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The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman in Three Parallel Texts Together with Richard the Redeless in Two Volumes
William Langland · 1924 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)
London , Lowe & Brydone, 1924. Cloth. A two volume set of Piers the Plowman by William Langland. Edited from numerous manuscripts with preface, notes, and a glossary by Walter W. Skeat. Volume I contains the text and Volume II the preface, notes and glossary. William Langland (c…
The Gotham Book Mart Invites You to Awaken Their New Book Ruth Stephan's Various Poems and Asks for the Contribution of Your Presence in the Art of a Party, 17 Sep 1963 (Invitiation Pamphlet Only, No Book)
Gotham Book Mart; Ruth Stephan · 1963 · Wittenborn Art Books
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)
New York: Gotham Book Mart; Oxford Universty Press, 1963. 6"x5". Party invitation pamphlet. 1 folded sheet. [3 pp.] Light signs of wear. Small tears along outer edge. Light creasing. Good. Subtitle: "Poetry is the art of the poet. .
The Imperial Dragon. Translated by M.H. Bourchier. Brentano's Publisher (New York), Printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son, The Trinity Press, Worcester,1928.
GAUTIER, JUDITH: · 1869 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)
€390.00 ($429.86 | £325.32 | ¥68,651)
Pp. 319. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial dust jacket, small tear at upper spine of the jacket but otherwise an excellent copy. A novel that is an artistic imagination of ancient China originally published in French in 1869. Judith Gautier was a famous French poet, tran…
The Light Of Asia Or The Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) Being The Life And Teaching Of Gautama Prince Of India And Founder Of Buddhism - As Told In Verse By An Indian Buddhist
Arnold, Sir Edwin · 1930 · Eastleach Books
£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1930 reprint. Green morocco, VG. xiv+157pp, b/w frontis & 11 b/w plates ( each a photogravure from a photograph taken by Lady Eardley Wilmot ), top edge gilt, spine rather sunned, otherwise a nice, attractive copy. Poetical verse, which Arnold wr…
The Complete Works of George Herbert and the Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall
George Herbert, Bishop Hall · 1860 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Edinburgh, New York, T. Nelson and Sons, 1860. Leather. A collection of religious works by George Herbert and Bishop Hall Including the works of both George Herbert and Bishop Hall, this publication includes a vast array of spiritual musing, poetry and satires. Dated usi…
John Gower - Recent Readings : Papers Presented At The Meeting Of The John Gower Society
Yeager, R F [editor] · 1989 · Eastleach Books
£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.45 | ¥3,904)
Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 1989 1st edition. Boards, F. xvi+366pp, 16 b/w illustrations, a fine copy. Studies in Medeival Culture volume XXVI. A collection of 13 essays on the works of the medieval English poet John Gower [ 1330 - 1…
John Gower - Recent Readings : Papers Presented At The Meeting Of The John Gower Society
Yeager, R F [editor] · 1989 · Eastleach Books
£18.50 (€22.18 | $24.45 | ¥3,904)
Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 1989 1st edition. Boards, F. xvi+366pp, 16 b/w illustrations, a fine copy. Studies in Medeival Culture volume XXVI. A collection of 13 essays on the works of the medieval English poet John Gower [ 1330 - 1…
Beauty and the Beast
Andrew Lang · 1909 · Rooke Books
£1,950.00 (€2,337.72 | $2,576.65 | ¥411,508)
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work by Andrew Lang, collecting together some of his most popular tales from his 'Fairy Books', the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.A compilati…
One Hundred Quatrains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam; Elizabeth Alden Curtis [Translation]; Richard Burton [Introduction] · 1899 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)
New York, Brothers of the Book, 1899 . Cloth. A limited edition of Elizabeth Alden Curtis"s Rubáiyát rendering, offering a poetic reinterpretation of Omar Khayyám"s classic quatrains. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. This volume is a limited edition of E…
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Translated by William Caxton 1480
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) William Caxton · 1968 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv
€260.00 ($286.57 | £216.88 | ¥45,768)
Hardcover: As New, slipcase: Very Good, 31 x 22 cm, English, 1st Edition, 2 volumes, illustrations, book condition: As New The content of Ovid's work: The Metamorphoses is an epic poem by the Roman poet Ovid. It describes the history of the world from creation to the deification…
I'LL Be There in the Morning If I Live
Lewis, Grover · 1973 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)
San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books, 1973. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover. Sepia illustrated wraps. 77 pages portraits 22 cm. Hey, Madam Helen, hey, world -- I walk out on the wounded fields -- See America best by car -- Before the revolution -- Blind poet through the looking-glas…
The Drunken Boat: Thirty-Six Poems
Arthur Rimbaud; Brian Hill · 1953 · Rooke Books
£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition, second impression of this bilingual French-English poetry collection in the original dust wrapper. First edition, second impression. Very scarce. In the publisher's original red cloth bin…
Specimens of the German Lyric Poets
Various · 1823 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)
London, Boosey and Sons; Rodwell and Martin, 1823. Cloth. A very scarce anthology of lyric poems from eminent German poet, the second edition of this charmingly illustrated volume. The second edition of this very scarce work.An anthology collecting together some of the best lyri…
The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock; David Garnett [editor] · 1948 · Rooke Books
£88.00 (€105.50 | $116.28 | ¥18,571)
London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of novels from English writer Thomas Love Peacock, published here in one volume. The seven novels of Thomas Love Peacock, including: Headlong Hall, Melincourt, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, The Misfortunes o…
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith · 1801 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)
London, J. Johnson, G. and J. Robinson et al, 1801 . Leather. An attractive early 19tth century four volume edition of the miscellaneous works of Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, with tree calf boards. A New Edition, complete in four volumes.With a portrait frontispiece to v…
The Poetical Works of John Milton
John Milton · 1898 · Rooke Books
£59.00 (€70.73 | $77.96 | ¥12,451)
London; New York, Frederick Warne and Co. 1898. Leather. A smart, full calf copy of this illustrated title, bearing the crest of the University College Oxford. A smart 1898 work, compiling the historic poetic works of English poet, hymn-writer and civil servant John Milton.Featu…
The Free-Holder, or Political Essays
Joseph Addison · 1751 · Rooke Books
£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)
London, J and R Tonson, 1751. Leather. A collection of political essays from the founder of The Spectator, Joseph Addison. Including The Character and Conversation of a Tory Fox-hunter, Of the Fickleness of the British Politicks, Subscriptions to the Female Association and many …
The Poetical Works of John Milton
John Milton · 1888 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)
London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1888 (Undated, dated approximat. Leather. London: Frederick Warne and Co. c1888 (Undated, dated approximately from copies held by Goldsmiths, University of London, and the University of St Andrews Library. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 6". Not Stat…
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock; Lord Houghton [preface]; Edith Nicolls [ed.] · 1875 · Rooke Books
£395.00 (€473.54 | $521.94 | ¥83,357)
London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875 . Leather. A scarce complete three volume edition of the works of Thomas Love Peacock, in half morocco signed bindings by Maclehose. Complete in three volumes, this is a scarce set.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I, by Henry Cole.A co…
Songs of the Glens of Antrim
Moira O'Neill; [Agnes Shakespear Higginson] · 1907 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1907. Cloth. A charming anthology of poems focussing on Country Antrim, by native of the county Moira O'Neill. An anthology of poems inspired by the Glens of Antrim, written by the Irish-Canadian poet Moira O'Neill.Written in the dia…