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The Posthumous Papers, Facetious and Fanciful, of a Person Lately About Town

Cornelius Webbe · 1828 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, William Sams, 1828. Leather. A scarce first edition of Webbe's illustrated collection of stories. First Edition. Featuring several illustrated plates. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Some scattered...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 0 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1907. Leather. An affordable copy of Scott's poetical works in a smart binding. With a prize presentation plate to the front pastedown from Carmarthen Grammar School. Undated, dated from Copac. With a James Galt & Co. binders label to the ...

The Pleasures of Hope

Thomas Campbell · 1825 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Leather. A decorative early nineteenth century copy of Thomas Campbell's famous Pleasures of Hope with three beautiful engraved plates. With three engraved plates and an additional engraved title page. In a very ...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. In Two Volumes Bound As One

Thomas Campbell · 1833 · Rooke Books

£119.99 (€143.82 | $158.51 | ¥25,313)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1833. Leather. The works of this Scottish sentimental poet, in a decorative fine binding. New Edition. Featuring seven engravings by Richard Westall, RA, and a portrait frontispiece. With an ink inscription to the front blank reading: 'A Birthday...

Collection of British Authors: Tauchnitz Edition, Vol 2317: Becket; the Cup; the Falcon; Harold & Queen Mary

Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz , c1885. Leather. Tauchnitz's Collection of British Authors - Vol 2317. The volume includes Tennyson's dramatic works: Becket; The Cup; The Falcon; Harold; & Queen Mary. Alfred Tennyson, (1809 ? 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and...

Glyn Severn&Apos;S School Days

George Manville Fenn · 1904 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

London, W and R Chambers, 1904. First edition. Fine Binding. A beautifully bound copy, and first edition, of this early twentieth-century novel. First Edition. Featuring an illustrated frontispiece. 'With eight drawings by Charles Pears&apos. In a decorative full morocco ...

Personal Collection of Poetry and Drawings. By Various

Various · 1908 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Unknown, Unknown, 1908-1931. Leather. A charming personal collection of poetry and sketches from the early 20th century. Contains 24 handwritten poems or riddles, apparently original, dated between 1908 and 1931. Also with 8 drawings, some appear to be copied from other works,...

Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius

John Watkins · 1808 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, Albion Press, 1808. Leather. A scarce edition of this work by John Watkins, in attractive leather binding. Detailing anecdotes of various British "men of learning and genius", the work contains interesting recollections about the likes of Sir Thomas More, Sir Walter Ra...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem and Ballads and Lyrical Pieces

Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

London and Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Ballantyne, 1805. Leather. The Second Edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem bound with the First Edition of his Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. Bound without half titles and advertisments. From the library of the Ti...

Posthumous Works in Prose and Verse Written in the Time of the CIVIL Wars and Reign of K Charles II

Samuel Butler · 1715 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, Sam Briscoe, 1715. Leather. A collection of Samuel Butler's works. With a portrait frontispiece of Samuel Butler. The Second edition of this posthumously published work. Published using the original manuscripts and scarce valuable pieces formerly printed. There is...

Epistles, Elegant, Familiar, & Instructive. Selected from the Best Writers, Ancient As Well As Modern; Intended for the Improvement of Young Persons, and for General Entertainment Being a Proper Supplement to Extracts in Prose and in Poetry

Vicesimus Knox · 1791 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

9.5" by 6, Rivingtons, Longman, Law et al, 1791. Leather. An extensive educational selection of eminent literary authors. With an engraved title page. Vicesimus Knox, 1752-1821, was an English headmaster and writer. "Knox's motivation was the education and improvement of ...

The History of Little Jack, a Foundling and the History of William, an Orphan

[Thomas Day] · 1818 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, W B Whittaker, 1818. Leather. An early nineteenth century edition of Thomas Day's Little Jack and The History of William Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Illustrated throughout with several vigne...

Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive and Narrative Poets of Great Britain from Chaucer to the Present Day

John Johnstone (Editor) · 1828 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1828. Leather. A pocket sized poetical anthology. With an illustrated frontispiece and a vignette title page. Edited and with both critical and biographical notes by John Johnstone. With poetry from Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Sir Philip Sydney, S...

Poems of Owen Meredith (the Earl of Lytton).

Owen Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Walter Scott, 1897. Leather. Selected poems from Owen Meredith, in a personalised Hatchard's binding. Owen Meredith was the pen name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the 1st Earl of Lytton. He published his his first volume of poems at the age of twenty five and went on t...

A History of French Literature

Edward Dowden · 1899 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, William Heinemann, 1899. Leather. An historical work regarding French literature. In a prize binding by Relfe Brothers. Their binder's stamp is to the verso of front endpaper. This book was a prize from Thetford Girls' Grammar School as noted by the school cr...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume

Thomas Moore · 1843 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Leather. The complete poetical works of Thomas Moore published in one volume. With an engraved portrait of Moore to frontispiece and a vignette half title. Bound by Maclehose, Glasgow with binder's stamp to verso of front ...

The Adventures of Chippybobbie and His Friend Mr Fieldmouse

Hawley Morgan · 0 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, c1917. Cloth. A charming early twentieth-century children's book, written and illustrated by Hawley Morgan. Compete with its extremely scarce original dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with many coloured plates, and illustrations ...

Simple Tales from Other Lands

C. A. Johns · 1858 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, Allman and Son, 1858. Cloth. A scarce illustrated collection of short stories by C. A. Johns. Including the stories: 'The Foster Sister', 'The Blind Horse', 'The Witches' Hut&apos. Copiously illustrated throughout. In a quarter cloth bindi...

The Wizard

Henry Rider Haggard · 1896 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Bristol, J Arrowsmith Ltd, c1912. Cloth. An early of Henry Rider Haggard's imperialist novel 'The Wizard', first published in 1896. Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, and a pioneering author of the 'Lost W...

Between the Lines

H M Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1930. Cloth. The first trade edition, first printing of an address given by H M Tomlinson. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With half title and publisher&ap...