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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. In Two Volumes
William Makepeace Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Bradbury and Evans, 1849-50. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this satirical bildungsroman novel by popular Victorian novelist, William Thackeray. William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical bildungsroman novel, featuring his alter-ego Arthur Pendennis. With…
A Selection of Nine Pamphlets on Varying Topics, Mostly to Do with Christianity and Religion.
Various · 1877 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Various Publishers, c1846-78. Leather. A collection of nine pamphlets, being extracts from various sources, bound in one volume with a handwritten title page listing content. Previously owned by F. T. Colby with bookplate to front pastedown, also with an ink inscription …
The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins and T. Warton with Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes.
Rev. George Gilfillan; Charles Cowden Clarke. · 1863 · Rooke Books
£162.00 (€194.21 | $214.06 | ¥34,187)
London, James Nichol, 1863 . Leather. A full leather bound volume, with gilt detailing to the spine. This volume contains information regarding the lives of Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins and Thomas Warton, in addition to their poetical works. There is wear to the extremities…
The Master and Modern Spirit and Freedom Through Right Thinking
Lewis C Strang · 1924 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Roland Publishing Company, 1924-25. Leather. A signed two volume set of theology and philosophy works by Lewis C. Strang. Both volumes are special deluxe editions limited to five hundred (Master) and three hundred (Freedom) copies of which these are numbers 17 and 9. Sig…
The First Book of Poetry for the Use of Schools Intended As Reading Lessons for the Younger Classes
W F Mylius, [Charles and Mary Lamb] · 1811 · Rooke Books
£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)
London, M J Godwin, 1811. First edition. Leather. A scarce, early first edition of this book of poetry for schools. By Charles and Mary Lamb, published under the pseudonym W. F. Mylius. With two engravings: a frontispiece and one further plate, both illustrative of the plate. Th…
Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A Riviere bound edition of Gray's poems and letters with monochrome tipped-in illustrations. With a portrait to frontispiece, a decorative title page, decorative head and tail pieces and capitals. With a biographical introduction by hi…
May Day with the Muses
Robert Bloomfield · 1822 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Bloomfield's poem, 'May Day with the Muses&apos. Bloomfield was a celebrated poet in his time, known for being a working class, self-educated writer. Celebrated in the context of simila…
Poems and Letters
Thomas Gray · 1867 · Rooke Books
£89.99 (€107.88 | $118.91 | ¥18,991)
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&ap…
The Funeral and the Tender Husband the Lying Lover, or the Ladies Friendship
Richard Steele · 1712 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
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 Elizabeth…
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 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
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 va…
The Cambrian Traveller&Apos;S Guide, in Every Direction Containing Remarks Made During Many Excursions in the Principality of Wales and Bordering Districts
George Nicholson · 1813 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Leather. A comprehensive guide to Wales and its surrounding districts. The Second Edition. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Her…
Rokeby: A Poem
Walter Scott · 1813 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.78 | $244.45 | ¥39,040)
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 daug…
William and His Uncle Ben a Tale Designed for the Use of Young People
Mrs. Hofland · 1770 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)
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 English…
The Rectory of Valehead or the Edifice of a Holy Home
Reverend Robert Wilson Evans · 1845 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)
London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1845. Leather. A set of moral Christian values and disciplines for the homes and families of the time, written by Robert Wilson Evans (1789Â1866), Church of England clergyman and author. Although a scholarly man, contributing five volumes to the Th…
Phoenix at Coventry the Building of a Cathedral
Basil Spence · 1962 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1962. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this interesting architectural work. Held in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe morocco signed binding. This book is written about the re-building of Coventry Cathedral after its bombing during 1940. The first editio…
Reminiscences of an Old Boy: Being Autobiographical Sketches of Scottish Rural Life from 1832 to 1856
William J. Milne · 1901 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Forfar, John Macdonald, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this autobiography by William J. Milne. Detailing the author's life in rural Scotland from 1832-1856, the work presents an interesting depiction of the country during the nineteenth century Copiou…
New Zealanders in the Air War
Alan W. Mitchell; Archibald Sinclair; W. J. Jordan · 1945 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London, George G. Harrap and Co Limited. 1945. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fascinating work regarding the New Zealand Air Force. A lovely copy in a dustwrapper and inscribed by the author. With an ink inscription from the author: To Neville O'Gwen Duke, …
British Antiquities Revived or a Friendly Contest Touching the Soveraignty of the Three Princes of Wales
Robert Vaughan · 1834 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
Bala , R. Saunderson, 1834. Cloth. A well preserved 19th century reproduction of the 17th century work concerning the controversy of the primogeniture of the sons of Roderic The Great, directly from the Regency library of cambrophile Elizabeth Greenly. This edition includes a br…
Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain
D G Rice · 1938 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London , The Adam Publishing Company, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, second impression of this work by D G Rice. Signed by Rice to front free-endpaper. With 15 colour plates. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light shelfwear and some marks to boards. …
Essays on His Own Times: Forming a Series of the Friend. Volume I and II
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1850 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London , William Pickering, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition set of essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, comprising of two out of the three available volumes. Edited by his daughter Sara, Coleridge aproaches a great deal of subjects in his essays, ranging from…