, M J Godwin, 1811. First edition. Leather. A scarce, early first edition of this book of poetry for schools. By Charles and Mary Lamb, published under the pseudonym W. F. Mylius. With two engravings: a frontispiece and one further plate, both illustrative of the plate. ...

Puck of Pook&Apos;S Hill

Rudyard Kipling · 1911 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1911. Leather. A smart copy of this anthology by Rudyard Kipling. Puck of Pook's Hill is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. The storie...

May Day with the Muses

Robert Bloomfield · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Bloomfield's poem, 'May Day with the Muses&apos. Bloomfield was a celebrated poet in his time, known for being a working class, self-educated writer. Celebrated in the context of simi...