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The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz
Jules Verne; I. O. Evans [translator] · 1963 · Rooke Books
£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)
London, Arco Publications, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first UK edition of this little-known historical story from French novelist Jules Verne. First UK edition. Set in the eighteenth century, the secret of Wilhelm Storitz has been inherited from his father, a chemist in…
Oliver Ellis, or, the Fusiliers
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
London, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A military adventure from prolific Scottish author James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, including fifty-six novel…
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
Anatole France; Lafcadio Hearn (Trans.) · 1931 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)
London; New York, John Lane The Bodley Head LTD.; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. Cloth. The first illustrated edition of Anatole France's work 'The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard&apos. In the publisher's original cloth bidning, with gilt detail to the spine and front b…
Stars of the New Curfew
Ben Okri · 1988 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Secker and Warburg, 1988. First edition. Cloth. The signed presentation copy of a short story collection of military curfew in Lagos written by eminent Nigerian writer and Booker Prize winner Ben Okri. The signed presentation copy of The Stars of the New Curfew, written …
The Courtier&Apos;S Library
John Donne; Evelyn Mary Simpson [ed.] · 1930 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1930 . Cloth. Limited edition of Donne's entertaining imaginary catalogue in the publisher's original smart blue slipcase. Limited edition of 950 copies, this being number 577.In publisher's original blue cloth binding. With slipcase.Fe…
The Fantasy Poets Adrian Mitchell
Adrian Mitchell · 1954 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
Oxford, Oxford University Press; Fantasy Press, 1954. First edition. Paperback. A scarce anthology of poems by Adrian Mitchell, his first published work, this copy from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition of this scarce work.The first published work of Adrian Mitchell…
The Poems of Francois Villon
Francois Villon; H. B. McCaskie · 1946 · Rooke Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
London , The Cresset Press, 1946. Cloth. A smart first English edition of Villon"s verse, complete with its original unclipped dust wrapper and twelve tinted plates after Edward Ardizzone. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original unclipped dust …
The Works of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb; Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd [ed.] · 1867 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)
New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1867. Leather. A very smart, full calf binding of a new edition collecting many of the letters and essay titles of Charles Lamb. A new edition - the first edition by George Routledge and Sons recorded on Jisc.English essayist, poet and antiqu…
The Works of Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton · 1803 · Rooke Books
£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)
London, Biggs and Cottle, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. First edition. Leather. A wonderful example of the three volume first edition of the collected works of poetry of prodigious talent, Thomas Chatterton. The collected edition of the works of Thomas Chatterton, complet…
The Works of Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood · 1869 · Rooke Books
£795.00 (€953.07 | $1,050.48 | ¥167,768)
London, E. Moxon, Son, & Co, 1869. Leather. A complete collection of the works of Thomas Hood, containing his entertaining and humorous poems. Complete in ten volumes.A collection of the poetry and works of Thomas Hood.Hood was a popular English poet of the first half of the nin…
One of the Six Hundred
James Grant · 1822 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
London, George Routledge and Sons, c1880. Leather. A charming binding of this novel by Scottish writer James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, including fifty-six nove…
The Poems of Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë 11568, Derek Roper 455624, Edward Chitham 163828 · 2005 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV
€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)
Clarendon Press, 2005, Hardcover, 307, Emily Bronte's achievement as a poet has been in part eclipsed by that of her masterpiece, Wuthering Heights, yet the poems reveal a powerful and highly individual imagination and poetic voice. The Poems of Emily Bronte is the first edition…
The Courtship of Miles Standish
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH · 1899 · S. Howlett-West Books
$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)
Boston And New York, NY: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1899. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This copy is decorated with black, orange and gilt decorations and lettering to the spine and front cover. The book is in wonde…
The Poetical Works Of Robert Browning, With Portraits
Robert Browning. · 1912 · West Wessex Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
Book Illustrated Very Good No Jacket Reprint Smith, Elder & Co London 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Large 12mo. In 2 vols.. Vol 1 748pp. vol 2. 786pp with general index. Frontis of the poet, with tissue guard to vol 1. Frontis of Albert Browning with tissue guard to vol,2. Marbled …
The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat (2 Vols. )
Foxwell, A.K. (editor) · 1913 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)
London, University of London Press, 1913. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards; Beige cloth at spine; 399 pp. (vol. I), 272 pp. (vol. II); 10 bw illustrations. A collection of the poems of English poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, including extensive commentary and biographical information; …
Dream of the Ages: A Poem of Columbia
Kate Brownlee Sherwood · 1893 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)
Washington DC, The National Tribune, 1893. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 85p. A hardcover book bound in gilt-decorated blue cloth. Very good condition. Edges barely rubbed. Extremely faint, coin-sized stain on right side of front cover. Early owner's gift inscription on a blank front …
The Path to Home / When Day Is Done
Edgar A. Guest · 1919 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)
Chicago, The Reilly & Lee Co. Hardcover. 192p; 191p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges worn and binding slanted (but still tight). Faint circular stain on front cover. Owner's signature inside. Endpapers foxed and speckly stains on several pages. Circular sta…
Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays
Duncan, Robert · 2012 · Mare Booksellers
$43.00 (€39.01 | £32.54 | ¥6,867)
Berkeley, University of California Press, 2012. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Charcoal cloth in unclipped jacket. 822 pp. An exhaustive collection of the early poetry and writing of the poet Robert Duncan, including hard to find early work, responses to collages by his pa…
The Odes of Horace: Rendered Into English Prose
HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS); ZEREGA, RICHARD A. (TRANSLATION) · 1924 · Bluebird Books
$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)
New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1924. Hardcover. A presentation of the odes of Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), the lyric poet of ancient Rome. Originally written in Latin, the poems have been rendered into English prose by Richard A. Zerega. --- In full olive cloth-covered board…
The Compleat Angler, or, the Contemplative Man&Apos;S Recreation
Izaak Walton; Charles Cotton; R. B. Marston; T. Westwood; T. Satchell · 1888 · Rooke Books
£1,500.00 (€1,798.25 | $1,982.04 | ¥316,544)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Limited, 1888. Leather. A beautiful Ramage bound limited edition of Izaak Walton's important work on fishing, a smart illustrated edition of only five hundred copies. The one hundredth edition of this important work.In a be…