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Henri Michaux · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Horizon, 1946 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Henri Michaux's fantastical work of poetry, in the original French. A limited edition work. In the original French, but with the blurb to the verso of the front wrap in English.The scarce first UK …

Rare poetry book 1709 | The Wife, a Poem. Expressed in a Compleat Wife with an Elegy on the Untimely Death of the Author, Poyson'd in the Tower, &C. By Sir Thomas Overbury, London, the seventeenth Edition, Printed and Sold by H. Hills, the seventeenth Edition, 1709, 16 pp.

Sir Thomas Overbury. · 1614 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€190.75 ($210.24 | £159.14 | ¥33,573)

Marbled decorated paper cover, bookblock loose. Origininally published in 1614 as 'A wife, now a widowe'. Also issued as part of 'A collection of the best English poetry by several hands', 1717.Written by Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613). He was an English poet and essayist and v…

Bartholomew&Apos;S Pocket Guide to Melrose, Abbotsford Etc. The Land of Scott

Ralph Richardson · 1897 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh , John Bartholomew & Co. 1897. Paperback. A very smart pocket guide to Melrose and specifically Abbotsford, which was the residence of Scottish poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott. The second edition, with driving , walking and cycling routes. Very scarce to find this …

Historical Odes and Other Poems

Richard Watson Dixon · 1864 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Smith, Elder, and Co, 1864. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of exciting historical poems, written by the English poet Richard Watson Dixon/ The first edition of this work. A collection of the historical poems of the English poet Richard Watson …

The New Bath Guide or Memoirs of the B--R--D Family in a Series of Poetical Epistles

[Christopher Anstey] · 1766 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.34 | $653.96 | ¥104,430)

London, J. Dodsley; J. Wilson & J. Fell; J. Almon et. al, 1766. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Christopher Anstey's celebrated satirical poem, which recounts the adventures of the "Blunderhead" family holidaying in Bath. The very scarce first edition, first is…

The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography, of South Wales, from Materials Collected During Two Excursions in the Year 1803

Benjamin Heath Malkin · 1807 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. Hardback. The second expanded edition of this interesting travel work depicting two tours the author undertook in South Wales. The second edition.Complete in two volumes.Benjamin Heath Malkin's work exploring South Wales, based …

3 Vols an Estimate of the Manners and Principles Vol II; the Roman History

Oliver Goldsmith; [John Brown] · 1758 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,974)

London, S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Davies; L. Davis; C. Reymers, 1758-1770 . Leather. The second edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular Roman History, together with Volume II of John Brown's influential 18th century critique of British manners and morals. In contemporary…

The Shepherd&Apos;S Week in Six Pastorals

Mr. J. Gay [John Gay] · 1714 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Printed for J[acob] T[onson] and sold by W. Taylor, 1714. Disbound. The very scarce second edition of this early eighteenth century pastoral work from John Gay, poet and dramatist best remembered for 'The Beggar's Opera&apos. Printed from the sheets of the firs…

Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London

John Benjamin Heath · 1854 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Privately Printed, 1854. Cloth. A scarce second edition copy of this fascinating historical study of the 'Worshipful Company of Grocers' guild of London; signed by the author and presented to the Treasurer to St Bartholomews Hospital, William Foster White. The …

The New York Times Magazine, January 14, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge Photos

BALL, JOSEPH H.; SHALLETT, SIDNEY; HURD, CHARLES; ATKINSON, BROOKS; STANLEY, FRED; GOULD, JOHN; POPE, V.; · 1945 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

USA: The New York Times Company, 1945. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Sharp, William. 48 pages. Features: Cover photo of Army Nurse at work; Unituq ad inside from cover for American Export Line shows teen girl holding record and caption 'The Japs Were Hard …

Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier Parts I & II - The Penny Poets XIII & XXI

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF · 1900 · Godley Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London, The Masterpiece Library. 1900. Soft Cover, 7.25 x 5 inches. Two volumes. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Small crease/nick to lower edge of Part I. Clean tight copies with dusty unmarked boards, bump to spine foot of Part II, tanned pages and no bumping to corners.…

Poem for the Day. 366 Poems, Old and New, worth Learning by Heart.

ALBERY, NICHOLAS. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Chatto & Windus. 2001. Rep. "One poem for each day of the year - poems that have been chosen for their resonance, magic and ease of learning, and placed on days of the year, mostly according to season or in commemoration of an event or on the birthday or deathday of the …

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes

Edmund Spenser; Ernest De Selincourt · 1909 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.73 | $1,255.08 | ¥200,421)

Oxford, At the Clarendon Press , 1909-1910. Leather. A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, including his epic poem The Faerie Queene. A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, edited by Ernest De Selincourt. A b…

The Cowslip, or More Cautionary Stories in Verse

[Elizabeth Turner] · 1899 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, The Leadenhall Press, [1899]. Hardback. A Leadenhall Press facsimile of the first edition of Elizabeth Turner's delightfully illustrated book of cautionary tales for children, told in verse. A facsimile of the first edition, which was published in 1811. Published by…

Great Poets of the 20th Century and Great Lyricists: Bob Dylan

TS Eliot; Siegfried Sassoon; Sylvia Plath; WH Auden; Philip Larkin; Ted Hughes; Seamus Heaney; Bob Dylan · 2008 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, The Guardian, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Bright group of eight pamphlets from The Guardian's 'Great Poets' and 'Great Lyricists' series. The first edition of this work. Complete collection of The Guardian's 'Great Poets of the 20t…

The Poems of Thomas Gordon Hake Selected with a Prefatory Note

Thomas Gordon Hake; Alice Meynell [ed.] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£158.00 (€189.39 | $208.74 | ¥33,333)

London, Elkin Mathew and John Lane , 1894. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce limited copy of this work containing the poetry of Thomas Gordon Hake, with pleasing gilt-decorated cloth binding. The first edition, being one of a limited five hundred copies that were printed for E…

A Collection of Loyal Songs Written against the Rump Parliament, Between the Years 1639 and 1661. Containing A great Variety of Merry and Diverting Characters of the Chief Sectaries, who were the Principal Actors in that whole Scene of Affairs. With an Historical Introduction to the Whole. In Two Volumes.

RUMP SONGS. [BROME (Alexander], editor: · 1731 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

London: Printed for J. Stone..., and sold by G. Srahan..., J. Jakcson..., 1731. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 95 mms., pp. [xiv], 288; [vi], 264, early 19th century quarter sheepskin, speckled boards, olive morocco label; text a bit brown, joints worn, spine rubbed, ex-library, …

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone

Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough · 1775 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, J. Dodsley, 1775 . First edition. Leather. The 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, an Engli…

The Royal Literary Assistant (Portrait of Sir Theodore Martin) (Original Lithograph)

Sir Leslie Matthew Ward ("Spy") · 1877 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Original color lithograph, 15 x 10.5 inches. Very Good. One page biography of subject laid in. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce. Published on July 7, 1877, depicting Sir Theodore Martin KCB KCVO (16 September 1816 - 18 August 1909), a Scottish…

A Celebrated Public Orator. [William Crowe]. First Edition of the Etching

Dighton, Robert (1751-1814) · 1808 · Wittenborn Art Books

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

London: Robert Dighton, 1808. Handcoloured etching.37 x 26.5cm. sheet size... Creases in right margin. Robert Dighton's "A Celebrated Public Orator" is a hand-colored etching from January 1808 depicting the Reverend William Crowe (1745-1829), a noted poet, divine, and public ora…