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Lewis Arundel; or, the Railroad of Life

Frank E. Smedley · 1852 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Virtue, Hall, & Virtue, 1852. First edition. Cloth. A first edition in book form of this novel by Frank E. Smedley. With illustrations by "Phiz." Francis Edward Smedley, (4 October 1818 – 1 May 1864) was an English novelist. His name appears in print usually as Frank...

All at Sea a Social Tragedy in Three Acts for First-Class Passengers Only

Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell · 1927 · Rooke Books

£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.69 | ¥5,061)

London , Duckworth , 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this theatrical work, designed for the higher classes. To which is added "A Few Days in an Author's Life", a humorous autobiographical account, used as an introduction to his play, and full of satirical p...

The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters and Poems

Rev T.S. Grimshawe · 1849 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1849. Cloth. A scarce edition of this collection of works and biography of poet William Cowper. Taken from Cowper's private correspondence and edited by Rev. T.S. Grimshawe. Presentation copy with the editor's dedication to his sister ins...

The Love of the Foolish Angel

Helen Beauclerk · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. 1929. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of fiction from the early twentieth century by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac this particular copy is bound in the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition whic...

The Tales of the Spanish Boccaccio Count Lucanor or the Fifty Pleasant Stories of Patronio

don Juan Manuel, James York (Translator) · 1888 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London , Pickering and Chatto, 1888. Cloth. A collection of short stories by medieval writer Don Juan Manuel. Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish prince, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile. Manuel wrote thirteen books in total, eight of which survive today. Translated into English by Ja...

The Three Fountains: A Faery Epic of Euboea with Other Verse

George Spencer Cautley · 1869 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1869. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of The Three Fountains: A Faery Epic of Euboea With Other Verse by George Spencer Cautley (1807 - 1880). First edition. A collection of poetry including: The Three Fountains, Ruined Greek Temple, S...

Eric Brighteyes

H Rider Haggard · 1893 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1893. Cloth. The third edition of this work by H Rider Haggard. With illustrations by Lancelot Speed, a Victorian book illustrator best known for his illustrations of Andrew Lang's fairy stories. Eric Brighteyes is an epic Viking adventure ...

Joan Haste

H Rider Haggard · 1895 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by H Rider Haggard. With 20 plates. Joan Haste is a Victorian melodrama centring on the theme of the fallen woman and social justice. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some rubb...

Last Poems

George Meredith · 1909 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Constable & Company, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A volume of poetry by the English novelist and poet George Meredith. Last Poems was his eleventh poetic publication and includes the works 'The Wild Rose', 'Youth in Age' and 'The Call&apos. Firs...

A Review of the Missionary Life and Labors or Richard Wright

Richard Wright · 1824 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London , D. Eaton, 1824. First edition. Cloth. A Review of the Missionary Life and Labors or Richard Wright written by himself. He left another autobiography, in manuscript. First edition. With a notice to the Friends and Supporters of the Unitarian Fund to front followed by a...

Let&Apos;S Go Somewhere.

John Miller · 1968 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Rolvenden , Unknown, 1968. Paperback. A very scarce uncorrected proof copy of the BBC Announcer by John Miller. The story begins with Miller's birth in a theatre to his various jobs in radio and broadcasting. Throughout the work sections have been cut and pasted over othe...

Fairyland in 1918 and Other Poems

E L Thomas · 1919 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.08 | ¥55,904)

London , T Werner Laurie Ltd, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A scarce limited edition of poems by E L Thomas. Limited to 500 copies, printed on hand-made paper. First edition. The poems were written while Thomas was on active service in France. Though childlike in subject, the po...

When London Burned a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire

G. A. Henty · 1832 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Blackie and Son, c1895. Cloth. A historical novel by G. A. Henty, with black and white illustrations. With dramatic illustration to frontispiece depicting a firey scene. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a s...

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1846 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,915)

London , Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1846. Cloth. A mid-nineteenth century collection of the poems of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Bolton Corney, with a biographical memoir and notes on the poems. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings in the text. In a yellow ...

Of English Literature in the Reign of Victoria

Henry Morley · 1881 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Leipzig , Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881. Cloth. A profile of English literature in the Nineteeth Century. Written by Henry Morley, the work has forty pages of facsimiles signatures of authors featured in this edition, from their correspondence with the publisher Baron Tauchnitz. A ...

Days of Old Rome

Arthur Lewis · 1905 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London , Elkin, Mathews and Vigo, 1905. Cloth. A scarce poetical work surrounding ancient Rome. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Edith Calvert. With original publisher's advertisements loosely inserted into the front. In original cloth binding with gilt motif to the ...

The Poems of William Cowper

J. C. Bailey · 1905 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Methuen and Co. 1905. Cloth. A collection of The Poems of William Cowper. Edited with an introduction and notes by J. C. Bailey. With twenty-seven illustrations. In a green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, generally smart, lightly rubbed in ...

Pure Poetry

George Moore · 1924 · Rooke Books

£105.00 (€125.86 | $138.71 | ¥22,150)

London , The Nonesuch Press, 1924. Cloth. A limited edition of this fine collection of poetry. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Limited edition, number 908 of 1250 copies printed and made in Great Britain. Pu...

Johnsonia Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. By Mrs Piozzi, Richard Cumberland, Bishop Percy and Others Together with the Diary of Dr Campbell and Extracts from That of Madame D&Apos;Arblay

Robina Napier · 1884 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1884. Cloth. A limited collection of anecdotes on the life of Dr Samuel Johnson. Robina Napier was a British translator and antiquarian. With engraved frontispiece and half-title. Bookplate of Sir Chas. E. H. Chadwyck Healey to front pastedown. N...

Limits and Renewals

Rudyard Kipling · 1932 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London , Macmillan and Co, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kipling's last collection of short stories. Written shortly after the death of Kipling's son, the stories all feature themes of pain, inner suffering, mental anguish and bereavement. Including ...