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The Song of the Sword and Other Verses
W. E. Henley · 1892 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)
London, David Nutt, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from English writer William Ernest Henley. First edition. The author's second volume of poetry later re-titled "London Voluntaries" after another section of the work. This col…
The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation
Sir Edwin Arnold · 1890 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. First edition. Leather. A smart, leather bound copy of Sir Edwin Arnold's enlightening verse, The Light of Asia. The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation is a volume of the life and teaching of Gautama as told in verse by …
Poetical Sketches: The Profession; the Broken Heart, Etc.
Alaric A. Watts · 1824 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
London; Edinburgh, Hurst, Robinson and Co.; Archibald Constable and Co. 1824. Hardback. A very scarce book of poems by conservative journalist and newspaper editor Alaric A. Watts. A very scarce regency era volume of poetry. Penned by British poet and journalist Alaric A. Watts.…
The Death of the Moon and Other Essays
Virginia Woolf · 1942 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Virginia Woolf's posthumous collection of essays. First edition of The Death of the Moon and Other Essays by Virginia Woolf in the original publisher's cloth binding. The first impression of …
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, a Poem
Sir Walter Scott · 1823 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. A nice leather bound copy of Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel. The sixteenth edition of this work. In lovely leather binding. The Lay of the Last Minstrel is one of Sir Walter Scott&a…
The Hope of the World and Other Poems
William Watson · 1898 · Rooke Books
£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)
London , John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1898. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this poetical work by Sir William Watson. Watson (2 August 1858 13 August 1935) was an English poet, popular in his time for the celebratory content, and famous for the controversial political …
Trolling With The Fisher King: Reimagining The Wound
Paul Pines · 2018 · Book Haven
NZ$33.50 (€16.79 | $18.50 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)
Chiron Publications 2018 Paperback, 172pp. Trolling with the Fisher King started with the author's fascination with Amfortas in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, whose mission was to protect the Holy Grail, the container that unites suffering and love, his inevitable distractio…
The Recluse
William Wordsworth · 1891 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)
London, Macmillan and Co, 1891. Hardback. A limited edition copy of William Wordsworth's uncommon poem about his new home with his sister, intended to be part of his epic poem 'The Recluse&apos. A limited edition work, of which fifty copies were printed on handmade pap…
Selected Letters of Henry James
Edel,Leon (From the Working Library of Cecil Day Lewis) · 1956 · Richard Thornton Books
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
Rupert Hart-Davis This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in red cloth with silver title lettering to spine.No dust-jacket.This copy has been SIGNED by the Poet and Writer Cecil Day Lewis on the Front endpaper in blue pen.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The boo…
The Works of Allan Ramsay Containing His Poems, Songs, Proverbs &c. Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Also the Original Music of the Gentle Shepherd. Three volume set. Oliver's Edition
Ramsay, Allan · 0 · Barter Books Ltd
£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)
VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Minor wear and rubbing to boards. Marbled endpapers. Pages browned Edinburgh Oliver & Co [printed] First Edition thus 140mm x 90mm (6" x 4"). 292pp; 290pp; 278pp. Engraved frontis plate of the poet to vol. I.
The Hours
Michael Cunningham · 1999 · Book Haven
$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)
Fourth Estate 1999 Paperback 240 'One grey suburban London morning in 1923, Woolf awakens from a dream that will soon lead to 'Mrs Dalloway'. In the present, on a beautiful June day in Greenwich Village, 52 year old Clarissa Vaughan is planning a party for her oldest love, a poe…
The Seasons
James Thomson · 1793 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
Perth, R. Morison and Son, 1793. Leather. A beautifully engraved new edition of James Thomson's extremely influential poem, 'The Seasons&apos. New edition, with an original life of the author and a critical essay by Robert Heron. In a half calf binding with marbled p…
The Chase
William Somervile · 1896 · Rooke Books
£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)
London, George Redway, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this Hugh Thomson-illustrated edition of William Somervile's pioneering poem, 'The Chase&apos. The first Hugh Thomson illustrated edition of this poem.Reprinted from the original edition of 1735, wit…
The Vampyre
Tom Holland · 1995 · Rooke Books
£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)
Not Stated, Little, Brown, and Company , 1995 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this intriguing blend of fact and fiction, surrounding the myth of Lord Byron living as a vampire, written by Tom Holland. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original black cloth…
The Indicator
Leigh Hunt · 1822 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Joseph Appleyard, 1822. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound collection of scarce issues from 'The Indicator' magazine. Starts with a portion of issue III. Then, issue IV November 3rd 1819, V November 10, 1819- LII Oct 4 1820, I October 11th 1820, LIV Oc…
The Takeover
Muriel Spark · 1976 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Macmillan, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A neat, first edition of this novel set in Italy by Muriel Spark, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original green cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.Written by Muri…
The Seasons
James Thomson · 1790 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)
Perth, R. Morison Junior, For Morison and Son, 1790. Leather. The rare first Morison edition of James Thomson's beloved poem of the seasons, illustrated with copper plates. The very scarce first Morison edition of The Seasons, James Thomson's influential poetical serie…
Promethean. The Literary Magazine of the City College. Vol. XVII. 1969-70. No. 1
Malanga, Gerard; Goldin, Frederick, et al. · 1969 · Kaaterskill Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York, The City College, 1969. First edition. Tan paper wrappers. 60 pp. 8vo. Poetry by poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor Gerard Joseph Malanga among others. Translation by medevalist Frederick Goldin. A very good copy, some foxing else crisp.
The Fire
Katherine Neville · 2008 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.76 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2008 Paperback, 451pp. Twenty years ago Katherine Neville's groundbreaking thriller THE EIGHT was a global bestseller - a thriller in the style of THE DA VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there.In this long-awaited sequel, Alexandra Solarin, a…
MY SISTER, MY LOVE
Iremonger, Lucille · 1981 · Gibson
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
William Morrow New York First Edition Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. DJ is pasted to endpapers ; A novel about the life of Lord Byron and his love affair with his half sister, Augusta. ; Ex-Library; 311 pages