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The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith with Life

Oliver Goldsmith · 1860 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Gall and Inglis , 1860. Cloth. A lovely volume containing the poems, essays and prose of Oliver Goldsmith, in an attractive decorative cloth binding. A new edition. Bound in the original green decorative cloth. Undated, dated from copies held institutionally. Collate...

Orlando (the Marmalade Cat) His Silver Wedding

Kathleen Hale · 1946 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Country Life Limited, 1946. Cloth. A charming Orlando tale, this colourfully illustrated volume telling of his anniversary with his wife. The third impression of this charming Orlando tale.This volume sees Orlando celebrate his anniversary with his wife, Grace, as they...

Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children

Isaac Watts · 1850 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850. Cloth. A scarce copy of this collection of moral and religious verses for young children, with illustrations. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A collection of educational, moral and religious verses for young childre...

Original Songs

Robert Gilfillan · 1831 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

Edinburgh; London; Leith, John Anderson Jun; Whittaker Treacher and Co; James Burnet, 1831. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this anthology of poetry by Scots writer Robert Gilfillan, signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the...

Fables in Verse

Henry Rowe · 1810 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, J. J. Stockdale, 1810 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Henry Rowe's charmingly illustrated volume of verse fables. An uncommon first edition, in a straight grain morocco binding, with gilt detailing. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiec...

The Berry Scene

Dornford Yates · 1947 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited , 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donford Yates' collection of comic short stories, featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's origi...

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts (Altemus&Apos; Edition)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1889 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Philadelphia , Henry Altemus , 1889. Cloth. The publisher's large folio edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's major poem, with many engraved plates by Gustave Dore. The Altemus' Edition of this work. Originally published with Dore's illustrations in 1875 by ...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1895 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1895. Vellum. A later edition of this classic work, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. A collection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam, a Persian polymath, known for contributions made to astronomy, philosopher, poetry, and mathematics. Th...

And Even Now

Max Beerbohm · 1920 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, William Heinemann, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Max Beerbohm's volume of essays, with an inscription from British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch to the front free endpaper. The first edition of this work.Inscribed to the front free endpaper &apos...

Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne

Laurence Sterne · 1775 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, T. Becket, 1775-1776. First edition. Cloth. The letters and correspondence of writer Laurence Sterne. With volume III present in the first edition, and volumes I and II in the 'New Edition' of the following year. Complete in three volumes, present here are th...

Poems

Stephen Spender · 1934 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Faber & Faber ltd, 1934. Cloth. A collection of poetry by Stephen Spender, in the original dust wrapper. The second edition, revised and enlarged. Considered to be the 'definitive' edition of this collection of poetry, with nine additional poems not found in ...

Phoenix II: Uncollected, Unpublished and Other Prose Works

D. H. Lawrence; Warren Roberts; Harry T. Moore [ed.] · 1968 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, William Heinemann Ltd , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the second 'Phoenix' anthology, comprising D. H. Lawrence's previously unpublished and unknown works. The first edition of this work. With the publisher's original unclipp...

The Works of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding · 1903 · Rooke Books

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

New York, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1903. Cloth. A smart complete twelve volume set of this collection of works by Henry Fielding. Complete in twelve volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. Written by Henry Fielding, an English novelist, irony writer, and d...

The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad · 1924 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Cloth. A smart collection of fourteen volumes from this set of the complete works of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad. Fourteen volumes of a twenty-five volume set. Lacking volumes 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. Canter...

The Mother&Apos;S Book of Song

Various · 1902 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 1902. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of poetry for mothers and children. Illustrated throughout. A charming collection of poetry and verse for mothers and children to read together. With poems including: Little Toddlekin,...

Focus One

B. Rajan; Andrew Pearse [editors] · 1945 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd. 1945. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of critical analysis of contemporary literature. First edition. An excellent collection of literary criticism with contributions from D.S. Savage, George Woodcock, Peter Yates,...

Christmas at the Mermaid

Theodore Watts-Dunton · 1902 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, John Lane, 1902. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce poem from English critic Theodore Watts-Dunton, with illustrations. First edition. Very scarce work. Flowers of Parnassus - XI. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and numerous i...

Night and Day

Virginia Woolf · 1919 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Duckworth and Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Virginia Woolf's second novel, an Edwardian-set novel on love and happiness. The first edition.One leaf of adverts to the rear.Half-title is present. Collated, complete. Really a candidate fo...

The Book of Ballads

Bon Gaultier · 1849 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Wm. S. Orr, and Co. 1849 . Cloth. A lovely edition of Bon Gaultier's charming book of ballads, poems and songs. A smart edition of this work.These poems were written by Theodore Martin and William Edmonstoune Aytoun using the joint pseudonym 'Bon Gaultier&apo...

Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1901 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Sands and Co, 1901. Cloth. This charming edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel Cranford illustrated by T. H. Robinson, in pictorial prize binding. Cranford was first published serially in the magazine Household World between 1851 and 1853. It was then firs...