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The Adventures of Roderick Random Volumes I & II

Tobias Smollett · 1780 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, W. Strahan, J. Rivington & Sons, 1780. Leather. An uncommon illustrated copy of this novel by Tobias Smollett. Uncommon. Complete in 2 volumes bound in one. Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish poet and author, best known for his picaresque novels, which influenc...

The Sacred Star July to December 1834; January to June 1835

Christian Instruction Society · 1835 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

London, James Paul , 1835. Leather. A charming little collection containing poetry, discussions of biblical stories, letters and addresses given to various Sunday Schools and advice. Delightfully illustrated with numerous engraved plates throughout. Rebound in a full calf bind...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Charles Kent · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, George Routledge, c1879. Leather. A hardback copy of Moore's Poetical Works, edited by Charles Kent. Irish poet, Thomas Moore, moved up the ranks of society after moving to London to study law. He became famous for his ballads, melodies and poems, and set about wr...

Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

Robert Southey · 1829 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, John Murray, 1829. Leather. An uncommon two volume set of this work by Robert Southey. The work is 'an exposition of Southey's mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of the constitutional reform, support for high taxatio...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

William Michael Rossetti (Ed) · 1779 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, c1880. Leather. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore edited with a critical memoir by William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. From Moxon's Popular Poets series. With decorative colour border to each page of text and numerous i...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1868 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world ...

The Wanderings of Tom Starboard or, the Life of a Sailor

Isabella Jane Towers · 1830 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, John Harris, 1830. Leather. An illustrated copy of this work by Isabella Towers. A work of fiction following Tom Starboard, a sailor who found himself voyaging throughout Asia and the Pacific, this work was a delight amongst the young readership of its time. With a bea...

Ranke&Apos;S History of the Popes, Gladstone on Church and State the Life and Writings of Addison, Horace Walpole and Lord Bacon

T B Macaulay · 1851 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851-2. Leather. A collection of Thomas Babington Macaulay's essays, in a leather binding. Five essays bound in one volume. With his Ranke's History of the Popes, Gladstone on Church and State, The Life and Writings of Addi...

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts with Notes the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem

Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this play and poem by Lord Byron. The first edition of this work.Bound by Bayntun's of Bath.First impression, with Doge's speech on p.151 five and a half lines long.The play is set in Venice in 135...

Comic Dramas in Three Acts

Maria Edgeworth · 1817 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London, R. Hunter, 1817. First edition. Leather. A fantastic first edition of three comic plays by Maria Edgeworth. A very original near fine copy.Bound without publisher's advertisments. Containing her plays Love and Law, The Two Guardians and The Rose, Thistle and Shamr...

The Exodiad: A Poem

Richard Cumberland; Sir James Bland Burges · 1807 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Lackington, Allen and Co. 1807. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collaborative epic poem from Richard Cumberland and Sir James Bland Burges. Richard Cumberland (19 February 1732 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. His plays a...

The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow with a Portrait of the Author

Henry W. Longfellow · 1856 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1856-63. Leather. The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow with a portrait of the author to frontispiece to volume one. Published by Tauchnitz under the title The Collection of British Authors The first two volumes were published in 1856 as volumes...

Modern Society

Catherine Sinclair · 1838 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, William White and Co, 1838. Leather. A copy of 'Modern Society; or The March of Intellect, the Conclusion of Modern Accomplishments', a study of female education, by Catherine Sinclair, 'Daughter of the late Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart&apos....

Real Sailor-Songs

John Ashton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.63 | ¥46,411)

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1891. Vellum. A collection of nautical songs and poems, collected by John Ashton. With two hundred woodcut illustrations throughout. Including sections on Sea Fight, Press-gang, Disaster, Ashore and Love. Including poems entitled The Battle of Tra...

Gilbert; or, the Young Carrier. An Amatory Rural Poem, in Four Books.

James Templeman · 1808 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, H. D. Symonds, 1808. First edition. Leather. A first edition of a scarce rural poem, illustrated with plates and a fold-out map. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. With two engraved plates, and a fold-out map. The fold-out map is missing the top third...

Afterwards and Other Stories

Ian Maclaren · 1898 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1898. Leather. The third edition of this collection of stories by Ian Maclaren. In an attractive binding by Hatchards. Reverend John Watson, better known by his penname Ian Maclaren, was a Scottish author and theologian. Maclaren's first work...

Atalanta in Calydon: And Lyrical Poems

Algernon Charles Swinburne · 1901 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1901. Leather. A selection of the poetry of Swinburne, from the Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors. Copyright edition. Selected, with an introduction, by William Sharp. In a quarter-morocco binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight rub...

Age without Pity

John Prebble · 1950 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

New York, Henry Hold and Company, 1950. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of John Prebble's Age Without Pity. The author's copy with his signature to the title page. First edition, first printing of the American edition of this novel. John Prebble wa...

The History of Little Henry and His Bearer

Mary Martha Sherwood · 1829 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, F Houlston and Son, 1829. Leather. A nice copy of Mary Martha Sherwood's popular childrens' book. Twenty-Fifth Edition. With frontispiece and additional illustrated title. The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814) was written by Mary Martha Sherwood. ...

Catalogue of the Herald&Apos;S Visitations; with References to Many Other Valuable Genealogical and Topographical Manuscripts in the British Museum

Anon · 1825 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

London, James Taylor, 1825. Leather. An extremely scare genealogical reference book organised by area. Second Edition. Armorial bookplate of Henry Thomas Ellacombe to front pastedown. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally sound although rubbed. Internally, fir...