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The Georgics of Vergil

Vergil · 1931 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London , George W. Jones, 1931. Vellum. An limited edition of this translation of the Georgics, illustrated by Edward Carrick. The second major work by the greatest Latin poet, attractively presented in a large paper edition. The work is from the limited edition but is unumber...

A Treat a Treat with Verses Good and Sweet

Dean and Son · 1882 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Dean and Son, c1882. Hardback. The third book from Dean's new series of Cheap Chromo Toy Books. Dated 1882 to the rear board. A scarce work, with none on Copac. An advertisement to the rear board notes the Dean's Chromo Toy Books 'are acknowledged. to b...

Swansong Poems

G. E. Mole · 0 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London and Woking, Unwin Brothers Limited, c1930. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry, Swansong: Poems by G. E. Mole. Comprising of four parts: Miscellaneous, Children, China Poems and Translations and On Tour. Each part contains a selection of poems, some of which are t...

A Free Lance in a Far Land Being an Account of the Singular Fortunes of Selwyn Fyveways, of Fyveways Hall, in the County of Gloucester, Esquire; for Seven Years a Free Adventurer in the Kingdoms of Hindostan

Herbert Compton · 1902 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London, A. Treherne and Company, 1902. Cloth. A scarce edition of this adventure novel by Herbert Compton. Cheap edition. One of Treherne's 'Half-Crown' novels. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally sound, though with some marks and slight bumping. Hinges st...

Ancient Metrical Tales: Printed Chiefly from Original Sources

Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne · 1829 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London , William Pickering, 1829. First edition. Cloth. A collection of poems written in Middle English, edited by Charles Henry Hartshorne. First edition. Bookplate of Bernard Warrington to front pastedown. Rebacked in cloth with the original boards and backstrip preserved. E...

The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten Books

Robert Pollok, A. M. · 1840 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1840. Cloth. The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827, the year of Pollok's death. With an author's portrait with facsimile signature to frontispiece. Fifteenth Edition The last published and...

Carol and Cadence New Poems Mdccccii-Mdccccvii

John Payne · 1908 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London , Villon Society, 1908. Vellum. A scarce collection of poetry by John Payne, written between 1902 and 1907. Numbered 45 of a limited press. Including The Book of Days and Nights, The Book of Beasts, London Voices, and many others. Bookplate of John Raymond Danson to fro...

The Holy Rose Etc

Walter Besant · 1890 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.94 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Walter Besant. With a frontispiece by Fred Barnard. Publisher's catalogue to rear, dated October 1889. Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian In a cloth covered binding. Exter...

Mark Twain a to Z the Essential Reference to His Life and Writings

R. Kent Rasmussen · 1995 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

The United States of America, Facts on File, Inc. 1995. First edition. Cloth. A near fine first edition of Mark Twain A to Z: The Essential Reference to his Life and Writings. As written in the synopsis, "Until now, tracking down information on Mark Twain's complex life a...

Bumpy&Apos;S Holiday

Biro · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Sylvan Press, c1943. Cloth. A scarce signed first edition of this charming children's storybook. Inscribed by the author to verso of front free endpaper. With a previous owner's ink inscription to recto of front free endpaper. With full-colour and monochrome ...

Plays from Moliere by English Dramatists

Moliere · 1885 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.36 | $35.66 | ¥5,696)

London, George Routledge and Sons , 1885. Cloth. This scarce anthology of theatrical scripts were written by English dramatists and collected by French play write Moliere. Plays are compiled of "Sir Martin Marr-all" by John Dryden, "The Mistake" by Sir John Vanbrugh, "The Plai...

My Novel, or Varieties in English Life

Pisistratus Caxton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton) · 1854 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London , Routledge, 1854. Cloth. An early edition of this novel in two volumes by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (pen-name, Pisistratus Caxton). Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a prolific English writer and politician who wrote many bestselling novels. He is credited with coining many well-kno...

The Biglow Papers

James Russel Lowell · 1859 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London , Trubner and Co, 1859. Cloth. This fascinating fictional work in verse presents three main characters each representing different aspects of American life, and using authentic American dialects in their dialogue. Described by the Grolier Club as "the most influential b...

History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature by Frederick Bouterwek. In Two Volumes

Frederick Bouterwek · 1823 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

London , Boosey and Son, 1823. Cloth. A first edition translation of this fascinating work, a first of its kind, concerning the history of a subject of growing interest to the Britain of 1823. Translated from the original German by Thomasina Ross. Complete in two volumes. Frie...

Cupid and Psyche from the Latin of Apuleius Done Into English Verse in Nine Cantos

Reverend George Ratcliffe Woodward, M. A. · 1912 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London , Herbert and Daniel, 1912. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful book of Woodward's English translation of Apuleius' famous story. First edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. George Ratcliffe Woodward (27 December 1848 – 3 March 1934) was an Anglican priest wh...

Island Nights&Apos; Entertainment

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1893 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London , Cassell & Company, 1893. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first issue, of three Stevenson short stories in the original binding. The first edition, with the visible revision of price from 5/- to 6/-. With the bookplate of Angus Alexander Colles Heron to the fr...

Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes

John Stephen Farmer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Unamed, Privately Printed for Subscribers Only , 1896. Cloth. A charming lyrical anthology containing traditional folk songs and rhymes from 1536 to 1896. First edition. A charming lyrical anthology containing traditional folk songs and rhymes from 1536 to 1896. Adorned with d...

Poems on Several Occasions

Austin Dobson · 1889 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1889. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon complete set of Poems on Several Occasions by Austin Dobson. With notes to rear of each volume. First edition. In two volumes complete. Henry Austin Dobson (1840 - 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an ...

Doings and Dealings

Jane Barlow · 1913 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A bright, scarce, first edition by Doings and Dealings by Jane Barlow. First Edition. Scarce. Jane Barlow, 1857 – 1917 was an Irish poet and writer. Barlow was educated at home and is said to have been frail and slight. T...

The Comical Romance and Other Tales Translated by Tom Brown, John Savage Et. Al

Paul Scarron · 1829 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.89 | $105.70 | ¥16,880)

London , Lawrence and Bullen, 1829. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this comic novel from French seventeenth-century author Paul Scarron. Limited to one thousand copies, of which this is number 339. Illustrated throughout from the designs of Oudry. With an introduction by J. ...