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The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay

Lord Macaulay · 1860 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Leather. A smartly bound two volume set off Thomas Babington Macaulay's miscellaneous writings, in a full calf binding with a frontispiece to Volume I. Complete in two volumes. Thomas Babington Macaulay was a Whig politici…

Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South Wales, &C.

William Gilpin · 1800 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800. Leather. The fifth edition of a lovely travelogue on one of Britain's most scenic and popular rivers, containing seventeen of Gilpin's aquatint plates. The fifth edition of Observations on the River Wye and Several Parts of South …

3 Vols Essays and Criticisms by Dr. Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith · 1798 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)

London, J. Johnson, 1798. Leather. A smart three-volume collection of Oliver Goldsmith's essays and criticism, uniformly bound in a contemporary full calf. Uniformly bound in a full contemporary calf. Volume I is stated to be "A New Edition", while volumes II and III are "N…

Le Proces Des Fleurs Du Mal

Charles Baudelaire; Ernest Pinard; Gaston Lebre [Ed.] · 1885 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, A. Chevalier-Marescq, 1885 . Cloth. The first collected publication of the surviving courtroom documents from Baudelaire's notorious 1857 Fleurs du Mal trial, extracted from volume III of Gaston Lebre's 1885 "Revue des grands proces contemporains." Rebound in a …

Humming Birds, Described and Illustrated; with an Introductory Sketch of Their Structure, Plumage, Haunts, Habits, Etc.

H. G. Adams · 1856 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1856 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of Adams"s engaging natural history of hummingbirds, illustrated with eight charming hand-coloured plates, preserved in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. In the publisher&a…

Turbervile&Apos;S Book of Hunting

George Turberville · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908 . Leather. The Clarendon Press facsimile of this celebrated 1576 black-letter hunting manual by George Turberville, reprinted page for page and line for line from the Bodleian copy, illustrated with woodcuts throughout. In the publisher's origi…

The Microscopic Cabinet of Select Animated Objects; a History of Microtechnique; 18th-Century Microscopes: A Synopsis

[eds. by J.B. McCormick, Suzanne McCormick], Andrew Pritchard; Brian Bracegirdle; J.B. McCormick · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Lincolnwood, Illinois, Science Heritage Ltd. 1987. Cloth. Three attractive volumes within a scarce series celebrating microscopes and their contribution to science, profusely illustrated. Three volumes within the scarce History of Microscopy series, edited by microscope speciali…

The New Foundling Hospital for Wit

John Almon [ed.] · 1768 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, J. Almon, 1768-1771. Leather. Five volumes of J. Almon's popular collection of satirical prose pieces and poems, present in early editions and illustrated with engraved frontispieces. 'The New Foundling Hospital for Wit' is a collection of satirical works …

A Letter to Sir William Windham a Letter to Sir William Windham. II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation. III. A Letter to Mr. Pope

Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke · 1753 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, A. Millar, 1753. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this collection of three influential word by Henry St John, works that were popular with the founders of the United States. Illustrated with a frontispiece. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a f…

A View of the Present State of Sicily; Its Rural Economy, Population, and Produce, Particularly in the County of Modica, with an Appendix, Containing Observations on Its General Character, Climate, Commerce, Resources, &C.

Thomas Wright Vaughan · 1811 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, Gale and Curtis , 1811. First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of this early 19th-century survey of Sicily's economy and produce, with an engraved folding map. An uncommon first edition of this With an engraved folding map frontispiece of Sicily and a f…

A Changed Man; Wessex Poems; the Well-Beloved; Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy · 1896 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Macmillan & Co; Harpers; Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896-1913 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of three works from beloved Victorian realist novelist Thomas Hardy, including the first edition of his 'Wessex Poems&apos. The 1897 first edition, first impression of &a…

The Works of the Late William Cowper, Esq. Of the Inner Temple.

William Cowper · 1817 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817. Cloth. A scarce ten volume collection of William Cowper's poetry, letters and translations. Volumes I, II contains Cowper's poetry, including 'Lines Addressed to Dr. Darwin', 'Ode to Apollo', 'The Faithfu…

Pendennis the Newcomes the Virginians History of Henry Esmond the English Humourists the Four Georges the Adventures of Philip

William Thackeray · 1849 · Rooke Books

£700.00 (€839.06 | $924.80 | ¥147,678)

Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1849-62. Leather. A lovely eleven volume library set of the work of William Makepeace Thackeray. Eleven volumes library set, in a uniform binding. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English novelist best known for writing satirical novels such as Vanity…

The Lost Princess of Oz

L Frank Baum · 1917 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Chicago, The Reilly and Lee Co. c1940. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this work from the Land of Oz series. Scarce with original dustwrapper, which is price clipped. Although the copyright states 1917, this edition was published c1940 as in 1935 the colour plates were disconti…

A Frenchman in America (the Anglo-Saxon Race Revisited)

Max O'Rell · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Bristol, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891. Cloth. A charming edition of this travel work by Max O'Rell, copiously illustrated with 'upwards of 130 illustrations' by E.W. Kemble. Max O'Rell, the pseudonym of Leon Paul Blouet, was a French author and journalist best known…

1906-[1914] 3 Vols Land Reform and the Colonization of Rural Britain

Jesse Collings · 1906 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co.; The Rural World Publishing Company, Ltd. 1906-[1914]. First edition. Cloth. A scarce three-volume collection of first editions by the Liberal reformer Jesse Collings, with Volume I signed and inscribed by the author to loosely inserted front fre…

Fables from Aesop

Aesop; Val Biro · 1983 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Bucks, Ginn Publishing, 1983-1995. Paperback. Eighteen very smart volumes of fables attributed to Aesop, retold and illustrated by Hungarian children's author Val Biro. Ten volumes. Illustrated throughout. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and…

Fables of Aesop, and Others

Aesop; Samuel Croxall · 1803 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

London, J. Brambles, A. Meggit, and J. Waters, by H. Mozley, 1803. Leather. A finely bound edition of Samuel Croxall's important Aesop translation, complete with illustrations. Smartly, if slightly idiosyncratically, rebound in a modern quarter calf binding with patterned p…

A Collection of First Edition Novels by Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler · 1972 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1972-1993. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of five first edition novels from English author Eric Clifford Ambler. Five volumes. First edition. Written by Eric Clifford Ambler, an English author and screenwriter, noted for his thrillers,…

The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell · 1835 · Rooke Books

£265.00 (€317.64 | $350.10 | ¥55,907)

London, John Murray, 1835. Leather. A smartly bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions. Complete in ten volumes. Celebrated work of Scottish biographer James Boswell, often described as one of the greatest Eng…