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Everychild: A Book of Verses for Children
Holbrook Jackson · 1905 · Rooke Books
£365.00 (€437.57 | $482.30 | ¥77,026)
Leeds , J. W. Bean & Son, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A charming association copy of Holbrook Jackson's children's verses, presented and inscribed to his mother. The author's presentation copy to his mother, with a charming inscription by him to the front free end…
Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature
Jane Lahr [ed]; Lena Tabori [ed] · 1982 · Rooke Books
£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)
New York , Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A heavily illustrated first edition of this work celebrating love as seen in art and literature, edited by Jane Lahr and Lena Tabori. The first edition of the work. In the publisher's original cloth with the o…
Illyrion
Adelaide Eden Phillpotts · 1916 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Cecil Palmer and Hayward , 1916. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition inscribed by the author of Adelaide Eden Phillpott's first published book of poems. The first edition of Adelaide Eden Phillpotts-Ross's first published book of poems. A scarce vol…
Essais Cathoiques
Graham Greene, Marcelle Sibon [trans] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Paris, Ãditions du Seuil, 1953. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of a series of essays on Catholicism by Graham Greene. The first edition of this work, translated to French by Marcelle Sibon. Comprising essays on Catholicism by Graham Greene in the original French la…
Sermons on the Doctrines and Duties of Christianity
Henrietta Maria Bowdler · 1808 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
Bath, Richard Cruttwell; Cadell and Davies, 1808 . Leather. Handsomely bound in full straight grain morocco, this is an Anglican work from English religious author and literary expurgator Henrietta Maria Bowdler. The eighteenth edition of this work. First published anonymously a…
Like Birds Like Fishes and Other Stories
R. Prawer Jhabvala · 1963 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, John Murray, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of stories by novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original red cloth binding with the original, unclip…
The Letters of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Alfred Ainger · 1888 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1888-1891. Cloth. A complete two volume set of letters of Charles Lamb. Volume one is a second edition reprint published in 1888 and volume two is a third edition reprint published in 1891. Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet and antiquarian wh…
Beeton&Apos;S Great Book of Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred&Apos;S Boethius to Browning and Tennyson. Also, a Separate Selection of American Poems, Containing Nearly Two Thousand of the Best Pieces in the English Language; with Sketches of History of the Poetry of Our Country, and Biographical Notices of the Poets
S. O. Beeton [ed.] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)
London, Ward, Lock & Co. [1870]. Hardback. Vast collection of poetry from the earliest times in two volumes, edited by Mr. Beeton and bound in lovely uniform bindings. Containing a vast amount of poetry from the earliest times, including Alfred the Great, Caedmon, Robert Brownin…
Aunt Louisa&Apos;S London Gift Book
Laura Valentine · 1867 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Frederick Warne and Co, 1867 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographic plates, this is the scarce first edition of Laura Valentine's collection of poems and tales for children. The scarce first edition of this work.Laura Valentin…
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongue and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty&Apos;S Special Command
1901 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Glasgow, David Bryce and Son, 1901. Leather. A beautiful miniature morocco-bound copy of David Bryce's popular Holy Bible, with illustrations. Bryce's famous miniature Bible. Originally published in 1896 and drawing on advances in photolithography, it was at the time t…
And Even Now and Yet Again
Max Beerbohm · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, William heinemann, 1950-1. Cloth. Two collections of essays by Max Beerbohm, in the original dust wrappers and vanishingly scarce original glassine covers. New impressions. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers and the vanishin…
The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton with Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes
Oliver Goldsmith; William Collins; Thomas Warton; Rev. George Gilfillan; Charles Cowden Clarke · 1863 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)
Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1863. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of poetry from Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, and Thomas Warton. Bound by Bickers & Son, London. A collection of poetry with biographical sketches, critical commentary and explanatory notes. Includes the…
The Modern Self-Instructor in Phrenology, Physiology, and Phsiognomy; or the Peoples&Apos; Hand-Book of Human Nature; Containing a View of the Moral and Theological Bearing of the Science of Phrenology
Gustavus Cohen · 1884 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
London, Gustavus Cohen, 1884. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this illustrated hand-book discussing the science of phrenology. The very scarce first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt.With fifty-one illustrative p…
Poets and Painters
John Milton; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; John Keats; et al. · 1873 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1873. Cloth. A delightful and scarce collection of poems and engravings by eminent authors and artists. A scarce work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with a colour plate to the front board. Also known as 'The Fields and The…
The Novellino of Masuccio
Masuccio Salernitano; W. G. Waters [trans.] · 1895 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition, two volume of the short stories of this fifteenth century Italian poet. Translated into English by W. G. Waters, and here in two illustrated volumes, this is No. 20 of 210 copies printed on …
The Unique
George Smeeton · 1824 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, George Smeeton, 1824. Leather. A rare three volume collection of biographical sketches from the early nineteenth century. Written and published by George Smeeton (fl. 1800-1828), known for his compilations of biographical memoirs. He also published 'The Eccentric Ma…
Old England&Apos;S Worthies: Being Full and Original Biographies of the Most Eminent Statesmen, Lawyers, Warriors, Men of Letters and Science, and Artists of Our Country
Lord Brougham · 1880 · Rooke Books
£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)
London, James Sangster and Co. 1880. Leather. A lavishly illustrated biographic work on prominent English figures, with engravings and colour plates throughout. A charming biographical work on well-known English figures, compiled by Lord Brougham and other distinguished authors.…
Familiar Quotations
John Bartlett · 1924 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, George Routledge & Sons, c1869 . Leather. Lovely blue half-calf author's edition of Bartlett's famous book of quotations. Author's edition.In blue half-calf binding.Bookplate of F. G. Miles to front paste down.Undated, dated from a copy held by the Univers…
Chambers&Apos; Cyclopaedia of English Literature a History, Critical and Biographical of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writing
David Patrick, LL.D · 1901 · Rooke Books
£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)
London , Chambers Limited, 1901-1903. Cloth. Chambers' Cyclopaedia of English Literature: Containing a history, critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, together with specimens of their writing. First edition t…
Wise Children
Angela Carter · 1991 · Rooke Books
£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)
London, Chatto & Windus, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Two copies of Angela Carter's final novel, with one being a very scarce uncorrected proof copy, and the other being a true first edition in the original dust wrapper. Two copies of Angela Carter's final novel, publi…