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The Poetical Works of James Thomson

James Thomson; Patrick Murdoch · 1849 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, William Tegg and Co. 1849. Leather. A copy of the poetical works of the Scottish poet, James Thomson. With a frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Includes 'A Life of the Author' by the Reverend Patrick Murdoch. James Thomson (1700-1748) was a Scottish poe…

English Odes

Edmund W Gosse · 1881 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, C Kegan Paul & Co. 1881. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this critical work by Edmund Gosse, featuring the poetry of numerous celebrated English poets. First Edition. In a signed J Ramage and Co Binding. This anthology consists of a variety of poetry from se…

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1868 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

Edinburgh; London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1868. Leather. A collection of the poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun. Twentieth edition. Including his best-known work of verse, Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. Bound by Bickers (binder's ink stamp to front endpaper) William…

Lavater&Apos;S Looking-Glass; or, Essays on the Face of Animated Nature, from Man to Plants

Lavater, Sue, & Co. [Johann Casper Lavater] · 1800 · Rooke Books

£2,985.00 (€3,578.00 | $3,943.60 | ¥629,742)

London, Richardsons; Symonds; Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1800. First edition. Leather. A really very scarce copy of this collection of essays on man and nature. First edition, in a attractive leather binding. By Johann Caspar Lavater, a Swiss poet and physiognomist. With engrave…

Moore&Apos;S Irish Melodies

Thomas Moore · 1779 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.64 | $356.71 | ¥56,962)

London, Longman & Co, c1858. Leather. A beautifully illustrated collection of Moore's Irish Melodies, in a lovely leather binding. In a handsome Hayday binding. Engraved throughout with illustrations by D Maclise, an Irish history, literary and portrait painter and illustra…

Rufus Hickman of St Botolph&Apos;S and Other Stories and Sketches

Lord Moncrieff · 1898 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Edinburgh, Printed for Private Circulation by William Blackwood and Sons, 1898. Leather. A presentation copy of this collection of short stories by Lord Moncrieff. Signed, 'To H. S. H. Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar from the author, October 1899&apos. On 27 November 1851 Pr…

Aesop&Apos;S Fables

Samuel Croxall · 1723 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London, Unknown, c1723. Leather. A scarce and early copy of this renowned collection of fables, by Samuel Croxall. Beautifully illustrated throughout, with many woodcuts throughout the text. Although the title page is absent, the dedication is dated 1723. Samuel Croxall was an A…

Anno Regni Annae Reginae Magna Britannia, Francia, and Hibernia, Octavo

1709 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, British Parliament, 1709-1710. Leather. A collection of the original printed documents stating new acts in parliament, after the act of union, under the rule of Queen Anne. Includes "An act for granting an aid to Her Majesty, to be raised by a Land-Tax in Great Britain, …

The Heroines of George Meredith

Herbert Bedford · 1828 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1914. Vellum. This edition was limited to One hundred copies, signed by the Artist and numbered, this is number twenty-one. With twenty tipped-in miniatures in colours. The volume discusses the heroines of Meredith's work, in chapters by title…

Anecdota Oxoniensia the Crawford Collection of Early Charters and Documents Now in the Bodleian Library

A S Napier and W H Stevenson · 1895 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1895. Leather. A very scarce copy of this work on early charters held in the Bodleian library. A volume from the series Anecdota Oxoniesa: Texts, Documents, and Extracts Chiefly from Manuscripts in the Bodleian and Other Oxford Libraries. Signed by A…

Enoch Arden Etc

Alfred Tennyson · 1867 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London, Edward Moxon and Co, 1867. Leather. A pleasing collection of poetry by Tennyson, published while he was Poet Laureate. Featuring "Enoch Arden", followed by a selection of further works, including "Aylmer's Fields", Tithonus" and "In the Valley of Cauteretz". In a si…

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow Recollections and Anecdotes Being a Second Series of Reminiscences

Captain R H Gronow · 1862 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1862. Leather. The first two volumes of Captain Rees Howell Gronow's memoirs. In total Gronow wrote and published four volumes of his Reminiscences, and these are the first two volumes published. Volume I is illustrated, with four full page pla…

The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon, in Their Travels to the Temple of Virtue: An Allegory

Lucy Peacock · 1785 · Rooke Books

£795.00 (€952.93 | $1,050.31 | ¥167,720)

London, T Bensley, 1785. First edition. Leather. A fascinating example of this 18th century allegory for children, based on Spenser"s Faerie Queene. Its author, bookseller and children's author Lucy Peacock (1785–1816), kept a shop in Oxford Street, London. Although little…

The Prize Book

Anon · 1847 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Darton and Co. 1847. Leather. A compilation of plays, prose and poetry. With three full page plates. Privately published with the intention of being presented as a prize. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabet…

Poems the Saint&Apos;S Tragedy

Charles Kingsley · 1884 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,207)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1884. Leather. A beautifully bound edition of Charles Kingsley's The Saint's Tragedy. In a signed Sotheran and Co binding. Published as a part of his Poems, this being volume I. This verse tragedy, in the style of Shakespeare, is based on the …

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Complete in One Volume

Thomas Moore · 1865 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.44 | ¥9,491)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865. Leather. An impressive heavy volume of the complete poetical works of Thomas Moore. Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The …

Poems and Letters

Thomas Gray · 1874 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A poetical anthology from Thomas Gray, nicely bound in a full calf Riviere signed binding. Featuring the original four tipped-in photographs. Including a frontispiece portrait of the author and three architectural views. Adorned with numero…

Short Studies on Great Subjects Vol. IV

James Anthony Frouse · 1897 · Rooke Books

£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.19 | ¥8,015)

London, Green and Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this fascinating collection of socio-historical essays, including Life and Times of Thomas Beckett, The Oxford Counter-Reformation and A Cagliostro of the Second Century. It features a prize bookplate on the …

Conversations at Cambridge.

Robet Aris Willmott · 1836 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, John W. Parker, 1836. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Wilmott's scarce 'Conservations at Cambridge.' Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. First Edition. Rather uncommon. With an armorial nameplate for Thom…

A New Universal History of the Rites, Ceremonies and Customs of the Whole World: Or, a Complete and Impartial View of All the Religions in the Various Nations of the Universe.

William Hurd · 1500 · Rooke Books

£670.00 (€803.10 | $885.16 | ¥141,349)

London, Alexander Hogg, c1790. Leather. A scarce early edition of Hurd's brilliant work on comparative religion and obscure religious practices. 'Both antient and Modern, from the Creation down to the present Time&apos. Featuring sixty copper engraved plates, collate c…