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Italy, a Poem

Samuel Rogers · 1830 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

London, T. Cadell et al. 1830. Leather. A handsomely bound copy of this poetical work by Samuel Rogers. In a signed binding by H. Mackenzie. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was an English poet who was much celebrated during his lifetime. With steel engraved illustrations throughout. S…

Childe Harold&Apos;S Pilgrimage a Romanaut and Other Poems and Canto the Fourth

Lord Byron · 1812 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, John Murray, 1812-18. Leather. Two volumes of Lord Byron's lengthy narrative poem, in a attractive uniform leather binding. In a lovely morocco J Edmond of Aberdeen binding. With a folding Greek facsimile plate to the rear of volume I. Volume I is the third edition …

Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin

Anonymous · 1800 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

London, J Wright, 1800. Leather. A second edition of the Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, in a leather binding. The Anti-Jacobin was a weekly English newspaper founded in 1797 in opposition to what was seen as the radicalism of the French Revolution. Many of the poems found in this c…

The Poetical Works of Mrs Hemans Reprinted from the Early Editions with Memoir Explanatory Notes Etc.

Mrs Hemans · 1885 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880. Leather. The complete poetical works by the popular English poet, Mrs Hemans. Illustrated, with six full page plates. With a biographical introduction by the editor. Published as a part of the 'Lansdowne Poets' collection from Fre…

The Board&Apos;S General Orders

Unknown · 1863 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Unknown, Unknown, 1863. Leather. A very scarce collection of general orders from 1863 relating to the import and export of tobacco. Ninety-three typed and handwritten orders signed by Geo. Dickins and J. B. Hale. Contains instructions for ascertaining the amount of drawback paya…

The Devil&Apos;S Visit; a Poem from the Original Manuscript with Notes by a Barrister

Robert Cruikshank · 1830 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London, William Kidd, 1830. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this humorous poem The Devil's Visit. With five illustrated plates and an additional frontispiece by Robert Cruikshank. Advertisement on verso to title page signed C E D. Direct from the library of the…

Poems on Several Occasions

Matthew Prior · 1709 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1709. Leather. The first authorized edition of Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions. With a beautiful engraved frontispiece. With a long dedication to Prior's patron, the Right Honourable Lionel, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex. This is the fir…

Lavengro the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

George Borrow · 1914 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, Edinburgh and Boston, T N Foulis, 1914. Leather. A beautifully illustrated edition of George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel. In a signed morocco binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt stamp to front pastedown. With twelve colour illustrated plates tipped in …

The History of the Times the Thomson Years 1966 - 1981

John Grigg · 1993 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London , Times Books, 1993. Cloth. A single volume fromt he History of the Times. Illustrated with numerous full page photographic plates Volume VI of original VI, although volume itself is complete covering The Thomson Years between 1966-1981. Signed and inscribed by the author…

Ephemera

John Meredith Cobbett · 1898 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Oxford , Alden and Co. Ltd. 1898. Cloth. A scarce anthology of poetical works from John Meredith Cobbett. Neatly inscribed by the author in ink. With an "Ode to the Queen on the Occasion of Her Jubilee, 1897." In original half cloth binding with cloth covered boards. Externally,…

In the Shadow of Purple a Royal Romance

George Gilbert · 1902 · Rooke Books

£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.03 | ¥45,356)

London , John Long. 1902. Cloth. An historical novel by George Gilbert. George Gilbert is a pseudonym for Mary Lucy Arthur. Signed by the author, to the recto of front endpaper. Very unsually a signed copy. This work is based on the romance and life of Maria Fitzherbert. Fitzher…

Jephthah&Apos;S Daughter and Other Poems

Edward Henry Pember · 1904 · Rooke Books

£64.99 (€77.90 | $85.86 | ¥13,710)

London , Printed at the Chiswick Press for Private Circulation, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce edition of Jephthah's Daughter and Other Poems by Edward Henry Pember and unnumbered limited edition a signed presentation copy by the author. 'To Brooks' Clu…

Cardiganshire: A Personal Survey of Some of Its Antiquities, Chapels, Churches, Fonts, Plate, and Registers

George Eyre Evans · 1903 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Aberystwyth , Printed at the "Welsh Gazette" Offices, 1903. Cloth. A detailed account of the antiquities of Cardiganshire, illustrated with numerous drawings. Limited edition: hand-numbered 260 of 320 copies and signed by the author. With relevant newspaper article tipped-in to …

A Writer&Apos;S Notes on His Trade

C. E. Montague · 1930 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London , Chatto and Windus, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition, being number 3 of 700, signed by H. M. Tomlinson, author of the introductory essay. With a woodcut portrait of C. E. Montague to title page by Percy Smith and with a prefatory note by M. Montague, the wif…

Sermons, Addressed Chiefly to Young Persons. With a Sermon and Appendix, on the Benefit of Scriptural Instruction

Matthew Morris Preston, M. A. · 1837 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London , W. Crofts, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this interesting collection of sermons, intended for youngsters. Author's presentation copy, with inscription, "from the author" to front free endpaper. Sermons include "Happiness of the Man That Find…

One Young Man

Reginald Davis; Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams · 1917 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A personal exploration of life in the First World War edited by Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams, a true story from the diaries of Reginald Davis. Featuring an inscription and signature from Reginald Davis. "Davis has won …

Tragaldabas Acts and Verse

Auguste Vacquerie · 1875 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Paris , Michel Levy Freres, 1875 . Cloth. A copy of Tragaldabas, with five acts, and verse. With an inscription to one of the front endpapers, signed by the author. Auguste Vacquerie (1819-1895) was a French journalist and man of letters. In the year of his death, the rue August…

A Printer of Shakespeare

Edwin Eliott Willoughby · 1934 · Rooke Books

£475.00 (€569.35 | $627.50 | ¥100,205)

London , Philip Allan, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on Shakespeare. Uncommon with the dustwrapper. Edwin Willoughby was a librarian and academic who established himself as an internationally renowned scholar on the printing of Shakespeare and the hist…

Formal Poems

Anthony Conran · 1960 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Christopher Davies Ltd, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A signed copy of 'Formal Poems' by Anthony Conran. Signed by the author to the title page. First Edition. Tony Conran was an Anglo-Welsh poet and translator of the modernist style and influenced by Welsh poeti…

The Life of the Rt Hon. George Canning

Robert Bell · 1846 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this political biography. The first edition of this biography of the British statesman and Tory politician, George Canning. Canning worked in several roles in the cabinet before becoming Prime Minister …