Cerca libri
Risultati della ricerca
14124 risultati per "The Poet"
A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year M. Dcc. LXXVII
Eyles Irwin · 1780 · Rooke Books
£2,250.00 (€2,697.37 | $2,973.06 | ¥474,817)
London, J. Dodsley, 1780. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of Eyles Irwin's account of his exciting voyage up the Red Sea, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with three folding maps, a…
Reminiscences of Walt Whitman with Extracts from his Letters and Remarks on his Writings.
KENNEDY, WILLIAM SLOANE. · 1896 · Chilton Books
£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)
Paisley and London: Alexander Gardner, 1896. 1st ed. Contents: Part I. Memories, Letters, etc. Part II. Drift and Cumulus. Part III. The Style of Leaves of Grass. Pp.14/190, decorative bookplate to inside front board, front hinge cracked. Brown cloth spine with dark yellow cloth…
The Poetical Works of Mrs Hemans. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes &C.
Mrs. Hemans · 1884 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1884 . Leather. A handsome collection of Mrs. Hemans' poems in full morocco binding. Reprinted from the early editions. In full morocco binding with gilt lettering. With a portrait frontispiece and seven engraved plates. Collated complete. A …
The Song of Songs: A Lyrical Folk-Play of the Ancient Hebrews Arranged in VII Scenes
Francis Coutts · 1906 · Rooke Books
£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming folk-play from Francis Coutts, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. A lyrical folk-play following the Song of Songs, …
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (Member of the Institute) Modern Library Spine 2, ML #22. 1
FRANCE, ANATOLE · 1921 · Bluebird Books
$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)
New York: The Modern Library / Boni and Liveright, 1921. Hardcover. An early Modern Library reprint edition offering the first novel of Anatole France, pen name of François-Anatole Thibault. Translated from the French, and with an introduction by Lafcadio Hearn. The author had w…
Poem on His Birthday: In the Mustardseed
Dylan Thomas · 1983 · Rooke Books
£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)
Market Drayton , The Tern Press, 1983. Cloth. A lovely limited edition printing of this Dylan Thomas poem from The Tern Press. Printed in an edition 85 numbered copies at the Tern Press, ran by Nicholas and Mary Parry. This copy is number 45.Signed by Nicholas Parry to the colop…
My Wyl And My Wrytyng - Essays On John The Blind Audelay
Fein, Susanna [editor] · 2009 · Eastleach Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Medieval Institute Publications - Western Michigan University 2009 1st edition. Faux leather, F. xx+355pp, index, a fine copy. A collection of 13 essays on the writings and legacy of John Audelay the English priest & poet from Haughmond Abbey, in Shropshire.
The Icelandic Jaunt a Study of the Expeditions Made by Morris to Iceland in 1871 and 1873
John Purkis · 1962 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)
London , William Morris Society, 1962. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A smart limited edition copy of this work on the travels of William Morris to Iceland. A limited edition copy, limited to 750 copies. This work is a study of the trip William Morris took to Iceland in 1871…
Portrait of the Russian Director Vsevolod Meyerhold with His Stepson Konstantin Yesenin. First Edition of the Photograph
Temerin, Alexei (1889-1977) · 1928 · Wittenborn Art Books
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)
Moscow: 1928. Original photograph. 13 x 18cm. Stamped signature and date verso.. Konstantin Yesenin (1920-1986) was the son of Zinaida Nikolayevna Reich (the last name also spelled Raikh or Raih; Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????; (1894-1939). She was a Russian actress and one of…
Photograph of Queen Elizabeth at the Krupp Mannesmann Factory in Duisburg for the 1965 German State Visit
Montfort, Michael · 1965 · Wittenborn Art Books
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)
1965. Original silver photograph. 30 x 20 cm. The Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) plant is located in Duisburg, the "steel heart" of the Ruhr Area. Ever since HKM was founded by Krupp Stahl Image from the 1965 State Visit of Queen Elizabeth to Germany. Most with the Mont…
Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. With Illustrations by Theodore Horschelt (the Author's Son-in-Law).
BONER, Charles. · 1853 · Marijana Dworski Books
£138.00 (€165.44 | $182.35 | ¥29,122)
London, Chapman and Hall, 1853. Contemporary or later textured cream cloth, gilt lettered morocco labels, viii+410pp. 6 two-tone lithographs and 6 vignettes as called for. Moncrieffe "Sur Espérance" ornate bookplate to paste-down. Spine age-darkened, labels a little chipped and …
Paedotrophia; Or, the Art of Nursing and Rearing Children. A Poem, in Three Books. Translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe. With Medical and Historical Notes; with the Life of the Author, from the French of Michel and Niceron; his Epitaph; his Dedication of this Poem to Henry III. of France; and the Epigram written on the visit he had the Honour to receive from Charles I. of England, when Prince of Wales. By H. W. Tytler, M. D. Translator of Callimachus, and Fellow of the Society f
SAINTE-MARTHE (Scévole de): · 1797 · John Price Antiquarian Books
£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)
London: Printed, for the Author, By John Nichols...; And sold by J. Debrett...; J. Murray and S. Highley..., 1797 FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 210 x 125 mms., pp. [iv], v - cxci [cxcii blank], 224, engraved frontispiece (by Isaac Taylor), recently rebound in quarter antique-style calf,…
An Introduction to the Literary History of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Charles Philpot · 1798 · Rooke Books
£495.00 (€593.42 | $654.07 | ¥104,460)
London, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition copy of this historical book regarding the literary history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A scarce first edition. Smartly bound in full calf with gilt detail. An eighteenth ce…
The Angler&Apos;S Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland
Thomas Tod Stoddart · 1847 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)
Edinburgh , William Blackwood and Sons , 1847. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to Scottish angling by Thomas Tod Stoddart, in the very scarce original cloth. His chief publication. First edition. Recased, with the very scarce original cloth lai…
The Doom of Devorgoil, a Melo-Drama & Auchindrane; or the Ayrshire Tragedy
Sir Walter Scott · 1830 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
Edinburgh, Cadell and Compnay , 1830 . First edition. Leather. The first edition, second issue, or first reworked edition of this pair of plays from Sir Walter Scott, comprising 'The Doom of Devorgoil' and 'Auchindrane&apos. The first edition, second issue. Origin…
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
Sir Walter Scott · 1890 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1890-94. First edition. Cloth. The complete first edition of Walter Scott's journal, compiled from the original manuscripts and illustrated, including with a folding map of Abbotsford. First edition. Â Complete in two volumes. Â In the publisher&…
Hudibras: In Three Parts Written in the Time of the Late Wars
Samuel Butler · 1784 · Rooke Books
£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)
Edinburgh, R. Clark, P. Anderson, A. Brown, 1784. Leather. A new edition of Samuel Butler's mock-heroic satirical poem, adorned with engravings, two of which are folding. A new edition. Complete in three parts issued in one volume. In a half calf binding, with morocco spin…
Off the Charts - the Hidden Lives And Lessons of American Child Prodigies
Ann Hulbert · 2018 · Book Haven
NZ$17.50 (€8.77 | $9.67 | £7.32 | ¥1,544)
Alfred A. Knopf 2018 Hardback, 400pp. From the author of the widely praised Raising America--a compelling exploration of child genius told through the gripping stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted boys and girls, from a math wonder a century ago to young jazz and classical pi…
The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse
Thomas Gray; Edmund Gosse [editor] · 1884 · Rooke Books
£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1884. Cloth. A smart complete set of the works of Thomas Gray with a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in four volumes. Early edition. With a frontispiece to each volume. Collated complete. A collection of the prose and poetry of Thomas Gra…
The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowley; John Sparrow [Editor] · 1926 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)
London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition copy of Abraham Cowley's poetry. A limited edition copy of Abraham Cowley's poetry. The seventeenth century poet showed promise as a poet from a young age, achieving fame for his collection entit…