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Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies

HELGE KOKERITZ · 1954 · Mike Long Books

$364.75 (€330.93 | £276.09 | ¥58,246)

Yale University Press. 1954. Hard Cover. Hardcover dj/pub.1954/VG condition/889 pages- According to the true orginall copies. (F84886). Good.

George Herbert

T. S. Eliot · 1962 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Published for The British Council; The National Book League; Longmans, Green & Co. 1962. First edition. Paperback. A scarce first edition volume of biography and literary reflection by T. S. Eliot. A scarce first edition booklet on the life and writings of George Herbert…

The Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Prose and Verse

Mr. A. Cowley [Abraham Cowley]; Samuel Johnson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, John Sharpe , 1809. Leather. The works of the seventeenth century English poet and author Abraham Cowley, including Samuel Johnson's biography on the author bound in three volumes in modern half calf. A new edition, pointing out the pieces selected by Richard Hurd a…

Biography and Poetical Remains of the Late Margaret Miller Davidson

Washington Irving; Margaret Miller Davidson · 1841 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1841 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally lovely example of the first edition of Washington Irving's biography of teenage poet Margaret Miller Davidson, including much of her own poetry. The first edition of this work. BAL 10159. Washing…

The Life of John Kaspar Lavater & Jamaica Enslaved and Free

Anonymous; Benjamin Luckock · 1846 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

London, The Religious Tract Society , 1846-9 . First edition. Leather. A superbly bound volume containing two works published by the Religious Tract Society, one being a biography of Swiss poet and theologian Johann Kaspar Lavater, and the other being a history of Jamaica. First…

Memoirs of My Youth with the Wanderer and His Home

A. De Lamartine · 1851 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)

London, Simms and M'Intyre, 1851. Cloth. A volume featuring Lamartine's 'Memoirs of My Youth' bound with 'The Wanderer and his Home&apos. This volume features two works bound in one, those being 'Memoirs of my Youth' and 'The Wanderer and …

The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism

T. S. Eliot · 1950 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Methuen and Co Ltd , 1950. Cloth. An excellent copy of these poetical essays by T. S. Eliot, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. The seventh edition. First published in 1920. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume includes essays on …

The Life and Remains of Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White · 1850 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1850. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this illustrated collection of poetry from English writer Henry Kirke White, with a life of the author. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, engraved title page, and seven plates. Collated complete. A collection …

The Poetical Works of N.P. Willis with Illustrations

N. P. Willis · 1888 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, George Routledge & Sons, 1888. Leather. A very neat edition of the collected poetical works of Nathaniel Parker Willis. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with title page and three plates. Collated complete. The collected poetical works of Nathaniel Parker Willi…

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written by Himself

Benvenuto Cellini; John Addington Symonds · 1936 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

New York, Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. A beautiful copy of the goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini's energetic autobiography. Complete as two volumes bound in one.The autobiography of the Italian goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini, the most important autobiography from the Renai…

A Bibliography of the Works of William Morris

Temple Scott · 1897 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Geo. Bell and Sons, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A bright bibliography of the works of William Morris, including his poems, art, translations and contributions to periodicals. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A pleasing bib…

The Letters of J.E. Flecker to F. Savery

James Elroy Flecker · 1926 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, The Beaumont Press, 1926 . First edition. Vellum. A smart scarce signed limited edition copy of the letters of British writer J.E. Flecker, bound in quarter vellum. A limited edition, being a scarce copy of one of eighty printed on parchment vellum and signed by the edit…

The Literary Souvenir and Cabinet of Modern Art

Alaric A Watts · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, Whittaker and Co. 1835. Leather. An interesting collection of essays, poems and prose on art and literature. Illustrated throughout with 24 plates, lacking frontispiece. This collection of essays was edited by Alaric Alexander Watts, a British poet and journalist. Most o…

The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond; William B. Turnbull [editor] · 1890 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1890. Cloth. A collection of the poetical works of Scottish writer William Drummond, from the Library of Old Authors series. The Library of Old Authors series. Scarce work. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the works of William Drummond, of…

Rambles in the Lake Country and Its Borders

Edwin Waugh · 1861 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,447)

London, Whittaker and Co, 1861. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Edwin Waugh's vivid account of his ramble around the lake country, a wonderful look at the coast and countryside of Victorian England. The first edition of this work.A charming topographical ramble o…

The Collected Poems of Roy Campbell Volume II

Roy Campbell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , The Bodley Head, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition collection of poetry by Roy Campbell Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell, (2 October 1901 – 23 April 1957) was a South African poet and satirist. He was considered by T. S. Eliot…

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1887 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1887. Leather. William Edmonstoune Aytoun's famous Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. With an additional selection of miscellaneous poems. In a Lawrence of Rugby binding. William Edmondstoune Aytoun was a Scottish lawyer and poet. His reputa…

The Poetical Works of John Payne [Two Volumes]

Payne, John · 1902 · Kaaterskill Books

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

London, Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription and For Private Circulation Only, 1902. Definitive edition. Parchment covered boards, gilt titles, gilt and green stamped decorations; fore and bottom edges deckled, top edge gilt. viii, 399 pp.; viii, 394 pp. + adv.…

The Love Songs of W.E. B. Du Bois

Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne · 2021 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Harper, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. "Oprah's Book Club" logo at front cover. Stated First Edition…

Appraisal and Correspondence Relative to the Denise Levertov Archive Acquired by Stanford University

Howard, Peter B. and Michael T. Ryan · 1990 · Wittenborn Art Books

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Berkeley and Stanford: 1990-1991. Several TLS between Ryan of Stanford and Peter Howard on "creatively" appraising the archive which Stanford was negotiating to purchase from the poet Denise Levertov, together with a 200+ page inventory with annotation of values. .