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The Works of M de la Bruyere

M De La Bruyere; N Rowe · 1776 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

London, J Bell and G Etherington, 1776. Leather. An attractive two volume of works by Jean de La Bruyere, in a uniform leather binding. With The Characters of Theophrastus and A speech delivered upon his admission into the French Academy. A smart copy in the original 18th cent...

The Poetical Works of Dr. Tho Parnell, Containing Those Published by Mr. Pope, Together with His Posthumous Pieces. With the Life of the Author

Thomas Parnell · 1796 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

London, C. Cooke, c1796. Leather. A collection of poems, songs, hymns, letters and more by the well-known English poet Thomas Parnell. Parnell was a friend and contemporary of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. The collection includes a small section on 'The Life of ...

Fifty &Apos;Bab&Apos; Ballads Much Sound Little Sense

W S Gilbert · 1887 · Rooke Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

London, George Routledge, 1887. Leather. A charming collection of fifty of W S Gilbert's Bab Ballads. With a few vignette comic illustrations by Gilbert. The Bab Ballads were written before Gilbert became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. From wri...

Uncle Tom in England or a Proof That Black&Apos;S White an Echo to the American &Apos;Uncle Tom&Apos; and Venetia

Anon and B Disraeli · 1852 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1852-3. Leather. Two interesting novels bound as one. The first, Uncle Tom in England appears to be an english novel which draws a parallel to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. The author is not attributed, although to the rear...

The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1864 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1864. Leather. An uncommon and illustrated copy of William Makepeace Thackeray's serial novel, The Newcomes. Delightfully illustrated throughout, with several engraved plates. Published in one volume. Perhaps one of the novel's greatest st...

The Virginians a Tale of the Last Century

W. M. Thackeray · 1858 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59. First edition. Leather. The scarce and important first issue of this novel by William Makepeace Thackeray. Bound from the parts with "actresses" on page 207 line 33 and misnumbered chapter 47 and 48. Complete in two volumes and illustrated ...

Advise and Consent

Allen Drury · 1960 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Collins, 1960. First edition. Fine Binding. The first UK edition of Drury's acclaimed novel, in a fine binding. First UK Edition. Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secre...

The Months Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year

Leigh Hunt · 1821 · Rooke Books

£470.00 (€563.37 | $620.94 | ¥99,155)

London, C and J Oliver, 1821. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of the first edition of Hunt's delightful work on the months of the year. James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English essayist, poet and writer. Leigh Hunt was educated at ...

Windsor Castle an Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1843 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, Henry Colburn, 1843. Leather. A beautifully illustrated copy of Windsor Castle, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. The first edition in one volume. With an engraved fronti...

The Brook Kerith and Aphrodite in Aulis

George Moore · 1929 · Rooke Books

£440.00 (€527.41 | $581.30 | ¥92,826)

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929-30. First edition. Vellum. Two signed and limited edition works by George Moore. Both volumes signed by Moore. Aphrodite in Aulis is the first edition and number 820 of a limited 1825 run. The Brook Kerith is number 234 of a limited 375 copi...

The Poetical Works of the Reverend Dr. Edward Young Two of the Complete Four Volumes (Bound As One Volume)

the Reverend Dr. Edward Young · 1784 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Edinburgh , Apollo Press, 1784. Leather. Two volumes of The Poetical Works of the Reverend Dr. Edward Young bound as one volume. Bells' second edition. Edward Young (June 1681 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts. Originally part of a f...

Cato to Lord Byron on the Immorality of His Writings [Bound with;] Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte

George Byron; George Burges · 1814 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, John Murray; W. Wetton , 1814-1824. Leather. An uncommon collection of biographical works, celebrating the lives of prolific poet Lord Byron, and French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte. Two volumes bound in one. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte is the ninth ...

Christmas Improvements; or Hunting Mrs P.

Anonymous · 1834 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, N. Hailes , 1834. First edition. Leather. A scarce copy of this charming collection of tales told from a mother to her children. First edition. Published anonymously, this charming volume is "A tale founded on facts intended as a Christmas Box for those who wish to beg...

John Inglesant a Romance

Joseph Henry Shorthouse · 1896 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1896. Leather. A copy of Shorthouse's historical novel John Inglesant. Includes a frontispiece. John Inglesant is a celebrated historical novel by Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834 - 1903), published in 1881, and set mainly in the middle yea...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1883 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London, Bickers & Son, 1883. Leather. A handsome prize bound edition of Oliver Goldsmith's famous novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Oliver Goldsmith (1730 – 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet. The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Irish writer ...

A Volume of Handwritten Poetry by Fanny Crofton to Her Sister

Fanny [Crofton] · 1831 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Handwritten, 1831. Leather. A volume of handwritten poetry by 'Fanny' to her sister Mary Crofton, dated 1831 from Cadogan Place in London. The poems are neatly written, sometimes in a portrait and sometimes a landscape orientation. They generally cover romant...

Dartmoor a Descriptive Poem

N T Carrington · 1826 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London, Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this narrative poem, by N. T. Carrington, profusely illustrated throughout. With twelve etched plates. With a half title and with the subscribers list and publisher's advertisment to the rear. With...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper; William Michael Rossetti (Ed) · 1731 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Ward, Lock and Co. c1884. Leather. The Poetical Works Of William Cowper, edited with a memoir by William Michael Rossetti and illustrated by Thomas Seccombe. William Cowper (1731 - 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowp...

Grandma&Apos;S Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories

Mary D Brine · 0 · Rooke Books

£23.00 (€27.57 | $30.39 | ¥4,852)

London, Griffith and Farran, c1881. Leather. A beautifully illustrated children's story, 'Grandma's Attic Treasures: A Story of Old-Time Memories' written by Mary D Brine. In a charming decorative leather binding, profusely illustrated throughout. With 37 i...

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect and Songs, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Robert Burns · 1824 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, John Sharpe, 1824. Leather. A two volume set of the work of the famous poet, Robert Burns, whose work is synonymous with the Scottish identity and highly regarded world wide. With illustrated second titles to both volumes and vignette half titles throughout. In two vol...