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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper
William Cowper · 0 · Rooke Books
£37.99 (€45.54 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)
London, Gall and Inglis, c1850. Leather. A lavishly illustrated poetical anthology from prolific poet William Cowper. "With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings." Adorned with several beautifully engraved plates, a frontispiece and vignette to the title page. All with their…
The Life and Letters of Washington Allston
Flagg, Jared B. · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)
Bronx, New York, Benjamin Blom, 1969. Reprint of 1892 Original. Hardcover. Hyacinth cloth/boards; gilt lettering on decorative crimson title block on spine. xviii, 435 pp. 18 bw illustrations. Missing dust jacket, if issued. Considers the life, work, and correspondence of Americ…
The First Century Emperors, Gods, And Everyman
William K. Klingaman · 1991 · Book Haven
NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)
Hamish Hamilton 1991 Hardback, 402pp. In The First Century , William Klingaman tells us what it was like to live during this time, quoting from first-person reports from around the world. He describes the diet of a Chinese peasant, the gruesome practices of Roman doctors, the mi…
Collection of British Authors: Tauchnitz Edition, Vol 2317: Becket; the Cup; the Falcon; Harold & Queen Mary
Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1809 · Rooke Books
£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz , c1885. Leather. Tauchnitz's Collection of British Authors - Vol 2317. The volume includes Tennyson's dramatic works: Becket; The Cup; The Falcon; Harold; & Queen Mary. Alfred Tennyson, (1809 ? 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and I…
Qysh me abortu dreqin - How the hell do I abort a demon
Ahmeti, Uresa · 2021 · Le Flaneur Amsterdam
€11.00 ($12.12 | £9.18 | ¥1,936)
Prishtine, signed, first, Signed by the poet. Almost no wear. In principle, books are cheaper in the shop.
The Angler&Apos;S Companion, a Popular and Practical Guide to the Art of Angling
Thomas Tod Stoddart · 1892 · Rooke Books
£280.00 (€335.67 | $369.98 | ¥59,088)
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892 . First edition. Leather. A vibrantly bound copy of the third edition of Thomas Tod Stoddart's guide to angling. The revised third edition of this work, first published in 1847.Billed as a practical handbook, Stoddart&apo…
THE WOMAN AT THE WASHINGTON ZOO with a Complete MANUSCRIPT of His Poem "A War"
JARRELL, Randall · 1960 · Charles Agvent
$4,375.00 (€3,969.31 | £3,310.98 | ¥698,714)
New York. Atheneum. First Edition. His fourth book. INSCRIBED on the verso of the front blank and SIGNED by the poet "To David Rogers/with all best wishes/from/Randall Jarrell." On the facing page Jarrell has also written out the complete short but powerful poem, "A War," first …
The illuminations of the Vergilius Romanus (Cod. Vat. Lat. 3867). A stylistic and iconographical analysis.
Rosenthal,Erwin. · 1972 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.
€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)
Dietikon-Zürich, Urs Graf-Verlag, [1972]. 118 pp. 1490 b./w. figs & 19 plts. Hardcover. - Remains of a stamp on title-page. This is an in-depth analysis of the miniatures and paintings in the Vergilius Romanus, a famous late-antique illuminated manuscript from the 5th or early 6…
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
NEIHARDT, JOHN G. · 1971 · Bluebird Books
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press, 1971. Softcover. ISBN: 0803251416. Stated Fourteenth Bison Book printing, August 1971. Black Elk, the holy man of the Oglala Sioux, tells his life story to poet John G. Neihardt. A second cousin to Crazy Horse, Black Elk was …
3 Vols a Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Essay on Old Maids
A Friend to the Sisterhood" [William Hayley] · 1785 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)
London; Dublin, Printed for T. Cadell; Printed for Messrs, White, Byrne, Cash, and Moore, 1785-1786. Leather. A witty and wide ranging series of essays, defending and examining the lives of old maids across history, society, and literature, complete in three volumes, made up of …
The Green Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · 1927 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1927 . Cloth. An exceptionally lovely copy of the seventeenth impression of Andrew Lang's third fairy book, illustrated by H. J. Ford. The seventeenth impression of this work, which was first published in 1892.Illustrated with a frontispiece,…
Idylls of the King
Alfred Tennyson · 1874 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, Henry S. King and Co. 1874. Leather. Tennyson's first four narrative poems of Idylls of the King, concerning King Arthur's accession and marriage, in a smart full calf binding. In a full calf binding, with the binder's label of A. Holden to the front paste…
The Pleasure of Poetry
Kingsley Amis · 1990 · Rooke Books
£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)
London, Cassell, 1990. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry with a loosely inserted letter signed by author Kingsley Amis. First edition, first impression. Contains a loosely inserted note addressed to a 'Mr Harvey' on Jonathan Clowes he…
Homer and the Aether
John Cowper Powys · 1959 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
London, Macdonald, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a curious retelling of the Iliad by an author often claimed to be the successor of Thomas Hardy, including analysis of the Greek poet's intentions. The first edition of Homer and the Aether, an intriguing r…
The Hand of Ethelberta
Thomas Hardy · 1877 · Rooke Books
£265.00 (€317.69 | $350.16 | ¥55,923)
London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1877. Cloth. Novel by Thomas Hardy, first thus in one volume, featuring striking illustrations by George du Maurier, a scarce edition. Novel by Thomas Hardy, a comedy concerning Ethelberta's career as a famous poet and story-teller, struggling to…
The Testament of Beauty
Robert Bridges · 1929 · Rooke Books
£64.00 (€76.73 | $84.57 | ¥13,506)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this famed philosophical poem by Robert Bridges. This is the large paper copy, which is a limited edition. Number 237 of 250 copies published of this work, which have been printed in Great Britain by John …
Children of the Gods
Martin Dickson · 1960 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
Glasgow, William MacLellan, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first illustrated edition of Martin Dickson's novel set in Ancient Egypt. This copy belonged to film maker and activist Derek Jarman. The first illustrated edition of this work, which…
The Comedies of Aristophanes
Aristophanes; Benjamin Bickley Rogers · 1919 · Rooke Books
£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)
London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1919-1930. Cloth. A smart five volume set of the comedies of Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. Five volumes of a six volume set, lacking volume VI only. The comedies of Aristophanes, an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of O…
The Vicar of Wakefield
Oliver Goldsmith; George Saintsbury [Introduction] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)
London , Constable and Company Limited; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first richly illustrated edition of The Vicar of Wakefield, featuring numerous colour plates by Thomas Rowlandson and an introduction by George Saintsbury. In the publisher's ori…
Lawrence and the Arabs
Robert Graves · 1927 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Jonathan Cape, 1927. Cloth. Profusely illustrated early edition of the Robert Graves biography on T. E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia", in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Third impression.In publisher's original cloth binding. With the original un…