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The Theatre of Life
George Robert Sims · 1881 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, John P. Fuller, 1881 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this collection of short stories from prolific poet, journalist and writer George Robert Sims, in the vibrant publisher's original paper covered boards. The first edition in book form of this short…
Idylls of the King
TENNYSON, ALFRED (LORD, D. C. L. ) · 1910 · S. Howlett-West Books
$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. C.1910. This is a small format book (approx. 6" x 4"). The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. Ths spine ends and corners of the…
The Foundling and Other Stories
Robert Hudson; Carl Ewald; Bret Harte; A. Domett · 1921 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)
London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd. 1921 . Cloth. A very scarce collection of four twentieth-century short stories by Robert Hudson, Carl Ewald, Bret Harte, and A. Domett. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece. …
The Works of Lord Byron
Lord Byron · 1829 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)
London, John Murray , 1829. Leather. The works of famous Romantic poet Lord Byron in four uniform pocket sized volumes. John Murray's edition of the collected works works of Romantic English poet Lord Byron in four pocket sized volumes. In uniform morocco bindings complete …
The Explorers and Other Poems
M. C. [Catherine Martin] · 1874 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1874 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition volume of verse from Australian poet Catherine Martin, featuring her retelling of the Burke and Wills expedition. The very scarce first edition of this nineteenth century collection of poems fr…
The Works of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray; Rev. John Mitford · 1816 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
London, J. Mawman, 1816 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon two volume first edition of the collected poetry and correspondence of Thomas Gray, in handsome half calf bindings. The first edition, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. The work…
The Life of Professor Gellert
Mrs. Douglas · 1805 · Rooke Books
£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)
Kelso, Alex. Ballantyne for J. Hatchard, 1805. First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition thus of Mrs. Douglas's three volume biography of the German poet Christian Furchtegott Gellert. The very scarce first English language edition of this work, taken from a Fre…
The Works of Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson · 0 · Rooke Books
£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)
London, Burns and Oats, c1913. Leather. Three volumes of poetry and prose by the English poet Francis Thompson, bound in full tree calf by Riviere. The twelfth thousand to 'Volume I', the eleventh thousand to 'Volume II', and the ninth thousand to 'Volum…
The Sportsman&Apos;S Dictionary
Henry James Pye · 1807 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John Stockdale, 1807. Leather. An illustrated dictionary on sporting and animals, edited and enlarged by Poet Laureate Henry James Pye. The fifth edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.An expansive dictionary for sport…
The Works of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray · 1825 · Rooke Books
£380.00 (€455.56 | $502.12 | ¥80,191)
London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. Leather. A beautifully bound complete collection of the poetical works of the Romantic Thomas Gray, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Bound by Roger de Coverly. Complete in two volumes.A collection of the poems by Thomas Gray…
Chekhov on the West Heath
Levertov, Denise (1923-1997) · 1977 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
Andes, New York : Woolmer / Brotherson Ltd.1977. Green and white marbled wrappers, upper cover title label, 8vo, [16pp.]. Numbered 136 of 200 copies signed by the author on colophon. Levertov came to the United States in 1948, after marrying American writer Mitchell Goodman, and…
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll Understanding the Author of Alice in Wonderland
WOOLF JENNY · 2010 · Little Lane Books
A$32.00 (€19.67 | $21.68 | £16.41 | ¥3,462)
Haus Books, London. 2010, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781906598686) Hardcover with dust jacket, 22cm. Book, Jenny Woolf's biography takes note of the evidence that is now available to help us understand this famous Victorian poet, mathematician, writer, photographer and children's auth…
The Terrible Threshold: Selected Poems 1940-1970
Stanley Kunitz · 1974 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Secker and Warburg , 1974. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first UK edition of Stanley Kunitz's collected poems. The first UK edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A series of selected poems written betwe…
The King of Alsander
James Elroy Flecker · 1914 · Rooke Books
£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)
London, Max Goschen Ltd, 1914. Cloth. A charming and exciting fantasy tale from James Elroy Flecker. Early edition. Fantasy novel. When a disembodied voice directs him to travel to a land called Alsander, our protagonist makes the decision to break from routine life and travel t…
Kicking the Leaves. Signed
Hall, Donald and Reynolds Stone (illustrator) · 1976 · Wittenborn Art Books
$425.00 (€385.59 | £321.64 | ¥67,875)
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1976. Original handmade paper covers. 15 x 18 x cm. 24 page surfaces, 17 printed. Edition of 125 signed copies. Fine. Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited, no. 74. Walter Hamady (born 1940) is an America…
The Eggplant Skin Pants
Laird (Hamady), Mary · 1973 · Wittenborn Art Books
$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press (Walter Hamady), 1973. Original blind-stamped buckram. 32 x 25 cm. 48 page surfaces, 40 printed. Edition of 175 numbered copies. Fine. Two Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press Limited, no. 57 Walter Hamady (born 1940) is an American…
THE POT OF EARTH
MacLEISH, Archibald · 1925 · Charles Agvent
$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)
Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Cloth-backed gold foil decorated boards. One of only 100 copies.. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roo…
Murder in the Museum
Simon Brett · 2004 · Book Haven
NZ$9.50 (€4.76 | $5.25 | £3.97 | ¥838)
Pan Books 2004 Paperback. Bracketts, an Elizabethan house near town of Fethering, is about to be turned into a museum. Once the home of celebrated poet Esmond Cloudleigh, it has been decided that it should now become a shrine to his life and poetry. But the transition from house…
The Vision of Stephen
BURFORD, LOLAH · 1979 · S. Howlett-West Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
New York: Ace Science Fiction, 1979. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0441865054. Mass Market PB. This is a mass market paperback book. First US paperback edition. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light c…
Here Lies the Heart
De Costa Mercedes · 1960 · Phoenix Books (Joanne's Used Books)
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)
Reynal & Co. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Here Lies the Heart by de Costa, Mercedes Reynal & Company, 1960, lst. Hardback in good condition with acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover is clean, …