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The Royal Wanderer or the Secret Memoirs of Caroline the Whole Founded on Recent Facts an Authentic and Hitherto Unpublished Account of Court Cabals and Royal Travels
Edward Barron · 1820 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)
London, H Rowe, 1820. Leather. A biographical work on Caroline of Brunswick. Illustrated throughout, with eleven full page plates. This work is advertised as the secret memoirs of Caroline, founded on facts. On the approach to her death Caroline ensured that all of her own lette…
Mayors and Aldermen of Great Britain and Provosts and Bailies of Scotland
Donald Mackenzie · 1935 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Sir Joseph Clauston and Sons, 1935. First edition. Leather. A nice copy of this guide to Britain's mayors and aldermen, produced for King George V's Silver Jubilee. First Edition. Featuring full page photographs of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck. Contains…
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second: With an Introductory Chapter
The Right Hon. Charles James Fox · 1808 · Rooke Books
£215.00 (€257.71 | $284.05 | ¥45,358)
London, William Miller, 1808. Leather. A history of the early part of the reign of the Catholic English King James II. First printing for W. Bulmer and Co. Including frontispiece of Charles James Fox. Fox was born in 1749, and served as a long term member of parliament. Openly i…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1868 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Leather. An illustrated edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 Â 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in…
Merchantman Rearmed
David W. Bone · 1949 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, Chatto and Windus, 1949. Leather. A fascinating memoir of Captain and novelist Sir Captain David William Bone. Limited edition of one hundred and sixty copies of which this is number twenty one. Signed by the author to colophon, with original etching of the author, signe…
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton
Gilbert White · 1900 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.68 | $317.07 | ¥50,633)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Leather. A charming copy of this work on natural history by Gilbert White Gilbert White was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. He is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.This book was a compilation of…
Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice an Historical Tragedy in Five Acts with Notes the Prophecy of Dante, a Poem
Lord Byron · 1821 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)
London, John Murray, 1821. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this play and poem by Lord Byron. The first edition of this work.Bound by Bayntun's of Bath.First impression, with Doge's speech on p.151 five and a half lines long.The play is set in Venice in 1355.…
Comic Dramas in Three Acts
Maria Edgeworth · 1817 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)
London, R. Hunter, 1817. First edition. Leather. A fantastic first edition of three comic plays by Maria Edgeworth. A very original near fine copy.Bound without publisher's advertisments. Containing her plays Love and Law, The Two Guardians and The Rose, Thistle and Shamroc…
The Exodiad: A Poem
Richard Cumberland; Sir James Bland Burges · 1807 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)
London, Lackington, Allen and Co. 1807. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this collaborative epic poem from Richard Cumberland and Sir James Bland Burges. Richard Cumberland (19 February 1732 7 May 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. His plays are…
An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture; Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Agriculture in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State, with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles
J. C. Loudon; F.L.S.; H.S.; & c. · 1825 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.72 | $277.44 | ¥44,303)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Leather. An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture comprising detailed examinations of the agricultural structures and skills as well as the general history in all countries. First edition. With engraved illustrati…
The Times 1885 October to December
Various · 1885 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.80 | $1,182.42 | ¥188,817)
London, Times Newspaper, 1885. Leather. An impressively large, heavy collection of The Times newspaper. Containing each daily issue of The Times between the 1st of October and the 31st of December, 1885. The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London …
Real Sailor-Songs
John Ashton · 1891 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)
London, The Leadenhall Press, 1891. Vellum. A collection of nautical songs and poems, collected by John Ashton. With two hundred woodcut illustrations throughout. Including sections on Sea Fight, Press-gang, Disaster, Ashore and Love. Including poems entitled The Battle of Trafa…
Gilbert; or, the Young Carrier. An Amatory Rural Poem, in Four Books.
James Templeman · 1808 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, H. D. Symonds, 1808. First edition. Leather. A first edition of a scarce rural poem, illustrated with plates and a fold-out map. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. With two engraved plates, and a fold-out map. The fold-out map is missing the top third. …
Sir Thomas More: Or Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
Robert Southey, Esq. · 1829 · Rooke Books
£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)
London, John Murray, 1829. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this political and social commentary from poet laureate Robert Southey in a fine binding. Complete in Two Volumes. With seven plates, collated complete. "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition…
Age without Pity
John Prebble · 1950 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
New York, Henry Hold and Company, 1950. First edition. Leather. The first American edition of John Prebble's Age Without Pity. The author's copy with his signature to the title page. First edition, first printing of the American edition of this novel. John Prebble was …
Seventeen Sermons of the Rev. And Learned Dr. William Hopkins, Late Prebendary of the Cathedral of Worcester. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life.
William Hopkins · 1708 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, Sare, 1708. Leather. A diligent biography of a gregarious and well-loved minister. William Hopkins (1647-1700) was educated at Oxford before travelling to Sweden as chaplain to the English ambassador. Having returned to England in 1675 he was made prebend of Worcester, a…
The Life of Richard Nash of Bath
Oliver Goldsmith · 1762 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)
London, J Newbery and W Frederick, 1762. First edition. Leather. A First Edition copy of 'The Life of Richard Nash of Bath' Written by Oliver Goldsmith (November 1730 Â April 1774), the celebrated author and poet best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766),…
Catalogue of the Herald&Apos;S Visitations; with References to Many Other Valuable Genealogical and Topographical Manuscripts in the British Museum
Anon · 1825 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London, James Taylor, 1825. Leather. An extremely scare genealogical reference book organised by area. Second Edition. Armorial bookplate of Henry Thomas Ellacombe to front pastedown. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally sound although rubbed. Internally, firml…
The Posthumous Papers, Facetious and Fanciful, of a Person Lately About Town
Cornelius Webbe · 1828 · Rooke Books
£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)
London, William Sams, 1828. Leather. A scarce first edition of Webbe's illustrated collection of stories. First Edition. Featuring several illustrated plates. In a half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Some scattered f…
Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road
Lord William Pitt Lennox · 1876 · Rooke Books
£444.00 (€532.20 | $586.59 | ¥93,670)
London, Hurst and Blackett Publishers, 1876. First edition. Fine Binding. An historical and anecdotal glance at the history of coaches, in a smart Hatchards fine binding, with gilt horseriding decoration to the spine. A first edition. With the armorial bookplate of David M. Ritc…