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Tales of the Hall
Reverend George Crabbe · 1819 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, John Murray, 1819. First edition. Leather. A first edition two volume set of this collection of poetry from the Reverend George Crabbe. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A collection of poetry, including: Tales of the Hall, The Sisters, The Preceptor Husband, The O…
The Chace: A Poem
William Somerville · 1799 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Dublin, Printed by T. Henshall , 1799. Leather. A very scarce illustrated Irish edition of 'The Chace' by William Somervile, with engraved plates. A very scarce T. Henshall issue of this poem, printed in Dublin. Bound in contemporary speckled calf.Illustrated with seve…
Kisses Being the Basia
Iohannes Secundus; Thomas Stanley · 1927 · Rooke Books
£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)
London, The Fortune Press, 1927. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition copy of this hand-press produced book by the Fortune Press. A wonderful copy of Johannes Secundus' 'Kisses&apos. Johannes Secundus was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality. This translation i…
The Chace, a Poem
William Somervile · 1811 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Suttaby, Evance, & Co. 1811. Leather. A scarce Suttaby pocket edition of William Somerville's popular hunting poem, with a sketch of the author's life. An early 19th-century pocket edition of 'The Chace', one of the most famous and frequently reprinte…
The Archivist A Novel
Martha Cooley · 1998 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Little, Brown 1998 Hardback 328 Matthias is a man of orderly ways, a librarian whose life rarely strays from its narrow channels. At the library where he works is an archive of letters from the poet T. S. Eliot to an American woman, written during the years Eliot was undertaking…
Tracks in the Snow
TODD, RUTHVEN · 1947 · S. Howlett-West Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. 1st US Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumpin…
The Little Lame Prince
MULOCK, MISS (DINAH MARIA CRAIK) · 1920 · S. Howlett-West Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping…
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes · 1997 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Broadway 1997 Paperback, 304pp. Now in paperback, the 1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new worl…
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes · 1997 · Book Haven
NZ$14.50 (€7.27 | $8.01 | £6.06 | ¥1,279)
Broadway 1997 Paperback, 304pp. Now in paperback, the 1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new worl…
The Tale of Murasaki
Liza Dalby · 2001 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Vintage 2001 Paperback, 448pp. The Tale of Murasaki is an elegant and brilliantly authentic historical novel by the author of Geisha and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha. In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu wrote the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji , t…
Scratching the Beat Surface
MCCLURE, MICHAEL · 1982 · S. Howlett-West Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0865470731. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket…
I Am the Sea
West, Austin · 0 · Mare Booksellers
$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)
Bridgton, ME, Self Published. First Edition. Wraps. Illustrated blue wraps. Rear interior wrap with a photo of the author. (40 pp). With a few small inset illustrations. SIGNED, with a brief dedication, by the author, on the inside rear cover. Handwritten '1st edition' at the sa…
Danse Nègre, for the Pianoforte, Op.58, no.5.
Cyril Scott · 1908 · The Victoria Bookshop
£2.65 (€3.18 | $3.50 | ¥559)
London, Elkin, 1908. First Edition. Paperback. 7pp Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, and poet Good+.
The Soul of London: A Survey of the Modern City
Ford Madox Hueffer [Ford Madox Ford] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, Alston Rivers, 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exploration of the growth of London from English writer Ford Madox Hueffer. First edition. Part history, part personal reminiscence, in this work Ford explores the variety of the London city scene b…
The Legacy, the Testament, and Other Poems of Francois Villon
Francois Villon; Peter Dale [trans] · 1973 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Leather. A collection of poetical works by Francois Villon, translated by Peter Dale and bound in a quarter morocco binding. The very scarce first UK edition of this translated collection of Villon's works. In the publisher's or…
The Letters of the Late William Cowper to His Friends
William Cowper; J. Johnson · 1817 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy , 1817. Leather. New edition of the letters of William Cowper in three uniform volumes. New edition, complete in three volumes. In uniform half calf bindings.Containing the correspondence of English poet and Anglican hymnwriter Willi…
The Dynasts: A Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon
Thomas Hardy · 1910 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1910. Cloth. A smart copy of this closet drama from English Victorian writer Thomas Hardy. With a portrait frontispiece. A closet drama in verse and prose, being an epic-drama of the war with Napoleon, in three parts, nineteen acts and one hund…
The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: And Other Poems
James Beattie · 1827 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London, John Sharpe , 1827. Leather. An attractively bound copy of James Beattie's narrative poem and other works, with illustrations by R. Westall. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper, dated Christmas 1846. In full crushed morocco binding with decorative gi…
The Life and Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe
Rev. George Crabbe · 1847 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, John Murray, 1847. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of the poetical works of English writer George Crabbe, with a life of the author. Complete in one volume. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and title vignette. Collated complete. A collection of t…
Robert Henryson.
HENRYSON. KINDRICK, Robert L. · 1979 · The Book Firm
A$21.00 (€12.91 | $14.23 | £10.77 | ¥2,272)
Twayne, 1979. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise contents good. No dj. Provides an overview of Henryson's poetry, along with an intro to his cultural & social milieu. 214pp. Part of the Twayne's English Author's Series. TEAS #274.