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Theatrical and Circus Life; or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena

John J. Jennings · 1882 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

St. Louis, Sun Publishing Co, 1882. First edition. Cloth. A scarce to find first edition of this fascinating history of the theatre and circus with anecdotes on theatrical and circus life, including many beautiful colour plates. The scarce first edition of this work.A fascinatin…

The Chase: A Poem

William Somervile · 1796 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

London, Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Printing Office , 1796. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of this poem by William Somervile, the first edition to be embellished throughout with numerous engravings by Thomas Bewick. ESTC T108434A large paper volume, the first …

The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore

Rev. Jeremy Taylor; Rev. Reginald Heber · 1828 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell et al , 1828. Leather. A smart leather-bound set of the works of cleric and acclaimed 17th-century English writer, Jeremy Taylor. Comprising thirteen out of the fifteen total volumes published. Lacking vols 10 and 15. Rev. Jeremy Taylor wa…

Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men

Rev. Joseph Spence; Samuel Weller Singer · 1820 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

London, W. H. Carpenter, 1820. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this collection of humorous and insightful anecdotes, previously held in the library of American book collected Robert Borthwick Adam. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A humorous collecti…

The Poets&Apos; Pleasaunce: Or, Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers

Eden Warwick · 1847 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this beautifully designed work exploring the relationship of English poets with flowers. A scarce first edition, in which artist Henry Noel Humphreys uses thirty repeating full…

Six Plays Translated Into Italian Ferdinando Livini

Ferdinando Livini; Benjamin Antier; Jacques-Francois Ancelot; Nicholas Rowe · 1828 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Napoli, Dalla Stamperia Francese; C. Cataneo e F. Fernandes, 1828-29. Leather. A collection of six very scarce Italian dramatic translations, including a noted historical play by Nicholas Rowe. Very scarce.Six plays bound in one, translated from their original French into Italia…

The Cheltenham Mail Bag or, Letters from Gloucestershire

Peter Quince, the Younger [William Henry Halpin ed.] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

London, John Warren, 1820. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this provincial series of poems disguised as "letters", the last of which attempts to deride William Cobbett. The first edition.  Scarce. In a contemporary rebacked half calf binding, with reinforced…

The Floral Gift

Samuel Stanesby · 1863 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)

London, Griffith & Farran, [1863]. First edition. Cloth. The stunning first and only edition of this scarce floral gift book, with each leaf illuminated with vivid chromolithograph border detail. Undated, dated from a copy held at The British Library. Scarce. The first and only …

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

Melbourne; London; Toronto, William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. Cloth. Sought-after first edition of Greene's prominent alternative love story of infidelity and obsession. With unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, sixth impression.In publisher's original cloth binding. With…

Lethe a Dramatic Satire by David Grraick Esq As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane [with] Love Makes a Man or the Fop&Apos;S Fortune a Comedy [with] the Distress&Apos;D Mother a Tragedy [with] the Mourning Bride [with] the Siege of Damascus a Tragedy [with] Macbeth a Tragedy

David Garrick · 1765 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.59 | $462.48 | ¥73,860)

Glasgow, Anon, 1765-1766. Hardback. A selection of eighteenth century plays in one volume. Being six plays bound as one by a variety of famous playwrights. Lethe A Dramatic Satire by David Grraick Esq, As It Is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane (1766), Love Makes a Ma…

Turnpikes and Toll-Bars

Mark Searle · 1930 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)

London, Hutchinson and Co. 1930. First edition. Leather. A two-volume limited edition exploration of England's turnpikes and toll-bars, copiously illustrated including twelve colour plates. A limited edition, being number 240 of 500 copies. Complete in two volumes. In the …

A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America Forming a Part of the Library of E.D. Church

George Watson Cole [ed, annotated] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

New York, Peter Smith, 1951. Cloth. An uncommon complete 5 volume set of this illustrated catalogue, detailing over 400 years of Americana. A detailed and uncommon complete five volume set catalogue, detailing works of American spanning from 1482-1884, which were collected and h…

Louder and Funnier

P. G. Wodehouse · 1932 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

London, Faber and Faber, 1932. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of entertaining essays by P. G. Wodehouse, on a wide variety of subjects. The first edition, first impression, in later state green cloth.In the original price-clipped second state dust wrap…

Festival of Song: A Series of Evenings with the Poets

[Frederick Saunders] · 1866 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.73 | $310.52 | ¥49,592)

New York, Bunce and Huntington, 1866. First edition. Leather. Uncommon first edition of this sweeping poetry anthology edited by Frederick Saunders, featuring impressive engravings by the Members of the National Academy of Design. The large paper anthology of poems prepared by t…

The Gull"S Hornbook

T. Decker [Thomas Dekker] · 1812 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Bristol, For J. M. Gutch , 1812. Leather. A smartly bound reprint of Thomas Dekker"s celebrated satire of Jacobean London life, illustrated with engraved letters designed by Edward Bird and Ebenezer Byfield.  In a modern quarter brown morocco binding with cloth boards, endpapers…

The ABC of Pen and Ink Rendering

John Austen; A. Moody · 1937 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Limited, 1937 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this insightful guide to pen and ink drawing from prominent book illustrator John Austen, neatly presented in the exceedingly scarce dust wrapper. First edition. In the publisher's …

Wings: An Anthology of Flight

H. G. Bryden [Ed.] · 1942 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Bryden"s anthology, tracing our fascination with flight from ancient myth to the modern aeroplane, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.…

A First Poetry Book; a Second Poetry Book Part II; a Third Poetry Book

Various; M. A. Woods [ed.] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1892-1896. Cloth. A set of three poetical collections intended for use in schools, compiled by Clifton High School's first head. A trio of school poetry books compiled by M. A. Woods, the first head of Clifton High School in Bristol, England. Unif…

Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester

Gilbert Burnet; Lord Ronald Gower [ed.] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Elliot Stock, 1875 . Leather. A late nineteenth century facsimile of a late seventeenth century biography of John, Earl of Rochester. Signed by the editor, Lord Ronald Gower. Inscribed by the editor to a front blank 'To the Rev. John D Hill, from Ronald Gower. 8.6.7…

Elizabethan Critical Essays

G. Gregory Smith · 1971 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London, Oxford University Press, 1971. Cloth. The complete two-volume set of Elizabethan Critical Essays, an insightful selection of contemporary literary criticism that teaches readers contemporary attitudes and beliefs. The complete two volume set of Scottish scholar G. Gregor…