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The Works of the Late Miss Catharine Talbot

Catherine Talbot (biography by the Rev. Montagu Pennington) · 1812 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, F.C. and J. Rivington, 1812. Leather. A uncommon collection of works by the bluestocking Catherine Talbot, in attractive leather binding. Including a biography by the Reverend Montagu Pennington, the work mainly consists of essays on religious and moral subjects, and c...

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges · 1914 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1914. Leather. An attractively bound collection of the poems of Robert Bridges. Containing Demeter, Prometheus the Firegiver, and Eros and Psyche, amongst others. As a poet Bridges stands rather apart from the current of modern English verse, but his ...

Rokeby; a Poem

Walter Scott · 1813 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co, 1813. Leather. A third edition of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. Rokeby is a narrative poem in six cantos and is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War. In a quarter calf binding. Externally, sound with some rubbing. Wear to head and ta...

Primitiae or, Essays and Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, Moral and Entertaining.

Connop Thirlwall · 1809 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.50 | $495.43 | ¥79,113)

London, T Plummer, 1809. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of works by the child prodigy, Connop Thirlwall. Connop Thirlwall (11 January 1797 - 27 July 1875) was an English bishop (in Wales) and historian. Thirlwall was born at Stepney, London, ...

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 ...

The Poetical Works of William Cowper

William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Frederick Warne and Co, c1860. Leather. The complete edition of the poems of William Cowper. With an engraved frontispiece. Cowper was an extremely popular poet of his time. His works were inspired by nature and the British countryside. In a morocco binding. Externally...

Poems of Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1917. Leather. A great Oxford collection of Tennyson in a decorative calf binding. With an introduction by Herbert Warren. Interestingly, 'Crossing the Bar' is not the last poem in this edition. In a half calf bindin...

Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems

Thomas Campbell · 1809 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1809. First edition. Leather. Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems by Thomas Campbell (1777 - 1844) a Scottish poet chiefly remembered for his sentimental poetry dealing specially with human affairs. First edi...

A Rowland for an Oiiver; or a Poetical Answer to the Benevolent Epistle of Mr Peter Pindar Also the Manuscript Odes, Songs, Letters, Etc. Of the Above Mr Peter Pindar Now First Published by Sylvanus Urbans

Peter Pindar; John Walcot · 1790 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, Sylvanus Urban, 1790. Leather. A scarce collection of the poetry of satirist John Walcot, bound from the parts and published between 1790 and 1792. Containing A Commiserating Epistle to James Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale; Odes to Mr Paine, Author or Rights of Man; More Mo...

The Letters of Monsieur L&Apos;Abbe de Bellegarde to a Lady of the Court of France on Some Curious and Usefull Subjects

Jean Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde · 1705 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

London, Geo Strahan, 1705. Leather. An English translation of Jean Baptise, Morvan of Bellegarde's letters. A scarce work. With a preface by the translator, 'giving an account of the author and some peculiar things in his writings; of the French manner of writing 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...

The Unequal Match or, Mary of Anjou Queen of Majorca: An Historical Novel

Jean La Chapelle · 1681 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, R. Bentley, 1681-3. First edition. Leather. The extremely rare first edition of the English translation of Jean de la Chapelle's historical novel. The title page lists this as being 'the second and last part', dated 1683 only, however, the pagination and...

Poetical Vagaries

George Colman · 1812 · Rooke Books

£47.99 (€57.52 | $63.40 | ¥10,124)

London, Printed for the Author, 1812. Leather. A First Edition of Colman's Poetical Vagaries Bound in leather with gilt embellished spine George Colman (1762– 1836), known as "the Younger," was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. He was the son of George Colma...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith · 1891 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Kegan Paul, 1891. Leather. Goldsmith's famous novel The Vicar of Wakefield, told in thirty-two chapters. With engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. With a preface and notes by Austin Dobson. In a half vellum binding with decorative boards. Externally smar...

The History of Pendennis Christmas Books

William Makepeace Thackeray · 1882 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1882-3. Leather. Two volumes of popular works by William Makepeace Thackeray. From the collection by Smith Elder and Co 'The works of William Makepeace Thackeray&apos. With an illustrated frontispiece to Pendennis and 73 full plate illustrati...

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...

Poems on Several Occasions with the Roman Father a Tragedy

Mr W Whitehead · 1754 · Rooke Books

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

London, R and J Dodsley, 1754. Leather. The first collected edition of William Whitehead's poetry. With the half title and errata as called for. Collated, complete. With the bookplate of the Earl of Jersey to the front pastedown. Has the armorial crest and 'Middleton...

William the Silent: A Sketch of the Closing Years of the Life of the Prince of Orange.

The Author of 'The Patriot Prince' [Harriette E Burch] · 1849 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London, The Religious Tract Society, c1887. Leather. An attractively bound work on William the Silent. A fictionalised sketch of the last days of William the Silent. Attributed to Harriette E Burch. In an attractive Relfe binding. William, Prince of Orange was heir apparent to...

Chrysomela a Translation from the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick Arranged with Notes by Francis Turner Palgrave

Robert Herrick, Francis Turner Palgrave (Editor) · 1911 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1911. Leather. A poetical anthology of Robert Herrick's poems. With a vignette title page. Edited by scholar and critic Francis Turner Palgrave. Palgrave is known for his anthologies of poetry and was a respected editor of texts. He was Professor...

At Odds: A Novel

Baroness Jemima Von Tautphoeus · 1863 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1863. First edition. Leather. A first edition of the final novel from Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus. Baroness Jemima von Tautphoeus (née Montgomery) (October 23, 1807 – November 12, 1893) was an English novelist who wrote several stories dea...