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Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Thomas Moore · 1825 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825. Leather. A third edition in two volumes, comprising a biography of important British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright and poet, also known for owning the…
The Meaning of Everything: the Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Simon Winchester · 2003 · Book Haven
NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)
Oxford University Press 2003 Hardback, 256pp. From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary…
Victorian Poetry
C.E. ANDREWS, PH.D. · 1927 · Mike Long Books
$49.75 (€45.14 | £37.65 | ¥7,945)
R.G. Adams Publishing. 1927. Hard Cover. Hardcover/pub.1927/Fair condition/602 pages - This is the second half of romantic and victorian poetry. This is a golden treasury. [KI724018]. Good.
Musik der Nacht - Gedichte eines fast Vergessenen,
Herrmann-Neiße, Max, · 2004 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR
€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)
Club-Sonderausg. [Rheda-Wiedenbrück/Gütersloh], RM-Buch-und-Medien-Vertrieb [u.a.] (= Offizin Bertelsmann), 2004, 8°, 158 S. mit s/w-Abbildungen, Rundumgelbschnitt, mit Lesebändchen, original Pappband (Hardcover) in verschließbarem Schuber, sehr schönes, sauberes Exemplar zuerst…
Traumprotokolle - Ein Auskunftsbuch,
Bächler, Wolfgang, · 1978 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR
€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)
Ungekürzte Neuausgabe, Frankfurt a. M., Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag (= Fischer-Taschenbücher, Band 2041), 1978, 8°, 125 S., farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), an einer kleinen Stelle innerhalb des Buchstabens "m" im Vorderdeckel-Titel schwach nachgedunkelt, sonst ein…
The Larcom Review: Spring/Summer 1999: a journal of the arts and literature of New England.
Various, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)
Prides Crossing, MA, Larcom Press, (1999). Vol. 1 issue 1. VG PB. Andre Dubus Remembered; At Frost's Grave; Looking Back at Bread Loaf; At the Back Door to My Heart; The Poet Becomes Her Father;. Charles Olson in Gloucester; Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark.
The Works of Robert Fergusson. To Which Is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author&Apos;S Life.
Robert Fergusson · 1807 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, S. A. & H. Oddy, 1807 . Leather. An attractively bound edition of the collected works of celebrated eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Fergusson. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The poetical works of Scottish poet Robert Fergusson, a figure within the Scot…
The Works of Hildebrand Jacob
Hildebrand Jacob · 1735 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, W. Lewis, 1735 . First edition. Leather. In a full calf binding, this is the scarce first edition of the collected poetry and plays of 18th century literary figure Hildebrand Jacob. The scarce first edition of this work, the first and only collected edition of Hildebrand…
The Canticle of the Rose: Poems 1917-1949 & a Book of the Winter
Edith Sitwell · 1949 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
New York, Vanguard, 1949-1951. Cloth. Two smart US edition of these collections of poetry from British writer Edith Sitwell. Two volumes. Written by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, a British poet and critic who was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells and a recipient of the Bens…
Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected
KUNITZ, STANLEY · 1997 · Kalamos Books
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)
New York, W. W. Norton & Company. 1997, 1st Polish Edition. (ISBN: 0393316157) Soft cover. Book, Stanley Jasspon Kunitz [ 1905 - 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000…
The Satires of Persius
Persius; [Thomas Brewster] (Trans); Mr. Bayle · 1751 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, A. Millar, 1751. Leather. A leather bound copy containing a selection of classical satire passages by Persius, translated into English and including a brief examination of the Roman poet's life. Scarce second edition. Bound in a contemporary full calf binding. Thi…
Tales of the Hall
George Crabbe · 1819 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)
London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a collection of attractive narrative poems from the celebrated rural poet admired by Lord Byron and Jane Austen. The first edition of Tales of the Hall, a later collection within the career of distinguished …
The Song of the Sword and Other Verses
W. E. Henley · 1892 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, David Nutt, 1892 . First edition. Cloth. A publisher and author's presentation copy of the first edition of this work of free verse poetry from W. E. Henley, with the bookplate of Arthur Quiller-Couch to the front pastedown. The first edition of this volume of poetr…
1985 the Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Roald Dahl · 1985 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1985 . First edition. Hardback. A very smart first edition copy of this charming children's book by acclaimed author Roald Dahl, signed by illustrator Quentin Blake. The first edition.Signed by the illustrator to the title page.In the publisher's…
The Works of Edmund Spenser: The Minor Poems Vols. I and II
Edmund Spenser [eds. by Edmund Greenlaw, Charles Grosvenor Osgood, Frederick Morgan Padelford, Ray Heffner] · 1943 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1943-1961. Cloth. Two attractive volumes of the scarce variorum edition of pioneering Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, including The Shepheardes Calendar. Volumes I and II of the Minor Poems within the Variorum edition of The Works of Edmund Sp…
The Songs of Scotland
J. Pittman; Colin Brown; Charles Mackay · 1877 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London & New York, Boosey & Co. 1877. Cloth. A charming collection of Scottish music bound in charming decorative cloth. Containing one hundred and ninety contemporary songs. This work comprises traditional Scottish music, edited by J. Pittman and Colin Brown. The verses have be…
The Essays of Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1899 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London , Arthur L. Humphreys, 1899. Cloth. An uncommon complete set of The Essays of Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In two volumes complete. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th ce…
The Jackdaw of Rheims
Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham] · 1870 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Richard Bentley, 1870. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated edition of this legend by Thomas Ingoldsby, or Richard Harris Barham. Illustrated with twelve coloured images. Collated complete. This book features the story of the Jackdaw of Rheims, who steals a cardinal's r…
The Fables of Flora
Dr John Langhorn; F. Blagdon · 1804 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, B. Crosby and Co, 1804. Leather. A nicely illustrated collection of the fable poetry of Dr John Langhorne, illustrated with beautiful vignettes. In a signed binding by Bickers. A collection of Dr John Langhorne's fables, Illustrated with numerous vignettes. Written …
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1883 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
London, Bickers & Son, 1883. Leather. A handsome prize bound edition of Oliver Goldsmith's famous novel, 'The Vicar of Wakefield&apos. Oliver Goldsmith (1730 Â 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet. The Vicar of Wakefield is a novel by Irish writer Ol…