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The Works of George Meredith

George Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897-1907. Leather. A fourteen volumes, uniformly bound set of 'The Works of George Meredith' with frontispiece illustrations to all volumes. George Meredith (1828 - 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. Four...

The Works of the Reverend Edward Young Rector of Wellwyn in Hertfordshire and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty

Edward Young · 1774 · Rooke Books

£520.00 (€623.30 | $686.99 | ¥109,704)

London, P Brown H Hill and S Bayne, 1774. Leather. A charming four volume set of 'The Works Of The Reverend Edward Young', in uniform leather binding. The poetical works of Edward Young. A relatively scarce edition, complete in four volumes at the time of publication...

Volumes I - VIII of Cornhill Magazine

Various Authors · 1860 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.20 | $786.08 | ¥125,527)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1860-63. Leather. The first eight volumes of Cornhill Magazine. From the library of the Titley Court Estate. Titley Court was home to the Greenly family for over 500 years. The Greenly family have a long and fascinating history, perhaps most famous...

Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays and Mrs Leicester&Apos;S School and the Letters of Charles Lamb, Vols 1 & 2 and the Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1888-92. Leather. A handsome collection of works by Charles Lamb. An English writer, essayist, and poet, Charles Lamb was part of an elite literary group that included Coleridge and Wordsworth. Biographer E V Lucas described Lamb as 'the most lov...

Selected Works

Anthony Trollope · 1873 · Rooke Books

£365.00 (€437.51 | $482.22 | ¥77,004)

London, Colburn, 1873-81. Leather. Selected works of the prolific novelist Anthony Trollope. From the library of the Titley Court Estate. Titley Court was home to the Greenly family for over 500 years. The Greenly family have a long and fascinating history, perhaps most famous...

The Works of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding · 1824 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London , Otridge and Rackham et al. 1824. Cloth. A scarce twelve volume complete set of The Works of Henry Fielding, dating from 1824. A novelist and dramatist known elsewhere for his contribution to the history of law-enforcement, having founded London's first police for...

The Works of Rabelais

François Rabelais; translated by Urquhart and Motteux · 1903 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Gibbings and Company, 1903. Cloth. An illustrated set of Rabelais novels with a black and white plate to frontispiece of each volume and numerous illustrations throughout. In three volumes complete. The museum edition with a decorative half title. François Rabelais (c...

Noctes Ambrosianae a New Edition in Four Volumes

Professor Wilson; Professor Ferrier (ed) · 1876 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1876. Leather. This is a very attractive set of these works by Professor Wilson. Complete in four volumes. Each volume features an engraved frontispiece portrait of noted authors. The Noctes Ambrosianae are a series of 71 imaginar...

A Collection of Short Stories, Novels and Poetry and Essay on Comedy

George Meredith · 1909 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Constable, 1909. Leather. A five volume collection of poetry, novels and essays by George Meredith Consisting of Poems Vol II, An Essay on Comedy, The Shaving of the Shagpat, Short Stories and Lord Ormont George Meredith, (1828 – 1909) was an English novelist and poet...

A Collection of Poems

Various · 1782 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, J. Dodsley, 1782. Leather. A six volume set of collected poems, illustrated throughout. Complete in six volumes and illustrated with engraved vignettes to title pages, head and tail pieces and some sheet music to the rear of volume IV. A charming anthology of poems. An...

Collected Works of Mrs. Henry Wood in Four Volumes

Mrs. Henry Wood · 1897 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1897. Cloth. A four volumes set of the novels of Mrs. Henry Wood A collection of four novels by Mrs. Henry Wood. The set consists of Mildred Arkell, The Master of Greylands, George Canterbury's Will and Lord Oakburn's Daughters. Ellen...

Windsor Castle an Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1843 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Henry Colburn, 1843. Cloth. A three volume set of the historical romance novel 'Windsor Castle' by Windsor Castle The first separately published edition of this historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth. With engraved frontispieces to each volume. Windso...

British Novelists

Mrs Barbauld [Anna Laetitia Aiken] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£4,400.00 (€5,274.10 | $5,813.02 | ¥928,263)

London, F C & J Rivington, W Lowndes, Scatcherd and Letterman et al. 1820. Leather. A selection of novels by British authors. In charming red morocco bindings and in a pocket-sized format. The new edition of these works. Forty-nine of the original fifty volume set only. Lackin...

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray the Biographical Edition

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1902 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, Smith Elder and Co, 1902-1906. Leather. The biographical edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and vignettes. Complete with all plates according to contents pages. Comprising of the following works: Volume I: V...

The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.79 | $1,189.03 | ¥189,872)

London, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882-1899. Leather. Twelve volumes of The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Originally published individually with different dates to copyright pages, this previous owner has collected twelve of the thirteen volumes. I The Scarlet Letter and ...

The Plays of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare · 1803 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London , Printed for Peter Wynne and Son, 1803-1807. Cloth. The Plays of William Shakespeare in nine volumes with vignette title pages and head pieces to each play. Nine volumes of ten. Volume I is dated 1807, printed by T. Davison for Peter Wynne and Son and contains: The Lif...

The Cloister and the Hearth a Tale of the Middle Ages in Four Volumes

Charles Reade · 1861 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.57 | $422.76 | ¥67,510)

London , Trubner and Co. 1861. Cloth. A uniformly bound set of Charles Reade's most famous work, The Cloister and the Hearth. Third edition. Charles Reade was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth. Reade began his literary career as...

The Ancient Regime a Tale in Three Volumes

G. P. R. James · 1841 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1841. First edition. Cloth. The complete set in their original publishers bindings, making up this romantic, adventure novel from English novelist and historical writer, George Payne Rainsford James. First edition. George Payne Rain...

The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett

Tobias Smollett · 1817 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Edinburgh, Silvester Doig and Andrew Stirling, 1817. Leather. A fifth edition of this collection of works by Tobias Smollett. With a memoir by Robert Anderson. Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish poet and author best known for his picaresque novels. His works influenced late...

Minor Poets of the Caroline Period

George Saintsbury (Editor) · 1905 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

Oxford , The Clarendon Press, 1905-1927. First edition. Leather. The complete three volumes of this poetical work. Compiled and edited by George Saintsbury, noted historian, scholar and critic. First editions of all volumes of this work. Comprising of works by several poets of...