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FORE-EDGE PAINTING; HAYWOOD, Helen, artist; JOHNSON, Samuel · 1821 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
$5,500.00 (€4,989.99 | £4,162.37 | ¥878,384)
London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; W. Nicol and Son.. 1821. With Two Very Fine Fore-Edge Paintings by Helen R. Haywood Depicting the Homes of Abraham Cowley and Alexander Pope - Both with a Fine Portrait FORE-EDGE PAINTING. HAYWOOD, Helen R. artist. JOHNSON, Samuel. The …
Poems
George Crabbe · 1816 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, J. Hatchard, 1816 . Cloth. The eighth edition of the poetry of clergyman and writer George Crabbe, including his popular works 'The Village' and 'The Library&apos. The eighth edition of this work. The collected poetical works of English poet and clergyman …
The Princess: A Medley
Alfred Tennyson · 1851 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Edward Moxon, 1851 . Leather. The scarce fourth edition of Alfred Tennyson's narrative poem in beautiful calf binding. Fourth edition of The Princess: A Medley by Alfred Tennyson in full calf binding. A comical narrative poem which tells the story of a heroic princ…
Christina Rossetti.
THOMAS, FRANCES. · 1992 · Chilton Books
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
Hanley Swan: The Self Publishing Association Limited, 1992. 1854211560. 1st edition."Probably the major woman poet of Victorian Britain, she is overshadowed by her more colourful brother Dante Gabriel. Yet most of us have read 'Goblin Market' and 'My Heart is Like a Singing Bird…
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheriden
Thomas Moroe · 1825 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Cloth. The third edition of Thomas Moore's biography on the popular Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, illustrated with a folding plate. The third edition of this work. Complete in three volumes. Richard S…
The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in the Navy
Alfred Burton · 1904 · Rooke Books
£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)
London, Methuen and Co. 1904. Cloth. A reprint of this charming poem written by John Mitford under the pen name of Alfred Burton, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson including colour plates. A poem written in four cantos, with Johnny Newcome being a general term used to refer to ne…
The Impudent Comedian & Others, and the Jessamy Bride
F. Frankfort Moore · 1897 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
Chicago, H. S. Stone and Co, 1897. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition works from Frank Frankfort Moore, including a historical romance and a collection of short stories. The first American editions. A two volume set, featuring 'The Impudent Comedian & Others', an…
The Outline of Literature; the Outline of Art
John Drinkwater; William Orpen · 1923 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, George Newnes Ltd, 1923-1924 . First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound collection of three volumes celebrating the history of art and literature, illustrated throughout with colour plates. A charming set of first edition volumes, in half morocco bindings.Present here …
The Impossible Adventure: Journey to the Far Amazon
Alain Gheerbrant; Edward Fitzgerald [translator] · 1953 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of an extraordinary journey through the Amazon, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with three maps and thirty-two plat…
The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: With the Author&Apos;S Introductions and Notes
Sir Walter Scott; J. Logie Robertson (ed) · 1926 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London , Oxford University Press, 1926. Leather. A lovely prize bound collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetical works with notes from literary scholar J. Logie Robertson. In full calf prize binding with marble endpapers. With a portrait frontispiece of Sir Walter Scott. A…
Super-Infinite: The Transformations Of John Donne
Katherine Rundell · 2022 · Book Haven
$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,955)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022 Hardback 343 "A very modern biography of John Donne-the poet of love, sex, and death-by bestselling children's book author and superstar academic Katherine Rundell"--. DJ. Very Good
THE BREAD OF TIME: TOWARD AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
LEVINE, Philip · 1994 · Charles Agvent
$93.80 (€85.10 | £70.99 | ¥14,980)
New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
THE ALLIGATOR BRIDE. POEMS NEW AND SELECTED
HALL, Donald · 0 · Charles Agvent
$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)
New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper
The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Oxford, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of this delightful poem from British poet laureate Robert Bridges, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. A long philosophical poem, in four books, for…
Poems
Adam Lindsay Gordon · 1903 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, Robt. A. Thompson & Co. 1903 . Leather. An early twentieth-century edition of this collection of poetry from Australian poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon, including an illustrated printing of 'The Roll of the Kettledrum&apos. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled paper…
Wordsworth's Experiment with Tradition: The Lyric Poems of 1802. With Texts of the Poems Based on Early Manuscripts.
CURTIS, Jared, R. · 1971 · The Book Firm
A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.25 | ¥2,164)
Cornell University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Professor Curtis writes a series of tightly knit essays in this critical study, that examine the memorable lyric poems that Willian Wordsworth wrote in 1802. The author argues that this group of some thirty crisis poems represented a tu…
The Flight of the Chiefs: Epic Poetry of Fiji
Buell H. Quain; WM. Ellery Leonard · 1942 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
New York, J. J. Augustin Publisher, 1942. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this collection of epic verse from Fiji, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. A charming collection of epic verses, songs, tales, …
The Eclogues and the Georgics: Translated Into English Verse
Virgil; R. C. Trevelyan [trans.] · 1944 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of Robert Trevelyan's translation of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher&apo…
The Hartley Brothers or the Knights of Saint John
A. L. O. E. [Charlotte Maria Tucker] · 1889 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Gall & Inglis, 1889. Cloth. A smart early edition of this illustrated adventure novel from prolific English writer Charlotte Maria Tucker. Early edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A sequel to previous stories of t…
The Relation of the Individual to the Republic. A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency Marcus Morton, Governor, His Honor Henry H. Childs, Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, 1844
Chapin, Edwin Hubbell · 1844 · Mare Booksellers
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)
Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1844. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued and presumably disbound from a larger work. 36 pp. A lengthy sermon reflecting the powers of the state in relation to the person, discussing criminality and punishment by the state, pol…