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The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem and Ballads and Lyrical Pieces
Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)
London and Edinburgh, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Ballantyne, 1805. Leather. The Second Edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem bound with the First Edition of his Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. Bound without half titles and advertisments. From the library of the Titl…
Tables of Life Contingencies; Containing the Rate of Mortality Among the Members of the Equitable Society, Together with a More Extensive Scale of Premiums for Life Assurances, and the Progressive Value of Life Policies
Griffith Davies · 1825 · Rooke Books
£660.00 (€791.23 | $872.10 | ¥139,280)
For The Author, London, 1825. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of an early nineteenth century tract on life insurance by eminent actuary, Griffith Davies. Griffith Davies, 1788-1855, was an actuary. "In 1821 the projectors of the Guardian Assurance Company applied …
The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Upon an Impeachment by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament Assembled, in the Name of Themselves, and of All the Commons of Great Britain: Begun in Westminster-Hall, the 27th Day of February, 17th, and from Thence Continued by Several Adjournments Until the 23rd Day of March Following. & the Bishop of Salisbury&Apos;S, and the Oxford&Apos;S Speeches in the House of Lords, on the First Ar
Order of the House of Peers · 1710 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Jacob Tonson, 1710. Leather. A rare and old two volume edition of Henry Sacheverell's trial in the first decade of the eighteenth-century. Henry Sacheverell (1674 Â 1724) was an English High Church clergyman and politician. The trial lasted from 27 February to 21 M…
Souvenirs D&Apos;Italie, D&Apos;Angleterre Et D&Apos;Amerique Suivis de Morceaux Divers de Morale Et de Litterature
By F A Chateaubriand · 1815 · Rooke Books
£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)
None, Henri Colburn, 1815. First edition. Leather. An important early account of travel in America and among its natives. Two volumes bound together as one and complete. A first edition, first printing, printed in French but in London. An English edition was published later in t…
Antiquities of Chester
J S Prout · 1839 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Ackermann and Co. 1839. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition of this collection of illustrated plates of picturesque scenes of Chester. Includes an autographed letter dated to 1839 from the author requesting the recipient's permission to include their name…
Poems of Owen Meredith (the Earl of Lytton).
Owen Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Walter Scott, 1897. Leather. Selected poems from Owen Meredith, in a personalised Hatchard's binding. Owen Meredith was the pen name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the 1st Earl of Lytton. He published his his first volume of poems at the age of twenty five and went on to …
Harriet & Mary Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg As Shown in Letters between Them
Walter Sidney Scott · 1944 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London , The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. First edition. Leather. A first and limited edition copy of 'Harriet and Mary', numbered 206 of 500. A study, through letters, of the relationship between members of the Shelley circle: Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harri…
The Brush-Work of Rembrandt and His School
A. P. Laurie · 1932 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)
London, Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'The Brush-work of Rembrandt and his School' by Laurie and illustrated with photomicrographs. Bound in paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and an unclipped dustwrap…
English Decorative Fabrics of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Albert Frank Kendrick · 1934 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.87 | $132.12 | ¥21,101)
Benfleet , F. Lewis Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study of 'English decorative Fabrics of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries' by the notable textile historian, Albert Frank Kendrick. A first edition copy. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering…
The Thames About 1750
Hugh Phillips · 1951 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Collins, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of Hugh Phillip's study of the River Thames in the eighteenth century. The first edition. Scarce to be complete with original acetate wrap and slipcase. Limited edition in this form, number 68 of 200, sign…
The American Indian As a Sea-Fighter in Colonial Times
Horace P Beck · 1959 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Connecticut, The Marine Historical Association, 1959. Paperback. A fascinating historical work on the indigenous people of America. This work looks into the colonial times and the indigenous Americans that travelled the seas. There are chapters on 'The Indian as a Mariner a…
Between the Lines
H M Tomlinson · 1930 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1930. Cloth. The first trade edition, first printing of an address given by H M Tomlinson. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With half title and publisher&apos…
Pop Art a Continuing History
Marco Livingstone · 1990 · Rooke Books
£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Thames and Hudson, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A first edition study of the history of pop art and the cultural impact that it made. Includes three hundred and sixty-six illustrations, three hundred of which are in colour. The book explores the foundations of pop, classi…
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress Part IV Illustrations Belonging to Reports Accompanying This Message
United States 34th Congress, 1st Session · 1856 · Rooke Books
£600.00 (€719.30 | $792.82 | ¥126,618)
Washington, A C F Nicholson, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A work published relating to the first session of the thirty-fourth congress. This volume is a collection of maps and plans to accompany the reports from the meeting at congress. The first edition of this work. Collated, c…
Early English Figure Pottery
Sir Harold Mackintosh · 1938 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)
London , Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work by Harold Mackintosh. Illustrated throughout including five full colour plates. In a cloth binding. Externally,sound with some bumping. Wear to head and tail of spine with lifting to cloth. M…
Penelope&Apos;S English Experiences Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton
Kate Douglas Wiggin · 1900 · Rooke Books
£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London , Gay and Bird, 1900. Cloth. A very attractive copy of Kate Douglas Wiggin's stories of the adventurous Penelope. Wiggin (1856 Â 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybroo…
The White Peacock
D.H. Lawrence · 1911 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
London, Heinemann, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition and first printing copy of D.H. Lawrence's first novel, 'The White Peacock&apos. First UK edition. Preceded by the American edition by one day. With pages 227-230 cancels as is called for. Publisher's …
Love Among the Haystacks & Other Pieces with a Reminiscence by David Garnett
D H Lawrence and David Garnett · 1930 · Rooke Books
£270.00 (€323.68 | $356.77 | ¥56,978)
London , The Nonesuch Press, 1930. Cloth. A posthumously published collection of short stories by D H Lawrence, copy number 199 of a limited edition of 1600. Nonesuch Press Limited Edition. Richard Aldington called Lawrence, "one of the most original and interesting persons of h…
Easter a Play for Singers
John Masefield · 1929 · Rooke Books
£23.99 (€28.76 | $31.70 | ¥5,063)
London , William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this poetic play by John Edward Masefield. Masefield (1878 Â 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the aut…
Oxford University Calendar for the Year 1907
Anon · 1907 · Rooke Books
£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)
Oxford , Oxford University Press, 1907. Cloth. A Oxford University Calendar for the yea Containing the list of pupils in both individual classes and colleges, as well as a schedule of notable events throughout the academic year, the volume makes for an interesting insight into a…