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The Ten Pleasures Of Marriage And The Second Part, The Confession Of The New Married Couple, Attributed To Aphra Behn; Reprinted With An Introduction By John Harvey; And The Original Twenty Plates And Two Engraved Titles Re-engraved.
BEHN, APHRA 1640-1689 / HARVEY, JOHN (PSEUD.) / MARSH, A. (PSEUD. - TYPOGRAPHER?) . · 1922 · Chilton Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)
London: Privately Printed For The Navarre Society Limited, MCMXXII. [1922] . 0. Very Good. A study of married life from the seventeenth century, commonly attributed to female author Aphra Behn. Reprinted from the original with an introduction by John Harvey. With the original tw…
The Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with His Remains
John Oldham · 1722 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
London, J. Bettenham for D. Brown; B. and S. Tooke; G. Strahan; et al, 1722. Leather. The satirical poetical works of John Oldham, an illustrated set of the works of the prominent Stuart-era poet Complete in two volumes.ESTC citation number T135582.A collection of the satirical …
Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis or the Kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague in Latin and English Verse with the Life of Secundus and a Critic Upon His Basia
Johannes Secundus Nicolaius; George Ogle · 1731 · Rooke Books
£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)
London, Henry Lintot, 1731. First edition. Leather. An early edition of this volume of poetry by popular New Latin Poet. Johannes Secundus was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality. He was active during the sixteenth century and was a prolific writer. He produced several books o…
Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron
Sir Egerton Brydges · 1824 · Rooke Books
£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,029)
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824. Leather. An attractive edition of this bibliographical works of the poet Lord Byron. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (30 November 1762 Â 8 September 1837) was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Memb…
From Michelangelo to Rembrandt : Master drawings from the Teyler Museum
Clifford Ackley en Michiel C. C. Kersten · 1989 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS
€23.00 ($25.35 | £19.19 | ¥4,048)
, Pierpont Morgan Library 1989, 1989 Paperback, 166 pages, ENG, 280 x 225 mm, with illustrations in b/w, good order. ISBN 9780875980874. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, better known by his first name only Michelangelo [mike?land?elo] (6 March 1475 Caprese ? 18 Febru…
Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven; Irene Gammel; Suzanne Zelazo · 2011 · The Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB
A$110.50 (€67.92 | $74.86 | £56.67 | ¥11,955)
MIT Press Cambridge First Edition Near Fine Condition 22.5cm x 17.5cm. xvi, 418 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. The Uncensored Writings of Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven edited by Irene Gammel and Suzanne Zelazo. The first major published poetry collection of Germ…
The Fables of Mr. John Gay: Complete in Two Parts
Gay, John and Thomas Bewick · 1806 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)
York, T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1806. Hardcover. Full leather binding with 6 compartments, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, and blind debossed border on boards. Woodblock half titles and illustrations throughout. 252 pp. Features woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. 66 original fabl…
John Betjeman and the Railways a Centenary Celebration 1906-2006
GREEN, CHRIS · 2006 · Lincolnshire Old Books PBFA
£5.85 (€7.01 | $7.73 | ¥1,234)
Transport for London. 2006, First Edition First Printing. Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, Scarce title complete with original compliments letter from publisher loosely laid in. 24pp. No chipping & no splitting to clean covers. Internally clean with no inscriptions. …
The Song of Hiawatha the Courtship of Miles Standish Tales of a Wayside Inn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1855 · Rooke Books
£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)
London, David Bogue; W. Kent & Co; Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1855-64. First edition. Leather. Three of Henry Longfellow's most popular poems, here bound smartly together in a half calf binding, two of the poems being first editions. Three volumes in one. 'The So…
Ortlich Betaubt; the Meeting at Telgte; from the Diary of a Snail; Local Anaesthetic
Gunter Grass; Ralph Manheim [trans.] · 1969 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)
Berlin; London, Secker & Warburg; Hermann Luchterhand, 1969-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A smart four volume set of German and UK first edition novels by Gunter Grass, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A four volume set. A mixed set of German and UK first editions. In t…
Opera quam diligentissime castigata, quorum indicem in sequenti pagina reperies.Venice, heirs of Aldus I Manutius, and Andrea I Torresano, 1523. 8vo. With the Aldus anchor woodcut vignette on the title page and the verso of the last leaf, both hand-coloured and highlighted in gold. 17th-century gold-tooled quarter calf, with the author lettered in gold on the spine, 18th-century gold-tooled polished and sprinkled calf sides, red sprinkled edges.
CLAUDIANUS, Claudius and Francisco TORRESANO (editor). · 1888 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
176 ll.A finely printed early 16th-century edition of the complete works of the late Roman poet Claudian, published by the Aldine Press just after the death of Aldus Manutius. This edition reflects the hallmark editorial rigor of Torresano and features the distinctive Aldine ita…
The Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Memoir by James P. Browne, M.D. Containing Extracts from the Life by Thomas Moore
Richard Brinsley Sheridan; James P. Browne; Thomas Moore · 1873 · Rooke Books
£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)
London, Bickers and Son , 1873. First edition. Leather. A handsome set of works by the famous Irish satirist and writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The first edition of this set of works. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in handsome full calf with gilt detail. With a por…
The Works Of William Cowper, Esq, Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, And Translations With A Life Of The Author : Volume I [with] Volume II [ only ]
Cowper, William & Southey, Robert [editor] · 1836 · Eastleach Books
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Baldwin & Cradock, Paternoster Row 1836 1st edition. Full calf, P+. 2 volumes, xvi+336pp, xii+370pp, engraved frontis & engraved title ( with vignette ) to each volume, leather rubbed & marked to both volumes with the top compartment missing to volume I & the upper board detache…
A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. BRADY & TATE UNRESTORED
BRADY Nicholas · 1755 · Island Books
£136.00 (€163.02 | $179.68 | ¥28,692)
Printed by A. Wilde, for the Company of Stationers...At Stationers-Hall, near Ludgate, 1755. 8vo., on laid paper, dedication leaf and title mildly creased without significant loss, fore-edges somewhat dusty, wanting front and rear free (blank) endpapers; contemporary full calf, …
The Poems of Master Franãâ§Ois Villon of Paris, Now First Done Into English Verse, in the Original Forms, with a Biographical and Critical Introduction
François Villon; John Payne · 1892 · Rooke Books
£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.58 | ¥18,776)
London, The Villon Society , 1892. Leather. A limited edition copy of this collection of poems by François Villon, with a detailed introduction by John Payne. A limited edition. Printed for the Villon Society by private subscription and for private circulation only. This is num…
Stories and Prose Poems
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN · 1971 · Mike Long Books
$29.75 (€26.99 | £22.52 | ¥4,751)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publishers. 1971. Hard Cover. Hardcover dj/ pub.1971/Gd.+ condition/267 pages- It is in Alexander's shorter pieces above all that he demonstrates that extraordinary mastery of language which places him among the handful of great R ussian prose-writers. …
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone
Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough · 1775 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, J. Dodsley, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of these posthumously published private correspondences from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough to her personal friend, William Shenstone. A collection of letters from Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough,…
The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem, Written in Imitation of Spenser.
James Thomson · 1845 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)
London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1845. Cloth. A charming copy of James Thomson's work, illustrated throughout by William Rimer. James Thomson was a British poet born in 1700. 'The Seasons' and 'The Castle of Indolence' are considered his two greatest wo…
POEMS, CHIEFLY OF EARLY AND LATER YEARS; INCLUDING THE BORDERERS, A TRAGEDY
WORDSWORTH, William · 1842 · Charles Agvent
$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)
London. Edward Moxon. First Edition. Original brown cloth with a leaf of ads at the end followed by an additional collective title page and half-title page, allowing the book to form the seventh and final volume of the 1836-7 edition of Wordsworth's POETICAL WORKS. Wordsworth's …
Hobbinol, or the Rural Games. A Burlesque Poem in Blank Verse
William Somvervile · 1740 · Rooke Books
£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)
London, J. Stagg, 1740. Disbound. The second edition of this humorous and popular burlesque poem, about country life and the Cotswolds Games, written by the influential poet William Somervile. The second edition of this work, an uncommon find. This second edition was published i…