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The Cure at Troy
Seamus Heaney · 1990 · Rooke Books
£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)
London, Faber and Faber, 1990 . First edition. Paperback. An exceptional signed first trade edition of Seamus Heaney's verse adaptation of Sophocles' play Philoctetes, set in the final days of the Trojan war. The first trade edition of this work, first impression. Flat…
The Georgics of Virgil
William Sotheby · 1800 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, J. Wright, 1800 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of William Sotheby's English language translation of Virgil's agricultural poems, the 'Georgics&apos. The scarce first edition of Virgil's 'Georgics' to be translated by Engl…
The Story of Rosina
Austin Dobson · 1895 · Rooke Books
£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this delightful collection of poetry from Austin Dobson, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. The beautiful first edition this volume of verses from poet and essayist Austin Dobson, il…
The Marquis of Montrose
John Buchan · 1913 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Buchan's biography of the Marquis of Montrose, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and eleven maps and plans. Collated complete. A bi…
The Little Wonder Book
Jean Ingelow · 1887 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London , Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A charming first edition collection of children's tales, with illustrations. With six tales or wonders within this volume, with thirteen stories in total. Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist who…
The Complete Stalky & Co
Rudyard Kipling · 1929 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London , Macmillan and Co. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A charming illustrated first edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Complete Stalky & Co. A charming first edition copy of popular author Rudyard Kipling's novel The Complete Stalky & Co. The novel is about adolescent bo…
The City of Gold
Francis Brett Young · 1939 · Rooke Books
£77.00 (€92.31 | $101.74 | ¥16,249)
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of 'The City of Gold' by Francis Brett Young. Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and composer. The central project of Brett Young'…
The Light of Asia
Edwin Arnold; E. Denison Ross. · 1926 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1926. Cloth. A limited edition of this famous narrative poem that details the life and story of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who became The Buddha. This narrative work was written by the notable English poet and journalist, Edwin Arnold and i…
The Odes of Anacreon
Anacreon; James Usher [ed.] · 1833 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Sherwdood, Gilbert and Piper , 1833. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the classical odes of Anacreon edited by James Usher, a bright pocket sized edition. Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet known for his drinking songs and erotic poems. The present pocket sized vo…
The Voyage of Ithobal
Edwin Arnold · 1901 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
London, John Murray, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Arnold's epic poem, inscribed by the author and profusely illustrated. Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English journalist and poet. His best known work is 'The Light of Asia', and his ot…
The Heart of Provence
Oakley, Amy · 1936 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)
New York, D. Appleton-Century Co, 1936. Hardcover. A red casebound book with gilt text and decals on the spine and front cover. Color-tinted map end pages. xix, 479 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Inscribed and signed by the illustrator, Thomas Oakley, on the title page. …
The Crown of Columbus
Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich · 1992 · Book Haven
NZ$11.50 (€5.76 | $6.35 | £4.81 | ¥1,015)
Flamingo 1992 Paperback, 384pp. In their only fully collaborative literary work, Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich have written a gripping novel of history, suspense, recovery, and new beginnings. The Crown of Columbus chronicles the adventures of a pair of mismatched lovers--Vi…
The Ferryman: William Monk
Beasley, Mark and Suzanne Hudson, et al. · 2023 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)
New York, Pace Publishing, 2023. Paperback. Colorfully illustrated wraps with white lettering; 184 pp.; richly illustrated in color. William Monk (born 1977) is known for his semiabstract, atmospheric and vibrant paintings that feature mysterious and otherworldly forms. Engaged …
The Uncalled a Novel
DUNBAR, PAUL LAURENCE · 1901 · S. Howlett-West Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
New York, NY: International Association of Newspapers & Authors, 1901. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning wear and fraying to th…
Just Across the Street
FIELD, RACHEL · 1933 · S. Howlett-West Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1933. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Rachel Field. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition.…
The Eagle Flies: Sonnets
WOOD, CLEMENT · 1925 · Round Table Books, LLC
$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)
Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1925. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. First, numbered limited edition, signed by the author on the limitation page (this is No. 65 of only 300 copies). Publisher's blue card wraps, tied with gold cord, paper label on cover. Clement Richardson W…
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 Â 1800) was an English poe…
The Whigs Supplication; or, the Scots Hudibras
Samuel Colvil · 1797 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
St Andrews, James Morison, [1797]. Leather. A very scarce St. Andrews edition of Colvil's lively satire, a Scottish answer to Butler's Hudibras and the political and religious turbulence of 17th-century Scotland. In a contemporary full calf binding. A late 18th-century…
The lady of the lake. A poem
Walter SCOTT · 1810 · Librairie Le Feu Follet
€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)
Printed for John Ballantyne and co. | Edinburgh 1810 | 13.50 x 21.50 cm | relié | Mention de huitième édition, l'édition originale étant parue à la même date. Il fallut procéder à plusieurs tirage devant le succès de ce titre, puisque 25000 exemplaires furent vendus en 8 mois et…
The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present
Constantine, Peter, Rachel Hadas, Edmund Keeley and Karen Van Dyck, eds. · 2009 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books
$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)
New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, who was 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this ca…