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Beaumont and Fletcher; or, the Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of Those Two Poets

Leigh Hunt [ed.] · 1862 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1862. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this work, in original cloth binding, in lovely condition. A very scarce copy of the second edition, in its original green pictorial cloth. A compilation of works by the Jacobean dramatist pair Francis Beaumont and John...

The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan with an Introduction by Joseph Knight

Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Joseph Knight [intro.] · 1924 · Rooke Books

£136.00 (€163.02 | $179.68 | ¥28,692)

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924 . Leather. A lovely copy of an illustrated edition of Sheridan's dramatic works, in full calf bound by Bickers and Son. An illustrated edition of The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in full calf with gil...

The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

William Hone · 1841 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Thomas Tegg, 1841. Leather. An early edition of William Hone's popular Year Book, containing anecdotes, poems and beautiful wood engraved illustrations. An early edition of The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information, written by English writer and bookseller...

10 Vols the Earthly Paradise: A Poem by William Morris

William Morris · 1905 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. Cloth. A substantial collection of The Earthly Paradise, offering Parts II–XII of Morris"s celebrated cycle of mythic and medieval narrative poems. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards.A partia...

Les Idãƒâ©Es de Mademoiselle Marianne

Emile Desbeaux · 1884 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris , P. Ducrocq , 1884. First edition. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated first edition of this 19th century work of French children"s literature, with a frontispiece and 18 plates. The first edition of the work. In publisher"s original decorative red cloth binding. With gilt...

Fãƒâ©Licien Champsaur

Salvator Delaville · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Société anonyme, La Plume, 1897. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Engaging French literary study of author and journalist Félicien Champsaur, bound in the original glassine wrap. First edition.In the publisher's original glassine wrap.Written in the original Fr...

Three Tales

Gustave Flaubert; Arthur McDowall · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth. Beautifully illustrated first-edition Arthur McDowall translation of Flaubert's classic short story collection. First edition of the illustrated English translation.In publisher's original blue and green decorative...

Hesiodi Ascraei Quae Exstant Ex Recensione Thomae Robinsoni Cum Eiusdem Ios. Scaligeri Dan. Heinsii Francisci Guieti Et Iohannis Clerici Notis Ioh. Georgii Graevii Lectionibus Hesiodeis Et Danielis Heinsii Introductione in Doctrinam Operum Et Dierum. Accesservnt Varietates Lectionis Mss. Et Edd. Vett Scholiaqve Inedita Itemqve Dav. Rvhnkennii Animadversiones CVM Aliorvm Selectis Cvrante Chr. Frid. Loesnero.

Hesiod; Thomas Robinson [ed.] · 1778 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Lipsiae , Sumtu Gotth. Theophili Georgi, 1778. Vellum. A very scarce Latin study of the works of ancient Greek poet, Hesiod, bound in full vellum. A very scarce review of the works of Hesiod, written here in Latin by one Thomas Robinson. A new edition. One earlier publication...

Jon Duan: A Twofold Journey with Manifold Purposes

[Samuel Orchart Beeton; Aglen A. Dowty; Evelyn D. Jerrold] · 1874 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Weldon and Co. 1874. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce copy of this illustrated satirical poem written by Samuel Orchart Beeton, Aglen A. Dowty and Evelyn D. Jerrold. The first edition of this very scarce work. A humorous satirical poem in VIII Cantos, with referenc...

Tales of Hearsay

Joseph Conrad · 1925 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. A fine copy of the first edition of this posthumously collected anthology of four stories by Joseph Conrad, in the original cloth.  The first edition of this posthumously collected anthology of four stories by Joseph Conra...

Charles Darwin

Edward Woodall · 1884 · Rooke Books

£585.00 (€701.22 | $772.87 | ¥123,417)

London, Trubner and Co. 1884. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of Edward Woodall's biography on Charles Darwin, the first to offer a complete and deep account of the naturalist's life. The scarce first edition of Charles Darwin, a biography of the pione...

The Quidnunc: A Quarterly Vol. 1

Various · 1902 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Bristol, J.S. Fry and Sons, 1902. Cloth. Bristol: J.S. Fry and Sons, 1902. Cloth. Good. 10.5" by 7.5". R.J. Fry, A.H. Fry, W.V. Collett, A.H. Sage, F.V. Collett, S.A. Williams, E.F. Dyment, G. Dimery Mallett, C.T. Collis, R.L. Hanover, A.F.V. Collett, J.F. Bawn. The scarce fir...

The Holly Tree and the Seven Poor Travellers

Charles Dickens · 1900 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J.M. Dent and Co. 1900. Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of The Holly Tree and The Seven Poor Travellers, winter-themed short stories by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Charles Edmund Brock of the talented Brock siblings. A charmingly illustrated edition of The Holl...

Choice Pictures and Choice Poems

Various [inc. Henry Wadsworth Fellow, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Mary Howitt, Alfred Lord Tennyson] · 1865 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1865. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a collection of much-loved ballads from celebrated poets, brought to life by beautiful colour illustrations. The delightful first edition of A Book of Favourite Modern Ballads: Choice Pictures and ...

Modern Literature: A Wide Selection

Various · 1969 · Rooke Books

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

Various, Various, 1969-2023. First edition. Cloth. A vast collection of first editions of modern literature from the past fifty years, including a signed Mirror Mirror by Harriet Waugh, and The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson. A wide selection of modern literature over th...

Sublunary

Nancy Cunard · 1923 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hodder and Stoughton , 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Nancy Cunard"s second poetry collection, published early in her career and reflecting her emerging modernist sensibility before her later avant-garde and political work in Paris. In the publis...

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope; Edith Sitwell · 1930 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A smart second impression of Edith Sitwell"s 1930 critical study of Alexander Pope, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original yellow cloth, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. First pub...

Speculum Amantis: Love Poems from Rare Song Books and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century

A. H. Bullen [Ed.]; Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

None Stated, Privately Printed, 1895. Cloth. A very scarce privately printed limited edition, one of 375 copies of A. H. Bullen"s "Speculum Amantis", a charming anthology of rare seventeenth-century love lyrics drawn from Elizabethan and Jacobean songbooks and miscellanies. In...

Ludgate Hill: Past and Present

W.P. Treloar · 1892 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London , Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Ld. 1892 . Cloth. A fascinating overview of the etymology, legends and associations of Ludgate Hill, with a frontispiece and 10 plates. The second edition of the work.In publisher's original decorative blue cloth binding.With a frontisp...

The Prize for Girls and Boys

1903 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London , Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co.; Simpkin Marshall LTD. 1903-1929. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated 4 volume set of 20th century children's books, known as The Prize for Girls and Boys, with frontispieces and coloured plates. A wonderful 4 volume set of 20th century ...