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1817 the Pilgrim"S Progress; from This World to That Which Is to Come. Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream. With Copious Explanatory Notes. Also Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and a Race for Eternal Life.

John Bunyan · 1817 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

Burslem , J. Tregortha, 1817. Leather. A provincial Staffordshire printing of Bunyan"s Pilgrim"s Progress, issued with extensive explanatory notes and the accompanying Grace Abounding and A Race for Eternal Life. In a contemporary full calf binding, sympathetically rebacked in...

The Adventures of Ulysses

Charles Lamb · 1827 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Printed For Baldwin, 1827 . Leather. A scarce copy of this new edition of the retelling of the classic Greek myth, by prominent essayist Charles Lamb. A new edition of the work.In quarter red morocco binding with marbled boards.Illustrated with a vignette title page. ...

La Nouvelle Abeille Du Parnasse, Ou Choix de Morceaux Tires de Nos Meilleurs Poetes a L&Apos;Usage Des Maisons D&Apos;Education

Various · 1817 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Le Prieur , 1817 . Paperback. A very scarce copy of the sixth edition of this collection of poetry for the use in schools. The very scarce sixth edition of the work.In half paper binding with marbled boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece.A work for educational instit...

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1920 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1920 . Leather. A collection of essays by philosopher and leader of the transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson. A later edition, first printed in 1883.A collection of the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, containing both the first and sec...

First Edition Novels by George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins · 1980 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

New York; London, Alfred A. Knopf; Andre Deutsch; Little, Brown and Company; , 1980-1996. First edition. Cloth. A thrilling five volume set of first editions by crime author George V. Higgins, including a signed copy. A fantastic collection of first edition novels by George V....

The Young Pilgrim; or, Alfred Campbell&Apos;S Return to the East and His Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Aravoa Petreaea, &C. &C.

Mrs. Hofland [Barbara Hofland] · 1826 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, John Harris, 1826 . Leather. An illustrated fictional tale of the travels of a young pilgrim by children's writer Barbara Hofland. An uncommon work.In quarter red morocco binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 5 further plates. Collated, complete.A work by Ba...

The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving · 1840 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1840. First edition. Cloth. Housed in a quarter crushed morocco clamshell case by Riviere, this is the scarce first edition of Washington Irving's biography of Oliver Goldsmith. The scarce first edition, complete in two volumes, in the publish...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1721 · Rooke Books

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

London, Jacob Tonson, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume large paper issue of the first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications. The first edition of the collected works of Addison, complete in f...

Oeuvres de J.B. Poquelin de Moliere

Moliere [Jean-Baptiste Poquelin] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Theodore Dabo, 1820 . Leather. Uniformly bound in full morocco, this is a charming six volume edition of the plays of Moliere, in the original French. In the original French. The works of Moliere, complete in six volumes.An impressive collection of the plays of Jean-Bap...

Jemima Placid; or, the Advantage of Good Nature

[Mary Ann Kilner] · 0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

[London], [Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co.], c1780. Hardback. Scarce beautifully illustrated children's tale from the sister-in-law of Dorothy Kilner. Scarce edition.Bound in paper-covered boards.Beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous further h...

The Borough: A Poem in Twenty-Four Letters

George Crabbe · 1810 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, J. Hatchard , 1810. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this charming poem collection from George Crabbe, arranged as a series of twenty-four letters. First edition. A two-volume first edition appeared in the same year.Bound in half crushed morocco, with marbl...

The Chace, a Poem

William Somervile; J. Aikin · 1796 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies , 1796. Leather. A morocco-bound illustrated new edition of Somervile's popular hunting poem, with critical notes by J. Aikin. New edition, to which is prefixed a critical essay by J. Aikin.Bound in full straight grain morocco. Renewe...

The Chase; to Which Is Annexed Field Sports

William Somervile; Edward Topham · 1817 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones , 1817. Leather. An attractive illustrated copy of William Somervile's hunting poem, to which is added his short supplementary poem on field sports. This edition, to which is annexed 'Field Sports', is issued with a...

Don Juan

[George Gordon Byron] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Printed by Thomas Davison, 1820. Leather. The second edition of Cantos I and II of Lord Byron's satirical epic portrayal of the Spanish folk legend Don Juan. The second edition. Published a year after the first edition, holding all the same issue points as the fir...

The Plays of Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock, [ed. by A.B. Young] · 1910 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, David Nutt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a collection of uncovered plays written by nineteenth century satirical author Thomas Love Peacock. The first edition of the Plays of Thomas Love Peacock, Now Published for the First Time, edited by A.B. Youn...

Le Faust de Goethe; Suivi Du Second Faust

Goethe; Gerard De Nerval [trans.]; · 1868 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1868 . Leather. An illustrated French translation of notable German writer Goethe's most successful play. The illustrated edition of the work.Translated to French by Gerard de Nerval.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 9 further plates by Tony ...

The Emperor Heart; the View from This Window.

Laurence Whistler · 1936 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, William Heinemann Ltd.; Hart-Davis, 1936-1956. First edition. Cloth. Smart collection of two first-edition poetry volumes from acclaimed poet and glass engraver Laurence Whistler. Collection of two first-edition volumes of the poetry of Laurence Whistler, comprised of:...

The Poetical Works of John Keats

John Keats [Edited by Henry Buxton Forman] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,071)

London, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1921. Leather. A scarce edition of a complete catalogue of the poetry of John Keats, including those posthumously published and his famous odes. A scarce edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats, edited with an introduction ...

A Short Litany for Use at This Time of War

Ernest Hartley Coleridge · 1915 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Not Stated , Not Stated, 1915. Paperback. A vanishingly scarce copy of Ernest Hartley Coleridge's poem of the Great War, signed with his initials. A vanishingly scarce poem. Jisc locates no holdings, nor are there any records in previous auctions.Signed 'E. H. C.&apo...

Hudibras in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars

Samuel Butler; Zachary Grey · 1744 · Rooke Books

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

Cambridge , Printed by J. Bentham for W. Innys et. al. 1744. Leather. A finely bound illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's vigorous satirical poem, adorned with engraved plates after designs by Hogarth. Complete in three parts across two volumes. Corrected and amended, ...