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The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Leather. A beautiful copy of Robert Bridges' popular poem, 'The Testament of Beauty&apos. With a photographic frontispiece of Bridges. This work conveys Bridges' use of 'neo-miltonic syllabics' where the poem is based on ...

One in a Thousand or the Days of Henri Quatre

G P R James · 1850 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Simmy and M'Intyre, 1850. Leather. A mid nineteenth century copy of this novel by GPR James, 'One in a Thousand Or The Days of Henri Quatre&apos. With the bookplate of one Henry Foley to the front pastedown. George Payne Rainsford James was an English novelis...

Old St Pauls a Tale of the Plague and the Fire

William Harrison Ainsworth · 1931 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, George G Harrap, 1931. Leather. A beautifully bound copy of this historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth, in a charming leather prize binding. Published as a part of George G Harrap's 'Standard Fiction Library' series. In a prize binding with the ...

Poems

Charles Kingsley · 1889 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1889. Leather. A collection of poetry and sermons, written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England. Kingsley was a notable social reformer, university professor, historian and novelist. He was a friend and correspondent wit...

Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi (Bound with) the Life of Pontische the Conspirator, Chief of the Ottawas, the Ranger, and Uncle Ezekiel: And His Exploits on Two Continents

M. Hopewell; Edward S. Ellis; Edward S. Ellis; Mrs. Metta V. Victor · 1840 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Beadle and Beadle and Company, c1863. Leather. A limited collection of short stories detailing stories from travelling and exploration in North America. A collection of short stories about North America. 'Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi' contains part...

Beeton&Apos;S Boy&Apos;S Annual

S.O. Beeton · 1868 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868. Leather. An uncommon edition of 'Beeton's Boy's Annual', in leather binding. 'Beeton's Annual' was a popular annual publisher for boys in the nineteenth century. Including a colour frontispiece plate and m...

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore · 1842 · Rooke Books

£38.99 (€46.74 | $51.51 | ¥8,226)

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. Leather. Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, first published in 1817. With an illustrated half title. A new edition. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the daughter of the Mughal ...

The Conscript or, the Invasion of France

MM. Erckmann-Chatrian · 1813 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, c1871. Leather. An English translation of the duo Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian's historical novel about the French war of 1813. A historical novel by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrain, focussing on the historical 1813 French War. Tr...

Critical and Historical Essays

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1861 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.89 | $99.07 | ¥15,821)

London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. Leather. A collection of the acclaimed essays of Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally printed in The Edinburgh Review. Containing essays on Milton, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Lord Bacon and many others. Macaulay's p...

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 Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque a Poem

William Combe · 1820 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, R. Ackerman, 1820. Leather. A lavishly illustrated edition of William Combe's Doctor Syntax. Fourth edition, with new plates. Illustrated throughout with thirty-one hand-coloured plates. From 1809 to 1811 Combe wrote for Ackermann's Poetical Magazine the famo...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott · 1831 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1831. Leather. A nicely bound collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott, illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of poetry by Walter Scott, including 'The Lady of the Lake', 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel', 'Rokeby'...

A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Edited by Charles Mackay · 1890 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Leather. A collection of poetry by English authors, selected by Charles Mackay. Including an engraved frontispiece. Lacking title page. With works from Chaucer, Milton, Hood, and many others. Bound by Bickers and Son (binder's ink ...

Oliver Goldsmith&Apos;S Prose and Poetical Works: Poems, Comedies, Essays

Washington Irving · 1850 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London, Charles Daly, 1850. Leather. A handsome copy of Irving Washington's Oliver Goldsmith's Prose and Poetical Works. With 12 plates. An Anglo-Irish poet, playwright, and novelist, Oliver Goldsmith's most famous work The Vicar of Wakefield is published here. ...

Solyman and Almena an Oriental Tale

Dr John Langhorne · 1826 · Rooke Books

£32.99 (€39.54 | $43.58 | ¥6,960)

London, C. Cooke, c1826. Leather. A story by Dr John Langhorne. With previous owner's copperplate inscription to title page, dated 1826. John Langhorne (March 1735 – 1 April 1779) was a British translator, poet and priest. He and his brother, William Langhorne, are best ...

Poems

Thomas Gray · 1887 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. A rhythmical anthology of selected works from prolific writer Thomas Gray. Featuring Illustrated capitals and head and tail pieces. A frontispiece of Gray, and plates to Ode on the Spring, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, and El...

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...

Hudibras, in Three Parts; Written in the Time of the Late Wars. In Two Volumes

Samuel Butler · 1772 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, C Bathurst et al, 1772. Leather. Samuel Butler's brilliant satirical epic written and set against the background of the Civil War. Third Edition, 'corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey&apos. With a portrait frontispiece...

The Lay of the Last Minstrel with All His Introductions and Notes Various Readings and the Editor&Apos;S Notes

Sir Walter Scott · 1855 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Leather. A pocket sized edition of this popular poem. In a lovely morocco binding. The 'Author's Edition' of this work. With an engraved title page. Engraved title page is dated 1852 but true title page is dated 1855. The...

The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1875 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1875. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of Lord Macaulay's works. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively ...