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The Works of Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson; W. Gifford · 1816 · Rooke Books
£340.00 (€407.60 | $449.26 | ¥71,750)
London, G. and W. Nicol, 1816. Leather. A smart eight volume set of this collection of works from English playwright and poet Ben Jonson. Eight volumes of a nine volume set, lacking volume nine. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A collection of the works of Benjamin Jo…
The Poems of Robert Henryson
Robert Henryson · 1906 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1906-14. Leather. A complete three volume set featuring the collected poetry of the medieval Scottish poet Robert Henryson, bound in crushed quarter morocco. The 'Scottish Text Society' edition. Specially printed for the society by William…
The Works of Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris · 1895 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London, Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1895. Leather. A comprehensive poetry collection by popular Welsh poet Sir Lewis Morris, in a very handsome tree calf prize binding. The tenth thousand edition of this work in a full tree calf prize binding, signed by Rickers & Son, with the gilt …
John Webster & the Elizabethan Drama
Rupert Brooke · 1916 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Sidgewick & Jackson, 1916. Cloth. A literary criticism written by renowned tragic war poet Rupert Brooke on the subject of Elizabethan theatre and John Webster, a Jacobean dramatist. On the subject of John Webster (c1580-c1632), a Jacobean dramatist known for his tragedi…
The Pentamerone of Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile; Benedetto Croce; N. M. Penzer [ed.] · 1932 · Rooke Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1932. Cloth. A very good pair of volumes comprising this modern translation of seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale collection by Italian poet Giambattista Basile in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition thus, translat…
The Prose of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke · 1956 · Rooke Books
£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)
London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1956. Cloth. A collection of the prose works by this literary writer, poet and tragic victim of the First World War, Rupert Brooke. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a friend amongst the Bloomsbury g…
The Vinedresser and Other Poems
T. Sturge Moore [Thomas Sturge Moore] · 1899 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, The Sign of the Unicorn, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the prolific Thomas Sturge Moore's classical poetry anthology. The first edition of Thomas Sturge Moore's The Vinedresser and Other Poems, published by the Sign of the Unicorn in 1899.In …
The Judgement of Francois Villon
Herbert Edward Palmer · 1927 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, The Hogarth Press, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A signed presentation copy of this Limited Edition historical play concerning fifteenth century French poet François Villon. The first edition of this play from English poet and literary critic Herbert Edward Palmer. A …
The Sonnets of William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth · 1838 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
London, Edward Moxon, 1838 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collected volume of sonnets by William Wordsworth, a wonderful anthology of poems by the Poet Laureate. The scarce first edition of this anthology, including twelve new pieces which were composed…
In memoriam.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. · 1901 · SomeThingz, books etcetera
€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)
London: R. Brimley Johnson / Guildford: A.C. Curtis, 1901 Original binding (parchment spine with gilt title and cardboardcovers, 184pp., b/w. frontispice by G.F. Watts, 11x13cm., printed on heavy paper in red and black typography. In good condition (binding with traces of wea…
The History of the Parliament of England Which Began November the Third Mdcxl with a Short and Necessary View of Some Precedent Years
Thomas May · 1812 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Robert Wilks, 1812. Hardback. An uncommon copy of this history of English parliament from poet and historian Thomas May. Originally published in 1647, now reprinted by Robert Wilks. Uncommon work. With a portrait frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete. May was com…
Green Song and Other Poems; the Song of the Cold
Edith Sitwell · 1944 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Macmillan & Co. 1944-5. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition anthology of poems by Edith Sitwell, each enclosed in its dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Two collections of verses by Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwe…
Sonnets of the Empire; Before and During the Great War
Archibald T. Strong · 1915 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London , Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce presentation copy of this collection of wartime poetry by Australian scholar and poet Sir Archibald Thomas Strong. The scarce first edition of the work.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, &…
The Queen&Apos;S Quair: The Six Years&Apos; Tragedy
Maurice Hewlett · 1936 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1936. Cloth. A smart copy of this historical novel from English novelist Maurice Hewlett, with the original dust wrapper. A historical novel providing a vivid portrait of the lives and reigns of British queens Elizabeth and Mary Stuart. Focusing on …
Spreading The Word - The Distribution Networks Of Print 1550 - 1850
Myers, Robin & Harris, Michael [editors] · 1998 · Eastleach Books
£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)
Oak Knoll Press, New Castle : St Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester 1998 2nd impression. Printed boards, F. xiv+241pp, b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy. A collection of papers on the way in which printed books were distributed to readers. Contains - Wales And The London Bo…
Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature. The Silent Stream.
HUNTER, R., · 2014 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity
€33.50 ($36.92 | £27.94 | ¥5,897)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014. VII,279p. Paperback. Exploring both how Plato engaged with existing literary forms and how later literature then created 'classics' out of some of Plato's richest works, this book includes chapters on such subjects as rewritings of t…
The Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier (the American Poets Series)
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF · 1945 · Bluebird Books
$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)
New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Hardcover. A handsome Heritage Press edition presenting poems by the 19th-Century American Abolitionist poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poems selected and edited by Louis Untermeyer, with his commentary. The poems are accompanied by attractive p…
The Difference and Other Poems Including the Columbian Ode
Harriet Monroe · 1924 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
Chicago, Covici-McGee Co. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from American editor and writer Harriet Monroe. First edition. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including titles such as Carolina Wood-Cuts, At the Prado…
The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort
Theodore Martin · 1875 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1875-6. Cloth. The first two volumes of Theodore Martin's biography on the Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg, the husband to Queen Victoria. The fourth edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece to both volumes and four monochrome …
Anne of Greierstein; or the Maiden of the Mist
Sir Walter Scott · 1829 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Edinburgh, Cadell and Company, 1829. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this historical novel from Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, in three volumes. Complete in three volumes. First edition. One of the Waverley Novels. Set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, shor…