Letteratura

The Gaberlunzie&Apos;S Wallet

James Ballantine · 1843 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edinburgh, John Menzies, 1843. First edition. Leather. A signed first edition of 'The Gaberlunzie's Wallet' by James Ballantine. Inscribed by the author James Ballantine, who wrote under the pseudonym 'Jot.' With numerous illustrations on steel and woo...

The Pleasures of Imagination

Mark Akenside · 1803 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, T Cadell and W Davies, 1803. Leather. An illustrated copy of The Pleasures of Imagination by Mark Akenside. With three engraved plates, a frontispiece and a critical essay by Anna Barbauld. Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician. In this, his most famous work,...

Borland Hall and Olrig Grange

Hermann Kunst · 1872 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1872-74. Fine Binding. Two beautifully bound volumes of poetry by Hermann Kunst, from the library of Sir Charles Tennant in a signed binding. Hermann Kunst is a pseudonym for Walter Charles Smith, a hymnist, poet and minister of the Free Church of Sco...

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. In Two Volumes

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. Wi...

The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins and T. Warton with Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes.

Rev. George Gilfillan; Charles Cowden Clarke. · 1863 · Rooke Books

£162.00 (€194.18 | $214.02 | ¥34,177)

London, James Nichol, 1863 . Leather. A full leather bound volume, with gilt detailing to the spine. This volume contains information regarding the lives of Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins and Thomas Warton, in addition to their poetical works. There is wear to the extremiti...

The First Book of Poetry for the Use of Schools Intended As Reading Lessons for the Younger Classes

W F Mylius, [Charles and Mary Lamb] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, M J Godwin, 1811. First edition. Leather. A scarce, early first edition of this book of poetry for schools. By Charles and Mary Lamb, published under the pseudonym W. F. Mylius. With two engravings: a frontispiece and one further plate, both illustrative of the plate. ...

Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A Riviere bound edition of Gray's poems and letters with monochrome tipped-in illustrations. With a portrait to frontispiece, a decorative title page, decorative head and tail pieces and capitals. With a biographical introduction by ...

May Day with the Muses

Robert Bloomfield · 1822 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Bloomfield's poem, 'May Day with the Muses&apos. Bloomfield was a celebrated poet in his time, known for being a working class, self-educated writer. Celebrated in the context of simi...

Poems and Letters

Thomas Gray · 1867 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London, Chiswick Press, 1867. Leather. A collection of the poems of Thomas Gray, including his best-known work, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. With an Etonian prize dedication page to the front. Illustrated throughout with four tinted plates. Bound by Riviere (binder&...

The Funeral and the Tender Husband the Lying Lover, or the Ladies Friendship

Richard Steele · 1712 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London , Owen Lloyd; Bernard Lintott, 1712. Leather. Three of Irish playwright and politician, Richard Steele. The Funeral and The Tender Husband are intended to be one volume, whereas The Lying Lover has been included by prior owner. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabe...

Speed the Plough a Comedy in Five Acts Cure for the Heart Ache a Comedy in Five Acts a New Way to Pay Old Debts, a Comedy the Iron Chest, a Play in Three Acts Know Your Own Mind a Comedy in Five Acts the Heir at Law Lover&Apos;S Vows a Play in Five Acts

Mrs Inchbald; Philip Massinger; George Coleman · 1818 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Longman et al, 1818-1819. Leather. Seven eighteenth century plays, mostly comedies, bound in two volumes. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a noted and ...

Rokeby: A Poem

Walter Scott · 1813 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne, 1813. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Scott's epic poem Rokeby. The poem is set just after the Parliamentarian victory at Marston Moor (1644). Prior to the outbreak of war, the Royalist Lord Rokeby has favoured the marriage of his da...

William and His Uncle Ben a Tale Designed for the Use of Young People

Mrs. Hofland · 1770 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.23 | ¥7,382)

London, A. J. Newman and Co. C1826. Leather. 'William and his Uncle Ben A Tale Designed for the Use of Young People' by Mrs. Hofland. With half title, illustrated second title and engraved frontispiece but with title absent. Barbara Hofland (1770 - 1844) was an Engli...

Winter Count Poems 1934 - 1965

Frederick Manfred · 1966 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London , James D. Thueson, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Manfred's Winter Count - Poems 1934 - 1965. With a dedication to English author Robert Graves, including a signed slip of paper addressed to Graves. Frederick Feikema Manfred (1912 – 1994) was a no...

A Lay of Hero Worship and Other Poems

David Holt · 1850 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, William Pickering, 1850. Cloth. A scarce collection of poems A Lay of Hero Worship and Other Poems by David Holt (1766 - 1846). With a dedication to Philip James Bailey to front. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown 'Ex-Libris. Bernard Warrington. Pi...

The Linhay on the Downs

Henry Williamson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London , Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1929. Cloth. A limited first edition of this short story by Henry Williamson. Number 473 of 500 copies initialled by the author. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with just some minor shelfwear ...

Sonnets

Herbert New · 1885 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

Evesham, W. and H. Smith, 1885. Cloth. A scarce locally imprinted collection of sonnets by Herbert New, inscribed by the author. First edition. A copperplate inscription to title page reads Rev. Thomas Hinks, with H. N.'s kind regards. In a cloth binding. Externally, soun...

Out of Seir

E. M. Almedingen · 1943 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London , John Lane, 1943. Cloth. A signed first edition of this poem by E. M. Almedingen. Signed by Almedingen to title page. E. M. Almedingen was a British novelist, biographer and children's author of Russian origin. In paper covered boards in original unclipped dustwra...

St Stephen&Apos;S, a Poem

Unamed · 1860 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Edinburgh, Blackwood & Sons, 1860. Cloth. A very scarce poetical work which was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. Blue cloth hardback with blind embossed covers, there are gilt titles on the spine. There is a half title page and title page followed by a Dedica...

The Devil&Apos;S Motor a Fantasy

Marie Corelli · 1910 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Cloth. A very scarce, beautifully illustrated copy of this fantasy work by Marie Corelli Illustrated throughout with tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Severn. Designed to smell of motor oil -quite successfully. Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 – 2...