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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...

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...