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The Campbells of the Ark: Men of Argyll in 1745 - Volumes II of 2 Only
Black, Ronald · 2017 · Creaking Shelves Books
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
John Donald, 2017. Soft Cover. Volume II of the two classic volumes by Ronald Black.In the course of his long poem An Airce, The Ark, the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for the part they played in defeating Prince Charles'…
The Campbells of the Ark: Men of Argyll in 1745 - Volumes 1 of 2 Only
Black, Ronald · 2017 · Creaking Shelves Books
£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)
John Donald, 2017. Soft Cover. Volume I only of 2 of two classic volumes by Ronald Black.In the course of his long poem An Airce, The Ark, the Jacobite poet Alexander MacDonald shows the Campbells being subjected to trial by water for the part they played in defeating Prince Cha…
Testimonials Testimonials in Favour of the Rev. Adam Semple, M.A., B.D., Candidate for the Office of Examiner in Mental Science in the University of Glasgow.
[SEMPLE (Adam (fl. 1870s)]: · 1873 · John Price Antiquarian Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Glasgow [?privately printed] 1873. 8vo, 196 x 128 mms., pp. 8, original pink wrappers (slightly soiled). This pamphlet gives a glimpse into the nuts-and-bolts process of choosing an applicant for a job in academic philosophy in nineteenth-century Scotland. Our candidate, Adam…
The Poetical Works of William Collins with Memoirs of the Author; and Observations on His Genius and Writings
William Collins; J. Langhorne · 1776 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, Printed for T. Becket, and P. A. de Hondt , 1776. Leather. An early edition of the collected verses of William Collins. ESTC T174436A new edition of the collected poetry of William Collins, an uncommon 1776 edition featuring a biographical sketch of the author and critic…
The Amber Bead: R. Herrick / The Ant In Amber; Anon. Calligraphy and binding by John Woodcock, Kerry, 1999.
WOODCOCK, JOHN (1924-2011) / HERRICK, ROBERT, 1591-1674. · 1999 · Chilton Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
Kerry: John Woodcock, 1999 . 0. A unique binding. 26.3cm x 14.8cm x 0.7cm, [4pp.]. Marbled boards with brown cloth spine. Each leaf with central hole in which is inserted a piece of amber. The amber is circular cabochon and an insect is clearly visible within the amber. The two …
Rudyard Kipling
BIRKENHEAD Lord · 1978 · Fortuna Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)
Weidenfeld minor bumping to DW corners, a few tiny edge splits and associated creasing, clean unmarked copy, xi 423pp+plates, biography of one of the greatest Twentierth Century British poets H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall
The History of England & Critical and Historical Essays
Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay] · 1858 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. Cloth. A collection of historical and critical writings from British historian, poet, and Whig politician Thomas Babington Macaulay. Twelve volumes. With an inscription in presentation from the publishers to the front e…
The Stolzenburg Family of Reno Nevada- 1940s
1940 · Peter Austern & Co./ Brooklyn Books
$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)
Book Very Good Vintage Photo Album of the German American Fred Stolzenburg Family of Reno Nevada. They were relatives of the poet WILHELM STOLZENBURG. There are 73 photos. Fred was an older father to two children, a daughter was from a previous marriage of the wife's as one pho…
The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti; William Michael Rossetti · 1908 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1908. Leather. A gorgeous decoratively bound volume of the romantic poetry of Christina Rossetti, bound by Bickers. Sumptuously bound by Bickers.A decorative prize binding for Girls Public Day School Streatham Hill High School, with a prize lab…
With Love Somehow & in the Happy Valley
Tony Connor · 1962 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Oxford University Press, 1962-1971. First edition. Hardback. Two smart first edition volumes of poetry from English writer Tony Connor. Two volumes. First edition. Written by John Anthony Connor, an English poet and playwright. This set includes: With Love Somehow, 1962.…
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire [Richard Harris Barnham] · 1938 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, Oxford University Press, 1938. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this collection of legends, with illustrations. Later edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems written s…
The Quest of Heracles and Other Poems
Hugh McCulloch Jr. · 1894 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
Cambridge; Chicago, Stone and Kimball, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A limited edition collection of poetry from Hugh McCulloch Jr, published when he was only twenty-five years old. The first edition of this limited edition, with notice reading 'this first edition, on small …
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1856 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, George Routledge & Co, 1856. Leather. An extensively illustrated anthology of the popular poetical works of Longfellow. A new edition of the poetical works of Longfellow. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet, known for being one of the 'Fireside Poets&ap…
The Poems and Fabels of Robert Henryson
Robert Henryson; H. Harvey Wood · 1933 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London , Oliver & Boyd, 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this collection of poems by Robert Henryson, with illustrations. A first edition copy. Robert Henryson was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period 1460-1500. He lived in the royal burgh of Dunf…
Pelham; or, the Adventures of a Gentleman
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton) · 1828 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, George Routledge and Sons , c1862. Leather. A new edition of this early novel by Lord Lytton. Dated around a new edition copy catalogued at the University of Birmingham libraries on Copac, with matching pagination but noting a leaf of plates; this edition not illustrated…
Rome of the Renaissance and to-Day
Sir Rennell Rodd · 1932 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated commentary on the city of Rome during the Renaissance and in modern times. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. Col…
The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell · 1896 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1896. Leather. An anthological work of James Russell Lowell's poetry. With an illustrated frontispiece of Lowell. With an introduction by Thomas Hughes, the author of 'Tom Brown's School Days', a semi-autobiographical novel. In a lov…
The Story of Rosina and Other Verses
Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1895 . Cloth. A charming collection of verses from Austin Dobson with illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The first trade edition of this work.Delightful collection of poems by English poet and essayist Henry Austin Dobson. Adorned with …
From the Steam Room: A Comic Fiction
Robert Nichols · 1993 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Maine, Tilbury House, Publishers, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition and uncorrected proof of this "comic fiction" from American author Robert Nichols. Two volumes. First edition and uncorrected proof. New York City is on the verge of collapse, its fading hopes of…
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1911 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited , 1911. Cloth. A delightful illustrated edition of Thomas Ingoldsby's Legends, complete with sixteen colour plates. A first thus of this popular collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry. In the publisher's original cloth…