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Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor
Sidney Colin · 1882 · Rooke Books
£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. First edition. Leather. An extensive collection of the works of Landor. First edition. A prize presentation binding by Relfe Brothers, London, with presentation bookplate to front pastedown of St Mark's School, Windsor from the Christmas term…
Poems by Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers · 1812 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, T Cadell and W Davies , 1812. Leather. The first collected edition of the poetry of Romantic poet Samuel Rogers, including some of his best-known works such as The Pleasures of Memory, An Epistle to a Friend, and To a Friend on his Marriage. Rogers was in effect a litera…
The 1900 Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on Municipal Trading, with the 1903 Report from the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on Municipal Trading
The House of Commons · 1900 · Rooke Books
£71.99 (€86.29 | $95.11 | ¥15,188)
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900. Leather. British Government Reports from the early twentieth century concerning the principles governing the powers given to Municipal and Local Authorities for Industrial Enterprise. Report from the Joint Select Committee of t…
The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith Containing All His Essays and Poems Including: The Poetical Works of Dr. Goldsmith
Dr. Goldsmith · 1730 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)
London, A Millar; W Law; R Cater, c1792. Leather. The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith Containing all his Essays and Poems with The Poetical Works of Dr. Goldsmith bound to rear. Two volumes bound in one, the first of essays, second of poems. The first volume has no date. Po…
A Complete Course of Lithography
Alois Senefelder; Frederic von Schlichtegroll · 1819 · Rooke Books
£835.00 (€1,000.88 | $1,103.15 | ¥176,159)
London, R. Ackermann, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition in English of the first book on lithography, written by Alois Senefelder the inventor of lithography. Bound in half crushed morocco, with gilt lettering. Rebound with new endpapers. With frontis and three plat…
The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: A Poem
James Beatie · 1771 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)
London, E. & C. Dilly, 1771-4. First edition. Leather. A handsome edition of Beattie's poem, containing both volumes bound as one. Rebound in quarter-leather with gilt lettering and marbled paper-covered boards. The first book is the First Edition; the second book is the Fo…
Literary Gleanings: Original & Selected, with Illustrative Notes
Late Robert Malcolm, Esq. · 1850 · Rooke Books
£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)
London, E. Malcolm, 1850. First edition. Leather. A very scarce collection of Literary Gleanings: Original & Selected, with Illustrative Notes by the Late Robert Malcolm, Esq. First edition. This compilation was collected by Robert Malcolm during his leisure time and it was his …
Military Dictionary
Henry Lee Scott · 1861 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)
London, D. Van Nostrand, Trubner , 1861. First edition. Leather. A fascinating referential dictionary of truly varied information relating to all aspects of the military, full of military techniques and terminology of the era of the American Civil War. First edition. Extended ti…
Dalziels&Apos; Illustrated Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith · 1865 · Rooke Books
£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)
London, Ward and Lock, 1865. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this decorative and fully illustrated compendium of Goldsmith's work, including the seminal 'Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt and blind-stamped decoratio…
The Shipwreck, a Poem by
William Falconer · 1818 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Cadell and Davies;, 1818. Paperback. An illustrated New Edition of William Falconer's poem 'The Shipwreck&apos. In the publishers' original boards. William Falconer was a Scottish epic poet concerned mainly with life at sea. Whilst he also compiled a dicti…
Old Faces in New Masks
Robert Blakey · 1859 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, W. Kent and Co, 1859. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this intriguing collection of essays - some concerning fish - including 'Fishwives', 'Dances of Death' and 'Historical Sketch of British Caricature&apos. Bound in red cloth …
Two Doges of Venice Being a Slight Sketch of the Lives and Times of Tomaso Mocenigo and Francesco Foscari
Alethea Wiel · 1891 · Rooke Books
£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)
London, The Chiswick Press, 1891. First edition. Cloth. Alethea Wiel's sketches of the lives of Tomaso Mocenigo and Francesco Foscari, the 'Two Doges of Venice&apos. Bound in half paper vellum with paper covered boards and gilt lettering. Limited edition of five hundre…
New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915
Van Wyck Brooks · 1940 · Rooke Books
£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)
New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, inc. 1940. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of 'New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915', the sequel to Van Wyck Brooks' award winning text 'The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865&apos. Bound in cloth with gilt lett…
On the Philosophical Tendencies of the Age
John Daniel Morell · 1848 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, John Johnstone, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A uncommon first edition philosophical volume by pastor and school inspector John Daniel Morell. A series of three lectures delivered at Edinburgh and Glasgow in January 1848, the work tackles positivism, individualism and the …
Federal Aid in Domestic Disturbances 1787-1903
Major-General Henry C Corbin; Frederick T Wilson · 1903 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1903. Cloth. A Government issued work on Federal Aid and Domesic Disturbances. This work discusses the aid and disturbances across the United States from 1787-1903. Prepared under the direction of Major-General Henry C Corbin by Frederick …
Wild Berries
Yevgeny Yevtushenko · 1981 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko's first novel. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was one of the most famous post-Stalin generation of Russian poets, as well as a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publ…
Anglo-American First Editions Part Two: West to East
I.R. Brussel · 1936 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)
London, Constable and Co Ltd, 1936. Hardback. A lovely copy of the second part of J. T. Brussel's extensive catalogue of British and American first editions. Comprehensively detailing the first editions of American authors whose books were published in England before in Ame…
The Shadow of Arvor: Legendary Romances and Folk-Tales of Brittany
Edith Wingate Rinder · 1896 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
Edinburgh, Patrick Geddes, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition collection of short folk tales and romances taken from Brittany. Includes stories such as 'Ronan the Silent' and 'Gwennolaik', translated and retold by Edith Wingate Rinder. In th…
Latterday Symphony
Romer Wilson · 1927 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
London, Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Romer Wilson. With a decorative title page. Bound with publisher's advertisements to the rear of the text. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book col…
Peace Conference Hints
George Bernard Shaw · 1919 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London, Constable and Company, 1919. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this political work by George Bernard Shaw. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In original paper wraps. Bound with half title an…