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The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem

Sir Walter Scott · 1823 · Rooke Books

£107.99 (€129.46 | $142.69 | ¥22,789)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A nicely illustrated copy of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. Extra-illustrated with the six Richard Westall engraved plates bound-in from the 1809 John Sharpe publication, including the engraved title page. All in a ...

Moral Gallantry: A Discourse, Addressed to the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain

Sir George Mackenzie · 1821 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London, T Hamilton, 1821. Leather. A scarce edition of Moral Gallantry: a Discourse by the Late Sir George Mackenzie, or Rosehaugh, Advocate to King Charles II and King James VII. With other essays, intimately connected with the Subject. With a dedication to the Nobility and G...

Esther and Other Poems

Artemus G Bathurst · 1915 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Unknown, Printed for Private Circulation only, 1915. Leather. A beautiful author's edition of this very scarce collection of poetry by Artemus G. Bathurst. Little is known about the author - whose solemn portrait is the frontispiece for this work - other than that his ful...

The Pirate and the Three Cutters

Captain Frederick Marryat · 1854 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1854. Leather. A scarce copy of this novel by Captain Frederick Marryat. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a British Royal Navy officer and novelist, now known as an early pioneer of the sea story, or nautical fiction. Illustrated with a frontisp...

Home. A Poem.

John Boyd Greenshields · 1808 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.82 | $204.81 | ¥32,710)

Edinburgh and London, Mundell, Doig & Stevenson; Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, and J. Harris, 1808. Leather. A scarce book of poetry from John Boyd Greenshields, usually difficult to find in any edition. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and spine decoration. The Second Edition, C...

Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple Esq.

William Cowper · 1803 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

London, J Johnston, 1803. Leather. A scarce two volume collection of illustrated poetry from William Cowper. William Cowper is considered a forerunner of the Romantics for his subject matter, everyday life and the English countryside. Many of the poems published in this work w...

The Poems of Mark Akenside

Mark Akenside · 1772 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772. Leather. An early poetical anthology from the English poet, Mark Akenside. First collected edition, published the same year as the first. Mark Akenside rose from humble beginnings to considerable eminence in medicine and literature. He c...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott · 1889 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1889. Leather. A charming anthology of a selection of works from prolific poet Walter Scott. Featuring a frontispiece and various illustrated plates. Works include "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", songs from Waverley, and various Miscellaneous Po...

The Baroness. A Tale. Dedicated to the Daughters of Rank and Affluence in Great Britain

Anon · 1843 · Rooke Books

£119.99 (€143.85 | $158.55 | ¥25,321)

London, Seeley, Burnside and Seeley, 1843. Leather. A rather scarce religious novel concerning two young women, Edith and the young Baroness de Walton. Bound in half leather with gilt lettering. Bound by R. Eastwell, Belfast, with the bookbinder's label to the front paste...

Essays in a Series of Letters

John Foster · 1830 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Holdsworth And Ball, 1830. Leather. A copy of John Foster's Essays in a Series of Letters from the personal collection of Professor David Arthur Pailin. "John Foster (1770-1843), a somewhat morose character, studied at Brearley Hall under John Fawcett before movin...

The Union, or Select Scots and English Poems

[Thomas Warton] (Editor) · 1759 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)

London, R Baldwin, 1759. Leather. A compilation of several famous Scottish and English poets With works of many poets such as Tobias Smollett and James Hammond. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born a...

Charles O&Apos;Malley, the Irish Dragoon

[Charles Lever] · 1842 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1842-1844. Leather. An uncommon edition of Irish novelist Charles Lever's rollicking military adventure, first published 1841. With two vignette titles and 42 illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne, credited here as Phiz. Following ...

Self Knowledge, a Treatise Showing the Nature and Benefit

John Mason · 1825 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, C and C Whittingham, 1825. Leather. A handsome pocket sized edition of John Mason's famous and popular work. Treatise on Self-Knowledge was first published in 1745 and went through several editions. This edition is in a pocket-sized format. With an engraved title ...

The School of Man

Francois Genard · 1753 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)

Dublin, Lockyer Davis, 1753. First edition. Leather. A popular pseudo-courtesy book by Francois Genard. Translated from the French This is the first Dublin edition of this book. To which is prefixed a key to the satyrical characters interspersed in the work. Popular pseudo-cou...

The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes Advice to the Future Laureat; an Ode the Louisiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto the Third and Fourth Odes of Importance Etc. Odea to Kien Long, the Present Emperor of China, and a Complimentary Epistle to James Bruce, the Abyssinian Traveller

Peter Pindar · 1790 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

Dublin, William Porter, 1790-93. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Peter Pindar, with details of his life, bound in one volume. Containing: The Poetical Works of Peter Pindar, Esq. A Distant Relation to the Poet of Thebes Advice to the Future Laureat; An Ode The Louisiad,...

The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan with a Biographical and Critical Sketch

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt · 1840 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. A collected edition of the works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a biographical and critical sketch by Leigh Hunt. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an satirist, playwright and poet, and long time owner of the London Theatre Royal. He is kno...

Ask Mamma;" or, the Richest Commoner in England

Robert Smith Surtees · 1858 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this 19th Century novel, by Robert Smith Surtees. First Edition. With illustrations by John Leech: colour plates and black and white vignettes. Robert Smith Surtees (17 May 1805 – 16 March 1864) was ...

The History of Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia

Samuel Johnson · 1817 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, John Sharpe, 1817. Leather. Dr Samuel Johnson's novella, 'The History of Rasselas', in an attractively leather binding. This work is an apologue, or allegorical story, about happiness and suffering. Illustrated, with drawings by Richard Westall. With an ...

Belisarius

Jean-Francois Marmontel · 1773 · Rooke Books

£385.00 (€461.55 | $508.72 | ¥81,246)

London, P. Vaillant & G. Robinson, 1773. Leather. An attractive copy of Jean-Francois Marmontel historical work on the life and times of the Byzantine military leader, Belisarius. Translated into English from the original French. Despite writing tragedies and operas in his ear...

Rob Roy

Walter Scott · 1908 · Rooke Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1908. Leather. A handsome edition of Sir Walter Scott's 'Rob Roy', part of the famous collection entitled 'The Waverley Novels&apos. With an introduction essay and notes by Andrew Lang and ten illustrated plates. Volume four of a t...