Letteratura

Voyage to Atlantis

James W. Mavor · 1969 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Leather. A facsimile copy of the original printed manuscript of Mavor's fascinating work. One-sided pages. Details pages printed: e.g. E6594 11 Baskerville, Vince - Machine 11, McQuillan - Machine 11 etc. Appears to be photocopied...

Epea Pteroenta or, the Diversions of Purley

John Horne Tooke · 1798 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, J Johnson, 1798. Leather. John Horne Tooke's linguistic treatise on English grammar and language. Second edition of the first volume (1798), and first edition of the second (1805). With an engraved frontispiece to the first volume. On his return from Huntingdonshi...

Vivia a Journal

Mrs J Elphinstone Dalrymple · 1854 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, 1854. Leather. A very scarce novel from the mid-nineteenth century. First edition. Complete in two volumes. In half-calf bindings. Externally sound, though rubbed, with marks to the boards. Hinges are slightly strained. Internally, genera...

The Seasons, Hymns, Ode, and Songs, of James Thomson with His Life, by Mr. Murdoch

James Thomson; Mr Murdoch · 1809 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, A Wilson, 1809. Leather. An attractive collection of poetry, odes and hymns with a biography of the author. A stereotype edition With a complete glossary and index to the rear. Re-backed in a diced calf binding. Externally, generally smart with rubbing to boards and we...

Tales and Illustrations

Charlotte Elizabeth · 1844 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

Dublin, Philip Dixon Hardy and Sons, 1844. Leather. A charming collection of fictional tales for children Fourth edition. Illustrated throughout, featuring an engraved frontispiece. Rebound in a full calf institutional binding. Externally, a little rubbed, with light marks to ...

An Introduction to the Study of Literature

William Henry Hudson · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, George G. Harrap, 1910. Leather. A guide to the study of English Literature. Including chapters on poetry, drama, and more. In an armorial calf binding. Externally, smart, though with some sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally c...

Flowers of France the Renaissance Period: From Ronsard to Saint-Amant the Sixteenth Century Rendered Into English Verse in Accordance with the Original Forms

John Payne · 1907 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

London, The Villion Society, 1907. Leather. A scarce copy of this anthology of sixteenth-century French poetry, collected and edited by John Payne. John Payne (23 August 1842 – 11 February 1916) was an English poet and translator. Initially he pursued a legal career, and asso...

The Young Duke: A Moral Tale, Though Gay. With Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers

Benjamin Disraeli; James Grant · 1861 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,711)

London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861-4. Leather. Two novels from great nineteenth century writers bound into one. Disraeli turned towards literature after his financial disaster, motivated in part by a desperate need for money, and brought out his first novel, Vivian G...

The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell · 1907 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Henry Frowde, 1907. Leather. A smartly-bound collection of the poetry of Thomas Campbell. Oxford edition. With an engraved frontispiece. Bound by the Times Book Club. In a calf binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Previou...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood · 1884 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Ward, Lock, and Co. c1880. Leather. A volume of the poetry of Thomas Hood. Edited with a Critical Memoir, by William Michael Rossetti. First Series. With Illustrations. In a black half calf leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, worn. There is s...

Salmagundi; or the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff Esq and Others

Washington Irving · 1850 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1850. Leather. A copy of this 19th century satirical periodical created and written by American writer Washington Irving. Written in collaboration with Irving's oldest brother, William, and James Kirke Paulding, Irving produced twenty is...

The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1908 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Oxford, Henry Frowde, 1908. Leather. The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bound by T.Hunt for Wellington College. Includes binder's stamp and has an illustrated frontispiece. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He wrote many lyrical p...

&Apos;It Is Never Too Late to Mend&Apos;. A Matter of Fact Romance

Charles Reade · 1857 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Richard Bentley, 1857. Leather. A copy of Reade's nineteenth-century novel, and later play, in a half calf binding. New Edition. With the pictorial bookplate of Henry Stuart Maclean Jack to the front pastedown. Charles Reade (8 June 1814 – 11 April 1884) was an E...

A Subaltern&Apos;S Letters to His Wife

Reginald Rankin · 1901 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Longman, Green and Co, 1901. Leather. A work of literary criticism. Title page does not attribute authorship, author is known as Reginald Rankin. Bound by Knill and Sons, Reading as stated to binder's label to front pastedown. The second impression. With the bookp...

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&...

Under the Red Flag

[Mary Elizabeth Braddon] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, John and Robert Maxwell, c1887. Leather. A scarce undated copy of this collection of stories by M. E. Braddon. Author listed as 'The Author of Lady Audley's Secret, Vixen, Ishamel, Wyllard's Weird etc etc' Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an English popul...

The Works of James Thomson with His Last Corrections and Improvements

James Thomson; Patrick Murdoch (ed) · 1874 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London , John Dicks, 1874. Leather. A rythmical anthology compiled of works from poet James Thomson. With numerous illustrations throughout depicting the themes of Thomson's work, featuring a frontispiece of James Thomson. To which is Prefixed "The Life of the Author". Re...

Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance

W Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London , Henry Colburn, 1844. Leather. A copiously illustrated copy of Harrison's historical romance, Windsor Castle. New edition. Illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, and designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. In a half-calf binding. Externally...

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...

The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley

C S Calverley · 1902 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London , George Bell & Sons, 1902. Leather. The complete works of this English poet, in a Blackwell's half calf binding. Calverley has been called the father of the so called "university school of humour". He is now perhaps best-remembered for his Ode to Tobacco, which ha...