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The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author by His Son John Anstey, Esq.

Christopher Anstey; John Anstey · 1808 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London, T. Cadel and W. Davies, 1808. Cloth. A first edition copy of the poetical works of Christopher Anstey, with an memoir of the author by John Anstey. First edition. A uncommon edition of The Poetical Works of Christopher Anstey with a portrait of Anstey to frontispiece a...

Waste Not, Want Not

Mrs Sherwood · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Houlston and Sons, c1840. Cloth. A complete edition of all four parts of Mrs Sherwood's Waste Not Want Not. With an illustrated frontispiece. Undated to title page, dated from copac. Appears to be the first edition containing all four parts. In a beautiful decorat...

The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree

Walter Savage Landor · 1853 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Edward Moxon, 1853. First edition. Cloth. A collection of prose and poetry by the eighteenth century writer Walter Savage Landor, whose work has been highly regarded by his literary peers. First Edition 'The Last Fruit off an Old Tree' by Walter Savage Landor...

Joan of the Sword Hand

Samuel Rutherford Crockett · 1900 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1900. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this fictional work from Scottish author, Samuel Rutherford Crockett. First edition. Illustrated with several plates throughout. With the success of J. M. Barrie and the Kailyard school of sentimental, hom...

The Storks the False Prince

Elizabeth Still Harrington · 1875 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London , Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Cloth. An extremely scarce translation of these German children's tales. Including The Storks and The False Prince. In a green cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some dampstaining to the boards. Front hinge strained. Intern...

The Lord&Apos;S Prayer

Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire · 1934 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

New York, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1934 . Cloth. A large volume containing the Lord's Prayer. With numerous coloured and black and white illustrations. "The Lord's Prayer pictured as a lovely, friendly part of the daily lives of a little girl and boy of today...

Lena Rivers

Mary Jane Holmes · 0 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , Milner and Co. c1900. Cloth. A scarce UK edition of this novel by American author Mary Jane Holmes. Portraying domestic life in small town and rural settings, Holmes examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the...

Sir Pulteney: A Fantasy

E. D. Ward (Edward Verrall Lucas) · 1910 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

London, Methuen and Co. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Lucas's fantastical novel. First Edition. Edward Verrall Lucas (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a popular English author of nearly one hundred books. He wrote under the pen names EVL, VVV, E. D. W...

Lothair

Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli · 1870 · Rooke Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

London , Longmans, Green, and Co. c1880. Hardback. A copy of Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli. Lothair (1870) was a late novel by Benjamin Disraeli, the first he wrote after his first term as Prime Minister. It deals with the comparative merits of the Catholic and Anglican churche...

A Sequel to the Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life

Harriet Corp · 1809 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London , Williams and Smith, 1809. Hardback. A scarce copy of Harriet Corp's didactic fictional work. 'Containing a further account of Mrs. Placid and her daughter Rachel&apos. Half-title is present. The Miseries of Human Life was written by James Beresford (1764–18...

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

Laurence Sterne · 1910 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

New York, G P Putman's Sons, 1910. Cloth. An uncommon 1910 edition of Sterne's third and final novel, lavishly illustrated with full-colour plates by Everard Hopkins. Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was a novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is ...

Ask Mamma

R.S. Surtees · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ltd, 1899. Cloth. A presumed limited edition of Surtees' "Ask Mamma". Matching the pagination of other limited editions, the status implied rather than written explicitly through the edition pages. The work is illustrated throughout with wo...

Collected Poems

Mackenzie Bell · 1901 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London, Thomas Burleigh, 1901. First edition. Cloth. First edition of the collected poems of Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell. Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell is best known under Mackenzie Bell, and was a writer and poet. He was well travelled, and knew many prominent literary figures ...

The Way of the World an Unexpurgated Edition Including an Original Signed Etching

William Congreve; Malcolm C Salaman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, The Haymarket Press, 1928. Cloth. A limited edition print of William Congreve's famous play 'The Way of The World&apos. With a signed engraved frontispiece by A R Middleton Todd. Todd was a painter and etcher of figure subjects and portraits. He was a member ...

Andrea of Hungary and Giovanna of Naples

Sir Walter Savage Landor · 1839 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Richard Bentley, 1839. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of two plays by Walter Savage Landor: 'Andrea of Hungary' and 'Giovanna of Naples&apos. Walter Savage Landor was an English poet and writer best remembered for his prose...

The Partiall Law a Tragi-Comedy

Bertram Dobell (Ed) · 1908 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

London, Published by the Editor, 1908. Cloth. A nice copy of the sole reprint of this scarce play with half title page and publisher's works to the rear. A tragi-comedy by an unknown playwright, circa 1615-30. This volume is printed from the original manuscript. Edited by...

The Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets

Francis Eleanor; T. Adolphus Trollope · 1881 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1881. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of these biographies of the Italian poets. Including chapters on Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Berni and many others. Written by Mrs Frances Trollope and her son, Thomas Adolphus Trollope. Com...

The Fortress

Hugh Walpole · 1932 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.62 | ¥12,235)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1932. Cloth. A limited edition of this novel on family conflict by Hugh Walpole, signed by the author. Limited edition. One of three hundred and ten large paper copies. A desirable work, signed by the author himself. Hugh Walpole was an talented write...

The Adventures of Don Lavington

George Manville-Fenn · 1898 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, S. W. Partridge and Co. 1898. Cloth. A charming work of children's literature by school teacher, turned author George Manville-Fenn In an attractive pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with several black and white plates and in-text illustrations throughout, this...

Of High Degree a Story

Charles Gibbon · 1885 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1885. Vellum. An edition of Charles Gibbon's 'Of High Degree; A Story', originally published in 1883. This copy is scarce. Charles Gibbon was a 19th Century British novelist and biographer who published over thirty works, including &apo...