Letteratura

Voyage to Atlantis

James W. Mavor · 1969 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Leather. A facsimile copy of the original printed manuscript of Mavor's fascinating work. One-sided pages. Details pages printed: e.g. E6594 11 Baskerville, Vince - Machine 11, McQuillan - Machine 11 etc. Appears to be photocopied...

Epea Pteroenta or, the Diversions of Purley

John Horne Tooke · 1798 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, J Johnson, 1798. Leather. John Horne Tooke's linguistic treatise on English grammar and language. Second edition of the first volume (1798), and first edition of the second (1805). With an engraved frontispiece to the first volume. On his return from Huntingdonshi...

The Young Duke: A Moral Tale, Though Gay. With Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers

Benjamin Disraeli; James Grant · 1861 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.91 | $85.88 | ¥13,715)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861-4. Leather. Two novels from great nineteenth century writers bound into one. Disraeli turned towards literature after his financial disaster, motivated in part by a desperate need for money, and brought out his first novel, Vivian G...

Primitiae or, Essays and Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, Moral and Entertaining.

Connop Thirlwall · 1809 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

London, T Plummer, 1809. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of works by the child prodigy, Connop Thirlwall. Connop Thirlwall (11 January 1797 - 27 July 1875) was an English bishop (in Wales) and historian. Thirlwall was born at Stepney, London, ...

Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1809 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1809. First edition. Leather. Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems by Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844) a Scottish poet chiefly remembered for his sentimental poetry dealing specially with human affairs. First edi...

Rokeby: A Poem

Walter Scott · 1813 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne, 1813. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Scott's epic poem Rokeby. The poem is set just after the Parliamentarian victory at Marston Moor (1644). Prior to the outbreak of war, the Royalist Lord Rokeby has favoured the marriage of his da...

The Unequal Match or, Mary of Anjou Queen of Majorca: An Historical Novel

Jean La Chapelle · 1681 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, R. Bentley, 1681-3. First edition. Leather. The extremely rare first edition of the English translation of Jean de la Chapelle's historical novel. The title page lists this as being 'the second and last part', dated 1683 only, however, the pagination and...

Poems on Several Occasions with the Roman Father a Tragedy

Mr W Whitehead · 1754 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.77 | $264.27 | ¥42,206)

London, R and J Dodsley, 1754. Leather. The first collected edition of William Whitehead's poetry. With the half title and errata as called for. Collated, complete. With the bookplate of the Earl of Jersey to the front pastedown. Has the armorial crest and 'Middleton...

At Odds: A Novel

Baroness Jemima Von Tautphoeus · 1863 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1863. First edition. Leather. A first edition of the final novel from Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus. Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus (née Montgomery) (October 23, 1807 – November 12, 1893) was an English novelist who wrote several stories dea...

The Mirror of Maidens in the Days of Queen Bess

Mrs Sherwood; Mrs Streeton · 1851 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Thomas Hatchard, 1851. Leather. A historical novel by a prolific children's author. Written as a collaboration between Mary Martha Sherwood and her daughter Sophia. With an illustrated frontispiece. The first edition of this novel. This novel is set during the tim...

Lewis Arundel or the Railroad of Life

Frank Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, Virtue, Hall and Virtue, 1852. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this fictional work from Frank Smedley. Adorned with many beautifully engraved illustrations by well known illustrator "Phiz". Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, ligh...

The Spanish Gypsy

George Eliot · 1868 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1868. First edition. Leather. A beautiful first edition copy of George Eliot's poem The Spanish Gypsy. Better known by her pen name George Eliot, Mary Anne (Mary Ann, Marian) Evans (November 1819 – December 1880) was an English novelis...

Cornelius Nepos, de Vita Excellentium Imperatorum

John Carey, LL.D. · 1820 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.49 | $581.40 | ¥92,853)

London , Scatchard & Letterman et al. 1820. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Carey's corrected Dauphin Nepos. This scarce work is a corrected edition of the 1765 original quarto edition printed for the use of Dauphin on the order of Louis XIV. This task w...

Leon; or, Old Paul&Apos;S Treasure by 1854- London- Darton &Co. 6. 5" by 4"; IV, 209pp

Onesimus [Pseudonym] · 1854 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Darton &Co. 1854. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this children's work. Subtitled: 'A guide to young merchant-men seeking goodly pearls' A children's story written to a younger brother under a pseudonym. Copac attributed this to Garn...

A Bibliography of William Cowper to 1837

Norma Russell · 1963 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Oxford, The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Norma Russell's 'A Bibliography of William Cowper' to 1837. The volume was published as part of the Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications - this edition in particula...

Lyra Elegantarium a Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Sociãƒâ©Tãƒâ© and Vers D&Apos;Occasion in the English Language by Deceased Authors.

Frederick Locker (ed.) · 1867 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, Edward Moxon & Co, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'Lyra Elegantiarum', containing a collection of popular verse by a number of renowned poets. This collection was edited and compiled by Frederick Locker-Lampson, a notable poet, bibliophil...

Poetry from Cambridge 1947-1950

Peter Morris Green (ed.) · 1951 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, The Fortune Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of poetry from Cambridge University. Covering the years 1947-1950, the anthology contains work from 35 Cambridge poets and is edited and introduced by Peter Morris Green. Peter Mor...

Vagaries

Axel Munthe · 1898 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Murray, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Munthe's 'Vagaries,' later known as 'Memories and Vagaries&apos. Bound with half title and the original title of 'Vagaries&apos. Later editions were published retitled as 'Memor...

The Press Album

Thomas Catling · 1909 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , John Murray, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A decorative and illustrated First Edition of this journalistic compendium. First Edition. With seventeen black and white plates and colour frontis, and thirty-four pages of advertisements. Collated complete. With an "Express B...

Corydon an Elegy in Memory of Matthew Arnold and Oxford

Reginald Fanshawe · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Henry Frowde, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A copy of Fanshawe's elegy to Matthew Arnold. Very scarce first edition. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He has been charact...