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Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem, Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon
John Dryden · 1709 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London, H. Hills, 1709 . Unbound. A smart later edition of this uncommon poem from John Dryden, a panegyric he was commissioned to write for a lady he had never met. A 1709 edition of this uncommon work, which was first published in 1692.The poem, commissioned by the Earl of Abi…
The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: In Two Parts. With Some Other Poems
James Beattie · 1808 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Alnwick, Catnach and Davison, 1808. Cloth. An interesting collection of poetry written by Scottish poet James Beattie. The Minstrel follows the progress of a Poetical Genius and admits both simplicity and magnificence of sound and of language. James Beattie was a Scottish poet, …
Krishnamurti : The Man The Mystery and The Message
Holroyd, Stuart · 1991 · Bookbarrow
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Element Books Limited, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1991. First Indian Edition, Softcover. New Book. 9781852302009 Krishnamurti was an enigma. He was discovered on an Indian beach at the age of 14 and fulfilling Theosophy's messianic expectations he was brought up to be a World Teacher.…
The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year
[John Keble] · 1840 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Oxford, John Henry Parker, 1840 . Leather. A smart nineteenth edition of this collection of religious poetry by Anglican priest John Keble, in a signed full morocco binding. The nineteenth edition. In a full black morocco binding, with a gilt to fore edge. A signed binding by J.…
The Diligence or a Journey to the City of Inheritance
Reverend J. De Liefde · 1853 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co. 1853. Cloth. A very scarce translated edition of this work by Reverend Jan de Liefde. Scarce work. Following the narrator on his travels for an inheritance. Written by Jan de Liefde, a Dutch author, preacher, poet, composer, humorist and theol…
The Diligence or a Journey to the City of Inheritance
Reverend J. De Liefde · 1853 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co. 1853. Cloth. A very scarce translated edition of this work by Reverend Jan de Liefde. Scarce work. Following the narrator on his travels for an inheritance. Written by Jan de Liefde, a Dutch author, preacher, poet, composer, humorist and theol…
Pictures of the Heart. The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image
Joshua S. Mostow · 1996 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV
€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)
University of Hawaii Press, 1996, Linnen band met stofomslag, 522, The Hyakunin Isshu, or One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each collection, is a sequence of one hundred Japanese poems in the tanka form, selected by the famous poet and scholar Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241) and arrange…
The Clouds: A Comedy
Aristophanes; James White · 1759 · Rooke Books
£485.00 (€581.35 | $640.75 | ¥102,320)
London, T. Payne, 1759. Hardback. A scarce English language edition of this Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. A scarce English language edition of this comedic play by Aristophanes, translated by James White.This comedy was written in 423 BCE for the City Dionysia, though it…
The Aesthetics of Power; The Poetry of Adrienne Rich
Keyes, Claire · 1986 · Books On The Boulevard
$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)
Fine in Very Good dust jacket Univ of Georgia Pr First 216 pages; <DIV>When still a senior at Radcliffe, Adrienne Rich was selected as a Yale Younger Poet. The judge, W.H. Auden, wrote the introduction to her first book of poems. Thus Rich's career was launched by one of the mos…
The Seasons, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author and an Essay on the Plan and Character of the Poem
James Thomson; P. Murdoch; J. Aikin · 1811 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Wilkie and Robinson; et al. 1811 . Leather. James Thomson's influential series of poems 'The Seasons', illustrated, with the life of the author and an essay. In full black calf. A series of poems by James Thomson, a Scottish poet and playwright. The Season…
The Seasons to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author and an Essay on the Plan and Character of the Poem
James Thomson; P. Murdoch; J. Aikin · 1811 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London, Wilkie and Robinson, 1811. Leather. An illustrated edition of The Seasons by James Thomson, with an essay on the poem and a biographical sketch of the author. With four plates, one for each season. Collated complete. A series of four poems, originally published one seaso…
Works by John M. Synge
John M. Synge · 1912 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
Dublin and London , Maunsel and Company, 1912. Vellum. Three uniform volumes of works by John M. Synge, with vellum spines. Three volumes of work by John M. Synge, including The Playboy of the Western World, A Comedy in Three Acts and The Aran Islands across two volumes. John M…
Lord of the Dead : The Secret History of Lord Byron
HOLLAND, TOM · 1996 · Kalamos Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York, Pocket Books. 1996, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 0671534254) Hardcover. Book, Lord Byron as a vampire? That notion may not explain the aberrant behavior of the much-revered Romantic poet, but it definitely provides a racy foundation for Holland's engaging and sophisticated debut…
Black Box Cutaway
SUSAN GEVIRTZ · 1999 · Mike Long Books
$29.75 (€26.99 | £22.52 | ¥4,751)
Kelsey St. Press. 1999. Soft Cover. PB/pub.1999/VG condition/47 pages - Heralds an exciting attitude toward the page as arranged on a camera lens. Poetry now moves with a special timing. [K911347]. Good.
The Tale of Chloe-the House on the Beach-the Case of General Ople and Lady Camper
George Meredith · 1894 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
London , Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. A collection of three novellas written by George Meredith that showcase his interest in women's rights. George Meredith was a Victorian novelist and poet and this is a collection of three of his novels. The Tale of…
The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George the Second
Oliver Goldsmith; Charles Coote · 1815 · Rooke Books
£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)
London, F. C. and J. Rivington; G. Wilkie et al, 1815 . Leather. A handsome four volume edition of Oliver Goldsmith's 'History of England', continued to the Treaty of Amiens by Charles Coote. The twelfth edition of this work, complete in four volumes.This work tra…
The Poems of St. John of the Cross; Knowledge of the Evening
John Frederick Nims · 1959 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)
New York; New Jersey , Grove Press Inc; Rutgers University Press, 1959-1960. Cloth. A very smart set of two poetry collections from John Frederick Nims, one of which is his translations of St. John of the Cross. Including the first thus of Nims' translations of the poems of…
Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London
Major Payne Fisher; G. Blacker Morgan · 1885 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London, Privately Re-printed, 1885. Paperback. A remarkable account of London's burial places written after the Great Fire of London, reprinted in 1885. Written by Payne Fisher, a poet active in the seventeenth century. Left a pauper after fighting for the wrong side during…
TENANTS OF THE HOUSE. POEMS 1951-1956
ABSE, Dannie · 0 · Charles Agvent
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)
New York. Criterion Books. First American Edition. Early title by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, first published in England in 1957. Poet William Meredith's copy with his SIGNATURE at the top of the front endpaper, below which is INSCRIBED "With respect,/Dannie Abse," …
Maud and Other Poems.
Alfred Tennyson · 1855 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)
London, Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Tennyson's first collection of poetry after becoming Poet Laureate in 1850. The second issue, adverts to the front dated August 1855. This is one of the first publications of Maud, a poem inspired by Charl…