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The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence; Together with a Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson
Thomson, James; Samuel Johnson · 1825 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books
$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)
London, England et al., Baynes & Son et al., 1825. . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. A fine-looking exemplar and good opportunity to obtain a book rebound by a master. Handsomely rebound with brown marbled paper over boards, creamy calf leather-backed, both ruled sharply in gilt,…
The Pied Piper of Hamelin a Child&Apos;S Story
Robert Browning · 1920 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)
London , Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, [1920]. Paperback. An illustrated edition of Browning's children's poem, which retells the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. In the original publisher's wraps. Dated 1920 from a copy held by the University of Bristol on JISC. …
Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches.
Basho, translated from Japanese with an introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books
$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)
Great Britain, Penguin, (1974). Reprint. VG PB. Japanese poet and diarist born in Iga-ueno near Kyoto in 1844 spent his youth as a companion to the son of the local lord and. with him studied the writing of 17-syllable verse. In 1667 he moved to Edo (now Tokyo) where he continue…
Hobbinol or the Rural Games a Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse
William Somerville · 1740 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
London, J. Stagg, 1740. Paperback. A very bright, third edition copy of this humorous and popular burlesque poem abount country life and the Cotswolds Games, written by the influential poet, William Somerville Published the same year as the first edition. An Octavo edition of t…
Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns
Rober Burns; James Storer; John Greig · 1805 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)
London , Vernor and Hood, 1805. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, richly illustrated. A first edition copy of Views in North Britain Illustrative of the Works of Robert Burns, with descriptions of th…
Let the Flag Wave; with Other Verses Written in War-Time
Clinton Scollard · 1917 · Rooke Books
£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)
New York, James T. White & Co. 1917 . First edition. Hardback. A very scarce signed presentation copy of this collection of war-time poetry by American poet Clinton Scollard. The very scarce first edition of the work.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper,…
The Granite Monthly - a New Hampshire Magazine, June 1896: Historic Hampton
LANE, L.K.H.; HOYT, SAMUEL; DANA, FRANCIS; CAVERLY, L.A.; HUTCHINSON, E.C.; CARR, LAURA GARLAND; METCALF, H.H.; CHESLEY, HENRY; NESMITH, JAMES E.; HAWES, ANNIE M.L.; CHANDLER, WILLIAM E.; BETHUNE, THOMAS C.; METCALF, H.B.; TENNEY, E.P.; GOWING, FRED · 1896 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
$199.95 (€181.41 | £151.35 | ¥31,929)
USA: Granite Monthly Company, 1896. First Edition. Paperback. 62 pages plus ads. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Historic Hampton; A Warrior; The benefaction of melancthon Downs; Achsah Wray; Christopher C. Shaw; In Haying Time; Lucy J.W. Carp…
The Poetical Works of John Dryden with Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
John Dryden; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1858 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)
Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1858. Leather. A very handsome collection of the late Poet Laureate's works. Revered by Sir Walter Scott, Dryden (1631-1700) was an English poet and essayist, who for some time gave his name to the literary culture of Restoration England ('the …
The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual - English and Italian - Edition)
ALIGHIERI, DANTE; ROBERT PINSKY (TRANS) · 1997 · Round Table Books, LLC
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. 0374525315. First Edition. 1. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0374525315. Illustrated by Michael Mazur. Publisher's glossy, pictoral wraps, white lettering on spine and cover. Signed and dated by the translator, Robert Pinsky, on the half-title. Illustrate…
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare (William Shakespeare), Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies, Left by the Late Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, and Edmond Malone.
William Shakespeare · 1833 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
Leipsic, Ernest Fleischer, 1833. Leather. A large extensive collected works of William Shakespeare. Bound in quarter leather and marbled paper-covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. This volume has amateur repairs to the binding. There are now additional cloth tips t…
The Works of Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb, William Macdonald [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)
London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1903. Cloth. Twelve very neat volumes of works by English essayist, Charles Lamb. Complete in twelve volumes. The collected works of Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian best known for his Essays of Elia and the children's book T…
The Satires of Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto; Rev. Mr. Horton [Trans.]; Temple Henry Croker [Trans] · 1759 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, A. Millar, 1759. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this English translation of Ariosto's seven candid satirical verse epistles. Rebound in a full brown cloth for the Lincoln's Inn Library, endpapers renewed. The first edition of this translation of Ario…
May Day with the Muses
Robert Bloomfield · 1822 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. First edition. Leather. A first edition of Bloomfield's poem, 'May Day with the Muses&apos. Bloomfield was a celebrated poet in his time, known for being a working class, self-educated writer. Celebrated in the context of simila…
The Novels of Tobias Smollett
Tobias Smollett · 1926 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)
Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Leather. An attractively-bound set of ten volumes of the novels of Tobias Smollett. Illustrated throughout with nineteen plates reproduced from etchings by George Cruikshank (collated, complete). Containing: Volume I: 'Th…
The Novels of Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley · 1902 · Rooke Books
£370.00 (€443.50 | $488.82 | ¥78,059)
London, Macmillan and Co. 1902-1906. Leather. A uniformly-bound collection of the writings of Charles Kingsley, historian, novelist and priest. Kingsley's interest in history is shown in several of his writings, including The Heroes (1856), a children's book about Gree…
The Poems of William Austin
William Austin; Anne Ridler [Editor] · 1983 · Rooke Books
£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)
Oxford, The Perpetua Press, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition of The Poems of William Austin, being one of 150 copies printed by Vivian Ridler with an introduction by Anne Ridler, signed by both. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pape…
The Diary of John Evelyn
John Evelyn; Austin Dobson · 1906 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1906 . Leather. A complete, three volume set of Austin Dobson's compilation of John Evelyn's diaries, smartly bound in half calf. The Dobson Edition.Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in a lovely half calf with cloth boards. T…
Extracts from the Essex Review
Various Authors · 1908 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London , The Essex Review, 1908-14. Cloth. A collection of essays from the Essex Review. Comprising of the following: The Sampler by Florence Lewer from Volume XVII July 1908 The Flail by H W Lewer from Volume XVII October 1908 The Poet of Husbandry by H W Lewer, volume XVIII, A…
The Poetical Works of Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1928 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)
London, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1928. Leather. A handsome copy of this collection of Longfellow's influential body of poetry, bound in full red morocco. A very smart collection of American poetry. Bound in handsome full red morocco, decorated with gilt de…
Esio Trot; the Magic Finger
Roald Dahl · 1990 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)
London, Jonathan Cape; Viking, 1990-1995. Cloth. A smart two volume set of works by acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A two volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the origin…