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The Songs of Robert Burns
Robert Burns · 1863 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)
London, Bell & Daldy, 1863. Cloth. A smart, pocket sized edition of the collected songs of Robert Burns. A charming, pocket size edition of the songs of eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns. As well as constructing his own original compositions, Burns worked to collect …
The Letters of Robert Burns
Robert Burns; J. De Lancey Ferguson · 1931 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. The two volume first edition of this publication of the letters of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The first editions thus, in the uncommon publisher's original clipped dust wrappers. With a frontispiece to each volume.Volum…
The War in Eastern Europe
John Reed · 1916 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated account of American journalist John Reed's second trip after the first World War began, in the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. The first editio…
A Collection from the Library of Old Authors
Various · 1876 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, John Russell Smith; Reeves and Turner, 1876-1897. Cloth. A smart collection of thirteen volumes from The Library of Old Authors series. Thirteen volumes. The Library of Old Authors series. This set contains: The Complete Works of Michael Drayton, 1876. Complete in three …
Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect
William Barnes · 1866 · Rooke Books
£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)
London, John Russell Smith , 1866. Cloth. Collection of poems by William Barnes, the fourth edition. First collection of poems in the Dorset dialect by William Barnes, English poet and author. The fourth edition. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally so…
The Beauties of Modern British Poetry Systematically Arranged
David Grant · 1850 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Abderdeen, George and Robert King, 1850. Leather. A charming volume of poetry from the nineteenth century. The Fourth Edition, Compiled by David Grant, a Scottish poet and educator. With selections from some of the great poetical figures leading up to the nineteenth century incl…
Let's Hear It for the Long-Legged Women
Paul du Feu · 1974 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
A$165.00 (€101.42 | $111.79 | £84.60 | ¥17,853)
Angus & Robertson Sydney First Australian Edition Near Fine Condition Near Fine 22cm x 14cm. 254 pages. Black cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket. Erotic memoir by the husband of feminist writer Germaine Greer. He later married poet Maya Angelou. Minor shelf wear. Category: …
Damned To Fame - The Life Of Samuel Beckett
Knowlson, James · 1996 · Eastleach Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Bloomsbury 1996 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. xxiv+872pp, b/w frontis, 32pp b/w plates, index, dustjacket a little rubbed & creased along the edges, fore edge very slightly thumbed. Comprehensive biography of Samuel Beckett [ 1906 - 1989 ] the Irish novelist, playwri…
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe · 1923 · Charles Agvent
$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.50 | ¥49,908)
London. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press. Reprint. Octavo (4-5/8" x 7") bound by Donnelly in full bright brown morocco with gilt-ruled borders, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; xxiv, 912 pages. Edited with a pref…
Found in the Fields (and Other Places) (SIGNED)
CARRY AKROYD. (John Clare interest). · 2017 · Clearwater Books
£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)
Mascot Media Ltd., Norfolk, 1st Edition, Signed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the artist at the base of the title page. Landscape 4to. 176pp. Pictorial boards with decorated endpapers. Lavishly illustrated throughout with hundreds of Akroyd's …
Proceedings of the Centennial Workshop on Ethnomusicology held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 19 to 23, 1967.
CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Peter ed. · 1975 · The Book Firm
A$27.00 (€16.60 | $18.29 | £13.84 | ¥2,921)
Aural History, Provincial Archives, 1975. Small 4to Paperback. Ex-library, o/wise good (no markings to text). Includes papers on The Hopi as Composer and Poet, Intervals and Rhythm in the Music of the Eskimos of East Greenland, Music of the Ainu, Aboriginal Songs of Groote Eylan…
Essays on Poetry and Music, As They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Usefulness of Classical Learning
James Beattie · 1779 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, E. and C. Dilly , 1779. Cloth. A smartly bound third edition of this collection of essays on poetry and music from English poet James Beattie. Third edition. A collection of essays considering questions of music philosophy, with reference to composition and arrangements,…
A Collection of the Chandos Classics
Various · 1890 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1880-1890. Cloth. Including Edgar Allen Poe, a smart collection of fourteen volumes from the Chandos Classics series. Fourteen volumes. Chandos Classics series. This set contains: The Complete Poetical Works and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe Together…
Journal D&Apos;Un Poete
Alfred de Vigny; Fernand Baldensperger · 1928 · Rooke Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
London, The Scholartis Press, 1928 . Leather. A very scarce limited edition of this literary collection from French poet and Romanticist Alfred de Vigny. In the original French.A very scarce limited edition of Alfred de Vigny's posthumously published collection of reflectio…
Letters From The Mountains Being The Real Correspondence Of A Lady Between The Years 1773 And 1807 In Three Volumes
Grant, Anne MacVicar · 1807 · Eastleach Books
£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)
printed for Longman Hurst Rees & Orme Paternoster Row - J Hatchard, Piccadilly and Mrs Cook, Bury Street, St James 1807 3rd edition. Contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, VG. 3 volumes in 1, xii+216+[ii]+280+[iv]+224+[4]pp, complete with the half titles for vols 1 & 3…
Aids to the Immortality of Certain Persons in Ireland
Susan L. Mitchell [Susan Langstaff Mitchell] · 1913 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)
Dublin and London, Maunsel & Company, 1913. Hardback. The scarce enlarged second edition of early twentieth century Irish poet Susan Mitchell's satirical collection of verse poetry, largely expressing her support of Home Rule. The scarce second edition of this work of poetr…
Selected Poems of George Meredith & the Tale of Chloe
George Meredith · 1898 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Westminster, Archibald Constable & Company , 1898-1900. Hardback. A uniformly bound two volumes of work from English novelist and poet George Meredith. Two volumes. Written by George Meredith, an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era who was nominated for the Nobel Priz…
The Testament of Beauty : A Poem in Four Books
Robert Bridges · 1930 · Rooke Books
£56.00 (€67.13 | $74.00 | ¥11,818)
Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1930 . Vellum. A smart, early edition of Robert Bridges' most successful poetical work. In smart, quarter vellum binding, with marbled boards. An early printing of this poetry book by Robert Bridges, originally published before the author's…
The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir
Rupert Brooke · 1918 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, second impression of this collection of the works of English war poet Rupert Brooke, with a memoir. First edition, second impression. With a portrait frontispiece and one portrait plate. Collated …
The Handy-Volume Shakspeare in Thirteen Volumes
William Shakespeare · 1564 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. c1866. Cloth. The Handy-Volume set of Shakespeare's plays. Complete in thirteen volumes. Volume I contains: The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Comedy of Errors, volume II contains: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure For Measure and …