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The Works of the Ettrick Shepherd
[James Hogg]; Rev. Thomas Thomson · 1869 · Rooke Books
£47.00 (€56.34 | $62.09 | ¥9,916)
London, Blackie & Son, 1869. Leather. A varied collection of stories by James Hogg, drawing on his personal background in farming. This work is in a half calf leather binding with marbled boards. With gold gilt around the boards and on the spine. James Hogg draws on his person...
The Mindes Delight or Variety of Memorable Matters Worthy of Observation
Hedley Hope-Nicholson · 1928 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, Grant Richards and Philip Sainsbury at the Cayme Press, 1928 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this charming literary anthology, collected and edited by Hedley Hope-Nicholson. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding,...
Francis Quarles: The Complete Works in Prose and Verse
Francis Quarles; Alexander B Grosart [ed] · 1971 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)
Hildesheim, Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung , 1971. Cloth. The collected works in prose and verse of Francis Quarles in three bright volumes. Reprinted from the Blackburn edition of 1880-1 in the 'Anglistica & Americana: A Series of Reprints selected by Bernhard Fabian, Ed...
Selections from Barbour&Apos;S Bruce
John Barbour; Rev. Prof. Skeat · 1900 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Bungay, Richard Cay & Sons Limited, 1900. Leather. A smart copy of this selection of passages from Barbour's long narrative poem The Bruce. A selection of passages from the long narrative poem composed of almost 14,000 octosyllabic lines. Written in Early Scots, the piece...
Post Haste a Tale of Her Majesty&Apos;S Mails
R. M. Ballantyne · 1880 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)
London, James Nisbet & Co, 1880. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon to see signed first edition of this mysterious children's novel by R. M. Ballantyne, an illustrated mystery revolving around the postal system. Signed by the author, with his signature pasted to the front ...
Original Poems and Translations
Francis Fawkes · 1761 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, R. and J. Dodsley; J. Newbery; L. Davis and C. Reymers; T. Davies; H. Dell, 1761. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce poetical anthology by Francis Fawkes, including the impressive list of subscribers which includes figures such as Smollett, Johnso...
The Dramatic Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1857 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, Edward Moxon, 1857. Leather. The collected dramatic works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a volume of five plays bound for Magdalene College, Oxford. A new edition.In a prize binding for Magdalene College, Oxford.The dramatic works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this volume i...
The Little Wanderers: An Alpine Story; the Shepherd Noble: An Old English Story
Miss E M Stewart · 1878 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, D Stewart, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this book featuring two charming children's tales. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. 1860 and 1880 editions can be found institutionally at the Trinity College, the British Library, and the University of Oxf...
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In Which Are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality.
Tobias Smollett · 1776 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, R. Baldwin, Robinson and Roberts; T. Beckett and T. Cadell, 1776 . Leather. A lovely example of Tobias Smollett's humorous picaresque novel, offering fascinating insights into eighteenth century society. First published in 1751, and revised in 1758, this is a wond...
Samuel Johnson&Apos;S Library an Annotated Guide
Donald Greene · 1975 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Victoria, University of Victoria, 1975 . First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart first edition copy of this work on the library of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson was an English writer who has been described as arguably 'the most distinguished man of letters in English h...
Select Poems Divine and Humane
Thomas Beedome · 1928 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)
Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Vellum. Limited edition of a selection of verse by Thomas Beedome. Selection of the poems of seventeenth century English poet Thomas Beedome. Number 579 of 1250 copies printed on Van Gelder paper by Nonesuch Press in 1928. With Francis Mey...
The History of Comines (1596) and Sallust: The Conspiracy of Catiline and the War of Jagurtha (1608)
Thomas Danett; Thomas Heywood; Charles Whibley [Intro.] · 1897 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, David Nutt; Constable and Co, 1897-1924. First edition. Cloth. Three volumes containing the memoires of Phillipe de Commines and the historical works of the Roman historian Sallust. From the Tudor translations series. Three volumes containing reprints of fifteenth cent...
The Spider and the Flie
John Heywood · 1894 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, The Spenser Society, 1894. Cloth. An uncommon illustrated edition of John Heywood's allegorical poem. An uncommon illustrated edition of the sixteenth century writer's allegorical poem. Although John Heywood is best known for his plays and proverbs, he was al...
La Tentatrice
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez; Jean Carayon [Translator] · 1927 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1927. Leather. An attractive French translation of The Temptress by the Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Jean Carayon translates this work by the best-selling Spanish novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. As well as working as a journalist and politicia...
Continual Dew: A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse.
John Betjeman · 1977 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)
London, John Murray; W. & J. Mackay Limited, 1977 . Cloth. A wonderful facsimile edition of an early collection by Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, illustrated throughout. A facsimile of the 1937 first edition of this work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.With the publi...
Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, Et Oeuvres Poetiques de N. Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; Pierre Beaumarchais · 1880 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Paris, Lamplace, Sanchez et Cie; Garnier Freres, 1880-1885 . Leather. Two delightful volumes of French poetry, from famous French writers, illustrated with hand coloured plates. In the original French.The first work present is an 1880 edition of the poetry of Nicolas Boileau-D...
Les Amours Perdues
Edmond Jaloux · 1923 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1923 . Leather. A beautifully bound early edition of this novel by French writer Edmond Jaloux. In the original French. The seventeenth edition of this work, first published in 1919. In a charming quarter morocco binding, with the publisher's original...
Fortaelling Om Haldor; Minder Fra Min Barndom Og Min Ungdom
Carsten Hauch · 1864 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Copenhagen, [CA Reitzels, 1864-1867 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce first edition works from the nineteenth century Danish poet Johannes Carsten Hauch. In the original Danish. A lovely set of two very scarce first editions from Danish poet, playwright and novelist C...
Oeuvres de Lamartine; Cours de Litterature Francaise
Lamartine; M Villemain · 1869 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
Paris, Didier et Cie; Hachette, 1869-80. Leather. A group of three volumes from the works of Lamartine and a history of French literature by M Villemain in uniform bindings. Three volumes from the 'Oeuvres de Lamartine' including 'Premieres Meditations Poetiques...
Les Veillees Du Chateau
Madame de Genlis · 0 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Paris, Didier et Cie, c1840 . Leather. Educational children's novel in two volumes by Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis. In two volumes. A new edition, revised. Dated via Jisc. one of Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis's educational novels for children...