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Poems

William Cowper · 1820 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London, F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820. Leather. A small collection of the poetry by the famous English poet, William Cowper. With an engraved frontispiece and title page. Including Table Talk, Expostulation, The Sofa, Truth and many others. William Cowper was a English Poet bor...

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1902 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

Eton, Eton College Press, 1902. Leather. A handsome edition of Gray's poetry printed as a presentation volume for students at Eton College. Featuring a portrait frontispiece and several further plates. Binder's stamp of Spottiswoode and Co to verso of front free-endp...

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God

Bernard Shaw · 1936 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1936. Leather. A scarce copy of this fictional work from Bernard Shaw, in a decorative leather binding. Fourteenth impression of the first edition. In a smart crushed morocco binding, bound by John Eves. Featuring various illustrations throug...

The Journal of Llewellin Penrose a Seaman

William Williams · 1825 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

London, Taylor and Hessey, 1825. Leather. A scarce copy of this novel by English- American painter William Wiliams. Thought to be semi-autobiographical, this book details the journey of a sailor who is cast away in the New World. Written in the mid-1700s, this book did not ach...

Marietta a Novel

T. Adolphus Trollope · 1862 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1862. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this scarce work by Thomas Adolphus Trollope. Complete in two volumes. Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810 – 1892) was born in Bloomsbury, London on 29 April 1810, was the elder brother of Anthony Trollope,...

Selecta E Scriptoribus Latinis Loca Editio Sexta Multis Locis Aucta Et Emendata

Various · 1905 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Unknown, Mechliniae Raym. Van Velsen, 1905. Leather. A selection of Latin verse from various famous Roman authors. In the original Latin. A scarce collection of interesting extracts from popular Roman works. Including extracts from Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gal...

Tales of My Landlord Second Series the Heart of Mid-Lothian

Sir Walter Scott · 1893 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.51 | $103.07 | ¥16,460)

London, John C Nimmo, 1893. Leather. A nicely bound copy of Sir Walter Scott's seventh Waverley novel. With bright tartan endpapers of the Scott clan tartan. Bound without title page, date and publisher's information sourced from Copac. The Heart of Midlothian was or...

Companion for Leisure Hours

Various Authors · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, The Religious Tract Society, 1841. Leather. A charmingly bound copy of this Religious Tract Society publication. Companion for Leisure Hours is a compilation of essays and stories for the reader to indulge during their leisure hours. Illustrated, with sixteen plates. C...

The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason

ed. Rev John Mitford · 1853 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

London, Richard Bentley, 1853. First edition. Leather. A collection of the letters between Thomas Gray and William Mason to which are added some letters addressed by Gray to the Rev. James Browne, D.D. Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. This is a first edition of this work...

The Poetical Works of James Hammond, George Lyttelton, Cuthbert Shaw, Edward Lovibond, Thomas Penrose

Thomas Park · 1807 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, Charles Whittingham, 1807-11. Leather. An uncommon collection of poetical works, bound as one. Collated from the best editions. Each work features an engraved frontispiece. Rebound in a straight grain morocco binding with gilt design. Externally, rubbing to extremities...

Helga a Poem in Seven Cantos

William Herbert · 1815 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, John Murray, 1815. First edition. Leather. A first edition of William Herbert's poem. William Herbert (12 January 1778 – 28 May 1847) was a British botanist, botanical illustrator, poet, and clergyman. He served as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire from 1806 t...

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

Lord Lytton · 1891 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1891. Leather. A scarce limited 'Edition de Luxe' of The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lord Lytton being number 196 of 500 copies. With twenty- seven engravings on steel from drawings by Roberts, Maclise and other artists including front...

Poems

Samuel Rogers · 1816 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.55 | $43.59 | ¥6,962)

London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1816. Leather. A collection of the poems of Samuel Rogers with an illustrated title page and illustrative head and tail pieces throughout. Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although ...

The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain, Kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Isles Adjoyning

John Speed · 1676 · Rooke Books

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London, Thomas Bassett; Richard Chiswell, 1676. Leather. A collection of leaves from the highly sought after geographical work; The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain. Complete with the maps this is around £100,000. Containing; the original title page in both red and blac...

Gertrude of Wyoming or, the Pennsylvanian Cottage

Thomas Campbell · 1857 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, George Routledge and Co. 1857. Leather. An attractive edition of Campbell's beautifully illustrated poem telling the story of the 1778 Wyoming Valley Massacre. Illustrations throughout, including illustrated half title. Thomas Campbell (27 July 1777 – 15 June 184...

Oberon a Poem; from the German of Wieland

William Sotheby · 1798 · Rooke Books

£515.00 (€617.40 | $680.50 | ¥108,680)

London, Cadell and Davies, 1798. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of Sotheby's translation of Oberon. Translated from the German of Christoph Martin Wieland. The original poem was very popular at the time and Sotheby is noted for translating in to English. W...

Poems

Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1873 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz , 1873. Leather. A small volume of poetry by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Copyright Edition. With a Memoir of the Author by Franz Huffer. In a half vellum binding with red cloth covered boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Boards are slightly warped. Int...

Irish Melodies with an Appendix Containing the Original Advertisements and the Prefatory Letter on Music

Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1825. Leather. A collection of lyrics by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. In an ornate morocco binding with beautiful silk endpapers and gilt design to pastedowns. This work is the sixth edition published just four years after its ini...

Modern Accomplishments: Or, the March of Intellect

Catherine Sinclair · 1838 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London, William Whyte and Co. 1838. Leather. An early copy of this popular novel first published in 1836, in a charming fine binding. Seventh Thousand. Catherine Sinclair (1800-1864) was a Scottish children's writer. She was the fourth daughter of Sir John Sinclair, 1st B...

The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

Daniel Defoe · 1826 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, C. & J. Rivington, 1826. Leather. An edition of Defoe's famous novel The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. A new edition, revised and corrected by James Plumptre, Vicar of Great Gransden. With numerous black and white illustrations. In a full calf...