Bridges, Robert

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Robert Bridges · 1927 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.90 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

London, Oxford University Press, 1927-1930. Cloth. A three volume set of the collected essays and works of Robert Bridges. Volumes I-III of original ten. Volumes include: Volume I: The Influence of the audience on Shakespeare's Drama, Volume II: II. Humdrum & harum-scarum...

Purcell Ode and Other Poems

Robert Bridges · 1896 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Chicago, Way & Williams, 1896. First edition. Hardback. A first US edition of this collection of poetry from British poet laureate Robert Seymour Bridges, one of two hundred copies on Van Gelder paper. First US edition. One of two hundred copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Un...

New Verse Written in 1921; Three Friends: Memoirs of Digby Mackworth Dolben, Richard Watson Dixon, Henry Bradley

Robert Bridges · 1925 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Oxford; London, Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1925-1932. First edition. Hardback. A poetry anthology and collection of memoirs by Robert Bridges, who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. The first editions of these two works uniformly bound in the publisher's ...

Palicio Return of Ulysses Achilles in Scyros Humours of the Court

Robert Bridges · 1890 · Rooke Books

£320.00 (€383.34 | $422.72 | ¥67,512)

London, E Bumpus and George Bell, 1890-3. First edition. Paperback. Four plays by Robert Bridges from the Bumpus series of plays. Volumes ii, iii, v and vi of the Robert Bridges play series. First editions from this series. Printed on Van Gelder paper, watermarks most visible ...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

Oxford , The Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, sixth impression, of The Testament of Beauty by former Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. For this long philosophical poem Bridges received the Order of Merit. With publisher's note bound to the rear of...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.86 | $79.25 | ¥12,656)

London, Clarendon Press, 1930. Leather. A lovely quarter vellum bound large paper edition of The Testament of Beauty A Poem in Four Books by Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate. With a photogravure portrait of Bridges to frontispiece. With a publisher's note on the text bound i...

The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.86 | $79.25 | ¥12,656)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Leather. A lovely copy of Bridges' most popular poem, A Testament of Beauty. Bound in quarter vellum and marbled paper-covered boards. Robert Seymour Bridges, 1844 - 1930, was an English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930. A Testament...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Leather. A beautiful copy of Robert Bridges' popular poem, 'The Testament of Beauty&apos. With a photographic frontispiece of Bridges. This work conveys Bridges' use of 'neo-miltonic syllabics' where the poem is based on ...

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges · 1914 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.84 | $92.46 | ¥14,766)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1914. Leather. An attractively bound collection of the poems of Robert Bridges. Containing Demeter, Prometheus the Firegiver, and Eros and Psyche, amongst others. As a poet Bridges stands rather apart from the current of modern English verse, but his ...

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges · 1914 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London, Humphrey Milford, 1914. Leather. An attractively bound collection of the poems of Robert Bridges. Containing Demeter, Prometheus the Firegiver, and Eros and Psyche, amongst others. As a poet Bridges stands rather apart from the current of modern English verse, but his ...

The Testament of Beauty a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.86 | $79.25 | ¥12,656)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1930. Cloth. A copy of Robert Bridge's most popular poem, A Testament of Beauty. With tissue-guarded frontispiece. A Testament of Beauty is a discursive work, setting out his understanding of man's nature, spiced with scenes and incidents fr...

Wyclif: Select English Writings; Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins; English Lyrics of the Xiiith Century; Dante and the Idea of Rome; Selections from Early Middle English: Part I: Texts; Selections from Early Middle English: Part II: Notes

John Wyclif, Herbert E. Winn; Gerard Manley Hopkins, Robert Bridges, W. H. Gardner; Carleton Brown; Charles Till Davis; Joseph Hall · 1929 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London; New York; Toronto; Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1929; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958; 19. Cloth. London; New York; Toronto; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1929; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958; 1956. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. Smart blue-cloth set of schol...

The Testament of Beauty, a Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1930. Vellum. An early edition of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges' final and most successful poetical work, bound in quarter vellum. With a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Originally published before the author's death in 192...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, a smartly bound sixth impression. The first edition, sixth impression, published in the same year as the first impression.An incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, ...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this delightful poem from British poet laureate Robert Bridges, bound in leather. First edition, first impression. A long philosophical poem, in four books, for which Bridge's wa...

Achilles in Scyros

Robert Bridges · 1892 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.88 | $79.26 | ¥12,659)

London, Geo. Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardback. The second edition of Robert Bridges' poem telling of Achilles time on Skyros. The second edition.One of one hundred and fifty six large paper copies. A poetical retelling of the episode of mythology where Achilles goes to Skyros...

The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books

Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first edition of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges' last great work, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of 'The Testament of Beauty', a poem told in four "b...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. Hardback. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, in the original dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The seventh impression of this incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, the work that sparked great popularity ...

The Testament of Beauty

Robert Bridges · 1931 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.67 | $211.36 | ¥33,756)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1931. Leather. Robert Bridges' popular long philosophical poem, a smart Hatchards bound copy. Bound by Hatchards. The tenth impression of this incredibly popular poem by Robert Bridges, the work that sparked great popularity in this poet shortly b...

An Address to the Swindon Branch of the Workers Educational Assn. Given on October 28, 1916

Robert Bridges · 1916 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.32 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1916. First edition. Paperback. A speech delivered to the Swindon Branch of the Workers' Educational Association, by the then Poet Laureate Robert Bridges. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original paper wraps. R...