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The Springing Wilderness ( Poems of Uganda)
Stella Wood; Geoffrey Masefield · 1941 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Kampala, Uganda Bookshop, 1941. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of Stella Wood and Geoffrey Masefield's anthology of poems, a bright copy. The very scarce first edition of this work. Found institutionally only at the University of Oxford Libraries. C…
The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood · 1890 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1890. Leather. An in-depth collection bringing together the best of Thomas Hood's poetry, bound by Riviere and Son. The 'Albion' edition. Bound by Riviere and Son in a tree calf design.A collection of the poetical works of Thomas Ho…
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore; Charles Kent · 1890 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London; Glasgow; Manchester; New York, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1890. Leather. A resourceful, illustrated collection of the poetry of Thomas Moore, edited with a memoir by Charles Kent. In a contemporary half-calf prize binding. With the prize bookplate to the front f…
The Pelican Island and Other Poems
James Montgomery · 1828 · Rooke Books
£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)
London, Longman, Rees, Orme and Co. 1828. Fine Binding. A finely bound collection of poetry by James Montgomery. The third edition of Montgomery's long poem The Pelican Island and other poems. Published the same year as the first edition. The Pelican Island is nine cantos o…
The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick; Humbert Wolfe · 1928 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, The Cresset Press, 1928. First edition. Vellum. A beautifully illustrated four volume Limited Edition set of the poetry of Robert Herrick. In full vellum bindings, and with a colour frontispiece to each volume from Albert Rutherston. The complete four volume first editio…
By the Niger and Other Poems
Michael Thorpe · 1969 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Fortune Press, 1969. Cloth. A scarce signed edition of the poetry of Michael Thorpe. Michael Thorpe is a widely published poet, critic and editor, born and educated in England yet widely travelled, teaching English in Turkey, Nigeria, Singapore and Holland, and finally C…
The Life of Charles M. Doughty
D. G. Hogarth · 1928 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, Oxford University Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this biography of British writer and explorer Charles Montagu Doughty. First edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, nine plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. An…
The Poetical Works of John Milton
John Milton · 1667 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, c1865. Leather. A smartly bound collection of the poetry of English writer and civil servant John Milton, with eight engravings on steel. Illustrated with eight plates of engravings on steel. Collated complete. A collection of the poetical works of John…
Chaucer and the City (Chaucer Studies)
BUTTERFIELD, ARDIS [ED] · 2006 · Kalamos Books
$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)
Woodbridge, Suffolk, D.S.Brewer. 2006, 1st UK Edition. (ISBN: 1843840731) Hardcover. Book, [Chaucer Studies Vol XXXVII] Literature of the city and the city in literature are topics of major contemporary interest. This volume enhances our understanding of Chaucer's iconic role as…
The Drover's Cook and other Verses
Quilty, Tom · 1958 · Caerwen Books
A$1,320.00 (€811.39 | $894.32 | £676.81 | ¥142,828)
Book Very Good Fair Inscribed by Author(s) 1st Edition F H Johnston Sydney Australia A genuinely rare 1st edition of Australian poetry with dedication. Dust jacket is in fair condition and is browning to the spine with small losses. The original jacket is a form of tracing paper…
Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters
Joanna Baillie · 1821 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 . First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the scarce first edition of Joanna Baillie's narrative poems about the lives of notable historical figures, together with several shorter ballads inspired by legend and folk…
The Waverley Novels
Sir Walter Scott · 1829 · Rooke Books
£1,275.00 (€1,528.51 | $1,684.74 | ¥269,063)
Edinburgh, Cadell & Company , 1829-1834. Leather. Forty-four volumes of the incredible forty-eight volume set of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Forty-four volumes of the forty-eight volume set, lacking volumes thirty-four, forty-four, forty-five and for…
The Scots Magazine, April 1973 - Angling About Edinburgh 40 Years Ago
ROBERTSON, K.; HENDERSON, I.; PEARCE, C.R.; FRASER, I.; WEIR, T.; DICKIE, E.; MACCASKILL, D.; LOGAN, N.; THORNTON, J.; CARNEGIE, D. · 1973 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$49.95 (€45.32 | £37.80 | ¥7,977)
Scotland: D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Curry, Peter G. (cover photo). 102 pages. Features: Island Homes; Are You Bidding, Sir? - The Oban Auction Market; Agnling about Edinburgh 40 Years Ago; Words & Places; My Month; The Poet of the Sca…
The Comedies and Tragedies of George Chapman Now First Collected with Illustrative Notes and a Memoir of the Author
George Chapman · 1873 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London, John Pearson , 1873. Cloth. A smart complete set of this collection of the dramatic works of English writer George Chapman. Complete in three volumes. A collection of the dramatic works of George Chapman, an English dramatist, translator, poet, and classical scholar whos…
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
J. G. Lockhart · 1837 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.54 | $515.33 | ¥82,302)
Edinburgh; London, Robert Cadell; John Murray and Whittaker, 1837-1838. First edition. Cloth. The complete seven volume first edition of this celebrated biography of Scottish poet Sir Walter Scott, written by his son-in-law, John Gibson Lockhart. The first edition of this work, …
The Works of Edmund Waller in Verse and Prose
Edmund Waller · 1744 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Printed for J and R Tonson and S Draper in the Strand , 1744. Leather. An early edition of the works in prose and verse by Edmund Waller, English poet and politician. Illustrated. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1729. Comprising the works in prose …
The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Complete and Unabridged
TENNYSON, ALFRED · 1907 · S. Howlett-West Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)
New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1907. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish bumping and rubbing. T…
The Cottagers of Glenburnie; a Tale for the Farmer&Apos;S Ingle-Nook
Elizabeth Hamilton · 1808 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co. for Manners and Miller, 1808 . Leather. The second edition of Elizabeth Hamilton's popular novel novel, which she asserts was written 'to shame my good country folks into a greater degree of nicety [..] and to awaken their attention …
Leaves of the Heaven Tree: Great Compassion of the Buddha (Tibetan Translation Series)
Padma-chos-pheg · 1997 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner
€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)
Dharma Publishing. 1997, paperback, goed exemplaar / good copy. The 108 accounts of the life of the Buddha and his disciples in Leaves of the Heaven Tree are from a much longer collection compiled by the eleventh-century Indian poet Ksemendra. The Tibetan master Padma Chophel ab…
Under Salisbury Spire in the Days of George Herbert. The Recollections of Magdalene Wydville
Emma Marshall · 1890 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Seeley and Co, 1890. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Emma Marshall's best selling Victorian novel. A scarce first edition copy of Emma Marshall's best selling novel. The Victorian writer typically weaved stories around historic characters or fam…