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Three Cantos from to the Unborn - Greetings
Three Cantos from to the Unborn - Greetings
Hugh Popham · 1946 · Rooke Books
£128.00 (€153.45 | $169.13 | ¥27,012)
London, The Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. Vellum. The scarce first edition of this Limited Edition collection of poetry from Hugh Popham, a Second World War pilot. In an attractive quarter vellum binding. A scarce, signed, Limited Edition book of verse from English poet H…
Caractacus a Dramatic Poem Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy by the Author of Elfrida
Caractacus a Dramatic Poem Written on the Model of the Ancient Greek Tragedy by the Author of Elfrida
William Mason · 1759 · Rooke Books
£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)
London, J Knapton and R and J Dodsley, 1759. Leather. The first edition of this dramatic poem, by William Mason, 'Caractacus&apos. The scarcer variant of the first edition with the press-figure '1' to the recto of M3 and '3' to the verso of M3. Authorshi…
The Seasons and Castle of Indolence
The Seasons and Castle of Indolence
James Thomson · 1845 · Rooke Books
£34.99 (€41.95 | $46.23 | ¥7,384)
London , William Pickering, 1845. Cloth. The Seasons and Castle of Indolence by James Thomson (1700 - 1748), a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his masterpiece The Seasons and the lyrics of Rule, Britannia!. The Seasons were written and separately published between 1725 a…
The History of English Poetry from the seventeenth century
The History of English Poetry from the seventeenth century
WARTON Thomas B.D · 1870 · Librairie Gil Artgil Sarl
€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.10 | ¥21,124)
London, Ward, Lock and Tyler, Warwick House sans date vers 1870. L'édition par Ward, Lock, and Tyler de The History of English Poetry de Warton a été publiée vers 1870. Les lettres B.D. après le nom de l’auteur signifient Bachelor of Divinity (Baccalaureus Divinitatis), un grade…
The Way of the World and Love for Love
The Way of the World and Love for Love
William Congreve · 1929 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London , John Lane The Bodley Head. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lovely edition of these two restoration comedies by William Congreve. In original dustwrapper. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. First thus, firs…
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag and 60 Drawings
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag and 60 Drawings
SETON, ERNEST THOMPSON · 1902 · S. Howlett-West Books
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton. B&W Illustrations; This copy was the property of Poet Lauriate Henry Meade Bland and has his ink stamp. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and lacks a dust…
Readings for the Young from the Works of Sir Walter Scott
Readings for the Young from the Works of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott · 1851 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1851. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated collection of writings by Sir Walter Scott, for the consideration of young people. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. A collection of writings from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish poet,…
The Plays of Oliver Goldsmith Together with the Vicar of Wakefield
The Plays of Oliver Goldsmith Together with the Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith · 1950 · Rooke Books
£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)
London, Oxford University Press, 1950. Leather. A beautiful and finely bound copy of the plays of Oliver Goldsmith, strikingly bound by Bayntun Riviere. Bound by Bayntun Riviere in a blue calf with gilt decoration.Oliver Goldsmith's most celebrated plays including The Vicar…
The Republican Court or, American Society in the Days of Washington
The Republican Court or, American Society in the Days of Washington
Rufus Wilmot Griswold · 1867 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1867 . Cloth. A fascinating study of American high society under the presidency of Washington, illustrated throughout with engraved portraits of the notable women of the period. American anthologist, editor and poet Rufus Wilmot Griswold's…
The Poetical Beauties of the Pious and Ingenious Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe
The Poetical Beauties of the Pious and Ingenious Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe
Elizabeth Rowe [Elizabeth Singer Rowe] · 1770 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.95 | $1,182.62 | ¥188,871)
London, For the Proprietors, 1770 . First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this collected edition of the celebrated poetry of Elizabeth Singer Rowe, best known for her religious poetry. A vanishingly scarce first edition. The first collected edition of t…
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Thomas Moore · 1866 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New York, W. J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1866. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this biographical work on Anglo-Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan. Complete in two volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. A detailed study on the life of Richard…
The Works of Alexander Pope with a Memoir of the Author
The Works of Alexander Pope with a Memoir of the Author
Alexander Pope; memoir by the Rev. G. Croly · 1835 · Rooke Books
£210.00 (€251.75 | $277.49 | ¥44,316)
London , A. J. Valpy, 1835. Cloth. A collection of the poems of Alexander Pope, scarce in its entirety. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and title page to each volume (collated, complete). With a memoir of the author, notes, and critical notices of each poem, from G. Crol…
An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit
An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit
George Meredith · 1897 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co. 1897. Cloth. The first edition in book form of this essay on comedy by the Victorian writer George Meredith. The first edition in book form of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. George Meredith (1828-1909) was an En…
The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe Volumes I-VIII
The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe Volumes I-VIII
Rev. George Crabbe; Rev. George Crabbe Jr. [ed.] · 1837 · Rooke Books
£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)
London, John Murray, 1837-1838. Leather. Smart half-calf poetry collection from George Crabbe, edited posthumously by his son and featuring an additional biographical volume. Complete in eight volumes.Bound in half calf with marbled cloth boards.Each text features a frontispiece…
THE YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE Conducted By the Students of Yale University
THE YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE Conducted By the Students of Yale University
(MacLEISH, Archibald) · 19121914 · Charles Agvent
$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.90 | ¥29,945)
New Haven, CT. The Editors. First Edition. Four issues in wraps including Volume LXXVII, No. VII, Volume LXXVIII, Nos. III and VIII, and Volume LXXIX, No. 5, with three poems and two pieces of fiction by Archibald MacLeish, his earliest appearances in print. The two stories are …
The Works of William Cowper, Esq. Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations with a Life of the Author
The Works of William Cowper, Esq. Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations with a Life of the Author
William Cowper; Robert Southey · 1835 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, Baldwin and Cradock, 1835 - 1837. Leather. An incomplete, thirteen volume set of William Cowper's work. Cowper was one of the most popular poets of his time. Originally fifteen volumes, volumes VI and VII are missing. William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was an English poe…
The Emerson Year-book. Compiled by J.P.
EMERSON,R.W. · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta
€8.00 ($8.82 | £6.67 | ¥1,408)
New York, Dodge Publishing Co., n.d. 188 p. Bound in redish leather. 8.5x6 cm (Selections for every day in the year from the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson) (All 3 edges gilt. Binding scuffed. Front flyleaf slightly damaged and thumbed) (See for the importance of the American e…
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
Sherwin, Oscar · 1962 · Foundling Books
$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)
Collier Books, 1962. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Appears not to have been read, only flaw is shelf wear and very minor soiling, binding , corners not bent or curled, no tears or rips or creases. ; 351 pages; The biography of the famous 18th century English author, poet, …
The Sassoons. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
JACKSON Stanley · 0 · Island Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
Heinemann, [1968]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and pedigrees in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference on the Sassoon dynasty (the 'Rothschilds of the East'), including merchant pr…
Whatever Happened to the Orange-Groves, Grandma
Whatever Happened to the Orange-Groves, Grandma
Ford, Michael C. · 1972 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
[Los Angeles]: Mt. Alverno Press, 1972. Broadside. Green ink on orange paper. 11 x 17 inches. From the Mountain Home Poets Series. Poem by Los Angeles poet and playwright Ford, noted for his collaborations with Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Two small tears and some creasing along l…