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The Victorians
Geoffrey Grigson; Various · 1950 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, 1950. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of poems, collecting the best examples of Victorian writers. The first edition.Finely bound with a cityscape motif in gilt to the front board.An anthology...
The Works of Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson; W. Gifford; F. Cunningham · 1875 · Rooke Books
£1,350.00 (€1,618.42 | $1,783.84 | ¥284,890)
London, Bickers and Son, Henry Sotheran and Co, 1875. Leather. A handsome example of this nine volume edition of the collected works of influential playwright and poet Ben Jonson, in signed half morocco bindings. This set, with a biographical memoir from W. Gifford and introdu...
Nursery Lyrics
Mrs. Richard Strachey [Jane Maria Strachey] · 1893 · Rooke Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London, Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of Lady Strachey's charming children's book, a work of imaginative lyric poetry. A very scarce first edition.Inscribed 'H. A. Huxley from Mrs....
A Collection of Works by Hermann Sudermann
Hermann Sudermann · 1897 · Rooke Books
£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)
Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1897-1898. Leather. An attractive set of works by German dramatist Hermann Sudermann, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco. A set of five volumes, uniformly bound in quarter crushed morocco.Hermann Sudermann was o...
Waverley Novels
Sir Walter Scott · 1842 · Rooke Books
£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)
Edinburgh, Robert Cadell , 1842-1847. Leather. A smart illustrated set of Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' novels, bound in full calf by Hayday. Comprising the 'Abbotsford' edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Complete in twelve volumes, bo...
Some English Books with Coloured Plates
R. V. Tooley · 1935 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)
London, Ingpen & Grant, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this bibliographical account of English books which have been published with colour plates. The first edition.In a custom dust wrapper.A bibliographical study of English books, produced across history, wh...
The Thieves of Ostia; the Pirates of Pompeii; the Assassins of Rome
Caroline Lawrence · 2001 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, Orion Children's Books, 2001-2002. Cloth. A delightful trio of signed books from Caroline Lawrence's 'Roman Mysteries' children's series. Signed by the author alongside a Latin quote to each volume. An excellent set of three books from 'R...
The Complete Works of George Herbert and the Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall
George Herbert; Bishop Hall · 1860 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. Leather. A smartly bound collection of religious works by George Herbert and Bishop Hall, with illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Collated complete. A vast array of spiritual musing, poetry and satires,...
The Angel in the House
Coventry Patmore · 1858 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John W. Parker and Son, 1858. Vellum. A smart second edition of this narrative poem from English writer and critic Coventry Patmore. The scarce second edition. A narrative poem being an idealised account of Patmore's courtship of his first wife, Emily Augusta Andr...
The Shy Cousins Story Book
1906 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of short children's stories. First edition. From the Nelson's Picture Books in Coloured Boards series. Very scarce work. Illustrated with two co...
Shakspeare&Apos;S Himself Again: Or the Language of the Poet Asserted
Andrew Becket · 1815 · Rooke Books
£248.00 (€297.31 | $327.70 | ¥52,335)
London, A. J. Valpy, by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815 . First edition. Leather. The scarce two volume first edition of Andrew Becket's detailed study of William Shakespeare's language. A scarce first edition, complete in two volumes.In his two volumes, Andrew Becke...
The Battle of Life, a Love Story
Charles Dickens · 1846 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 . First edition. Cloth. The fourth state of the first edition of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, charmingly illustrated throughout. The first edition, fourth state of this work, with the engraved title page showing an angel with a banner, ...
The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
John Milton · 1851 · Rooke Books
£1,650.00 (€1,978.07 | $2,180.25 | ¥348,199)
London, William Pickering, 1851. Leather. A collection of poetry and prose by the renowned English poet John Milton, bound in full calf. A collected edition.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and two folding plates to 'Volume One&apos. A complete eight volume set...
Poems
Thomas Gray · 1894 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Eton, The Eton College Press , 1894. Leather. A collection of poems from the renowned Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College prize binding by Ingalton Drake. The Eton College edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece, illuminated letters, head and tail pi...
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1851 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, John Murray, 1851. Leather. A third edition of this collection of extracts from the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Third edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of conversations and reflections drawn from the intellectual life of Samuel Taylor Coler...
Annie Grant and Her Father
Anna Maria Glennie · 1850 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1850. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of this children's story from British novelist Anna Maria Glennie. Early edition, first published in 1848. Very scarce work. Illustrated throughout. A charming moral story for youn...
Trois Contes Chinois Du Xviie Siecle
G. Soule de Morant [translator] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1926. Leather. A limited edition of this collection of three Chinese tales from the seventeenth century, translated into French. French. Limited to five hundred copies on Japanese paper of which this is number four hundred and sevent...
New Poems & It Depends: A Poet&Apos;S Notebook
Eugenio Montale · 1976 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
New York, New Directions, 1976-1980. First edition. Cloth. Two smart first US editions of these collections of poetry from Italian writer Eugenio Montale. Two volumes. First US edition. Written by Eugenio Montale, an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, who was t...
Poetical Works of John Milton, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain&Apos;D, the Mask of Comus, L&Apos;Allegro, and IL Penseroso.
John Milton · 1804 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, W. Suttaby, 1804-5 . Leather. A charming, pocket-sized edition of John Milton's poetry, comprising his celebrated Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd, alongside Comus, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. Bound in full calf. A collection of works by celebrated 17...
Sailing to an Island
Richard Murphy · 1963 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London; New York, Faber and Faber; Chilmark Press, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A charming set containing the true first and first US edition of this poetry collection by Richard Murphy, one of which is signed. This set offers both the true first UK edition and the first US edi...