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Origins of Renaissance Art: The Baptistery Doors, Florence

Paolucci, Antonio · 1996 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€38.00 ($41.88 | £31.70 | ¥6,688)

, George Braziller Inc, 1996 Hardcover with slipcase, 171 pages, 32.5 x 25.5 cm, English text. Fine condition. ISBN 9780807614136. Take an amazing armchair tour of The Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, Italy. The Baptistery is one of the oldest buildings in the city, cons…

Drunken Barnaby&Apos;S Journeys to the North of England

[Richard Brathwaite] · 1805 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.47 | ¥49,578)

London, J. Harding, 1805 . Hardback. A lively illustrated edition of Brathwaite"s comic four-part journey through England, blending drinking lore, topography, and social satire in parallel Latin and English verse. In the publisher's original paper boards, rebacked with earl…

The Architectural Record (Magazine), June 1932, Vol 71, No. 6 - Frank Lloyd Wright / Theaters

KIMBALL, FISKE; HIGGINS, DANIEL; YOUNG, J.H.; PAWLEY, ARDEN; SCHNITMAN, L. SETH; ET AL · 1932 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$395.00 (€358.38 | £298.98 | ¥63,076)

New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Fischer, Sigurd; Chamberlain, Samuel; Gottscho, Samuel H.. Pages 365-438 plus 68 pages of ads. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photography throughout. Features: Hotel De Ville at Loches, …

The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq; Containing, I. Scarronides: Or, Virgil Travestie II. Lucian Burlesqu&Apos;D: Or, the Scoffer Scoff&Apos;D III. The Wonders of the Peake

Charles Cotton · 1741 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, J. and J. Bonwicke, 1741. Leather. An illustrated collection of three of Charles Cotton's works, illustrated with nine folding plates. A collection of three works by Charles Cotton, including 'Scarronides: or, Virgil Travestie', 'Lucian Burlesqu'…

Tms Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting of the London Library with Notes in Ink

Robinson, Geoffrey · 1962 · Wittenborn Art Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London, July 24, 1962. 4 pp. GR took these notes for David Wright, the deaf poet who was sitting nex to him, some comments on DW's writing. With tape residue along left front margin. From a collection of letters and papers amassed by illustrator and painter Geoffrey Robinson dur…

Dances for Flute and Thunder : Praises, Prayers and Insults - Poems from the Ancient Greeks

HAXTON, BROOKS (TRANSLATOR) · 1999 · Kalamos Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Viking Penguin. 1999, 1st US Ed.. (ISBN: 0670887285) Hardcover. Book, : A contemporary poet presents lively, free-spirited translations of great poetry from the ancient Greeks, in an anthology that features 38 works including classical lyrics and epigrams by poets rang…

Poems

William Cowper; John Newson [pref.] · 1794 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, J. Johnson, 1794. Leather. A collection of poems by seventeenth century poet and hymnwriter, William Cowper. A collection of poems by seventeenth century poet and hymnwriter, William Cowper, introduced by his friend John Newton. Newton was an Anglican cleric and anti-sla…

Promotional Material for Cabaret Voltaire Show at Little Theatre Club, London, in the Form of Sheet Music

Cabaret Voltaire; Little Theatre Club (London); Sinclair Beiles, Bob Flag · 1970 · Wittenborn Art Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London: Little Theatre Club, [ca. 1970?]. 4to. Folded Page, Good with small tears, sun-fading, creasing. Illustrated. Sinclair Beiles was a South African Beat Poet. .

Opera. Nunc primum in lucem edita.Utrecht, Herman van Borculo, 1541. With Van Borculo’s winged stag and book device on the title-page and another on the verso of the otherwise blank last leaf. Small 8vo (16 x 10.5 cm). Contemporary vellum wrapper.

SECUNDUS, Janus (Joannes or Jan EVERAERTS). · 1511 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

[324], [3 blank], [1] pp.Rare first edition, in the original Latin, of the collected poetic works of the humanist and neo-Latin poet Janus or Joannes Secundus (Jan Everaerts) (1511-1536), who "ranks among the foremost poets of the world" as "the only famous [16th-century] Dutch …

Elvira: A Tragedy Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

David Mallet · 1763 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

London, A. Millar, 1763. Disbound. A tragic play by British writer David Mallet, as it was performed in the Theatre Royal. A tragedy. Detailed as it was performed in the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, with the original cast David Garrick as Alonzo, Charles Holland as Don Pedro, Ha…

Leila. Further in the Life and Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman

J. P. Donleavy, J. P. Donleavy · 1984 · Klondyke BV

€4.95 ($5.46 | £4.13 | ¥871)

Pocket; Eerste druk in Penguin 1984. Mooi ex., leeftijdseigen vergeling, schoon en slechts hele lichte gebruikssporen (vouwtjes in de rug). -- Conditie: Goed; His future is disastrous, his present indecent, his past divine. He is Darcy Dancer, youthful squire of Andromeda Park, …

The MEXICAN NIGHT. - Travel Journal - A New Directions Paperbook. NDP300. $1.50

FerlinghettI, Lawrence [1919 - 2021] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: New Directions Books, 1970. 1st Printing. Black glossy paper wrappers, printed in white. [6], 58 pp. A few illustrations. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". General wear & soiling to covers. Age-toning. A VG - VG+ copy. Ferlinghetti "was an American poet, painter, social activist and c…

Art and the Beauty of the Earth. A Lecture Delivered by William Morris at Burslem Town Hall on October 13, 1881

William Morris · 1898 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.79 | $211.38 | ¥33,755)

London, Longmans & Co, 1898. First edition. Cloth. The first edition copy of this notable art lecture delivered by the famous British designer and artist, William Morris. The first edition. Bound in the original paper boards with cloth spine. Printed at the Chiswick Press with t…

The Complete Works of Bret Harte

Bret Harte · 1890 · Rooke Books

£599.99 (€719.18 | $792.67 | ¥126,579)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1890-1913. Leather. A uniform leather bound set of Harte's works, 'The Complete Works of Bret Harte&apos. Francis Bret Harte (1836 – 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. "Iro…

A Collection from the Badminton Library

Various · 1886 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1886-1890. First edition. Cloth. A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library, with a first edition of the volume on Tennis. Five volumes. The Badminton Library. A collection of volumes on sports and pastimes, from…

The Works of Thomas Love Peacock

Thomas Love Peacock · 1924 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,618.19 | $1,783.54 | ¥284,808)

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1924. Cloth. A complete ten volume set of works by English novelist Thomas Love Peacock. Ten volumes. The Halliford Edition. Limited to six hundred and seventy-five copies. Written by Thomas Love Peacock, an English novelist, poet, and official of th…

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

William Shakespeare · 1815 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€809.09 | $891.77 | ¥142,404)

London, Whittingham and Arliss, 1815. Leather. A scarce, early 19th century edition of the dramatic works of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, handsomely bound in full calf. A charming set of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, including all of his comedies, his…

The Heathen Chinee • (« Le Chinois impie »]

Bret HARTE - joseph HULL · 1870 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)

« Le pire poème que j'aie jamais écrit, probablement le pire poème que quiconque ait jamais écrit » | The Western News Company | Chicago 1870 | 15 x 19.3 cm | En feuilles sous une enveloppe | Première version séparée de Plain language from truthful James, qui parut d'abord sous …

Vikramorvasi; or Vikrama and Urvasi: a drama. ... With a commentary, explanatory of the Prákrit passages.Calcutta, printed at the Education Press, Circular Road, 1830. Large 8vo. Except for the title-page, the book is entirely in the Prákrit language and set in a single size of Devanagari type. Contemporary half calf.

KÁLIDÁSA. · 1830 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€575.00 ($633.75 | £479.70 | ¥101,202)

[4], 122 pp. (numbered in Prákrit).The first Prákrit edition, printed in 1830 in Calcutta, of one of the three dramas we can attribute to the classical Sanskrit poet Kálidása. In five plays, it tells the Vedic love story, founded on a legend related in the Satapatha-Brâhmana, of…

10 Vols the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Ten Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, As They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Printed Verbatim from the Octavo Edition of Mr. Warburton.

Alexander Pope · 1757 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Printed for A. Millar; J. and R. Tonson; H. Lintot; and C. Bathurst, 1757 . Leather. A complete ten-volume contemporary calf-bound set of Alexander Pope"s works, illustrated with twenty-four plates and incorporating the poet"s final corrections and notes. Uniformly bound…