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The Pharsalia. Translated and published by Edward Ridley. 2 vols.
LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus (39-65): · 1919 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
CHF 80.00 (€86.53 | $95.38 | £72.19 | ¥15,230)
London, Humpreys, 1919, in-4to, XXVIII + 277 p. / VII + 315 p., title pages in red and black type, with early owners name on endpapers, orig. half-cloth, spine bit stained with paper labels. - Generally a good copy. New version of this latin-english parallel edition. -The Pharsa…
The North American Review Volume 36 (January 1833 - April 1833)
1833 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)
Boston, Gray & Bowen, 1833. Hardcover. 560p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in imitation leather. Spine barely faded. Library stamps on endpapers and title page. Age-toning and foxing to pages. Otherwise clean and tight. Good, sturdy reading conditio…
Shelley and the Skylark a Series of Letters
George Milner; Morgan Brierley; John Page; Charles Potter; J. H. Nodal; J. E. Smith; Geoffrey Melbrook · 1877 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
Manchester , Manchester Literary Club, 1877. Paperback. A very scarce collection of letters in which the Manchester Literary Club discuss Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem 'To a Skylark&apos. An association copy. In this very scarce collection of letters published by the Man…
On High Hills: Memories of the Alps
Geoffrey Winthrop Young · 1927 · Rooke Books
£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927. Cloth. The second edition of Young's popular account of his climbs in the Alps, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. …
The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper
William Cowper, [ed. by Humphrey Sumner Milford] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Henry Frowde, 1907. Leather. A complete collection of Cowper's poetry, including The Task and his evangelical hymns, in prize half calf from Christ's Hospital. The second edition of the Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper as edited by English publisher at…
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
George Otto Trevelyan · 1876 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co , 1876. First edition. Leather. The first editions, complete in two volumes, of Trevelyan"s Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, chronicling Macaulay"s literary and political career, elegantly bound in full tree calf. In the full tree calf binding w…
The Turnbull Library Record. Volume 35. 2002.
2002 · Tinakori Books
$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)
Wellington, Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust. 2002, 1st Edition. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, Card Covers. 116 pages, b/w illustrations. Articles: A tribute to J. R. (Reg) Tye (1915-2001), former Committee member and President of The Friends. A specialis…
Gerald Gould (the Augustan Books of English Poetry)
Gerald Gould; Humbert Wolfe [ed.] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
London, Ernest Benn Ltd , 1926. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of Gerald Gould's poetry, issued for the second series of the 'Augustan Books of English Poetry&apos. First edition of this collection.Number twenty from the 'Augustan Books of English P…
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Oliver Goldsmith · 1876 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Glasgow, Blackie & Son, 1876 . Leather. A two volume edition of Oliver Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, illustrated with a wealth of engraved plates. Complete in two volumes.Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Goldsmith's work of natural history wa…
Steele: Selections from the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian
Richard Steele; Austin Dobson [editor] · 1885 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1885. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this collection of the writings of Richard Steele from the Clarendon Press Series. Clarendon Press Series. A collection of the writings of Sir Richard Steele, an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and polit…
The Farmer&Apos;S Boy; a Rural Poem
Robert Bloomfield · 1800 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Vernor and Hood; T. Bensley, 1800. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this incredibly popular pastoral poem by Robert Bloomfield. The first edition, large paper issue.Half-title is present.Two pages of adverts to the rear.With engravings throughout. Collated, c…
The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts
H. Belloc · 1896 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London, Duckworth & Co. 1896. Hardback. An illustrated copy of this charming collection of verses for children from French-English writer Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated throughout. A charmingly imaginative and cautionary children's book full of verses aiming to give advice to …
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Oliver Goldsmith · 1824 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, William Charlton Wright, 1824. Leather. A three volume edition of Goldsmith's study of the animal kingdom, with numerous engraved illustrations. The three volume illustrated 1824 edition of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet Oliver Goldsmith's work of na…
The Siege of Malta. Part I: St. Elmo
S. Fowler Wright · 1940 · Rooke Books
£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)
London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first part of this novel based on an unfinished work by Sir Walter Scott, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part I only of a II part work.The first edition, first impression of part I, &a…
The Bad Child&Apos;S Book of Beasts
H. B. [Hilaire Belloc] · 0 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)
Oxford, Alden & Co. Ltd. c1897. Hardback. A scarce second edition of this charming collection of children's verses, inscribed by the artist. Second edition. Scarce work. Inscribed by the artist to the front endpaper. A collection of humorous children's verses detailing…
The Ballad of Kon-Tiki and Other Verses
Ian Serraillier · 1952 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
Oxford , Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press, 1952. First edition. Hardback. A superior first edition of this poetical retelling of the Kon-Tiki expedition by Ian Serraillier. With the smart unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. With the publisher&ap…
The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairy Land
Andrew Lang · 1884 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1884. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this classic fairy tale by Andrew Lang, with Richard Doyle's whimsical illustrations. A scarce first edition of this charming children's book by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist and collector…
Royston Gower; or, the Days of King John
Thomas Miller · 1838 · Rooke Books
£585.00 (€701.22 | $772.87 | ¥123,417)
London, Henry Colburn, 1838 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Thomas Miller's vanishingly scarce mid-nineteenth century historical novel. The first edition of this very scarce work, complete in three volumes.The work of English poet and novelist Thomas Miller, …
Amyntor and Theodora: Or, the Hermit. A Poem.
David Mallet · 1747 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)
London, Paul Vaillant, 1747. First edition. Leather. A handsome example of the first edition of 18th century Scottish poet and dramatist David Mallet's blank verse poem. The first edition of this work. Johnson's summary of this book in the 'Lives of the Poets&apos…
The Decameron, or, Ten Days Entertainment, of Boccaccio
Boccaccio [Giovanni Boccaccio] · 1822 · Rooke Books
£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)
London, William Sharp and Son, 1822 . Leather. A decoratively bound, new edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, translated from the original Italian, complete in four volumes. New edition. Complete in four volumes. Elegantly bound in full straight grain morocco with gilt detaili…