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The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier; W. Garrett Horder [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Henry Frowde; Oxford University Press, 1911 . Cloth. A delightful edition of the works of American Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. In a charming faux-morocco cloth binding, with delightful gilt floral detailing to the front board.Illustrated with a …

Alfred Tennyson Poetical Works Including the Plays

Alfred Tennyson · 1962 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Leather. A smartly bound later edition of this collection of works from English poet, Alfred Tennyson. Later edition. A collection of the poetical works of Alfred Tennyson, an English poet and the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria…

The Works of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1821 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

London, John Murray, 1821. Leather. An early posthumous collection of the plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, bound in impressive full leather. 'The School for Scandal' is a satirical comedy play first performed at Drury Lane Theatre in 1777. Featuring widow Lady Sneer…

The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden; John Warton [ed.]; Joseph Warton [ed.] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, F. C. & J. Rivington et al, 1811. Leather. A handsomely bound complete four volume edition of the collected poetical works of lauded Poet Laureate John Dryden. A wonderful collection of the poetical works of Dryden, complete in four volumes. Illustrated with a portrait f…

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, the Iliad, the Odyssey

Alexander Pope; Homer · 1804 · Rooke Books

£1,950.00 (€2,337.38 | $2,576.22 | ¥411,389)

London, F. J. du Roveray; T. Bensley; J. and A. Arch; E. Lloyd, 1804-06. Leather. A striking and lavishly illustrated set of the works of Alexander Pope, including his translations of Homer's epics. Complete as eighteen volumes bound in nine.Volumes I to III contain 'P…

The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. With the Life of the Author

Oliver Goldsmith · 1809 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Glocester, D. Walker, 1809. Cloth. An early 19th-century Gloucester printing of Oliver Goldsmith's poetical works, adorned with Thomas Bewick's woodcuts. This edition printed and sold by D. Walker, "at the office of the Glocester Journal". In a contemporary quarter clo…

Victorien der Nederl. Geoct. O. Compagnie op het Koninkryck van Macasser door den Ed. heer C. Speelman.[Amsterdam?, 1669]. Engraved view (40 x 54.5 cm), with two battle scenes on top, flanked by portraits of Speelman and Radjah Palacca, with in the centre a laurel wreath with the monogram of the VOC, surrounded by Mars and Mercury, and a banderole with the title; and with letterpress text below the view (11 x 54.5 cm), including two poems by the famous Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel and numbered keys referring to the plate. Framed (75 x 81 cm).

HOOGHE, Romeyn de. · 1666 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)

A magnificent engraving, in its second state, depicting the victory of the Dutch East India Company over the Kingdom of Makassar. It shows the victories of Cornelis Speelman and his ally, Radjah Palacca, King of the Bougainese, in the years 1666 to 1669, with their portraits tog…

The Poems of William Blake

William Blake [ed. by W.B. Yeats] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. Hardback. A limited edition of The Poems of William Blake, a comprehensive collection of the romantic giant's work. Edited by acclaimed Irish poet W.B. Yeats. A limited edition of The Poems of William Blake, edited by huge Blake admirer an…

Death and the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circle

Todd, Janet · 2007 · Grimbergen Boeken Antiquariaat

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

Profile, 2007. Hard Cover with dustwrappers. 297 pp. Photos in b/w. Good attractive copies. l 1816 was the fateful year when the Romantic poet Shelley and his lover Mary shared a hectic creative and sexual menage in Switzerland with Lord Byron. This intense period drew from the…

THE FALL OF THE CITY. A Verse Play for Radio

MacLEISH, Archibald · 0 · Charles Agvent

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,990)

London. Boriswood. First British Edition. Foreword by the author.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Lovely copy. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote t…

Many Inventions

KIPLING Rudyard · 1893 · Fortuna Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

MacMillan blue cloth decorated blind and gilt, rubbed to joints, corners lightly bumped, lacks fep, hinges loosening, rear hinge cracked, ix 365pp + 6pp adverts, collection of stories mainly dealing with the British Raj in India H First Edition No Jacket London Good 12mo - over …

A Prospect of the Sea

Dylan Thomas · 1955 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1955. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this collection of short stories and essays by Dylan Thomas. First edition, first impression. Edited and arranged by Daniel Jones. Illustrated frontispiece. Includes: 'A Prospect of the Sea',…

The Life of John Clare

Frederick Martin · 1865 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co. 1865. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating biography of English poet John Clare from biographer and author Frederick Martin. First edition.   In the publisher's original green cloth binding.   An insightful biography of celebrated En…

The Horkey: A Provincial Ballad

Robert Bloomfield · 1882 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this brightly illustrated verse from English poet, Robert Bloomfield. First edition. Illustrated throughout with colour images. A charming poem in the end of harvest customs and celebrations, a time known a…

The Poems of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth; Nowell Charles Smith [ed] · 1908 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London , Methuen & Co , 1908. First edition. Cloth. A complete three volumes set of the poetical works of Romantic poet William Wordsworth. A first of this edition, complete in three volumes. William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet who helped to launch the Romantic Age …

Nymphidia: The Court of Fairy

Michael Drayton · 1814 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Kent, Private Press of Lee Priory; Johnson and Warwick, 1814. Cloth. A limited edition of Elizabethan poet Michael Drayton's poem, rebound with the original cover wrap preserved within. Michael Drayton (1563-1631) was an English poet, whom associated with many notable figur…

The Works of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson, Wilfrid Meynell · 1913 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London , Burns and Oates, 1913. Cloth. Two volumes of work by Francis Thompson. Volumes I and II comprise of Thompson's poetry. Both volumes are the seventh thousand. Lacking the third volume of this series, which was of Thompson's prose. Edited by Wilfrid Meynell, a B…

The Lie of Lord Tennyson

Arthur Christopher Benson · 1904 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Methuen & Co. 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work previously owned by Sir Tennyson's cousin Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt. First edition. Previously owned by Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt who, through his father, was a cousin of Alfred, Lo…

The Shipwreck and Other Poems

William Falconer · 1821 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Sold by R. Jennings; T. Tegg; A K. Newman and Co. and Others , 1821. Leather. A pocket book containing an early edition of this poetry from Scottish maritime poet, William Falconer. A smart pocket book poetical collection of works from Scottish epic poet William Falconer…

The Timeless Quest: Stephen Haggard

Christopher Hassall · 1948 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.73 | $71.34 | ¥11,392)

London, Arthur Barker, [1948]. Cloth. A lovely copy of Stephen Haggard's illustrated biography by Christopher Hassall, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Undated. Dated from Jisc [1948]A fascinating biography of Stephen Haggard by Christopher Hassall. Haggard was a noted acto…